t r I f i i 'AMATEUR' SHERLOCK. LEAVES FflCM HIS NOTEBOOK ON SIGN PICTURES OF BURGLARS. What Chalk Mark oa the Front Stoop or lSte Mar Mean Oa the OHwr Haaa. They May Ha aT tbe Srrawla mt Mi rhirnw Ilnya Whkh Nothing. Tbe amateur Sherlock Holmos has idod author chapter to his little note book which records the significance cf trifles that are important clews to the dijius .f the criminal classes. Spots of iiik, cigar ashen, marks ou the finger and tlie articles of dust in the f jlds of an tmbrelia are ail eloquent to this observ ant fkT after truth as revealing times, places and occurrences in which people may have been eugaged. There is a whole literature on the ruuds of New York and vicinity, thf ir color and con sistency and the various degrees of at mospheric moisture under which they will be reduced to a fluid state, while toothpicks and matches as characteristic of various restaurants and localities are full of meaning. "ow it arpears, by what the amateur Sherlock Holmes has been revealing in a moment of confidence, that the dead w alls of Now York. 6toops of houses. basement entrances and area gateways are tbe signposts of the criminal clashes, and that what look like tbe rude 6crawl ings of boys are in reality the 6ecrct symbols by "which burglars communicate with each other. Chalk mai ks under the edge of one of your front stej may mean that your house has been spotted and will be bro ken into on a certain date. A rude draw ing on the area railings may to the en lighten eye of the initiated mean: "This niffl "has a burglar alarm on his second story windows and keeps a revolv er undt-r his pillow, but the silver is in the butler' pantry on the first floor, and the hon3 may be tutored through the 6"cond bi-emrnt window, where the latch is broki.ji." The fraternity which has developed this sign language to such a high degree of perfection shows considerable ingenu ity in its digu, but no attempt is mads at accuracy of drawing, as that wculd attract atu-utiou. The sign pictures of tbe burglars are made to look as much like the rude scrawls of schoolboys as possible. Three figures were found scrawled on the gateway of one bouse. The informa tion thus r ictorially conveyed was to the effect that the house was tenanted by a lady, one woman servant and a boy page. That he was a boy page was indicated by buttons on bis coat, and tbe servant was indicated by a short skirt, dotted to rca-mble a print dress. Another picture in the notebook of the amateur Sherlock Holmes was more easily deciphered, as it showed merely a fierce bulldog guarding the house, a warning to all members of the frater nity. The nest sign, taken from a house in tbe suburbs, was more mysterious and complicated, but niton a study it finally resolved itself into the announcement that the man who lived there went out to business at 9 in the morning and re turn at 6 in the evening. Another 2'icture gathered by the ama teur Sherlock Holmes during his pains taking investigation of this subject showed accurate information, as was subsequently discovered, upon the part of the sign writer as to the interior of the house. It indicated that there were three electric bells on the windows, and that one woman servant was employed. A crude drawing taken from under the edge of a stoop indicated that the serv ant there had been "squared," and this house presumably was ju.-t ready to be burglarized. Some of tle booty expect ed to be secured, together with warnings as le difficulties to be met with. were indicated by sign pictures of silver sp.xjus, coin and plate, together wita the statement that the place was "Al," but there were significant sketches of a dog, a revolver and electric bells to put the thieves upon their guard as to what to expect Frequently the burglars, says the amateur Sherlock Holmes, put these sigu pictures on houses remote from those to which they refer, and in this cae the ideutitvof the latter is revealed bv mvstericus svmbols. This was the case with a rude drawing of a house dis covered on a street corner. It represent ed a tali hour with a line barbed with a u arrowhead leading to the roof front the stivet and indicating that the best iik'tIkmI of ii'irrt'ss was through the roof. The street and number of this house were also shown by a succession of nu merals which only the initiated could understand. D.m't ret frightened when von see chalk marks on your front stocp or area gateway. The probabilities are that they are merely the idiotic scrawls oT buy a At the same time examine them rloselv. and if thev seem to rxiint to bur clarion intent ordesimi it micht not be a bau idea to report the matter to the police. The latter will probably laugh nt rim anion? themselves, bavin? lit yet developed many Slierlock Holmes propensities, but the fact that the signs havs been noticed w'JL in some mvs- terious way. soon be known to the crim inals, and those enterprising gentry may be Irighiened on. Jew iot t woriu. Lepers la the World. According to MalhalL leprosy is far more prevalent in Enrol. than most lople suppose. He says that there are now 3.000 leiiers in Portugal, 1,770 in Norway, 6,000 in liassia and about 2.000 oil told in other European coun tries. In India there are 131.000 and in Canton, China, not less than 10,000. He d uot give figures for otlier coun tries and islauds, but it is estimated that the leper population of the world is but little, if any. short of 1.000,000. Not Sharp Enough. "Why, Madge, that was a splendid thaiice to cut him. "I know it. but I was too dull to take a lvantage of it " Detroit Tribune. ladoar Bicycle Riding. Xowadavg every one wants to ride a bicycle, but many do ut attempt it le- cau- they dread the ordeal of learning. In the first place they dislike the idea of abrasions and bruises, and in the second they can hardly bring themselves to the sacriSce of dignity which the flounder - ings of the beginner usually entaiL They need uo longer hesitate. The bi cycle can now be learned indoors, safe from prying eyes and without fear of falls. A new appliance designed for thi"- parpuo consists J a small flywhex cov?red with rubber and twoside wheels liitl with a simple arrangement by means of which it can be adjusted to any kind of cycle in two minutes. Its great advantage is that the rider exjw rieuces the same momentum as in a spin on a hard road, while the machine either remains stationary or moves so sliwly that in traversing 15 feet the same amount of exercise is obtained as in a mile tf ordinary traveling. I'ljrf-tiee can thus lie carried on in hall cw roiu, and riders can gauge the raie of tjxvd their exe rtions would have given them the highway. For legin liens, e-hikhvn and invalids necdiuj? pbys leal exercise this invention is siice-iaU. lup?ed. as it stands perfectly steady and enables the difficulties t,f mountin; and dismounting to be thoroughlv eivei come without danger at falls or braisrs. The appliance is collapsible, weighs lo muuL and can be easily carried in the hand. Exchange. IivUl-a of tha Sexes. One of the most remarkable churches is to be found at Freudeuthal, in tha Black Forest It is boilt ou such a plan that tlie men are unable to see the worn en, and vice versa, for it is eon-posed of two wings, which meet at an angle where the pulpit stands. The riht wing is allotted to men, and the left one to the women of the congregation. Berlin LrtUT. ; ' I ABOUT INDIAN MONKEYS. Tha Method They I.mpIoT Whew Bobbin a Corafield. It is still an article of faith, not only in India, but in all lands where mon keys go in pucks, that they have a king, laws and language of course. Saving the first item and duly limiting the others, the belief is sound no doubt But Ibn Batuta tells us, ou the authority of "pious persons" he met in India, that the king lives in state. Four noblemen always attend him with rods in their hands and cooks serve him on their knees. The king has a train of "armed fol lowers. " When a subject is caught, he contrives to send a message to the sov ereign, who forthwith dispatches an army, and when they come to the town they pull down the h uses and beat the people, and their armies, it is said, are many. This is not quite so ridiculous as it looks, for the sacred apes that fre quent an Indian village will readily gather to avenge an injury, and it is a common practice with them to destroy the huts when angered. They have a great many children, and when a child is unlike its father and mother it is thrown out on the high road. Then they are taken by the Hin doos, who teach them every sort of handicraft, or sea them at nignt, ma they may not find their way home. At Shabar, which appears to have been somewhere near Madras, people dare not travel by night in the woods, for fear of monkeys, which is certainly not exact, since these creatures never move after sundown, butjf there be a foundation of truth in the legend it is curious. We are not aware that any In dian apes at this day will attack a pass erbr unless gravely provoked. But there are plenty elsewhere that will It is a well known fact that m pro ceeding to raid the cornfields in certain parts of Africa apes have a combined plan of action. Ibe old males go nrsr Home of theni scout cn either flank, and climb every eminence near the line of march, to assnre themselves that me route is safe. After reennuoitering, they give orders in such diuercnt tones oi voice that each must have a special The elders are silent when advancing, but the main body, female's and young, keep up an incessant cbat ter, playing and feeding as they go, un less brought to an instantaneous can t-y irn:il Behind follows the rear cuard of males, who drive loiterers sharply on. On reaching the cornneias me scouis tn'.-e rxvt all round, while all the rest i fall to plundering with the utmost ex pedition, filling their cheeK poucnes as fnll as thev will hold, and then tucking the heads of corn under their armpits. Hasten .traveller. THE ORGAN. Its Peculiar Fitaena For the Form of Coin- position Known aa the Futne. The organ as it existed in Bach's day. and as in most essentials it exists now, is an instrument peculiarly suggestive in regard to tbe realization of the finest and most complete effects of harmony. of modulation and of that simultaneous progression of melexlies in polyphonic combination which is most completely illustrated in the form of composition known as the fugue. It is so for two or three reasons. In the first place it is the only instrument in which the sounds aie sustained with the same intensity for any required length cf time after they are first emitted. However long a note may have to be sustained, its full value is there till the moment the finger quits the key, a quality which is invaluable v.he-n we are dealing with long suspe-n sions and chains of sound. Secondly, the opiortuniTy of playing the bass with the feet f'n the pedals, leaving the left hand free for the inner parts, puts within the grasp of a single player a full and ex tended harmony and a f relom in manip ulation such as no other instrument cf fords. Thirdlv, and in the case especial ly of fugue compositions, the immense volume and power eif thepeelal notes im part a graudeur to the entry of the bass part in the composition such as no other medium for producing music can give us. In the time of Bach this splendid source of musical effect was confined to the great organs of Germany. The English organs of the day had in general no pe-' j! board, and it is prob ably owing to this fact more than to any thing eL-c tli;:t Han:lels published organ music is so light, and even ephemeral in style as compared with Bach's; tliat he m ated the eirgan, as Spitta truly ob serves, merely like a larger and more powerful harpsichord. Without the aid of the jiedal it would be rather difficult to do othervri.c, and the English organ ef the elav was in everv resect a much lighter and thinner affnir than the "huge house cf the sounds, " the thun der of which was stored in the organ galle-ry e.f many a Lutheran church. Feolnightly Review. A SoWtitcte For Gold. A Fie-nch ttvhuical rapT, The Jour nal de rilorlogerie, leclares that a new amalgam has been eliscovcre-d which is a wonderful substitute for gold. It con sists of SU parts of copper to six parts of antimony. The copper is melted and tbe antimony is then added. Once the two metals are sufficiently fued together a little magnesium and carlionafe of lime are added to increase the density eif the tiateriab The product can lie drawn. wrought and soldcml just like gc:d whic h it almost exactly resembles e-n be ing jiolishcd. Even when exxjscd to the action of ammouiacal salts ;f nitrous vojKirs it preserves its color. Thecost ef making it is about a shilling a pound avoirdupois. Enelixh eMro. The oleomargarine factory.f the Earl of Jcisev. tear Loudon, turns out 5,000 pounds eif eileouiargarine eve-ry wee k. It was the Iymdvin Saturd.iv Review w hich once eall-d oleomargarine "that Ameri can crime agaiust humanity and the cow," but it would probably regard "Jeiey" oleomargarine us the p-oper t'ling. New ork Tribuua A SP.DER FARM. A Simp Bottler IIa Becraited tbe Spider Acalnt Hit Foea With Soccew. A sirup bottler has improved upon the prison le.ison of Bruce. He has taken the spider into partne-rship in the work ing of one e'f his most important depart Ewnts. Flies, cockroaches and eth-r in sects, artrae-ted by his sweets, and en couraged by the ge-nial atmjsphe-re o' Lis bottling room, used to interfere with Lis work, get into his bottles, steal his goods and "worry him to deMth." He Las recruited the spidcT agaiust his foes and vanquished them. Some G.000 spi ders now make their home on the ceiling and walls of his bottling department Their vel are everywhere, and they be have themselves with great intelligence. Said the bottler to an intervicwe-r "These creatures know more than i great many people. Spiders do not care for sweet things, and never drop into my vats or get into my bottlea. I never disturb them except to fee-d them exva- sioiially. They apiear to know my calL and will coiae out and feed from mv band, or take a fly from my finger. "TLey shut themselves up during most eif the winter months in the little nests vou see stuck like (Liubs of mud about the ceiling. When winter comes. I bru.-h away the webs. They prefer to weave new ones every spring. "Each May they reappear ready to unravel the silken fabric that is stored in their little bodies. It is just about then that the flics have hatched their first young. If the spiders appear earlier, the crop of flies would soon give out. "I Lave been only running this spider farm for two years, but I find ruy little ! partners indispensable. They will not j endure in the place a single fly or inject that is a plunderer of sweets and sir- j up. "Pittsburg Dispatch. The Catawissa river, in Pennsylvania, was named from an Indian word tlutt j means "getting fat " Experience The Best Teacher. The great value ef Dr. David Ken nedy's Favorite l-inedy in curing diseases of the blood, particularly the ills of wfman, lias again leen demon strated. Mrs. V. J. Audern of Bruyn St., Kingston, X. Y., in speaking of her experience, says: "I was an awful sufferer from troubles common to my sex, was reduced to 70 II,; lour physi- ians prescriUMl for me, but I kept growing worse. I'ntil I be gan the ue f Ir. Ihivid Kennedy's ravonte Remedy I never knew a well day. Bv its use I grew stronger, the pain ! frequent, until it entirely disappeared. I now weigh li" Hs and , am a we'll woman. I hhhi kuow a iozen women who sulli-red similarly and have Ikxh cured bv its u.-s.." The Lw Laid Down. Judge Hwing, of Fayette county, in the course of his charge to the September grand jury, said: I'nder the law each township is held responsible for the con dition of its roads and npon each devolves he dutv of preparing and maintaining the public highways within its borders. ny damages which result from the bail condition of the roads can 1 collected from the district in which hev are received. The supreme court i as decided that the aft of the Legislature savs a bicvclc is a vehicle and has there fore the same rights as other vehi- le. The manner of propulsion and the numlier of wheels have nothing to lo with it They are conveyances for traveling and therefore vehicles. The law ways the roads shall le put in shape for the passage of all vehicles and since the bicycle has liecome a vehicle, under the law, it is required that the roads Iks put in letter condition. Any one who knows anything about the use of bicycles knows that they require a letler road than the ordinary four-w heeled vt-hicles. The bicycle, be concluded, has the same right to demand that the roads I put in proper condition for its easy passage over them as the other vehicles w hich have been in common use for years. If the roads are not in pner condition for the bicycle the wheelmen are entitled to damages for injuries the same as per sons injured while traveling in either -onvcyaii"Cs. DnpliciU Money Orders. The postotlice deparlinent has lieen put to considerable trouble lately by the issuance of duplicate money eirders for thiwe alleged to have lieen lost, mis directed or possibly stolen by elishonest U-rks. All duplicates have to le issued by the department at Washington, and last year application w as made for the issuani of more than such orders. The department finds that in many e-ases both the original and the duplicate have been paid, ami in some ca.ses suit has bad to lie brought to reifiver the money. In order to obviate such entanglements in the future. First Assistant Postmaster tleneral Jone-s, at the solicitation of the auditor, has adopted a rule not to issue duplicates in the future until the expira tion of sixty days from the date of the original tin ne-y order, thereby atTording time for the receipt at the auditor's office of the monev eirder statement of paying lmstniHsters, and an opportunity to examine such statements to ascertain whether the original eirders have Ix-en paid. This may work a hardship in some cases among those who e-an ill allbrd to wait the period of sixty elays on account of the mistakes of their enrresjiondcnts. but it is held at the nstoHice elcpart iiie-nt that the general good of the w hole servh-e demands the enforcement of the new regulation. To Put Your Foot in it- "To pu( erne's foot in it" is an Eng lish eountry saying. After the milk is drawn from the cms it is comnionly placeJ in large, flat jians and set on the ground to cool, in w hich position it is an easy matter for a clumsy fellow to put his fMt in the )ni. No ne-e-d to fear the approach ofe-roup if you have Ir. Thomas' Ee-lee-tric Oil in the house. Never was a case that it wouldn't cure- if Used at the eut.-'t. Invalid' Hotel and Surgical Institute- This widely cele-brated institution, located at lluli'alo, N. Y., is organizenl with a full stall of experienced and skillful Physicians and Surge-oiis, con stituting the most complete erganiza- tion of medical and surgical skill in Anie'rica, for the treatment of all chronic dise-ases, whether requiring meilieil or surgu-al means for their cure. Marvelous sueevss has lie-en achieved in the e-ure ef all nasal, throat and lung diseases, liver and kidney diseases of thedigestiveorgans, bladder diseases, diseases rieeuliar to women. hliMNi-taiuts and skin elisease-s, rheuma tism, neuralgia, nervous dVLility, paralysis, e-pilepsy ( fits j and kindred a!U-e-tions. Thousands aro care'd at their home's through ceinvsp:indenc'. The cure of the worst ruptures, pile tumors, varicoex-le, hydroevle, and sirie-ture-s is guaranu-e-ei, witn only a short re-sideiice at the institution. Send 10 cents in stamps for the Invalids' ('uide-llook 1 1S pagesl, which give's all jiartie-ulars. Address, Werld's I)' H'iisary Meilie-al Assm-iation, Buffalo, N. Y. The City of Constant Growth. "I tell you," the visitor was saving. "your town has no stability, some thing's being; changed all the time old buildings coming down, new oiks going up, const rue-t ion going on all the time nothing the same. Now, e-an you heme-stlv mention eiiie feature of y.mr citv that hasn't undergone a change in five years?" "(If course I can," said the Chicago mm, with wild enthusiasm, "the lake." CltUvyit Htitml. Troubled With Eczema- Frank Iieaver, of Z)ii Velar St., Philadelphia, Pa., writers the following to I. Hood k o., of Dowe-ll, Mass.: I was troublcl with eenemn and have lie-ell greatlv lie'licfitenl bv the Use of Hooei's Sarsapiirllla and I he-artily re-commend this meelicine for the above disease. Hood't Pills cure indigestion, Irilious uess. Eight Months Blind Cored. Ll XoK, NKA it tiKKKXSIIl'H'l, P.. August 21, lsi5. . W. Sai.i.kk, M. I)., SlU Pe-nn Ave, Pittsburg, Pa. I)i:ai: Sik: Yeu are at perfee-t liU-rty to publish my elaughter's case, t!ie facts eif whie-h are thse: When I went to see you her eyes had ln-en ule-eratetl and sK.tte-l with white wars over the sight for eight months, so that she could Uar no light eir see to fee-d herself. I had had her treated by five different debtors one oculist for three months with no be-nefit whatever. Since I took her to you, ten months ago, she has run in the sun, without complaint, and heT eyes are as bright and cle'ar as any one's. I can give you the names of as mauy reliable people as any one may want, w ho knew all about her eyes then and how they are now. I remain, yours res)e-ctfully, IIakuy Hart. The Scope of the Atlanta Exposition. From Harper's Weekly. Whoever thinks that the Cotton States and International Exposition at Atlanta will he a mere copy of the Chieago World's Fair in miniature is as much in error as he who supposes it to be a show designed to interest Southerners alone. The truth lies mid way between these two extremes. Pri marily, of course, the purjK of the management has been to cause the Southern people to realize what they e-an and must do to keep abre-ast of the great lusines world, and to show Northern and foreign investors what a mau of jiotontial wealth is storeil in the South in natural resounvs which ne-J nly capital and energy for their rapid development; and incidentally to attract to Atlanta a multitude ef out siders who could lie elrawn bv no ex position of narrow scope. To the lat ter end, theeream of the Chicago Fair has been skimmed for Atlanta's use, and mauy new and striking features have been added. The visitor at Chi cago, if he attempted to pick his way through miles of exhibits w hich did not esjH'cially interest him in order to finl some which did, and after spend ing the w hole six months in the dili gent exercise of all his faculties, came away with a sense of the stupendous- nests and splendor of the show, and the incapacity of one human mind to grasp iL At Atlanta it will be possible for an intelligent visitor to give two weeks or three to the systematic study ef the exposition, and cover the grouiul satis factorily. Yet the Atlanta Exposition is by no menus a small affair. Its projectors claim for it the honor of being next to the largest world's fair ever held. Its site is a natural park aliout three miles from the heart of the city. From a ridge which marks its outside li;nd ary the land slopes tlown toward a la- siu in the centre, which is utilized for the bed of an artificial lake. The atn phithe'atric topography of the grounds lends itse lf readily to see-tacular use-s. Fine sweeping vistas are obtained from every jioint; and with the lake for a scenic focus, and a fringe of fore-st fol iage skirting the fence for prebably two-thirds of the entire circumference, nothing is left to lie desired in the way of broad landse'ape effects. Partly for the sake of harmony with their surroundings, and partly for reasons tf economy, eight ef the eleven main buildings have been designed on line's of cottage rather than of classic are-hitee-ture. They are simply big, airy, wedl-lightenl wooden rinks.' Their sides and roofs are of clapboard and shingles; their window frame's and sashe's, though large', areof convention al pattern. The; are the buildings elcdicated to inae-hinery, electricity, manufactures and the lilteTal arts, ag- rie-ulture, and transiortation; the da ted States (iovernmeiit, the Negro, the Administration, ami the Georgia Man ufacturers' Association buildings. All except the last name'd are painted slate- e-eilor, with dull green rofs ami white trim, so as to I as unobsimsive as Issib!e; the (ieorgia Manufae-turcr.s' Association, as if in protest against the general uniforiiiity of tone, has painted its building a light orange-color. Of the three main buildings which are outside of the e-ommon archite-e'tural scheme, two the Wemian's Buildings and the Hall of Fine Arts are classic in outline and cove-reel with white stall". The remaining one is the Minerals and Forestry Building, which has a llat roof and a large eK-tagonal tower in the centre, and whose side's have a rustic surface of split !gs with the bark on. The largest of the main buildings is that ef manufacture's and the liberal arts which is S-V5 feet long and "Sm; fee-t wide; the smallest is the Woman's Building, 1501 by 1-S feet. In one re-spe-e-t the nieK-lianical and electrie-al exhibits at Atlanta will becs lecial!y noteworthy, if not unique. There has been no eirort to bring to-ge-ther a collection of niachines merely to show the details eif their construe tion. Every one is an inte-gral jmrt if the exposition itself, to that we have under the eye at once their anatomy ami their physiology- the ceil lection eif imrts, their oeration when energized, ami a demonstration tf their jeTform anceeifthe functions for which they are designed. For example', the elef triolighting appliance's, which are on exhibition for the purpose of attract ing trade to their respevtive inanufac-ture-rs, at the same time illuminate the building and grounds at night A Just Assertion. A daily paper in Nebraska tells the story of a county supe-rintende'iit of se-heieds re-e-ently asking every te'acher at a county institute who sulise-rilied to a local newspaier to hold up his or he-r hand, and out eif alxiut bW te-uchcrs present, six resjioiidod. ThcreUoii the supe-rintendcnt made the following for cible remarks: "You elon't spend one dollar a year with these iiajHTs, yet you expe-e-t them to print, free ef charge, notices of in stitutes, insert long programs ef same', full rejiorts of what you say and tlo on these occasions, and thus exin-e-t them to ail vert ise you and your abilities in your chose-n profession, thus assisting you to e-limb the ladde-r to higher posi tions and U-ttersalarhs without a cent's postage in return. Yur e-emdition in this matter would lead me, were I an editor of one eif these pajiers, to prompt ly throw into the waste basket any e-oiiimunicution sent in by any society, the members of which were tew proud or too stingy to take a pajer, er, if I in-se-rted it, to demand full advertising rate for every line publisheel." That county superintendent, it is safe to assert, w ill be re-e-le-cted by a larger majority than ever, if the papers in bis county are worthy of the position they should oe-cupy. The Care of Lamps. Some one has said that it take-s a wo man of i u telligenre to t ri nt a lam p-w ick properly. It is as certain that this small office is one that is often poorly acconiplishe-d as it is that it is one on whie-h the comfort of a roomful of ter sons may depend. The last reading in lamp regulations pree-lude-s any trim ming, but instead scraping off the charred wie-k with a visiting card, any a clipping them of any loose strings that may remain. The corners should be clipped off somewhat as the linger nails are shaped by a manicure, and with this daily treatment the wie-k should give no trouble. Black, stickd burners will be restored to almost pris tine freshness by boiling them in vine gar, to which twoteasprionsful of salt have lieen added. And lastly, polish the chimneys with a cloth dipped in alcohol, touching no water to them. JNtvr Yvrk Tiutt. He Had His Doubts. Ziggsby I think a man Is a coward who would strike a woman, don't you? IVrksby Well, I elon't know. No coward would dare to strike my mother-in-law. IruoL!yn Etujte. General Grant in Japanese Eyes. In The Century ispriute-d a transla tion of "portions of a (plaint Japanese life of (ieiieml (iraut The following is nn extract from it : In the spring ef his seventeenth year he expressed a great thought to his father and addressed him, saying, "I have in 1113 mind the thought that, when four years from to-day have pass ed, I shall not be doing this kind of laUir." The father, thinking it a strange thing, said: "Io you hate your father's hereditary trade? Do you hate to liecome a leather maker and spend your life thus? What profes sion, then, do yeu exixi-t to adopt in future? Ik you expect t f? into the i fields carrying a sickle and a hoe? ! j you expect to sell and buy things in the market? Or do you fix yourcye fialls upon books of 10,00.) volume's, and elesire to speculate reasons and promote moralities, anil become a man of wide ; knowlHlge?" (iuarando K'K-ii, re plying to tlu'se questions, said : "To cultivate the field and become a farm er is well, but to spend the whole life as a hireling is not well. To tike a eoro bau (counting mae-hine) ami b-.'come a merchant and gain profit is well, but along w ith it to m ike bad practice is not my de-sire." Contrary to all this, our ancestors, in the war of inde-ie-nd-ence of this country, sowed great merit, I hear. I also, entering a military school, will have to show my arm in the time of gre-at things. Oh, Father Kuen, how is it?" The father, being exceedingly glad, did as he wished. o . v Hope's Flattering Tals. The life insurance agent bit his lip, kicked the wall and threw a liook at his cat. Then he felt U-tter, but not much better, for fate had been treating him unkindly, not only punching him unmercifully, while he was up, but beating him fiercely while he was down. "I'll tell you my miserable story," he said to a chance caller, "ami jkt Ii:ih evoke your pity. There were three of the'in, partners in crime, I le lieve, and I persuaded each of them to make an application for fifteen thousand dollars life insuranev. And it took a lot of e-rsuading, to.). First of all I gave them a dinner, the-w took them to the theater, and then bought dolls for their little girls. Each of them touched me for a small loan. I could afford these little attentions, as my commission on the business would have liet-n aliout one thousand dollars. "I was hugging myself ut the pros pect of the commissions, and every time one of them fe-lt doubtful aliout Ix-iiig able to afford so much insurance I gave him a meal or a box of cigars to 'jolly him along. "They were all three examined em the same day and all three were reject ed. Though they lookeel he'althy they had about all the diseases under the sun and they knew it. They had board ed at some time or other at the expense of almost every insuranev agent in town.'' Queer Questions. There are half a doz-.-n e-ollections be longing to the last century of questions and answers. They are called the Athenian Oracle, the Itrilish Apollo and other titles. I'.otli the questions and answers are most curious and inter esting. Of course, a large part are r? ligious or rather Ilibiical, but m-iny il lustrate old bi'Iiefs aud superstitions. For instance, here are evrtain Ilibiical questions: How long did Adam and Eve con tinue in a state of innocene-y ? Why did not Adam name the fish? Why do Angels have wings? Who was Cain's wife? Were there other floods lie-sides that of Noah? Why were ignorant men chosen as apostles? Where did the cs-k stand when he was he-ard by all the world ? Where was Job going when he was 12 years of age ? Were there rainbows ltcfore the fl.iod? And he-re are certain secular ques tions : "Why do elephants have no joints? What iiecomes eif the llame when the candle is blown out? Why do drowned men flwt on their backs and drowned women on their faces? Is it a comfort to the unhappy to feel that there are others quite as unhappy as themselves? What is a Phenix? Is there a rae'e of Pygmies? Is it true that men haveonerib more than women? Do swans sing before they die? What is the will o' the wisp? Why are wits always cowards? The-se questions the hook treat sol emnly, and provide learned answers for them. Lnwlon Otmn. Tbe Modern Steer. The tye ef animal now winning in the English fat stoe-k shows is a very different one from the one seen twenty or thirty years ago. Then the big bulky animal, w ith lots of size and patchy with fat, carrie'd the day. The winner now has to be short-legged, broad and deep, full in the Hank, well sprung rlls and gmxl twist. His bot t ni line's should bj as straight us his top lines, and as wide, and he should have no thick, patchy fat anywhere. Expe-rieinv has shown the thick-bod-led, short-le-gged steers, with full flanks, pay the feeder best and give lest pr fit to the butcher. Big one-s are no longer iiecde-d. Small sizes are lest, with plenty of quality, and with youth on their side the meat is juicy and tender. Age is counted in months now, instead of years, and the change is for the Ivttcr. .Y ir York Worltl. An old gentleman gave goenl ad viev to a young lady who complained of sleeplessness. He said; "iA-arn how- to breathe and darken your room com pletely and you won't need any doctor ing. Not one in ten adults knows how to breathe. To breathe perfectly Is to draw the breath in long, elee-p inhala tions, slowly and regularly, so as to re lieve the lower lungs ef all noxious ac cumulations. Shallow breathing won't do this. I have overeotn-; nausea, head ache, sleeplessness, seasickness, and even more serious threuteuings by simply going through a breathing ex ercise p'jmpiug from my lower lungs, as it were', all the malarial inhalations of the day by long, s!ow,'ample breaths. Try it before going to bed, making sure of standing where you can inhale pure air, and then darken your room e m pletely. We live too much in an electric glare by night If you still suffer from sle-eple-ssness after this experiment Is fairly tried, I shall bs surprised." Pattins it Fine. Miss Anteek He is the 111 st insult in young intn I ever met Miss Ulosson Did he ask you how old you were? Miss Anteek No. He asked me h old I said I was. Queer Answers. Since wit . has lieen defined by Noah Wclwter as "felicitous asses-ia-tionof objects not usually connected so as to prodmv a pleasant surprise," may not the pupils of some of l!os ton's publie sch'xils, who gave the following answers to their examina tion que-stioiis, lay claim to it? The record as he re given is bona fide, hav ing Ikcii read during the graduation exercises of one of the leading grammar schools of this city: First Who were the pilgrim-t? A dirty, filthy set who lived under tho ground. Second. Name a domestic animal useful for clothing and describe its habits? The ox. He don't have any habits because he lives in a sta ble". Third. If you. were traveling across the desert, where would you choose to rest I would rest on a stool. Fourth. Mention five races of men. Men, women, children aud babies. Fifth. Describe the white" race and sh'iw that it U superior to the other races. A white 111 n will nod at you when he meets you on the street Sixth. Of what is the surface of the earth coinp -wed.' I)Jst and people. S.'Venth. Nam? a fruit that has its seed on the outside, A seed cake. Eighth. Name five form of water. Hot water, cjld water, faucet water, well water and ice water. Ninth. Name and locate the five sense's. The eyes are in the north ern part of the face and the mouth in the southern. Tenth. Who were the mound build ers? History cannot answer this ques tion. Science only can. Eleventh. Define flinch and use it in a sentence. Flinch, to shrink. Flan nel 11 inches when it is washed. Twelfth. Iy what Is the earth sur rounded, and by what is it lighted? It is surrounded by w-iter ami lighted by gas and electricity. Thirteenth. Name six animals of the arctic zone. Three jiolar bears and three seals. Fourteenth. What is yeast? Yeast is a vegetable Hying about in the air and hitching itself on to any thing. Fifteenth. Why do you open the damiH-rsofa stove when lighting a fire-? To let the oxygen in and the nitrogen out Sixteenth. What did the consti tution do for the country? It gave the President a head. Seventeenth. What are the last teeth that come to mail? False teeth. J'lJM'VII lluillji't. Mrs. E. E. Davis, of San Miguel, Ca!., says: "I am trying in a measure to iv pay the manufacturers of Chamber lain's Cough Itemedy for the great good their remedy has done me. For years I was a constant sufferer from weak lungs and bronchial asthma. My rest at night was disturbed by a hacking cough, so that I felt miserable the greater part eif the time. Many reme dies recommended by friends were tried, none of w hich proved suitable to my case. I did not exicrieiice any beneficial results until I U-gau taking ChamlK-rlain's Cough Itemedy. After two Unties of the large size have le-ell Used I am pleased to state, my health Is Utter than it has Uvn for years. The soreness has left my lungs and chest and I can breathe easily. It has done me so much good that I want all who are suffering from lung troubles, as I was, to give it a trial." For sale at lienford's Pharmacy. Eoraz as a Fruit Preservative. Here Is what Rural New Yorker says of it: A liorax prodmvr in California is said to U' experimenting with this sub stance us a fruit preservative. The fre-sh fruit is to !e jtcked in barrels with the powdered Imrax. A shipment of cher ries pae ke-d in this way reached Chicago in "prime condition." This is far more honest than it is to buy 5 cents' worth of liorax, mix it with a little salt, sugar, ete1., name it "Preservaline," and sell it for 50 cents, but it will not prove profitable. liorax sliould not be used on fruit just lie-fore it is to lie eaten. While it will undoubtedly keep the fruit in a fresh condition, it is injurious (o health, and the health lioards in large cities where fruit is sold will sure ly prohibit its use. Last August while working in the harvest field I became overheated, was suddenly attacked with cramps ami was neiirly dead. Mr. Cjimnings, the druggist, gave me a ebse of Chamls-r-laiu's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea lietnedy which completely relieved me. I now keep a bottle of the reliie-dy handy. A. M. IU xxf.i.i, Cente-rville, Wash. For sale at IV-nford's Phar macy. Mrs. S. A. Ke-ll, of Pomona, Cal., had the bad luck to sprain her ankle. "I tried several liniments," she says ''hut w as not cured until I used Chamber lain's Pain R dm. That remedy cured me and I take pleasure in re-commending it and testifying to its efficacy." This metlicine is also of great value for rheumatism, lame back pains in the chest, pleurisy and all deep-settled ami muscular pains. For sale at Henford's Pharmacy. Portland (Ore.) Restaurant Talk, Spring chicken on toast, foul tip; se-ramble-d eggs, two chippies in mid oevan, shipwrecked; pork chops, shee-iie-y's funeral; corned Ucf hash, plate of mystery; poached eggs on toast, two men on horseback; toast, three gashes; milk toast, graveyard stew; live-r and bacon, stars and stripes; fried sausage, four links of American cable; fried eggs, white wings sunny side up; cod fish balls, pair of sleeve buttons; steak, rare, slaughter house-, let the blood fol low the knife; roast beef, rare, npicr e-ut; corn cake's, siack of Kansas; buck wheat cake-s, stack of blues; wheat cakes, stae-k of whites, with a copper; cup of black coffee, one in the dark. Pottmuters and Pension Papers. The Post-office Ik-part ment has noti fied postmasters that the execution of pension vouchers must tie confined to pensioners w ho are "within the delivery" of the postmaster's own ollieo. THE KEELEY CURE Is a special boon to badness men whn. hirtar I drifted unoonM-louiily Into the drink habit and awaken to Dud tne diaeaaeor alcoholism fastened ' npm them, renderinr them tmfit to manme af fairs rmuiring a clear brain. A fuur weexa course ui treatment at the I prrrsBuna keeley institute. I No. 4246 Fifth Avenue; restores to them all their powers, mental and physical, destroys the abnormal appetite, and tetores them to the condition ther were In he- lore they Indulged in stlmulanta. Th is has been . done in more man lfioo easea treated here, and , among them soma of Tour own neighbor!, to i whom we ean refer with confidence as to tha absolute safety and efficiency of the KeeleT Cure. i The fullest and most sean-binr lnvextiraUon is n ritea. bead lor pamtut giving lull ialixma- YOU CAN FIND THI3 PAPER ra f 1 in Prrrsnra- n at th 4trt.iD Hunan el REIONGTOIT BROS. ae will aaaim tut slniuaa at kt noaa MAKE LIFE EASY For the Old Folks-How This Was Done for aa Altoona Lady. Our representative called at 1703 ICth street and bad a pleasant chut there wua an Altoona lady who is T.i years of anj and has that to say which wiil interest old peo;'c as well as young Mri l . M. Enjjle was her name aud her case is only an endorsement of many others that hae come to our notice. "Yes." said M Engle, "I have used Doan's Kidney lU!a and they have cured my back. I have been troubled with kidney ailment fir years. I-'or the laft : months I w in continual misery, thinking if I did not get help I should not be here long. At different times I have consulted physi cians, who have made the startling an nouncement that my complaint was BrigkCs disease. Their treatment never seemed to benefit any. Sly back tx-came almost unbearable with pair. across my kidneys. The flesh was sore to tbe touch; the very weight of my cl.the hurt me. I could not turn around i:b out taking bold of something I rod about Doan's Kidney Tills; thought they might help me. I got some at J Ross Mateer's drug store and since I have been taking them I am like a difT-rent woman. 1 felt better after the second day of their use. Now I suffer none of that terrible pain whatever, my apprtite is improved; I do r.ot have to get up dur ing the night as formerly. I am 7.1 yeaM of age and the other day I took a long walk over the hills, something which 1 was unable to do before taking Iio.in's Kidney Pills. I wish the rr..prietor of so great a remedy every success with mv heart." 'Doan's Kidney Tills are so d for TO cents per box. six boxes fur J '. by all dealers, or sent by mail 011 receipt f price. Foster-Mi'Utrn Co., B-iSalu, N. sole ageuts for the U. U. CONDENSED TIME TABLES. Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, Somerset and Cambria Branch KORTnWAKD. Johnstown Mail Kxpmw. Rorkwood S:.T0 a. ni Somrrxrt 4: it), SloycstoWD Uoov enivllle xW, Johnxtown 0:10. Johnmown Mail Expro-. Rnekwood 10: TO a. in SniiH-rwt ll:lj, Stoyottown 11:43, Hoov entville 11: .4, Johnstown p. m. Johnstown Accommodation. Kiickwood &S p. in., Soiiiwwt 6:3JSloy-i.lu S:IB, lioov-t-mville :, Juluiittown Dully. SOCTHYAKD. Mall. Johnstown :tn a. m., Iloovemville 7:11. Moyeslown Tulj, fSomt-met 7uj, Itockwoud b.JJ. Exprpim. Jobnolown i30 p. Ilooversville 3:1 1, .toyi-otown Si's Somt-ri t 3: j, lU-k-wood l:Z. Runday Only. Johnstown 8:30, Somerset KhOl Kot'kwuud llhili. EXXSYLVANIA RAILROAD. CASTERS STAN OARO TIMC. IN EFf EGT MtY 20, 1895. COXDESSED SCHEUI LB. Trains arrive and depart from tbe station at Johnstown as follows : WK-STWAKD Wwtcrn Exprps.1. 4:.l a. nt. Ktiiithwrsh-ni Exprcw Jobttstown Ai-toiiiino(ltlon o:.7 Acromiiiodation . Ihll) Pacille E.pn- " Way 1-Ms.s.nir 3it! Mail . 5:l " Kal Line P. m. Jobiuttowu Aii-ormnoibiliou. 1K JU EASTWARD. Atlantic Fxprps a. m. S.-bor' KxprvM kI" Altoona A--oiiililoax.lloii. IHy Exprvs tii " - Miin I.iiif Kxpnm lo:l. " ltoorm Aceoimuoihktion J.'fJ p. m. Mail Kxprt-iu -4:11 " JobiiHtown Aotiiiiiiodjtioti (i:.Vi I'biladplpbia Kxprtsa 7:1 " tau-t Uuf lOi'W " For rat. hiapo. Ac. cnll on Ticket Aeentor addmw Thim. K. Watt. P. A. W. 110 t'llllt Avenue, t'lttnuuiv. fa. H. M. Trevoot, J. R. Wood. twu l Maruucer. (kn l run. Aft. YOUR EYE! We want to catch It! EVERY FARMER in Somerset County who haa a cord of Ileinl.x-k lUirk or a Hide to dispose of w ill find that the CON FLUENCE TANNERY Co., will pay the highest cash prices for the same. Write for quotation to WINS LOW S. COBB A CO., Confluence, Ta. GOOD LIQUORS ! and Cheap Liquors By calling at the Old Tit-liable Liquor Store, 5. 300 Sail St., and 106 Clinton St, Joliiistown, I?a., all iuds of the choicest liquors in mar ket can 1 had. To my old custom en this U a well-knowd fact, and to all others convincing proof w ill be Siven. Dou't forget that I keep on hand the greatest variety of Liquors, the choicest brands and at the lowest prices. P. S. FISHER. HERMAN BANTU, 134 Clinton Strttt, JOHNSTOWN. - - PA, DEALER IN Builders1 and Other Hardware StsASS, f AINTS, Olb, VAR NISHES, ETC. See Our Large Stock of Sleighs. Boa Sleds. Sleigh Bells. Robes, Horse Blankets, Etc. PRICES to suit tlie times. TAJ I OBTAIN A PA TEXT f Tor a prompt answiH- an4 aa bntMrt otnion. vrll to Ml t CO.. wbo hmTe bad Mult nfty tcaiV zperieno In the pumt iMwicra. rnanaonira. tiau itrk-UT enaSdraiiai. A Itaaa'bMk ol lo. lormatioa coooaniinc I'a Ir.l. and bow ta ob tmia tbn tent frra. Alio a ratakwuaoi inrh.n. IcaJ aatl cMntlBe bork hdI fatMit takra Ibrouch Nona ft Co. tarvlT jpocial autlcaia tba rvl-atir Aaieriraa. an4 tboa ara broocht wioIt beforatba pablieaua. ot nat to in. hiTwilor. Thi. (trtrodid pmnrr. Uaaad aaeklr. elaaaotlr tllastrated. ha. b? far tha UnrMt rrealatioa of any artncise work la laa H iTr. Sample a.r..r. anit fraa. BaiMlna KVllUoa. anotblr. tto a jw. Mlnr1a Cnatea. it oanta. Efr numbc eontaiaa dm. tiful plataa. la eoorm. and ptMtocrapba of Dtr hooara. wilk plana, anablina balloon lo abow (a latnt dMlcn. aud noira omtraeta, Addraaa i COW " Voas, 3.1 Bacbwav IMrOSTAICT TO IDTIITIStSiL The cream of the country papers is forrqi) In Bemington'a County Beat LUt& Shrewd kdvertiaers avail theinaelves of thM liiits, s copy of which can be Lad of Bomingtaa -N COPYRIGHTS. V THE sIs None Too Good When You B EDICINES. It is Just as IiiiMrtaiit to Snure FRESH, PURE DRUGS I A it is To Have VonUlence in the I'hytUian M ho Vr i You are always sure of getting tbe Carefully TRUSSES FITTED. All cf the Best and Most Apiroced Trusses Kept in Stocl. Satisfaction Guaranteed. OPTICAL GOODS. GLASSES FITTED TO SUIT THE SIGHT JOHN N. Somerset, GREAT VALUE fOR bITTbE MONEY. The W YORK a tweiity-jiajfe journal, is tlie leading IlcpiiMiean family i .f t!,e Unitetl State-. It U a National Family Paper, and gives all tlie : -m -ral news of tlie United States. It trives the events of f.-n iirii land- in ajwt hhell. Its "Agricultural" tlejiartiiient lias no sujerior in the country. Its "Market Report" are reeoirnied authority. Separate dcpartnirnL-t for "The Family Circle," "Our Young Folks," and "Science and Me chanics." Its Home and Society" eolamns i-iniimaiid th admiration ,f w ives and daughters. Its p-neral political news, editorials'and d;eu sions are eoiiiprelu-nive, brilliant and exhaustive. A SPECIAL UOXTIIACT enables The .. Somerset .. Herald ONE YEAR FOR ONLY $2.00. CASH IN ADVANCE. (The regular subscription for the two papors U f.l.Ort.) SUBSCRIPTIONS MAY BEGIN AT ANY TIME Address all orders to THE IIERAL.D. Write yonr am anJ aJJress en a posUI Tribniie DuilJinx. w York City, tad simple copy fTlieewIr Weekly Tribune will be mailed to yon. Louthers Drug Store. I Main Street, This Model Drug Stsrsis Favorite Trith People in Search cf FRESH . AID . Medicines, Dye Stuffs, Sponges, Truset, Supporters, Toilet Articles, Perfumes, dc. THE DOCTOR GIVES PEKSOXAL ATTEXTIOS TO THE COHPOrSPISO 0 Looker's Prescriptionsi Family Receij GRKATCABK BEING TAKEN TO TSE SPECTACLES, And a Full Line of Optical Goods large assortment all can be suited. TBE FffiEST BHAHDS OF CIGABS Always on hand. It is always to intending purchasers, whether they buy from us or elsewhere. J. 17!. LOUTHER M. D. MAIN STREET .... SOMERSET. PA Somerset MANrrAC-TCKEK AND DEALEE Lumber and Building Materials. ard and Oak, Poplar, Mdlagn, ricket, Mul Walnut. Yellow Plue, Flosriux. Kash. Ktr B Cberry, bhlnclea. Downs Baluster. hei lAtta. While rin Blind, ewrl It, t:te. A generul line of all (rudraof Lumber ami BuiLling Matcriul anl K fini M-: 1 ' stock. Also, can furuUh anything in the line of our business toorJ.'r with rtwn"- s ble prumptnesa, aoch as Bruckets, odd-Ued work, ele. I Elias Cunningham, 0fflc aa Yard Opposite S. k C. R. R. IT WILL PAY YOU TO BUY YOUR 3Xcuior2al Mrork or WM. F. SHAFFER, SOMERSET, PEXN-A. ManatWtarvr of ana Dealer In Eastern Work Furnished on Short Notice umii! ua mmi mi. Alto, Agnt for tha WHITE BR)N2E! Permna In need of Monument Wrk will flnJ it U their Intervnt to rill at mv s'ip wherva pnperah'iwln will b- i- i th u. "iUiaiaction guaruiilxe 1 In e.-r r , Prtcea very low. i invite p vuil ait .vj'j jc Ui the WiiU Broizt, 0 Purt ZiM Miunitt Intnolu.-e.! hy R -v. W. A. Win?. a d M I si impmvem.-nt In t'i prim of M-.'-rtil ail l'on-lru-ii.Mi.ti I :ile U d Mti. l I b t id popular M i n'lit tor ojr e' i;i!le Cll UHte. tJive us a call. F. SmFFiitt, BEST Them. I J AT SNYDER'S freshest medicines FRF(;I;Iptj-). Compounded. EYES. CALL AND HAVE YOUJ TESTED. SNYDER, WEEKLY NEWS t OF TJHE VOrLD f OR A TPjf WE G WEEKLY ua to offer this splendid jounial aa l f irJ, snJ It to Geo. W. Best. R Somerset, Pa. Rapidly Becoming aGrsi: PURE . DRUGS, 05 LT FKKSH AND PCBS ABTICLKS. EYE-GLASSES, always on hand- From eai a pleasure to display our goeJ Lumber Yard. AND WHOLESALE AND RKTAILIB OW Solt Wbocfe SUtlon, til FlACnCALLirrv pi AM I Over 500 Beautiful Delm. it. ... i ,t: yjClrct SI i i A i ar . I 0 J 0 'OS. off 0Q . a J, i K ' w tro aiMXL V Al! trua: prvn An arum 14 XL. Ing aoti H DUO rscai A.E AD pan n i J. Offl Tn aua duor Cffin I Bana faauo aca a 5 All o In ta. uraa c. 03, Pan Proiu c rw oi kcw tors nttoburg.