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THE SCENE CHANGES.
MRS. HARRISON TO BE IN MRS.
CLEVELAND'S PLACE.
Gossip About tlie Family of tb FreeUsnt
Klect Mi. Mertea and Her FamUy of
Girls Heme Lite of Twe American
Tamllles.
Mrs. Frances Clevcland gracefully
steps out and Mrs. Carrie Harrison walks
in as gracefully. Honors te both, for
both are flne types of the Intelligent,
well poised American woman.
Though Americans linve no court and
no hereditary rank, and the president's
c wife is in theory 10 mers tlum any ether
American lady, yet necessity lias forced
a sort of social leadership upon her slnce
the days of Martha Washington and
Abigail Adams; and custom, with the
growth of wealth, has made her as much
the queen of a republican court as Is the
wife of a reigning king. And for the
duties of such a position Mrs. Harrison
haa had far tuore educational ezperience
tlum Mrs. Cleveland had.
The coming preflideV.ln, te borrow a.
German word, is the daughter of Pro Pro
feseor Jehn W. Scott, of tab Miami Uni
versity of Ohie many years, and new a
government cmploye in the pension offlce
in Washington, still a hale and actlve
man at the age of 80. Carrie Scott was
pctite and demure, very pretty, and
Suick in her studies. She and Benjamin
arriseu graduated from that college en
i the same day, wcre married seen after,
and were the parents of a child befere
either was twenty-ene years old. They
i are very nearly of the same age, and liail
been sweethearts from the time they en
tered college. Their courtship was ene
of the ideal kind, carried en in the inter
vals of liberalizing studies, with social
reading together and quiet walks to
gether among the groves of the academy.
Her girlhood in Oxford, O., was a life
of simplicity. She wero a calico frock.
wiiite apron and sun bonnet te college.
wiicre Biie stuaiea
Latin and the
higher mathemat
ics in a class with
ler tuture lius-
HAS. HARRISON.
band. At home
in a still plainer
dress she aid all
Irltifla (9 limian
work and became MRS. MORTON,
en expert in making bread, an accom
plishment in wlilch her hand has net
lest its cunning. One of her early ad
mirers says that her usual church dress
was a soft brown merino, with a big bon
net, and her visiting dress "a lavender
sprigged dclaine-trlmmed with real lace
at the neck and wrists." It only remains
te add that she was married in "a gown
of flne bishop's lawn, with a tiny bit of
embroidery en the neck and alcoves,"
and the millinery part of this sketch will
be complete.
Mrs. Harrison is still a handsome, wo
man, an active member of the Presby
terian Union church, a patron of all its
cliaritics, a manager of the orphan asy
lum of IndianaiKiliH, and generally ene
of theso useful and ucreeable ladies
whom her associates and cc-rcllgienists
will greatly miss. She has had experi experi
ence in Washington while licr husband
was senator from Indiana. Her daughter,
Mrs. Mary McKce, and the tatter's two
children, will rcside with her in Wash
ington; and her daughter-in-law,' the
wife of Mr. Russell Harrison, will be a
frequent visitor. Mr. Ilussell Harrison's
home is en a big cattle ranch in Mon Men
tana; his wife is a daughter of Senater
Saunders of Nebraska, and he has ene
child.
"Thcre will be two White Houses in
Washington during the next administra
tion," eav the enthusiastic society ladies
of New Yerk; for Mrs. Lei P. Morten
Is young, handseme and vivacious, with
all the tact and conversational ability for
which American ladies of high social
position are noted. And, it may be
added, no lady in the city has had from
the start a higher social position tlian
Mrs. Morten, as she is of ene of the old eld
est families, and her associates are of the
old Knickerbockers, and the Asters,
Goelcts, Van Ucnsselacrs and all the rest
of the noted "Four Hundred." She lias
four daughters, the eldest but 14; but
her only son died v hile the family was
in Londen. who is se much younger
than the tice president elect that she
seems mere like an elder sister of her
daughters.
As thcre will be a mild flavor of Pres
byterianism about the White Heuse, it is
only fair that the Armenians should held
the fort at the vlce presidential mansion,
and Sirs. Morten is an enthusiastic 'Epis
copalian. Her husband's millions and
her own social grace make her an impor
tant factor in her church. The Mertens
are new leaving their beautiful coun
try place at Rhlnebeck, up the Hudsen,
for their city residence at 85 Fifth avc avc
nue, and thcre they expect te entertain
Mrs. Harrison in December. The lady
will visit New Yerk in respense te an in
vitation fiem Mrs. Grant, widow of the
general and president, whose guest Mi's.
Harrison will be. Mrs. Sartoris (Ncllie
Grant) is also expected te spend the v. in
ter with her mother.
. While it is matter of gratification te
all patriots that the social features of the
next administration are te be se brilliant,
Americans may well feci a thrill of pride
that the ladies of the White Heuso have
ee generally , maintained the highest
standard of' American womanhood.
Martha Washington's name is a house
hold word for dignity and nobility of
character. Mrs. Abigail Adams, wife of
the second president, was net only bril
liant in society nnd a success in giving
warmth te an administration that seemed
hi ether respects n "cold" ene, but was
also a writer of remarkable talent.
Themas Jeffersen was a widower, and
the social features were secondary during
his administrat.en. The "reign" of Delly
Madisen, wife of the fourth president, is
6tU' tin. great social success by which all
ctners are judged. Of her immediate
'eucccssew less is known, hut the little
that is knew nU geed. President Jack Jack
eon was a childless w idewer, and his en
.tire administration was se distracted by
Suarrels in the cabinet that the social
cat urea wcre totally disregarded by ro re ro
Ipertcrs of that day. Mr. Van Burcn was
'also a widower, and his successor lived
in the White Heuso but,ene month.
,' Of recent ladies in rule there, Mrs.
Grant had but little preliminary training
nnd Mrs. Lincoln nene whatever: Mrs.
Garfield and her successor, Mrs. McElroy,
had but short gjlsmpscs of the life there,
while Mrs. Hayes was, iti the humor of
the day, slightly tinged with sarcasm,
the "head of her administration." It l
matter of suiprise that with extrcme
youth, nnd no preliminary training what
ever, Mrs. Clui eland should hae suc
ceeded se w ell. In all respects, educa
tion, personal charms and preliminary
training, Mrs. Harrison and Mrs. Morteu
stand second te nene of their predeces
sors. German, French and English Soldiers.
German soldiers In saluting their su
periors must keep their hands te their
caps while pacing twche steps six steps
befere the men meet nnd six after they
iiave passed. In ft rather hasty tour
through the cities of Germany, England
and France it struck the writer that the
Germans were much mero military look
ing, mero soldier like than theso of the
two ether nations named. English sol
diers still adhere te red coats and heavy,
high, bearskin hats w hich are formida
ble only te the wcarerB. Members of
some regiments wear little round stiff
caps which w ere never intended te be
large enough for their heads, se they are
Just tinned en. the ride and nel&inncwl-
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ttenDyu narrow leather strap widen In
seme cases passes under the chin and In
ethers just touches the lower lip. The
caps remind you of the toy caps worn by
an organ grinder's monkey.
The French soldiers are small In stat
ure, their gait is slatternly and their
trousers are far tee wide. They might
be useful in preventing soldiers from
running away, but such baggy breeches
would also lmpcde their movements in
attack. Prussian officers as a rule are
tall, well formed and graceful in motion.
They stand erect and step out easy. The
make of their uniforms gives them the
nppcarancoef liaving breed shoulders,
full chests and small waists and it is
said that they all wear corsets. Their
caps are of dark cloth, te match the suit,
and seem te be designed with seme com
mon sense, being well fitting and liaving
peaks of cemf ortable slaj. The German's
trousers are cut narrow nnd shapely,
making the wearer leek tall and putting
the finishing touch te the very becoming
uniform of a set of soldierly looking
men.' 'M. P." in Heme JmirnaL
THE WHEEL OF THE WORLD.
The wheel of the world turns round and round;
These who are uppermost aoeo mar be
Down la the dust or under the ground ;
The king In chains, the serf act five,
Oxer the track In sunshine and rain
It reUi en, erer and etct again.
The wheel of the world mores day and night,
And IU swift revolution bring
Nations from derkneae Inte light,
Where belli of the geed time coming ring.
Over the plot where the palace shone.
It roll In the dust of the crown and throne.
Around and round the wheel turns and gees,
And we go with It, new up, then down;
Few win the prize that many must low,
Tired at the goal, hew late comes the crown)
The bra re, the true, the noble, the just.
Will nerer be lest In the whirling Just,
The Footgear of Kings.
A curious museum has just been opened
at Dresden. In it are collected a number
of beets, shoes nnd slippers in which em
perors, kings, queens, princes and ether
august or famous persons have seme time
or ether trodden the path through life.
Among them are a pair of beets w ern by
Napeleon I at the battle of Dresden, en
April 27, 1813, and a pair of white satiu
shoes, embroldercd in geld, which the
seme great emperor wero en the day of
Ids coronation; another pair of strong
leather beets which belonged te the fa
mous French marshal, Murat, afterward
king of the Twe Sicilies; a pair of high
heeled beets of Maria Theresa; beets of
the philosopher Kent, and many ethers,
forming a curious assembly.
If the promoters of the museum have
any energy they will net find it difficult
tolncrcase their curious collection con
siderably and te make it ene of the
sights of Dresden. But they must search
both highways and byweys for their
treasures; thus, for instance, they might
perhaps obtain an interesting artlcle from
the geed nuns at Nazareth Heuso, Ham
mersmith, who prcscrve a large com cem
f ortable looking slipper of the late pepe
under a dainty glass case in ene of their
large rooms. Pall Mall Gazette.
The Beggars of China.
A writer In a Shanghai journal re
ferring te the beggars of China, says
that large donations are given te them
by the pcople, but these are inthonature
of en insurance. In the cities the beg
gars are organized into very powerful
guilds, mero powerful by far than nny
organization with which they can have
te contend, for the beggars have nothing
te leso and nothing te fear, in which re
spects they stand alone. The shop keep
er who should rcf use a donation te a
stalwart beggar, after the latter has
waited for a reasenable time and has be
sought with what lawyers call "due dili
gence," wetdd be liable te invasion from
a herde of famished wretches, who
would render the cxistence even of a
stolid Cliincse a burden, and who would
utterly prevent the transaction of any
business until their continually rising de
mands should be met. Deth the shop
keepers and the beggars understand tins
perfectly well, and it is for this reason
that the gifts flew in a steady, if tiny,
rill. Londen Times. "-
The Magnet In Surgery.
Mechanics and ethers employed in iron
factories frequently suffer botue annoy
ance nnd no little pain from the acci
dental introduction Inte the cye of par
ticles of steel, iron filings, etc. All
persona engaged in work of this kind
should carry with them magnets, the use
of whi-h rarely fails te remeve the foreign
body. A man in Lonvale, Ga., dreve a
Sloce of steel filing into Ids eyeball a few
ays nge, nnd a surgeon spent seme time
in vain endeavors te extract it. Tinally
he brought a powerful electro-magnet
te Ills aid, by means of which the offens
ive particle was at ence removed. It
was ever a quarter of an inch long, nnd
its entire length had been imbedded in
the eyeball. -Chicago News.
Unpunished low Breakers.
According te the figures published in
the British Blue Boek, just issued, it ap
pears as though America is net the only
country where criminals se frequently
escape justice. During 1880-87 there
were in Londen 42,891 indictments and
only 10,015 of the offenders were placed
under arrest. Tills shows that mero than
ene-half escaped. It is further te be
noted that of theso apprehended 0,703
wcre discharged for want of evidence
and 1,825 for want of prosecution, se
that the number held te bail or com
mitted w as reduced te 13,058. Of these,
again, only about 10,408, or 75 per cent.,
wcre convicted, or less than one-fourth
of the number of crimes committed.
New Yerk Telegram.
Hint te the Census Taker.
I have ene suggestion te make: that
our national government, w hen it takes
the next general census, include in its
statistics information about all the pco pce pco
peo in the United States abeve 00, the
kind of information te be determined
beforehand by the most eminent physi
cians and scicntifie men generally in
this country or in the world. I bcliove
that such Information would be of mero
value te the world, after having been
properly digested, tlian all the facta
about the manufacture of cotton cloth,
the raising of tobacco, the production of
wldsky, etc., tliat could be collected in a
century. Fer de we net all desire te live
long? Clement M. Hammend in Popular
Science Mentldy. -
The "Gangs" or Londen.
The Londen pollce records show that
"gangs" flourish there as they de in New
Yerk. The Marylebene gang, the Fitz Fitz
rey Place gang, the Menkey Parade gang,
the Black gang, the Newcut gang, the
Grccngate gang, the Prince Arthur gang,
the Gang of Roughs, the Jovial Thirty
two, are seme of the most important,
each ene having its own stamping ground.
The Menkey Parode gang infests white
chapcl. New Yerk Sun.
Cruelty te Animals.
Youthful Agent (of Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty te Animals, te
Leng Island fox hunter) I'll have te
teke you in, my man, for crueltv.
Leng Island Tex Hunter Nonsense;
wo're only chasing an anise 6eed beg.
Agent It's the deg's, sir. Life.
Time Waited in Making Calls.
What te de, then? "Lep off decisively
your miscellaneous activities." Reduce
tlie number of your friends. It is very
easy for a man te liave tee many friends.
The value of friendsldp is in its quality,
net quantity. Beyend a certain ielnt, a
mans friends are his worst enemies.
They are his enemies when they waste
hU time and strength, and draw him
away from the serious pursuits and lefty
ideals of life.
The case is still worse w 1th women, as
every sensible w eman will acknowledgej
w ills, grief and desperation. Why should
a woman spend her life in making and'
receiving calls of no real meaning or con
sequence, and in ether pettty details?
The treuble is, net that she lias friends,
but that she has tee many of them.
New Yerkjmmercifll Advertiser,
MINISTER PHELPS.
Who Will Succeed Itlm at the Cenrt of
St. James?
One of the many changes which the
election of Gen. Harrison te the presi
dency will bring about will be the recall
of Mr. Edward J. Phelps as minister te
the court of St. James. Among theso
spoken of for chief justice of the TUnlted
States befere the appointment of Mel
ville Fuller was Mr. Phelps. He has
made many friends in England.
Mr. Phelps is n Vcrmentcr by birth,
Having been born in Miuuieeurg in le..,
At tne nge ei is
he was graduated
from Middleburg
college, and nt
the Ynle law
school nt SI. He
began the prac
tice of Ids profes
sion at Middle
burg in 1813. but
two years later
removed te Bur
lington, Vt, Frem
1801 te the clese
nf Villmnm'a nil
ministration he "" ' nmxa. ,
was second comptroller of the treasury.
He ran for governor of his state in 1880.
He was made a lav professor at Yole
cellege the next year. In 1685, when
Clevcland had become president of the
United States, Mr. Phelps was appointed
salnistcr te England.
Mr. Phelps is described as n man of flne
carriage.nnd proportions, and particu
larly graceful address nnd of pleasant
bearing, te his equals at least. His face
would lie an exceedingly homely ene ex
cept for his very high forehead and its
animated expression. Perhaps neither
gentleman will feel complimented, but
he strikingly reminds ene of both Hamil
ton Tish nnd William II. Vanderbilt,
although these two did net resemble each
ether. He wears mutton chop whiskers
nnd is clean shaven as te his upper lip
and chin.
James Russell Lewell was the man
whom Mr. Phelps succeeded as minister
te England. It is net a very pleasant
matter te step into the shoes left vacant
by such a man as James Russell Lewell,
but Mr. Phelps, notwithstanding his
forced contrast with the pleasing quali
ties of the poet diplomat, speedily bo be bo
caine popular among the English. He
is a brilliant conversationalist, the life
of a dinner party, Ids chat abounding in
shrewd nnd witty remarks w itheut go
ing eutside the limits of geed taste.
Twe of Mr. Phelps' children me living,
the eldest being Mrs. Horatio Loeniis.
A son, Charles, graduated at Yale col cel cel
leeo in 1883. Anether son died several
years age. no was chief engineer of
the Michigan Central railroad. The
family are Episcopalians. Mr. Phelps
has been married but once, and his do
mestic relations are pleasant and affec
tionate in the extreme.
Elections in France.
Elections in France are all held en ene
day, and that day always a Sunday, in
order that artisans and peasants may
vete without incenvenience or less. Ne
man, moreevcr, has mero than a slngle
vote, and should he happen te be en the
register of two constituencies, he would
incur a heavy penalty by voting in bpth.
This is a logical corollary of universal
suffrage. A man docs net ote as a
householder or owner, but as a citizen;
and residence, net property or tax pay
ing, is the sole qualification.
He gees seme days befere or en the
day of the poll te the Mairle with a rent
receipt or seme ether document estab
lishing his identity, obtaining a card,
which he hands in with his voting paper
te the poll clerk. Se many cards, se
many voting papers; nnd frauds are oc
casionally detected by a discrepancy in
the number of each. The ote is net
really secret. Outside the polling places
(usually the municipal school) stand men
offering printed voting papers, ready te
be dropped into the urn without nny
cress or tick. These agents nre se zeal
ous in proffering their wares that the
elector commonly accepts them all, and
as he wnlks up the corridor, llings down
all but the ene he intends te use. Tlie
result is that as the day advances the
ground or iloer is thickly strewn with
these rejected papers. Frank Leslie's.
"Leng Jehn" Wentworth's Monument.
"Leng Jehn" Wcntwerth, as he was
called from his gigantic size, is te hat e a
monument at Chicago commensurate
with his height. Tlie structure whin
completed will measure 71 feet and 3
inches from the
ground te the
njiex. The mate
rial used is te be
plain Uollewcll
granite from the
state of Maine.
The ground base
is 18 feet snuare,
.. 1.t-.l. .T,. 41,-
wi? second base, 11
feet and 0 inches
- square. 1 he third
ami leurtn pieces
rcbting en this
will fiiinnnrfc flirt
i ," dais, acube of
J feet each wav.
The whele foun
dation is 10 feet
rirwl fl nMina In
VVulfc' height. It will
"-w"' support a solid
THE WCKTWOUTII iu"'V ""H" "v
monument. f?et high. On i tlie
jf-"- third huse will be
the inscription in plain raised letters:
':JV ' JOIHJ WENTWOItTIL
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I'This monument when remnleted will
be the second largest shaft of its kind hf
the world. Indeed, a special car was
built te carry tlie gteund base, which
weighs seventy tens, ireni l-aKO juicin
gan te Kose Ilill cemetery, where the
monument is te be placed. A second
similar car was also constructed, and
both were bent te Maine, where tlie Bliaf t
is being chiseled. After receiving it3
lead the train will tra el westward in
daytime, being side tracked nt night te
prevent the possibility of collision.
WILLIAM H. BARNUM.
Prominent In National Telltlcs for Many
Years.
Amoner theso prominent in national
politics during the exciting ieried of the
electoral commission was Sir. AVilham
II. Barnuin. In 1603, 1872 and ld70 Mr.
Baraum was a large contributor te the
Democratic campaign fund, and after
wards, as chairman of the national
Democratic campaign cemmittee, he bo be bo
caine ene of the most prominent Demo
crats in the United States.
Mr. Barnuni wai born in Connecticut
!in 1818. His education was obtained
in the public
'schools, and hu
entered the busi
ness of iron man
ufactueo at Li me
Reck, Litchfield
county, Conn ,
jvvhore energy
and business nlul
ity brought Jiiiu
a remarkable suc
cess. In u few
years he became
the owner of
nearly all the
principal blast
furnaces and
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W II. IUKNUU.
forges in the Housatenlo volley. Mr.
Barnum w as Eent te the btate lcghihturc,
and in ISCOwas elected te congress and
re-elected thieugh biicce&sne turns till
1870, when he was elected te the I'nittd
States senate, te fill the term of Orris 8.
Ferry, deceased, ending Match !, 1870.
His ability as a political manage r led te
his being placed en the national Demo
cratic cemmittee in 1S73 and 180. In
the latter year 31r Abraui 8. Hewitt was
chairman of the committee, and Cel.
Pclten, Governer Tilden's nephew,
wns acting manager. Upen Mr.
Hewitt's resignation en the re re ro
Celet erth8 decision t- the elec
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total Commission; " Mr. Barnum was
elected te fill the unexpired term of Mr.
Hewitt- In 18S0 he was unanimously
re-elected chairman, and four years later
he was chosen ngaln. He devoted him
self ee unceasingly te his duties as te
impair his health, nnd was obliged te
take seme rest. He w ns next placed in
charge- of the campaign just ended. He
had determined te retire in 1881, but
Wing a large Iren manufacturer, and as
the campaign turned upon tariff issues,
he feared that his withdrawal would be
attributed te want of agreement with
the Democratic party. He therefore ac
cepted the burden. Tlie duties of his
nltien wcre n great strain upon his
lth. especially ns he was compelled te
irregular habits. He kept in harness,
however, remaining at his rooms in the
Fifth Avcnua hotel until n few days be
fore the election. On Nev, 0 he w cut te
Liuio Reck te vote.
An Old Mermen Jail.
There is a historic old jail nt Liberty."
Me., whose walls nre crumbling, nnd
which will doubtless seen pass away.
Liberty and jail are net words which
ene would expect te sce linked together,
though they have frequently been se
joined in political nnd religious history.
The Liberty jail comes in under the lat
ter head. It is known as the "Old Mer-
Tlin OLD JAIL AT LIBEIITV.
men Jail," from the fact of its liaving
been (he best prison in that portion of
the state at the time of the Mermen wars.
Among tlie Mormons ence confined 'there
were Jeseph Smith, the dead prophet
mid leader; Hvrani Smith, Sidney Rig Rig
den, Lyman Wight, Caleb Baldwin and
Alexander McRae. They were brought
there after being captured at Far Vest
in 1833 and remained for six months.
It was constructed in 1833, and was
the first jail ever built In Clay county.
It wa3 a strongly built two story struc
ture, with two walls, ene fef heavy tim
bers and an outer ene of large stones.
The first fleer is en the order of a dun
geon. Tlie deer is of oak, studded w ith
heavy wrought nails. Twe windows en
the north side admitted light mid air.
The west wall of stene has almost en
tirely fallen down, nnd the reef that
ence shaded the moldy earth below has
collapsed.
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Tlie latest Ocean Collision.
The magnificent Cunard steamer Um
bria, which recently collided with and
sank the French steamer Iberia in New
Yeik bay and also punched large holes
ran umhiua.
in her bow e, Ls ene of the finest vessels
of a line noted for fleatlug palaces. She
is ene of tlie fastest beats sailing tlie
seas, nnd haa made seme pretty races
with rival ocean greyhounds.
Tlie Umbria wns built at Glasgow in
1884. She is C01 feet long, nnd has a
breadth of 57 feet and a depth of 38 feet.
She is built of bteel, and has two large
smokestacks and three' masts. At prcs-
Tini ninniA. "$
ent thcre are yards en the foremast only?
Her tennage la 7,718 gross and 0,215 net
Bhe has a registered. herse power, of
E.C00. Li
King William at Cravclette.
When the Trench guns opened flre it
wee discovered that the king's position
was within easy range, many of the shells
falling near enough te make the place
extremely uncomfortable, be it was sug
gested that he go te a less exposed point.
At first h e refused te listen te this wisa
council, but yielded finally leaving the
ground with reluctance, liowever and
went back toward Rczonville. I waited
for Count Bismarck, w he did net go im
mediately with the king, but remained
atGravclotte looking after seme of tlie
escort who liad been wounded.
When he had arranged for their care
we set out te rojeiu tlie king, and befere
going far overtook his majesty, who liad
btepped en the Chalons read and was
surrounded by a throng of fugitives,
whom he was berating in German se
energetic as te remind me forcibly of the
"Dutch" swearing that I used te hear in
my boyhood hi Ohie. The dressing
down finished te his satisfaction, the
king resumed his ceurse toward Itczon Itczen Itczon
ville. lialtiriL'. however, te rcbuke In the
same emphatic btyle every group of run
aways he overtook. Gen. bhcridan In
Scnhner's Magazine.
I'rocess of Futtcclng Oysters.
The business of planting eystcre nnd
ha Ing them grew properly after they are
planted is net very w ell understood by
the general public. Ihcre is a great deal
of money invested In the industry along
the Delaw are bay, nnd occasionally seme
of theso heavily interested in a financial
manner ceme out at the little end of the
horn. The process of catching oysters
and fattening them for the market is, te
say the least, a very interesting ene.
After the oysters are caught they nre
placed en an immense float, wldch is air
tight en all four sides. There are a num
ber of corks in the bottom of tlds ileat,
and after the oysters lia e been carefully
laid out en the bottom the corks are
withdraw n, allowing the float te fill with
water and go the bottom of the bay.
The oysters will then open thtir mouths
like any ether firth and drink te their
hearts' content. After two or three tides
have swept ever them they are brought
totheeurfaco ence mero. Bytliistime
they have beceme plump oysters, ready
for market. New Yerk Graphic.
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Fasscs for Geed Temper.
Thore is in seme a dispassionate neu
trality of mind which, though it gener
ally passes for geed temper, can neither
gratify nor wairn us; it must indeed be
granted that these men can only nega
tively offend, but then it should also be
remembered that they cannot positively
please, San Trancisce Jewish Progress,
I'Iics for Natural Gas.
The discovery and utilization of natural
gas liave proved a powerful stimulus te
the manufacture of iron pipes and tubes in
this country. There are new 2,800 miles
of mains in the United States for ceu
veying natural gas. Chicago Herald.
rurally of Many Teed Cats.
An English scicntifie man lias pre
served a record of a family of many teed
cats down te the tenth generation. Some
members have as many as seven tees en
each feet. Arkansas Trav?l(;r,
' aA J
IIERO OF THE MIL
DANGEROUS DUTIES PERFORMED DY
THE LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEER.
Qualification! Essential te Sueeeaa What
te De When There la Ranger Ahead.
'" Quick Decision The Cloud Which Itangs
, Over Engineer and Fireman.
The locemotlvo engineer is tlie popu
lar "here of the raiV' and the popular
estimate in this respect is substantially
just. Others have te brave dangers and
perform duties under trying circum
stances, but the cnglne runner has te
ride in the most dangerous part of the
train, take charge of a steam boiler that
may cxplode nnd blew him te atoms,
and of machinery that may break and
kill him nnd try te keep up a vigllance
which only n being mero than human
could successfully maintain. He must
be a tolerably skillful machinist
he cannot be tee geed ami have
nerves that will remain steady under the
most trying circumstances. "If running
a fast express through midnight dark
ness ever a line where n similar train has
been tipped off a prcclpice(and n brother
runner killed) by train wreckers the
night befere, he must dah forward with
the same confidence that he would foci
In bread daylight en an open pralrie.
But he docs net "heroically grasp tlie
threttle" in the face of danger, when the
threttle has been already shut, nor does
he "whistle down brakes" in order te
add a stirring element te the reporter's
tafe, when by the magic of tlie air brak-e
he can, with a turn of his hand, apply
every brake in the train witli tlie grip
of a vise in less time than it would take
him te reach the whistle pull.
When there is danger ahead there Is
generally just ene thing te de, and that
Is te step as seen as possible. An in
stant suffices for shutting off the steam
and applying the brake. With modem
trains this is all that is necessary or can
be dene. Reversing the cnglne is neces
sary en many engines, and formerly was
en all; this would, in fact, te dene in
stinctively by old runners, in nny case,
but this also is dene in n second. After
taking these measures thore is nothing
or the cngineman te de but leek out for
his own safety. In seme circumstances,
as in the case of n partially burned
brldge which may possibly support the
train even in a weakened condition, it
may be best te put en nil steam. The
runner is then hi n dilemma, and a right
decision is a matter of momentary Inspi
ration. Many lives have been saved by
quick wittcd runners in such cases, but
thcre is no ground for censure of tlie en
gineer, who, in the excitement of the
moment, decides te slacken instead of
quicken his speed. The rare cases of
Oils kind are what show the value of ex
perience, and of men of tlie right tem
perament and degroe of intclllgence te
ucquire oxperienco lessens readily.
PnOUABIUTHM Off ACCIDENT.
But the terrible cloud constantly hang
ing ever the engineer and fireman of a
fast train is the chonce of encountering
en ebstacle which cannot possibly be
avoided, and which leaves them no alter
native but te jump for their lives, If in
deed it does net take away even that.
Te tlie fact that tills cloud is no larger
than it Ls, and that these men have sturdy
nnd courageous natures must te attri
buted the lightness with which it rests
upon them. On ene read or another,
from a washout, or incfilcient manage
ment, or a collision caused by an opera
tor's fergetf illness, or seme ene of a ecore
of ether causes, thcre are ceubtanlly oc
curring cases of men heroically meeting
death under the most heartrending cir
cumstances. Every month records a
number of such, though happily they nre
net frequent en any ene read.
On the best of reads n freight train
wrecked by a broken wheel under n bor
rowed car may be thrown in the path of
a passenger train en another track just
as the latter approaches. This has hap
pened mero than ence lately. Ne amount
of fidelity or forethought (except in tlie
maker of the wheels) can prevent this
kind of disaster. Thcr( is constant
danger en most reads of running off the
track at misplaced switches, many
hw itches being located at points where
the runner can see them only a few sec
onds befere he is upon them; but the
cliance is se small perhaps ene in ten
or a hundred thousand that the
uvcrage runner forget? it, and it
is eniy uy eovere sen uiscipune
that he can held himself up
te complienco with the rule which re
quires 1dm te te en the watch for evcry
switch tercet as longbcfero rcacliing it
as he possibly can. IIe find the switches
all right and the read perfectly clear ee
regularly, day after day and month after
month, that he may cosily fall into the
snare of thinking that they will always
be se. But. like ether trainmen, the
cngineman finds enough mero agrccable
thoughts te fill Ids mind, and reflects
upon the hazards of Ida vocation perhaps
tee little. B, B. Adams, Jr.. in Scrib
ncr's Magazine,
i - .
' Whale of the Scottish Islet.
Tew peeple would gues3 the etymology
of "ca'lng" when applied te a whale,
printed as it was exactly like this in the
columns of a weekly contemporary. It
Is really "ca'lng," the Scotch for calling,
that name being given te this species of
whale from the curious bleating sound
they make. A stranded calf whale lias
a very pitiful call for its dum, which the
latter answers in a harsher tone. The
name Is really local te tlie Scottish
islands, the proper name being the do de do
ducter, the wlialcs being se called bo be bo
caute they ream about the sea under tlie
guidonce of a leader in the shape of an
old bull. In tlie early spring, just befere
the breeding season, there is a very keen
competition for this office, and mero
than ence the contending bulls have both
been known te die from the effects of
the encounter.
The whale i3 net a very large ene,
being only from sixteen te eighteen feet
long; it has occasionally been taken in
immense quantities among the shoals
and channels of the Hebrides, Orkneys,
Shetlands and Fair Isles. When a herd
makes its appcarance the natives leso no
time in collecting all the beats, guns and
uorpeons which they can lay their hands
en. They then try all they can te get
essward of the shoal, and if they succeed
endeavor, by "advancing with blowing
born, splashing ears, firing guns and
eheutmg, te drive the terrified cetaceans
en shore. Once they are stranded a ter
rific attack is made. and hundreds have
been slain in a eingle battue. Tlie eccne
bone of the most plcturcsque itispos itispes itispos
eible te witness in the north of Scotland.
It is quite another affair from the occa
sional grounding of n Greenland wliale,
the ca'lng wliala being of an entirely
uuierent ana tar mero gregarious speciea,
Londen Glebe.
A llug Id the Ear.
Writers 6ay when a bus gels into the
Jar de net te frightened, but drown him
with oil or warm water. There is no
philosopher who could sit unmoved with
a bug or fly stamping a tattoo upon his
ear drum. Yes, te frightened, for it
will facilitate your movements. Sweet
oil is perhaps the test thing te keep him
from moving that is the first desider
atum. The oil, by its thick consistence,
will se cntangle and bcdraggle its legs
and wings that the intolerable neise will
te stepped. If oil be net nt hand use
any liquid that is net poisonous or cer
rosive. Water will probably te within
trio reach of evcry ene. Tlds Ls also
mere liable te ileat him out, tee, tlian
cither sweet oil or glyccrlnu.
It lias been suggested te blew tobacco
smeke into the car te stupefy the insect.
We cannot inderse this advlse; tobacco
smeke blown into the ear of a child has
been known te cause alarming symp
toms. When the movements of the in
truder have been arrested nyrlnije the
ear gently with warm water. All man
ner of insects and bug? liave been found
in the ear, hut you cau nevcr tell in a
i;i ven case who the rude caller is that is
mocking at the deer of your brain till
you hae 1dm out. Dr. J, Herbert Clai
borne. n Mc.dicalClAsslea,
2M2EJ
IIsxIkj
Ne Mercury,
Ne Potash,'
Or any ether Mineral Poison.
It Is Nslure's nemedri tnsJs eiclmlrslr
from Roots sml Herbs.
It Is perfectly llsrmlrts.
It Is the only remedy known te th wertt
thsl has sttr yet Curtd eonlagleut Dkxx!
ytfjen all (f sfaart.
It cares Mercurial IUicnmMtrn, Cancer,
cretnls.snd ether Woe.ldlics heretofore
consider! lacurshle. It cures any disease
caused from Impurs bleed, II Is newpre
acrltisd by thousands of the bcit phrtlclsns
In ths CaltM Ststi, ss a tenla. We sppsait
the statement of a f ew i
'IhaTennwtB.S.R (inpatients eonTSteie.
fax from fuvr and from nicanlefl with tue
Ust result. J. J). cust. t. P ,
KUaTllle, Os."
Harm. OS. Willis White wss srTllelfJ
with senful sere n rrs. I prcvrlbed S. S.
. sad hxlay hs Is a f at uml mtmit lxr.
U. Vi, 1'isssa,;
hffH I.
nrcmKWB, Vs., Dfl. 1 J. I'S.V-I hare taken
tnrwi bottles of Hwlffs Bpwltle for secondary
Meed potion. II acts much bet tar than pot
ash or any ether remedy I erer uied.
B. K. Wiimtt-D. M U, '
At fermeily eIHiun Ce., Vs.
I Pa. IS. J. ItiLC, the well known druiretst
and physician, of Khllle, Heward County.
r ; writes I ''HaTlnf some knowledge as je
wnal R. 8. 8. Is mmunsed of. I can safely
recommend It as the remedy for all skin dis
eases. It matters net what lbs name may be."
We hare a book sitlnjt a hWorref this
wonderful remedy, ami Its curw, from all
OTr the world.wlileh will rnnttnee you that
fit we say Is true, and wblrh we will mall
roe en application. Ne family eheulit l
without le VVe bate another en Contagious
Bleed I'oUen, sent en uiut terms. ..-.,,.
I Writs us a hUtery of your case, and enr
physician will adtUs nllu you by letter. In
Strictest eontldeuee. Ma will net d.el
you knowingly.
"reraalebyalldrucslit.
?na Ririrr Brrcma Ce .
Drawer ft, Atlanta, fla.
Ilnwurk,7M llreauway. i
LuuduO, l.bg , SO Snow Ilui,
WlNKHANl) LJQUUNH.
AJKOWN flUAND.
SPECIAL.
;OUR OWN BRAND"
rOIl BALK 1IY
H. E. SLAYMAKER,
Ne. 20 Eaat King Btroet,
LANOABTKU, I'A.
QVMCNHWAHK.
XI Kill & MARTIN.
DECORATED CHINA
-AT-
CHINA M
We have jit recehel our Fourth Fall
Importation of
HAVILAND
Decorated Fiench China.
Dinner and Tea Seia in the beat deco
rations for the least money ever offered
In this or any ether market. I'uddlDg,
Chocolate, Ice Cream, Selitulr tiud Game
Sets, Decorated L'lutts uud Teas, Bbcutt
Jars, Cheese and liutter Dibhes, A. D.
Ceffetfl, lkrry Dlnlej, &c.
Ciitlsuad China Dinner Sets quality
and style of decoration the best in the
market. I'llces tlie Lewest,
The Rochester Ltm has hus no equal.
Try ene and be cenvluced.
High & Martin,
Ne. 5 Ea3t King St.
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-sriett.ft.ar.
T U'JHKKb. KAUKKMA.N,
ATTOUNKY-AT-1.AVY,
Second rinnr Kshleman Law llulldlns. Ne. 43
Meith DakoatreoU taviydAw
01,DBHAHBWANTKD-fHK I1IQU
rst cash prlce paid ler old Urns j and (op.
per. The finest Uiats castlntts uadu te order,
Metal pattern work flnlirud at reasenable
rataa. M. vv. rttAXM's Loek werts,
Bear Lecber's tunklvg iiuUdlnff,
le-Tn,Th8tia
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TSIIMHkaiaV
TOBACCO.
TANDAKD OUKW1NCJ TOBACCO,
DO YOU Q H EW?
-THEN OKT-
THE BEST
-WHICH IB
Finzer's
Gonulne Has a Red H 11a Tan ca
Evety Plufr,
OLD UONKSTY'ls acknowledged te b the
l'UUKST and MOST 1.ABT1MQ piece el
BTANDAKtICllEWINUTOIIaCCOentha
market. TryinK it Is a better test than any
talk about it. Ulre it a fair trial.
VYOUKDKAXKU HAS IT.-C
nevlS-lvdAw
TRUNKS.
JQ1ALL. AMU WINTER GOODS.
M. MERBUSII & SON.
Fall and Winter Goods.
Our Stock et Fall and Winter Goods ls
new complete. We have the Largest and
Finest Stock in the city at HORSE
13LANKETS (All Grades )
Lap ltlankets, In Flush. Weel and
Felt. Black and Grey Geat Robes.
Hudsen Bay and Prairie Wolf Rebe.
Buffalo Robes. Siberian Deg ( Black )
Robes. Fex and Coen Siln Jtebcs.
rtT We consider It no trouble te show
our goods
ax
M. Haberbush & Sen's
SADDLE, 1IABNEGB,
AMU
TRUNK STORE.
Ne. 30 Centre Square,
LANOABTXU. FA.
T
HHAT1NU.
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HOP IN PIllOK.
A NEW DEPARTURE IN TBKMvVE
HDHINKS
STOVES AND HEATERS
AT
HALF COST.
A HANKRUPr HTO0K. THAT KU8T
UK BOLD.
7hse goods are all of the host makes and
warranted, liut we beughtthem low and will
glve our customers ths benefit of ear geed
lortane,
Come early and make your selection. Ne
such prices will ever be offered again. We
have about 100 Steves and Heaters i all makes
andalses. Among the let U seven et "Spear's
Celebrated Varler lleaten. Regular I'llce,
34.10 1 (Jut trice, 117.00. ether Makes In Pro
portion. FL1NN & IMNEMAN,
Ne. 102 North Qaeen Struct.
LAMUArtTAK fK
HAKINU I'OWDHH-
8
TKKL1NQ UAKINQ POWDER.
Absolutely Pure.
THIS Powder never varies. A umvel et
purity. atrngthautl wholeseuienrt!. Mere
economical than the ordinary kinds. Held
only 1 aus by all urecer.
bl'KULINU MNU ACTUllINUCO.,
U and u spruce Btroet, Mew Yerk.
auicaema
MA QUI NHHT.
QEM'KALi MACHINE WORKS.
W. PARKS OUMMINQ3,
Central Machine Works
134 A 136 NOKTU CHRISTIAN ST ,
LsCASTU,fa.
Knglues and Hellers, el from 2 te 12 herse
power, el our own make a specialty. Neat te
design, of full power, duntbiu and cheap,
steam Uceds and supplleitn great vatlety,
consisting et Vulves, lock, Lubricators,
Wbittlra, Injectors, slecters, luuips. Toels,
Wrought, atailrable and Cast Iren fittings, and
wrm'r'ht and Cast Iren Hlpe, etc rest ob eb
bers' discounts te'ihe trade.
ripeclal maihlnery built te order, and re
pairing promptly Oene. Aisn iron and Brass
Cullugs, fatierus and Medels.
STEAM riTIINCt AMU STKAM HKATINU
AFI'AUATUa.
G0O1J WOliK. I-U0U1T.NE33. 11 BASON-
AllLECliAKUKi.
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