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I n!--; i-r--. ? - ; :i. --.:ii im-ii;i:i.1 ut hi ol- ri:- J. .M. MI I.I.KX, r: ,1:14 !i ; jr.-sT';i1io!i .1. Ar'nin-):-; itiM-rt-!. i lot .trt.--ts. n. i-,! Fi:.rrn, I' niieral Director. X.i,U l I- St. ii:-'nlcllV, 'r- 1'; l i.it St. A- 'NKY maki:-:. : ,-11 tli.- au-tirt)4 r : 1 !. 1- r -.1;. -1 l a ullir " - "' !-.;i:U-i t- ' v ' - -I'liMi 1.. 'i:,in,tii lint l li:i Willi . ; ! t-11. i- .. rli!, rvi".- Lavs.- .v'.V i! - 'I' I ll-.K-lltilHf r a : :rt-- J 'iiX L. 1 AVM.W. lxat. -v;:i,-, Oils! Oils! - - -' . r.- -:.iir i. r- i'i- :!. .;.. ;i ii.--i:uiy ill !! '" I'-.l.l.TtlC tjr;i!i.i oi n4 Lubricating Oiis !'" '' '' :r'-!'--'-a. W- oiuct of Petroleum sfaetory Oils -IN" TJIK- eriean Farket, -i:n-rwt ana vk-iiii- ' : ! I v 1 A I:KKIUTS ,-.ni S-jin. i.-t, V&. I III It 1 in u SPECIALTY. 5iUHY M. IJEXSHOFF, 't&tCTURlttg STATSOSER -AM- EOOK MAKER P.f VM liLOCIv, to Pa. 1 VOL. XLTII. -xo. THE First National Bank Somerset, Penn'a. o Capita!, S50.000. Surplus, 918,000. CLPOSITS RECEIVED IN LARGE AND SMALL MOUNTS, PAYABLE ON DEMAND. ACCOUNTS OF MERCHANTS, FARMERS, tTOCK OEALERS. AND OTHERS SOLICITED -DISCOUNTS DAILY. - lJOAItl) OF DIKKCTORS. unrt: m. iir-ks, ;k). il st tix, JAMKS I lT;il, W. H. MII.I.KK, juhx il sciirr, i:h;t. s. st i u Kra:u w. uifkckku. r.iAVAnn si-ri.u : t rr.nKXT. VAI.KXTI.NK HAY, : VICE TiaxiKKXT. 1IAUVEY M. I1KUKI.KY, : CAS1IIKU. The fun-l anil sivuritit-s if tills hank are e- ren-iv itrirttN-tfd in a vVI-ratitl 'ki.i.v Ki-k- ui.AK 1'kikif SH E. The only xafo nuide dIku- J luu ly hurlar-i'riHr. The teel Conat? National OF SOMERSET PA. y. EtUb!Uhd, 1377. Orcanlzed u l Ni'.Uina!, 1890 I CAPITAL, S 50,000 j SURPLUS AND UN- DIVIDED PROFITS $16,000 : Chas. I. Harrison. Pres't. Win. H. Kooatz, Vrice Pres't. Tvlilton J. Pritts, Cashier. Directors : SAMI F.I. SXYDKK, WM. KX1-I.KY, j.IAH Si'K!iT. JsiXAS M. O H K, JOHN II. SNYDKH, JuIIX STI I tT. Jwsill'H 15. ItAYI. XHAH S. MII.I.KK. HAHiiiSitX SXYI'KIU J KIH MK STl'r KT, SAJI. i'.. IIAUUISmX. 'iwt.;ni r of this U-nk nTi-ivetJw mo-t III., ii-. I imiuii.-iil i-oii-i-u-iii vi i!h s;ii.- t-:ii.l;ini-'. l'iir u-s v isiiiiiir to --!iU aurti- y -.ist nril i-stii If i,i-iiiiiiiiihii.-d hy ln.:t lir any aiii-iilMt. .M-ii:'-v un l valiiahh sx-'ir-il !" ine of I'i--N!-! i li-(rat-J Kift-v, Willi Mt imiintvtl tiii.i- li k. 4 .i:,-.-:-oii nude In nl! irlsif tile I lilted s:.-it.-i. 4 ii;iri:.- MiNli-m!.-. Aceoiiii!.- ainl di i:t xi!ii-iti-l. FLDELITY HUE UI I1BI fl. 121 i 123 Fourth Ave., PITTSBURGH, PA. M Undivided Profits $250,000. Acts a-s Kxecutur, hiar.liaii, As-iiu-o ami ltt iv4-r. Wills reia-iunl f-.r ami hel.l free f charge. Hu-iiRs of re-;i'ienNuii-.l iion-resiK-iits i-ari-fully atteiiihii t. JOHN II. JACKSON", - rri.hiit. JAM IIS J. IK)NN"KLL, V. rni.li iit. FIJANKL1N HHOWN, - SiK-rttary. JAS. C. CHAPLIN", - Treastirer. m ART AMATEUR. Best and Largest Practical Art Magazine. Tiieoiil Art f:!.i:! a-va-d-.d Medal at the WurM l-air I ,.r-i.'.i.:'i - ta n'l u!,- M ': iVI'Wm nt rOn IOC. we i:li.d!oany4Mie jt AC Meii.i-tu e ti.i J-uMfJ: K-r'-'l I I nun r..;.r. Willi kwh ., .i.- pm-t 111 . furei-j v r-- ,i-i:-!.i:i.r nc-I s si ;..lc X. S invrr.-iry i u.- Ij C-s-i rt t .U." I'ti-w :;. or rnrt rt - w n -T tl "Painting rOn .00, f.rii.-a-ii.w-'"is'i-V.0.TAGUE KX'-KS, 23 Union Squara, New Yetk. GOOD LIOUOES ! and Cbap Lienors P.v-.llin-atlhe (M i Li-i'" : ' t;ie, No. 309 Xaln St, and lOR Clinton St, Johnstown, Pa., all i:nls f the eli4ie-t li'jiu-rs in mar ket n U- h:l- T4 my M at..m-tr- this is a v.e!l-kmv -1 faet, ami to all o::ht 4-.!ivineimr pnaif will 1 iiiveii. IK.n t f.rt that 1 k.vp 4n ht.ml trie pn-at4-st viiri. ty 4.f Lli'i.rs, the e';oi.it bnimls ami at the l.iwest pr:4X". P. S. FISHER. A. H. HUSTON, Undertaker and Embalmer. A GOOD HEARSE, nd everything pertutnlng to fumraia furn-b-licd. 7 lie SOMERSET - t Pa m. Air. Oro. II. Jt letter It h The Plain Facts Are that I have had Catarrh lO Vrar. Xl eatarrh cure did me any good, but Hood'i Sar -f oocTs Sarsa- & B-avv parilla taparlll.-i he K'llllll! fll!tv- ...imru.aniu.-lll'ioipjl j r H.-Hl s Sar- im.-i- sc of smell ft j wife a world of itocd for Thai Tirr4 FeeU "K Gkh;k1I. HiFiTtKi. m, liohlie.ra. Hood's Pills arej-fCclent and u'litle.JBcI LADIES' SHIRT WAISTS. The warm si. 11 will stin-st tlii -i!iifirtiilik' anil niori' tlian t-v-r ll(il:ir r:iriiu'i!t. V have all kin Is in tlie Star Make, The li'st mail.', w ith IV.ir I'laitil ami SMI 1.1,1) FltONT.S, turn tlvn ainl strtnilliig "4'llars, in ma terial Mich as l'EIM'ALl-:. MAMIAS, ZKPHYK AND OXFOlil) CLOTH. All .i: up t4 42. l'roMj:! lit!. liti.m wilS U-ivin to Mail Orders. H0RNE & WARD, 41 FIFTH AVF.NTE. Jacob D. Swank, Watchmaker and Jeweler, Next Door Wet of Lutheran Church, Somerset, - Pa. I Am Now ireiiarel t wijilly the puMic M ith ClM-k, Wati ln's, ami Jew elry f all (Kv--rijitioiis, u.- Cheap ha the ClutiiH-st. KEPAIKINU A SPECIALTY. i j All work fruara'iU-eil. L4li at my j MM-k In-fore making your ptin-hase?. J. D. SWANK. Wild & Anderson, Iron & Brass Founders, Eneiu?frs and Machinists and Engiii Builders. Manufacturers 4f COAL CAR WHEELS and AXLES. New nnii s4'coml-lian-I Ma-liiii'rj-, S!i:U'tiii)i. Hangers ami I'ulleys, I nj4--torH, l.iiliriators, 4 til 4':ms, Kti". ERCTI 3 OF MACHINERY A SPECIALTY St'ictly Frst-Cla Work Guaranteed S!o;) ui r,roaI SL, near Ii. A l. Ii-Nit Johnstown, - - Pa. MM! BflTLT, 13 Clirton Street, IjOHNSTOVVN. - - PA. I - ! ikai.i:k in and Other Hardware, SbASS, f AINTS, 01 b, VAR NISHES, ETG. S4-e ur I -irge StM-k 4f Sleighs. Bob Sleds. Sleigh Bells. Robes, Horse Blankets, Etc. PRICES to suit the times. JORDAN k HINCHMAN. Wc are now r-a.ly with our new and Uirvr In volo'4f Klne'4rtf-tionery (ioods, oular linimlsof Ihn-uits and (.Vlt4, Fancy ioods ot all Htyh-s, and everything -lse pt-rtnining to a CrM-c-Us bouxr to till orders promptly, and to supply rt-xidi-nt tamilit-s to any ei U'lit. GoiKlsalwayn frwh, and always offer ed at iowext enures. (Uall and Her one of the fluent aiorUiient ever earrit-d. JORDAN & HIKCHHAH. 270272 Main Streit, Johnstown, Pa. omerset SOMERSET, PA., ONE WOMAN'S WORK. "Who havin little yet hath nil." A narrow cptHTi'! how -n yuu rail It m? Three p;iirs 4r te.l.y eyi-s lin.k up In mine. And UieKHtt-s throutrh wlileh a litht divine Tranifljjuresall my life with ti-ndcn-M glow, Il-aus-1 eannot p:iint with artist skill Tile eh:tiilii e,lon of tiie k -si or ky, Il-ius,-I r:iaiiot wrileof viMinun iiiirh. And move you all with uiiii 4rJoy ut will. Ik--3ius4- to U-Jiraing's i-hrim- no girtw I h.-ini;. Nor take a fon-unt ht.iml for wom-in's csiiixe. ll'-raum-1 trut uiicnii-siioniu- the laws. That lirlng us kiiowJii winter, hinls in spring. You think my life U einMinsiTiln-d uud 4hM la wluit shi-uhl uuike it helpful, rich and M roiii;. Ah, friend! I lux- happy days ai-e none too long Forall the loving duties tluit they hold. Xor Ikih the art you love U-cii all denied, KorluvelicKt pletun s every day I t-e In c liil KnM.r r:nvh-tia grace and move ln: nts fnv. From wuUiui; morn till dniiiuy eventide. My K.JIlh's tmiids, now hrowa, nnv gol-ieii bright. Imprison tints no.irtist's brush has kiiouu; The Uihy'bUei p blue eyes, ih.it met my own, In living liratity mock nil uiati-d licht. Nor do you, know my friend, lie-critics li!d V- story-l.-lli-rs In Hie childr.-n find What store of wisdom ami of wit comliiued We n-.t-tl to point a laor.il new or old. And in reforms arc- wc not !-: rti I l:(te A still, suuill voice lutil not U-al! ill vain? Tlie-childish h:iads nuiy liriin; the greater gain f I aia w illiiit; now to siinj ly wait. And In wluit sciemvor philosophy an pass in iim-n-st the Uihy heart S.i-kins in untriiil ways lo take its part For jjood or ill In life's jrr.nt mystery? lio.1 help us laotliersall to live nrilit. And may our limiu-s nil truth and love en fold. Since life for us no loftier :.i!n can hold Tiiau li-adin little children in tin- iiirln. Kmiii'i .'li.f'c.,'' c,-i-oi,ii. BUTTUrrxTfwTLL washed xmnu:. The Strange Case of Mrs. Parsons' Lying Statement From the Saa Francivu Kr iinhier. A stralljje story of all old li tter, which is at the same lime put forward as a holisraphie v ill nearly twenty years 41.1, is t.ild as part of the litiga tion eor.MNpient on the fs-tt'.enii-iit 4f the estate of Je'ttiie I'arsons, who was a favirite wiiii Sjti 1 'raiicisi-o phiyKv ers thirty-six ytars Hga as one of the Matlileville t-i-ti-rs. The story f the w ill is t-ild f.n Ih.s half 4f the el-iim of Mis. Minnie Adams lirooke, and is here iveti as such and 4111 nc4-o:!;it of its um:.-iial and romaiitie interest. Alaiut a year and a half si'ot'iie Ui-lH-rnia S;ivinrs liank ttirie--.l owr to the I'uhlle Ailniii.istrator 1,7H which had Iieen in the hank vaults since IsiT". without a l.iim Hit. The money was originally ilepisiUsl in the liank hy Mrs. Jelitde I'ar-ions, who with her sisters, A-atha and Alieia, were hilied :ls the Mandeville sisters at the old American Theatre on Saii-aune street during tlie '.Vis. Six months ao tw persons ajpvar eil tt) elaim the forgotten money. Tl'.ey were Ii4-:itriee M. Slates and William ti. Slates, of New York, the latter a physi-ian. Ileitis the ehil.lri-n of a sist4T4if Mis. l'arsons tln-y elaiined the whole Ci-tatu as the only surviving heir--. Their pnuif of kinship M-enuil to le ierfe4-t and measures were taken to efteet a ilistrilnition f tlie estate, when a stop was put to the proee4l lni?s hy a claim made hy three rtsi deiitsof Fresno. Tlu-se eoiinter-elaim-ants are K. C. Tarson-i, Tuleott Iars4ns and Mary V. Whelan. Tiu-y repre sented theinselvts to K the children f tltis rars.i:is hy his first wife. Proev4-dinjrs were heunon thiselaim hut were brought to an tihrupt stay hy the apjiearaliev of another heir in the K-rs4in 4f Mr. Minnie Adams Brooke. She claims to le the only surviving heir of Mrs. Jennie l'arsoiishya former marriage. I'ajK-rs were licinir prepared and sU-iK taken in sulistantiatioii 4f Mrs. Minnie AdaiiM lirooke's c'.aim-i to heir-hip, when, ahout six wi-4-ks ajro, Mas. Brooke hapju-ned to mention to Mr. Mel'oniH-ll, her at tort u-y ir. Chiea jro, that she had a li tter from her mother, wriit.-n 0:1 board the ill-fated Pacific In-fore she foundered oir Cape Fiatt4-ry in 1S7". The letter U said t have hivn found in a lloat'mg bottle- by seamen 011 a frvi;rht 'scit hound fortius jwirt a few W4vks after t'ne ilisastcr. As soon as she retvated the content.- of this imporhint iness;ie from the ilead, as U.-st she c-ould from memory, Mr. MH'oiiiiell recfinized in it at 4nci a sound and leal ludoraphic will. A vigorous search was made for the precious lociiiuciit, and when hope wasaliout ahantl-metl Mrs. Br-:ke's ilaughter ilis-overed it fi!ded wiiii an old railway map an-1 time table 4if the ye:ir ls7", where it had lain forsixtirn yi-ars. While walking twerd the grate to throw the folder i;i the fire the Fetter ilroppeil to the floor. The ilis-c4V4-ry 4f the will, in ctuincetion with oilier and frrUira!ive evident, put a new ase4-t on atluirs, jind J. H. M" Ciimell arrival here fri;iii Chicago Thursday. He has liecn in close con sultation with his assoi-iati's, Messrs. (hinn &. Ko4-i:dowski, wince his arriv al, anil as a result this remarkable iloe unient was ft lei 1 with the County Clerk for probate ytsterd.iy morning. Tlie story of the sea-found will and the romantic and tragic history of the testatrix, who crished that awful night in Is7"i 4tfT Cai- Flattery, is giv en, as n-latiMl by Mrs. Minnie Adams Brooke's attorneys. Mrs. Jennie Par wins, her husliaiid and ls-months-sild Isiby Imy, Jamie, wer-; among the pas sengers who ixrishcd. They were 011 their return trip to this city from Vic toria, 11. C. Ik-fore taking passage Mrs. Parsons had written to her laughtcr, then Mrs. Minnie Adams Bowdish, to come west anil meet her in San Francisco. The letter also con tained a check for f.100. Mrs. Bowdish was on her way west when the wreck if the Paiitie occurred. In the hourof her supreme peril she wrote the h-tter. It was finished in the ilark and by the sense of touch as the water was breaking in. When the passengers were ordered to the limits a wild niah ensaed. and Mr ESTABLISHED 1827. AVE DXESD AY, JANUARY JJO, 1895. Parsons' hahy hy was trampUsl to death. The boats I'oiitaininir Mr. and Mrs. Parsons i-ajisied and both per ihed within sight of shore. As soon as Mrs. lUiwdish recovered from the shock of her mother' tragic end she recoUi-cteil that lur mother had money i:i d-jMsit at tiie Hiu-rnia Bank, ami nhe ctdled there for infor mation. The cashier tretitisl her vi-ry curtly and told h r he knew nothing alxiiit any Mrs. Jennie Par.-ous. Sliort- ly afterwards she saw an attorney and gave him 10 to make a few iniuiris for her. II. isK-ket4.sl the money an-1 when she called again informed her that he 4-ouId ilo nothing for her unle.-s she would give him a retainer of f-Vfci. That was out of the imi-stioii, and Mrs. liowdi-h had recourso to tiie JJj'tini 111 r. Following is a copy of the notice, printed gratis by the JJxftnn'nrr and taken from a photographed copy now in possession of Mrs. Minnie Adams Brookc'8 attoriu-ys, to be used as an ex hibit: ! F.DiTon Krnminrrt I ion a Hirancr in your city aii.t iM-r.-ft of a l-ar mother last Thurs lay hy tlw Irrritile cal.uiiily olt'fait- Flattery. I cjiiue to meet that mothr-rand fininh my la.t diiys with her. In her letter sii wrote 4if hav iiin considcraole m-tins, liotii msh and lo ver tun nts hut gave no p-trticulars. I have a right lo know, hut w far have km unsuc cessful in my search. I must noon rt-tum to my family in New York, and take this way to iipisul to tiie puMic for iiiform-ition. My motlier wjs tlie laic Jennie Farsons. Addr-M Missit Adams Co-ahisii, licneral lelivcry. San Francisco, Satur.biy, Novemln-r fi, HTV A day i;r tvva K-fore taking her il.--j .iriiire for tiie east Mrs. Browdish re 41 'ivc I the I ait tied letter and will, ad dresMtl in an unknown and irregular hand, at the general delivery. Failing to comprehend the iinportamv 4f that lust written word from the tlead he tisik it witii lier and phiced it among her pajM-rs, wlu re it lay forgotten for nineteen years.. Tiiotsgh written in jiencil, the iI-k-u-ineiit when found -as easily- read. Following is an exact copy of the h-tter and will: To w hoever lin ts this little letter. pIiT.se forwurd to Minnie Adams Ilotv.li-h, San Fraiscis,,, Cal ti:-) p. in., 011 b-rl tin? I'a--i:lc. M v I'ukcioCs t iiau: We are In awful per il, W ith titth- hope Uiilcss some V4-ss lcome to our r-l'.ef soon. The terrible d irkm-s that has set tli si over us ulnce I o'clock incn-.is.-i t!i" f.rs of thcalrt-ady pa!iii--s:rick"ii passcn-B'-rs, iii -n an 1 women wriiiKins their hands i.u.i priyint'. I do not t-ur di-ath for myself, but for p.s,r little Jamicund for you, my d:.i 1 i : iir. I dare not liiilik what it will liu-ii!i to yo!!, iliis sudden ending in prospivt. My t.. lining keeps me calm in this terrible tu mult. I know there Is one chance, that s.ni.e of toe har-ly otie;4 may Ik- picked up in the . vi lli of our going down, and I shall Improve that chance to s. nd thi.s tho last of six let!.- which 1 have written and siven to as tnany r iluisl men wIhmmii sw 'uu. they arefrleinis of i-.irs fioni Victori.1, and will mall the letters if they live this one I will put into a Itotlle and drcp into rare of the si-a. 4,od j;r.iut some of them may tin l you. ami !c at lesist tiie m -iiis of biiimin); you n'ld yours tliuincial eonnort. 1 in-1 -oat was found to have sprung a I ak an hour ago, an J the captain ordercl the caryo and Uii;.ig-tliniwii ov.-r, as the isNt Invau to sii.k, and distres signals have lie n up for hours ia 1 he forlorn hop,. th-it some Iil may and rescue us. I rrct now that I did not write you more ultotit my thuillcial atr.iirs hut there Weix- so many oile r ti.lli-,-i to write itlmut. and who would dream of life's curtain being "rung down like tliis?" Still, winn I wroli- you that last letter from Victoria, I had pr.-si-ntiineiit of some trouble, but I tried to tiimw il olt'lM-eau-e I knew my nerves liad b.s-n so o.crwniiiiiht as bring on m rvous pr,!.siration and 1 was not strong. I have giv en letters to Thomas lieverlv, J. Fell. J. S. Webster, J. Fitzgerald and W. Wells. In those letters I gave a list of my prop.-rty and will now give tlie same hen-. I have Uiuked there is such i-onfusion I can scarcely think and now my Uod what do I h-nr. The captain orders all into the ladies' 4-aMn as the water is pouring in aga In at the other iti.l of llictjoat. How my heart yearns liver you my !.-ar child my first horn. In this extremi ty. Iid I ask for too much happiness tiiat the longing f y.wrs must he swallowed uji by tiie angry waves? Noli-ic.in be nuele now? The lights an- going out the worst is at hand. Tiiis I can say: I had my money and real 4-s-tatc before I iiiarri.'d (litis 1'ars.ins and he signed an agreement tli.it In would never t ikeaiiy of IL, The IhuI rolls so, I can't write much more. I hereby write my last will and testament, giving you, Minnie Adams llowdish, everything h-donging to me. This is done with li-a!h in sight and with 4 .ittis Tar-sins' 4onscnt. Don't linger In San Francisco longer than you must. There is inter.-st on deprisits. li.Ml bless and keep my child. This is from touch only. Year loving moth er. JS.SIK I'AltSONS. From the statement of Mrs. Minnie Adams Brooke's attorneys inti-ivstir.g and dramatic incidents in the history 4if Mrs. Jennie Parsons are culled. Her mother, Mrs. Margaret tiainor, came t this c-Kintry from Iel:iney, Ireland, when 4-uite V4.u:ig. Her tlir.-e daught ers wero Imrii in the i-ast within a few years after Mrs. Jainor's arrival. All t'.ie iLuighters wcrectlueaU-dhi KiiMpe. Tlu-ir nanus were Jennie, Alicia and Agatha. Their early training was ili rectvil with a view to a future on ihe stag., ami their course in music was finished in Fram e and Italy. At an early age Jennie licvamc a great favor jte among the playgoers of New Y4rk. yiien 4in!y sixteen she met a ila.-hing aetor nameil Adanis and lcamt fascir nat4d. They were secretly married in Bedford, Kings county, N. Y., In-fore Jennie had arrived at her tfeventeenth birthday. After their child, Minnie, was born Mrs. Adam 1 learned that her husband was a tlesperate gambler and all-rounl sp lining man, an-1, Ih-iiig only a third rate aetor, she was taxed severely by his ineessaiit ilem inds for money. On returning to her theatrical duties in Xew York she left her baby daughter Minnie in the care of IVaeon Wilson's family in Bedford. When Minnie was a year !! her father forgcil an order ,. ., 1 .. 1 1 . tin his wife and removed tne Iaiy t4 .. . .. cwork. The voting mother was nearly frantic at this new evidence of her husliand's depravity. She em ployed iletcctivcs, and afti-r a long search regained possession of her baby girl. Mrs. Adams soon after came to this coasi nast to escape tlie ptTsecutiom 01 lu r husband and his incessant ieiiian usbatid and his iti(ess:nt tleinanod f.ir money. Tliis was in the early 50s. wasri IK)rt ,iutLH, lx:u r-pair.s. After she had lieen here seven or eight I " - ' years she rend a notice in one of tin J 1 1 is noted as curious that tho most papers ttiinotiiicing tlie ieatii of lieC 1 Uautiful girls, and those with the husband, Ceorge Adams, purporting greatest social advantages, more often to have oceum-d in New York. With- ' die old maids than their homely sla in a uouth the willow, as she supposed ters. j herself in ooil faith, was married to Wadsworth Porti-r. Then it was tiiat (osnge Adams, ''more alive and fieinli.-h tiiau evi-r" to ipiote from a li-tter t4:ibseiiu-iitly written by Mrs. Adams Porter to Min nie turned up in San Franeiseo. The not ii-v 411'Jiis death, publilu-d here, was only a part of his viilaiuotis plan for extorting inure money from his wife. As Mrs. AdaiiLs-Portt r was go ing from the old Alin-lieaii Theatre one night across to her hotel she saw Adams standing on the turner. He had Ihi-ii "laying for her," so he in formed her, adding, by way of jocuiar gratulatioii to his own shri-wdness, "that she had fallen intj the trp he had set for her." As a result f the conference which ensued Adams secur ed ?:?.) from his wife 4n condition that he would go away and cease his perse cutions. Tiiat is . supisjsed to have lieen the last ineeting In-twecn Minnie Adams Brooke's father and mother. It is now claimed that the estate, in stead of ln.-ing worth jd,700 with inter est for nineteen years, will aggregate in tlie nsighlvirhood of Jls.if.'.). Doc umentary evidence wi!l be forthcom ing, it is a-soru-d, showing that Jennie Ad-ims-Porter-Parsons had l"i,tH- on tie posit here in San Franci4-o. About Stronqr Hen. Thomas Tluunis.ni lifted the barrels of water, weighing together 1,S.V p-uiii-ls ii Marcli US, li4:!. He al-o put an iron bar 4111 his ncek, .si-ia-d hold of its two ends, and ln iit it until the latter met. Oa another iM-easi-.ui he rai.s-d with his teeth n table six fi-et long, stiptortiug at i!sfartli4st end a wi-ight 4f loo Mttiiids. lie also tore without svrious t'llort a r.pe of a iliam-i-ti-r of two iiiehis, and l:ft4-d a hor.-e over a lar. Some years ago a negro apiK-ar. d i:i London w ho, with one hand and his Sinn straight, liftui from the ground a chair on which wass-at4-l a full grown man having on his lap a child. It is on norl that a Cermaii f.dli-d Buchholtz HiImI with his tn-tii a i-an-110:1 v.eighiiig tilsiut liO pounds, riml !irel it o!f in that i-ition. White jK-rforming at Ktertiay, in France, li.e sa'iie feat, tiie liarrel of the gun bur.-t. Mirainiloiisly he was not killed, al though several of tlie fragments were thrown over tirty yards away. There are stories of othi-r .-trotig men who ilid notapMar in public. A butch er liv.sl iu south Holland who ki-l.d i-alvi-s by strangling them. A I bitch 4-ount, in a private ciitertaiiinu lit, U-nt an iron bar by tK-ating it with his right hand again-l his left arm, protected by a leather liaudagi', U-nding it after ward straight again by beating it the 1 .titer way. Charles Ii4iuvir, a carpenter of Paris, found it child's play to roll a tin ba.-iti between his ti:iger into a c lindcr. On one 4a-easion he i-arriisl oll'asol IiT on puar.l who had gone to slct-p in tin sentry Uix, depositing IkiIIi on a low 4-hureiiyard wall close by. An tsUally amusing story is told f a Iiani, Knut Kundson, a l.M-ksmith, who while standing in a window on the ground Hour, liftnl with one bund halt' a bullock from the shoulder of a butch er who was toiling past with his load. He Was Powerful Lonesome. The road up the mountain was hard to climb on horsi-ha-k, but wln-n I reai-lu-d the top of the gap a beautiful view was 'spread U-fore inc. Like a strand 4iftwisteil silver the Cuitils-r-ltind river was woven in and out among the trees of the valley, and far, faraway thegm-liof the foivst stretched until it failcil into the blue of the distant sky. After gu.ing on tlie magnitbvnt scene for a few moments I got oil' my horse to fix my saddle girth, and while I was al11.1t it a mountaineer imiii j out of the woods by the roadside. "How are you ?" said I. "Have you a piece 4f string that I can tie up this girth with?"' "Sorry, mister"' said hi', "but I hain't."" "How far is it to the nearest house-? Maylie I can get there." ""Like's not you kin; it's alsiut half a mile down the mountain." "Who lives there?"' "The Widder Biinkins." "Not Sam Biinkins' widow ?" I a--k-ctl in astonishment, for only aweik U-fore I had met Sam il own in Pini viile in a timU-r trade. "No; its Bill's." "I knew he had a brother, but I didn't know he was dead," said I, con siderably relieved. "He ain't 4le.ul," said In, grinning, "it's his grass widder." "Oh. Bill has skipird, has he?" "Well, sirtcr, you may say. Yon sit, Bill's wife owned the farm and he kinder baik it easy tell she got her. dander up, and then, cac he wouldn't work, she twk it into lit-r head topi-s ter the life outeii him and keep hill from inj'yiii his rest. It kip' 011 frt.nj bad t wuss, tell at last i-he tuck a i-h.b an' druv Bill 4it!eli the place. And told her heM U ilcmed cf lieMtVer come back forever," "When did all this happen?" "Only ji-t this morning." "Well, I guess I had belter not st4 p tin-re, had I ?'' "In cour.-e, mister," he said urgent ly; "she ain't I'htiv to ft rangers." With this assurance I started oil", and as I turned in the road he called to me: "Say, mister, won't you tell the wid der that you seen Bill up in the moun tain lookin' powerful loin-some." Transatlantic Liners. It takes an expenditure of nearly J),000 to carry a vessel like the Ma- . ' jesticacrosi - ,. . A shin s . ross the Atlantic. steward, whi sprang into the sea and r-rseued a young lady who had fallen overboard from an Atlantic lim r, hasUvn presenteil with slOtiO by lier relatives. It is said that the first cost of building a fleet of Atlantic liners Ls a tritte coinpareil to the cost f runninjr I them ; in less than throe ytars it will 1 tstwi tlie cost of construction, socmir- nl.,U:J t nl,,U:J the constant exjienditure iu eralc PATTHILV, Phiebc Jane Breck hungthe rugovcr thecriii iif the old haircloth rocking chair, anil Mrs. Potisonby Ten Bfock gaed at it critically. "Il'sa r.iil Ihighestaii jeitl-rn," s:iid the great lady, who was a summer is itora'. Hast Pah-sirina, and l'o-U Jan. colorisl high with pride and pleasure. Being only seventeen years old, and not the capable one tif the family, it was a gri-at satisfai-tioti to have In-r handiwork admired by a lady from New York. "You really have got a knack at rug making," said Po-'oe Jane's older sistor F.unice, when the visitor's carriage had gone. It was at that very moment, while Piio-la Jane was washing the Ust thin glass tumliler hi which tin lady had drunk her cream, that a great idea came to her. She ilid not tell F.uniivnt one-.'. F.u nice was trying to trim Pauletiy Jor dan's boniii-t "kind of suUlm-d," ac cording to that lady's injunctions, as she was coming out with new false t'l-tli, and was anxious not to look t'si "llighty." Win-ii Kunii.' had some thing on l.er mind was 11 it the tim to talk to li4-r. Besidis, it was such a great idea that it almost took Piio-U Jane's breath away. If she could have told her Cousin L:u !!.!, that would have lieen a com fort. I.'ii ila went to the Oakmouut female seminary, and knew almost cv everytbimr; but Luella and she wer.. forbidden to scak to each other, U cn'ls h'-r father and Luclla's i:iothi-r, Aunt Cynthia, bad 'i:irri-l--d long ago. Aunt Cyntiiia's Uiys, Jerome and Albion, and Pinch: Jane's br.th. r Lb-wcMyn, had always sivled at 4aeh otlnr, but Phi il Jane and LticlLi iiad wanteil to !e friends ever since the day when Lueila's btitl" kitt.-n got lost in Wingate's wom Is, and Phole Jane bad 4-limb. -I a tall tm, in the top of which it was mewing piteously, and restored it t- its mir-inss' iniK That had hap:eneI long a", when tlii-y were little girls; but ever since tiu-y had shown th.-iasc'vts e -netiial spirits. Sj Pii. e'lH. Jan. longed to ask I.uelia's advice a!" e.lt lu-r bright idea. But as tiiat couM no' U alloweil it to rest awhile in her eager brain, and then pr.wi-4-ded to devi-lop it. PineU Jane st.l softly in to "the sh'p!i'-r-le--s r.iom" they cal'.-sl it x U4';lUse the old-fas.io!Hsl p;ijn.T oil the walls was c:vreil with shepherdess;-, with thi-ir crooks and thiir docks of shei-p. It was the U-t ro-mi, the p tr ior; but although Pho-'n Jan.-'s fatin-r and mother had lived in that house ever since they wi-re married, the nsiiu had newr ln-ii fiirnistu-d. They h:el always U-en planniiig to furnLsh it. That had Uvn one f PIio-'h Jane's i-iotlier's hiHs as 1-ini;. as she livi-l, and now Kuniee, whenever she was able to save a little money, sai I that some time, perhaps, tln-y could furnish the parlor. Kuniiv hail made a U-nutifid lounge for it out of an old packing cas, and Mrs. Ti-btiry, wln-n s!ie movtsl t.Or land, hail left them her bast-blinier stove to use until she wautiil it. It it F.unice said the great dirhVulty wa- thi carpet it was such a large room. Pho-lvJanc stisul in the middle of tlie room, and s-.irveytsl it with meas uring eye. "Llewellyn will paint the edes for me," siie meditated, "and it is v-ry ravish to leave half a yard all aro ml." "Then we emld have the i-hoir re hearsals here," said Phu-U Jane aloud to herself. The choir rehearsals were held in the church U-fore the sereins on Sunday mornings, which was a very im- inven ieiit time for tho- singers who lived way tip U-yond Pigeon Hill and down at Wood F.nd. These rehearsed-- seem ed a little like profaning the Sabbath, too, to some of the singer-; and, any way, it was not pleasant and s4-ia!, as it would U to havetiiein in the even ing, ii.'t it c -st to nr.lc.i to neat or even to light the 4-hurch for eveninir r.-la-arsals. If was a large, old-fashion-l church, an-1 Palest rina was p,ir. The Brecks had a larg p irlor organ; it alnio-t tilled the little sitting r.ioni. Mary F.ilen, the si-tcr who died, had Kcight it with her scho il-teaching money. No one else in Palcsirina had stie-i an organ, an-1 Ivinhv had often said, with a long sigh : "How delight ful it would Ut have the choir re-hi-arsals iu-re if we only ha 1 t!u p.irlor furnisiied r Piio!ie Jane ili-4-idiil that, if she had a "knack,"' it was high tt:i.e. she. used it to av.iiiiphh sonu-thing wur'ui while, tsp.sially as mIic had an unnim fortable sense 4f not Iving goo.1 f r much. Kuniee was a fain nisi! lous-keep -r, and could trim Umnets so we'd that pjople preferred lux work to that of the village miilint-r. She was so us ful in siekiK-ss that every one sent for her; and she could play Utiutifally 0:1 the 4irgan, although she had never tak en any lessons. Kveii Llewellyn, who was thirteen years old, and only a loy, could U trustnl toget dinner Utter than Pine! ie Jane. He could draw ile ligiitful nrisie 4v.1t f the tld fiddle that they found in (Jrandpa Pulifer's garret, and could piu.le the school master himself when it came to math ematics. Pinelie Jane couldn't play on any thing, cxii-pt a comb, and she was oblig.il to go to the barn to indulge in the musical iH-rformance, lieeause it made Kuniiv iicrvoas. S!ie said she c tild I tear it if Phe!e Jane cnubl keep a tunc. And Phu-Jie was very apt to le at the foot iif the class at seho-il. Never mind! Mrs. Poiisonby Ten Brocck might flatter, but Kunin cer tainly neverdiil, and Kuniee had sai I that she, Pho-lie Jane, had a "knack." Pho'lie Jane sliinxsl away that after mum without giving any acviiunt 4if herself. She caHedj first ru'iJdMri. Proaty, win U-ci the lis.trina drtssnmker. for f'fty jHari. (Ud Mrs. I'4-outy iia the iutatio t-f U-Ing Vsnng." SJie ha-1 a great store of "pieces" in her attic, and she had nov er Uen known to give any away, even for a crazy quilt. But she ami PhoU Jane were very intimate. Pho-lieJane had brought up Mr. Prouty's tend r br.x-J of turkeys, hatched during a WHOLE XO. 2270. thund.-r-showvr; h:id always stiaxl up for tiing T, the old lady's little rat-tT-ricr, that was Vfiti-d a leilsimv by the iicigbbirs hoys. M-rsivi-r, old Mrs. P.'.i.ity's L rln 1 , si'i in "t'r; seats," an 1 longi-d forevening rehear.k!s. The pile of 'piNt-s" in Mrs. Prouty's attic ! was like a mountain f r.ii:ii ia s, and !d Mrs. Pr.c.ity i:i. s. imH a tn -io ry that s!e kn -w t wh ; il.-.-ss aim t every pi.s- had ls-oiig.sl. Piio-U' Jane made twoor three oth-r i-.ills, and U-fore shs went bom. the siii-is.s of lu r plan sis-ined a-ssureiL K'ln'nv said : "I tloii't seehowyon're going to make a rug that Is large i-inni'.'.'i," and "I hojK you won't get tired of it U-fore its half ilone, as you lid of the U.sL-pread you U-gan to i-roi-hi-t." Bat she helpsl. Kuniee woul-1 always help, though she was practical, and saw all the difficulties at once. Llewellyn got the Corey Uys to help him make a frame that was birgi enough, and he hclp-d to make the rug, ti. By dint ofhtirdwork it was fin ished, an-1 laid tisiu the parlor floor by the lirst of Ii-,.'iiib;-r. As Ph-e'ie Jan said, ifyo'.i don't Ujiieve it was a sii-gc, you'd U-ttr try one! A real 'Jaglust an pattern nine by twelve feet. Tiii-n, alas ! when the rug was down, atid tlie p-irlor furnished, all the pl-as-ure of tho choir rehear.-al was spoiled by a church ipiarrel. It anse as ihun-h quarrels and others oflen il 1, frcn a very small thimr. Oid Mrs. Tarkal-rry, Aunt Cynthia's mother, had tiie olil-fashioncd Ni-w Ku-riund habit of susp;-ndiiig all IaUr on S itar-lay evening, anl Uginning it ag-.iin on S m-l iy evening; and, Us ing: vi-ry ibtin:iti woman, she would knit in the Suwlay evening pray.-r- lllectiilg. No m-itter low loud tin minister and the memU-rs prayd and exhorted, iso III liter how loud the c u- greg-ttioii sang, old Mrs. TaekaU-rry's knitting ih-e dies v4-:iied to 4:liek itliove everything. S ini." p-iple were slocked, and sonn ha-I th-'ir li TVe-i aflecKil, while others d-.s iar -i tli.it "a mother of I-racI," iik. o!-l Mrs, T.i.-kalierry, should le al lowcd to indulge in such h irmless co cetitri.-ity. At this time the church was divided into two parties, one in sisting oid Mrs. TaekaU-rry sh :ild e -as to knit, or leave, and the other iLi-larhig that if she left it they would leave with her. S i thei-!itire!i was relit ass-jnder. The siipp liter- of old Mrs. TackaU-rry iiirtd the town hall f-r their s-rvic.s, and a yotimr .liv'mity student for their minis ter. The fund- that had Uv:i Um-ly etiotmli for one church were sadly in suTieicnt for two, and there was enmi ty 1-,-tWiN-n old frii-nds and iiighUrs. So i'iiu-lie s aid, with a teurf il s -ns of the futility of all huma'l hop.s, that there was "ji. comfort in half a choir r.-hcarsitl." It was old Mrs. TackaUrry who had made the triable U-tween Aunt Cyn thia and her brother-in-law, years U fore. so it was lot very likely that the Bre.s-ks would isp use her cau-e thuh I) Minn Bre -k, who was a mild and gentle man, and never hail quar reled with a:iyb dy but Aunt Cynthia in his life Djtu'oii B.-o.-k said he "wishtsl folks naild have put up with the knitting, for h b.-Iieved it was condurive t- g idliness to let som. folks do as they were a mind to." As if P.i.eV Jane had not iis-.ip-p ointment enough, the worst storm of the sea-sin came on tiiat SatunLiy night wln-.'i tlie c!i ii'!ia-l b.s.-n invited to hold its first rehearsal in tlu ticvly-fjr.iish-elpirlir. It was a rain follc.vinga heavy fall of snow. The r-xtds were alnio-t inip.iss.ible, and m:st of the singers lived a I :ig di-t in . fro:n the villag . Til to.Vii hall wa- oppsite the Bree'.i's !i and Piue'ie Jan.-, look ing out of the win 1 iw, s.iw that tho choir of the new s,x.-iety was as-em-bling in spite of tho storm. It was going to ho a groat occasion with the new society to-morrow. Jerome, Aunt Cynthia's old-.sit son, who was a stu dent in the theological seminary, was g-iiiii to preach. B it a groat voluui. of sin ko wa p ui ring out of the diors and windows of the hall, and Llewellyn, who had been over to investigate, announced tiiat "that chimney was smoking again ami they wonld have to give up tiu-ir rehearsal." Then Llewellyn, who-was a strong partisan and didn't like Aunt Cynthia's Jeroitio, turned a somersault of excitement and delight, "It's too bad!" criel Pipe'io Jane, whose soul was sytlip ilhetie. "Fatlu r K inieo dort't JM think wo might ask them to c inu in here?" Father llrcek hesitated, rubbing his hands tog.-ther nervo'tsly. He said he was afraid pop5c would think it was .ievr, and if any of their own choir should io:ti , it would bo awkward. Then K ioice s.i l lenly canio to th-e fr 'lit, as K.i:ii-o ha I a way oftloin qu'ue un-.'xn -ctedly. "I think Ph ioo Jaae has a right to use the p irlor as she likes; she work-. 1 so hard for the rug," said K inie ." "Well, well, iloasyo:i like, Pa ' - Jane. M ivU it's a Providential lead ing," sai l Father Brock. l'h.ehe Jane threw her water,'. if over h-.-r head a:vl ran out. Ta.-rowere Cynthia and Jcroni. , and with theai a profss.r from Jerome's seminary, Pinebe Jane had a luaip in her thr u. wlu'tislre tried to sp.-.ik to tlveut, hit behind oh joy ! there was Iiella ! "Ifyoa will coui. and rehearse in our parlor y.ui know nUiut my rag r s;iid, Piui-U' Jano; and then she drew her waterprtaif over her head and ran l -k There was a consultation, evidently. Pho-U Jane heard idd Mrs. Tackatvt ry's V4iiv, and wasafraid they wouldn't come. Bat they ilid. It seeiuel as if aluutst the whole of the new society 4-ainc pouring into the parlor, and by tiiat lime Alma Pickering and Jo Flint ami the Hislgdeti girls, of their u n choir, had convc. It wituJd live Uvn a little awkward f old Mrs. TackaU-rry had not Uvn immediately stnn k by the new rug, and Ugtin t4 ask question aUut it with a fretslom that made everyne laugh. Sam they were all talking aUmt it. Pluelie Jane n-memU-retl, as she had 1 meant to, where she had put almost all 1 be "pit-cu!." tif wh.ich Hw Proutv hai tol l h r the history. Old Mrs. Tai-kaU-rry cri-d ab:Mit tin pink delaine that was her little grand daughter AMy KUen's, who iliisl, and ab: sit the brown ti libel tlutt was her laiiglitcr Amanda's wislding ilresn when she tnarri.il a liiiw-i.ninry and went to China, and died there. Then tln-y all laughisl at an nra b -si(-il- in mi- ir:n r, which was J.-r- o!:r..Js 1-H-1w lliati-l dr.- I'hu-ho J.11 he.d b .) a littl - e'rald to tell of that, J-iooi was i impi-ing in a w bin ins-ktie. Aunt Cyn'lii.i -Aoiiid not U licVetti.it -ii. h id l t tin dres-iuaker inak-e tiiat df.-s-,, until she n meinU red that it w a- the titin- '.vle n she waldcd In r ban I. P.s.pU- l;i j coining in. Piiol Jane had an inspiration, und made Llewel lyn go and invite them. It ln-4-amea good ol.l-fashioiicd iieighUiriiiHHl par tv "just like a ipiilting," 4ild Mrs. TackaU-rry said. KcryUidy fmind some of their "pieti-s"' in the rug, and smiU-saiid U-arsand iimmncrable stork grew out of this. The newcomers found the two fae ti 'in apparently so nsincilt that they w-re stirpris-d out of any ani-mo-ity they might have felt, and when they earn- t r.-hear-s their music, it h.-inp 114-d, s!.I!y enough, that both pirti.34 had ch'-ri the samv Iiymti, and they all sang together. Wln-u they bad finished reln-ar-ing, some one Pho-U Jane never was quite sure whether it was Jerome or the p f,.s,r started Blest la the tie that binds." How thi-y did sing it ! Mil Mrs. Ta'-kaU-rry's thin cracki-d treble rang out in defiainv of time and tune, and when tlie hymn etideil, tt-ars were rill ing down her seamy clieeks. "I'm going Uick to the church !" she said, brokenly. "I'vesp ilt my nuvtn's and other folks' long tstiough and and I'm going to do what I'm a mind to, to home, wln-n it conns sundown 011 the Sah! iat h 'lay, but I ain't going to knit a mite iu mtvtiu' again not a miter' There was a great handshaking. Aunt Cynthia and Father Breck a-- tually shook hands, and out in the en try old Mrs, TackaU-rry kissed ph'i-U Jane. In spite 4f the I Kid n rails, there was a great congregation iu the Kat Pal estrina church next tlay. It was the prifs-sr who prca-heil. He chose for hisU-xt: "BUss,si ar. t!n p-:n- inak ers," and everyone look at l'im-1-Juue until she grew red to the ti of h r ears. Siie and Lueila walked homeward together op-fily, arm in arm, and it sei mis! like walking in Paradise, al though one went over sUws in mud. Poi''.' l'0tit ti nitiit. A Law Unto Herself- Siie was a li.tle woman, ilresseil in lila-k, and having a bundle wrapjied Ui in a gray shaw l. S!ie had a seat in the middle ofatirand kiver avenue iar, and, as s!ie took outlu-r clay pijs and liciran fivlimr firl:-r toUuco, the conductor st-p;N'd forward and said: "You ni'isa t smoke here, ma'am." "Why lu r.'" "Ag::iiist tiie ruhs." "Who ma lo t'.ie r.ih-s?" " l'hi i-ompai'.y."' "Wlwre's the company '."' "Ilowii at tiie oilbv. "Well, I never allow auy'oody a mile away to tell 111 when 1 shall or shall not smoke. I've got wind on my stom a -h, an-1 win-it I have it I alius smoki. You kin tr.t right Uick to the platform and he ready to jingle the U-ll when aiiyUsly wants to get off." And she found a match, lighted it on the soleif asol-dsh-ie, and putted away with a s-ron-: c niiiLeaaneo until ready to get oir at T.ve!fth street. troif '. '4 - . Cam jarative Areas. Idaho is twi.v as large as Arkans-as. Colorado is tw ice the size of Ala bama. Samatra is nearly as large as Cali fornia. Tunis and h:o aro nearly the same s'ue. Ireland isaUmt half the size of Mis souri. Cy pri-ss is almost as h.rge as Ct -necticut. Australki is about the size of the I'nited States. Canada is a little largrr than the Faited S ati s. EurojK is oss than one-fourth the size of Asia. Arizona Is almost exactly twi4x the size of Missouri. Portuguese Afriia in :w larg. a Mexico and Texas. Asia is the largest cotititK-iit, bs'MV lm square miles. Korea is exactly the si. of Kansas ,' square miles. Auiuim, io'k'l s.,;mre miles, is aUmt the size of I.Ltho. Misc-ouri is almost three times the siie of West Virginia. Maceduiiia proper was near the i 4if the State of Illinois. Pennsylvania is aim st thro .-fourth the size of Miss. mri. P.irtngueae Ouinea Isa little larger than New II I'lip ;'aire. Siberia lias an area of ."7,tK) miUs, aUmt the size of Indiana Brazil has one province larg-r than any thr.v of our Slates. Sasmania has ii.dii) sa-'iare mifcs, a little .smaller than Maine. Labrador Is about the size of Mis souri, 7-VO.ts.inare utiles. The Umpire of Charlemagne tuvcretl ab nit IS) 'U I stpiarc mile. The Itomaii province of (;miI was little smaller than Texas. Denmark lias H,U ,-upiare miles, a little larger th.m Maryland. There are ftiU provinces ia Chin:' larger Uat any of our States. Ttie Island of Mauritius and lilnak Island are abmt the same size. Keuador has ll.:,u) siinare inihs, a': ut tiie size of New Mexico. 11 1:110 iiii.a has 4,l square milts, tho exact size of Inusuttia. Java and Arkaivas are of nearly thc same size Vnn) sijiLire miles. Pciuv-ylvajiia lias "sk stiun miles more land that Ohio, or Bolivia has 7s t,t saitiare milcst off aretL, alamt tfu. sia of Mexico. Ikiig.iria np-r has r,(.kj sipiare miles, aUait the size of Indiana Australia is aUut the size of the rnit4.1l Stati-s excluding Alaska. The two Aiiier'n-as are, combinet, al most exactly the area of Asia. Africa is thr-e-fourtlis the si ff Asia, or lfk'mo square miles. Nicaragua and New York have the same area, 4!i,()U s;piare miles. Sardinia is exactly the size of New Hampshire, or inX spntre mile. The Palestine of the time of Christ was about the size of New Jersey.
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