STREET CAR CONDUCTORS.
Work Harder and Rat Lover Thaa
Ttit-lr Straus Boad Bntkrn.
Ton often think it's hard for tbe paa
tvnjicr conductor of an accommodation
train which stop at two or three sta
tion to tbe mile to tell who ha paid
bii fare and who has not The eqpdoct
orcf i abort run aooommodatioC train
esra-cially most be a peculiarly gifted
tout), lie must be at once both cool
li-adHl and OTcn tempered, or if not he
- a total failura
Bat if the requisites of a railroad
louductor are uch, what are the re
qoirvmtmts of tbe man who runs a com
mon Ft reft car? Why, aa much as those
of tbe railroad man and several timea
more. The railroad accommodation con
doctor on one of the short run trains
which leave tbe big cities has little
more work, little more responsibility
and requires less real skill than the man
who by graoe is called "oondnctor" on
a trolley car of one of oar cities.
Both men, of course, have thousands
of care. Tbe railroad man bas a certain
number of stops to make and a certain
schedule time allowed for getting over
fais run of the railroad. The street car
conductor has an uncertain number of
etops to make, yet he rtill has his cer
tain scheduled time to make on his run,
and he must make it, too, or be able to
give an "A No. 1" excuse for failure.
Tbe railroad conductor is always the
big? man on bis train. Is ever tbe
street car conductor tho biggest, unless
every passenger is off and tbe niotcrmau
alio? These things make it hard for tbe
patient man, who must be polite and
who is expected by the company for
which be works and spurred on by a
dozen or so sharp eyed "spotters," or
'street car detectives," as they call
themselves, to feel as lovely as a spring
morning, and tbey make his already
uervous work doubly so. Tbe railroad
conductor doesn't meet that phade of
existence once in a decade, or if so not
any of tener.
No one presumes to expect so much
from tbe knight of the ticket punch as
be does from tbe knight of the trolley
rope. Every one who travels on street
cars expects tbe conductor to know
every cross 6treet on his line and just
where it strikes that street, and, in
deed, be should know this much, but in
addition he is expected to know every
one who lives on the streets along
which his line runs, every one who
lives on all tbe countless streets which
cross the route of bis car and then all
tbe immediate streets and their inhabit
ants the whole length of his line. The
etreet car conductor is expected to be
porter aa well on bis car. lie must help
people on and off, lift up and lift
down huge baskets and bundles, never
get tired of all the questions which
only the city directory could answer,
and then, in addition, keep all of the
strict rules of the company for which
be works and see to it that all of his
passengers do so too. For this work be
gets f 2 or 2 25 a day, while tbe rail
road conductor, who is a very king in
comparison, draws bis f-S or $i per day,
or $ 123 a mouth, and is not classed as
a "social suspect" either. Pittsburg
Dispatch.
New England Meeting Hooaea.
Cotton Alatber said: "I find no just
ground in Scripture to apply such a
trope as church to a house for public
worship. A meeting bouse is the term
that is most commonly used by New
England Christians, and every town,
for the most part, can say we have a
modest and a handsome bouse for tbe
worship of God, not set off with gaudy,
pompous, theatrical fineries, but suited
nuto the simplicity of Christian wor
ship." The people wsre seated ia the early
days, says Dr. Ezra Hoyt Byington, in
his book on "Tbe Puritan In England
and New England," on rough benches,
men and women on opposite sides.
Pews were not provided first Now and
then a special vote was passed by tbe
town authorizing some person to build
a pew in the meeting bouse at bis own
expense. Squares on the floor, about 8
feet by 6, were deeded to individuals,
on which they erected pews to suit
themselves. The best seat was some
times assigned to tbe man who paid the
highest tax in the parish. Sometimes
the committee was instructed "to
bave respect upon them that are 50
years old and upward, others to be
seated according their pay." In one in
stance we have a record that the com
mittee was instructed "to bave respect
to age, office and estate, so far as it
tendeth to make a man respectable, and
to everything else that bath the same
tendency. "
Tnrka and Meerachanm,
According to the best authorities
upon the subject, the idea of using
white talc in the manufacture of pipes
is of comparatively recent date, com
pared with the age of tbe habit of smok
ing, and what is still more curious is
the fact that in tbe oriental countries
which produce white talc, or meer
schaum, as it is called, and where tbe
use of tobacco forms part of the educa
tion of tbe faithful, the people never
dream of making this substance into
pipes. They make bowls and goblets of
it, but no pipes. It may be that the
long pipestems which allow tbe smoke
to cool and lose its acridity before
reaching tho mouth leave the oriental
smoker quite indifferent in regard to
the quality of the bowL At all events,
one never sees a Turk with a meer
schaum pipe. Courtier des Etats Unia.
Tba Ancient rmbrella.
On coins in the rock carvings of tbe
ancients the umbrella often shows its
familiar form. This goes to prove that
Jonas Han way did not invent the um
brella, but he saw the value of the east
ern sunshade and soon it became tbe
fashion to carry this u.eful article.
There must be a great difference be
tween the umbrella of tbe eighteenth
crntury and the modern steel ribbed,
fiilk covered, slender article which it is
regarded as a misfortune to get wet
Irish Times.
Calling the t'hiclu
la England the calls chuck, chuck,
or coop, coop, prevail; in Virginia,
coo-cbe, coo-che; in Pennsylvania, pee,
pee. This lafter call is widely em
ployed, being reported from Germany,
Spain (aa pi. pi). Bulgaria, Hungary.
Bavaria and the TyroL In the Austrian
province tbe term is used in combina
tion, thus: Psila, pi, pi; the call pul
lele, pul, pel, also occurs there.
In boom parts of Germany tbe poul
try are called with tick, lick; in Prus
sia, put, put, and young chit kens with
tuk, tuk (Grimm), and chip, schip,
the latter being an imitat ion of their
own cry. In eastern Proesia hens are
called with Uackficbea. fclutk. kluck;
also tippebea, jpp." ttpp. Grimm re
cords also pi. pi. and tict, tkt Wein
bold report fiom Bavaria Li Li, bibeli
btdli; pi, pi, aDd pal. pul.
In Denmark the call is pcotle; il
Holland, kip, kip; in Etl:n-:a. tyoo:
in Bulgaria, riri. tiri. Ai.i.tn An
tbropoloirist
Tha Modern Teraa.
Willie Papa, is the congregation the
people who sit in church?
"It used to be, my son, but now itV
an audience." Brooklyn Life.
A monk named Rivalto, in a sernior
preached at Florence in 1303, said that
spectacles were first used iu tbe yeai
12fe5.
Tbe Lest teacher of duties that still
lie dim to us is tbe practice of those we
see and bave at hand. Tbomac Carlyle.
We give advice, but we eannot give
tbe wiadom to profit by it La Boche
f oucauld.
Women have bad municipal suffrage
in Kansas for tbe last ten yean. Dur
ing tbat time, in tbe 893 little "cities"
f Kansas, about 1,600 men and only
15 women have served as mayors. This
doe not look aa if women were unduly
tow for office. CLristiaa Begiatr.
MONEY TO BURN.
Thfj Baiwd It and Later Wiahed The?
llad Kept the Fnel.
" Wben Bnnifiide made his mud march
on to Fredericksburg, we men in the
advance had some gay times," remarked
a veteran of the civil war. "It was a
long while before the Jobnnies would
let us cross the .river, but when we did
yet across we made the fellow wbo had
been shooting at us for tbe past three
hours gt t right up aud dust for safer
quartern. The infautry soon followed us
and took up their positiou along tho
river toward Falmouth, while we skir
mished through the town. When we
came to the Planters hotel, we just
walked in aud took possession. Every
body bad deserted the place and we did
just as we pleased. In going through
one of tlie rooms I came across three
bundles of Confederate notes. Each
bundle was labeled to contain $5,000,
aud as I beld them aloft I shouted to
tbe rest of the men that we now bad
money to burn. They laughed, and I
thrust the notes in my pocket The
Johnnies bad taken or destroyed every
thing to eat, and, as for liquor, there
wasn't any in tbe town.
"After satisfying ourselves that there
was nothing farther to be had in tbe
Planters' hotel we sallied forth and
walked up toward tbe borne of the
mother cf our country George Wash
ington's mother. We had bad no break
fast yet, aud now it was close on to
noon. One of my companions had some
coffee in his haversack, so I thought we
might have a little coffee if nothing
else. WelL we got the coffee out and
then discovered tbat we bad no firewood.
There was some tall swearing just at
that time, for tbe Johnnies hadn't left
so much as a match behind them.
" 'I've got it!' I cried, and I hauled
out tbe three bundles of notes I had
found in the Planters' hotel. My ex
pression was greeted with a shout by
my companions and we bad money to
burn. We soon had the fire going and
tbe coffee cooked. Need I say to any
soldier that we enjoyed Our coffee at a
price which seems rather bigh $15,
000? We were soon through and marched
back into the town only to see our men
trying to buy some tobacco without
money. How strange it seemed I Tbey
had not a cent while we had money to
burn and burned it
"Four years after I regretted bviving
bad this money and burned it While
in Washington in the winter of 1665 I
had tbe mortification of seeing an ad
vertisement for this identical package
of notes and offering CO per cent on
their face value for their return. They
were Virginia state bank notes; hence
their value. Whenever I bear tbat a
man has money to burn I think of my
115,000 and sbed a tear of regret tbat I
burned it" New York Telegram.
THE SUBJECT WAS DROPPED.
Tilt at a Baaqiet Brtweeo Two Well
Kaowa Bleak
"That reminds me, " remarked an old
pioneer to a San Francisco Post reporter,
wben General Ha Heck's name was men
tioned, "of the banquet we gave Hal
leek iu IS 65, wben he returned from the
war The people here were proud of
him. for be bad more than regained the
laurels be lost at Corinth, wben he per
mitted the enemy to escape under tbe
cover of a big battery of wooden guns
that had been made out of logs during
the night
"Among the friends of Halleck wbo
met him at tbe banquet was 'Bully'
Waterman, tbe old sea captain, who in
early days commanded a clipper ship
plying between San Francisco and New
York. . On one voyage he had laid a big
wager to beat a rival clipper, but when
he found on going to sea that some of
bis crew who had shipped as ablebodied
seamen were incompetent he was bo mad
be banged three to the yard. Just bow
many were banged was never known,
but Waterman was tried for murder and
acquitted.
"During one of those silences that
will fall over the merriest of banquets
General Halleck called to Waterman,
wbo was at the other end of the room:
" 'Now that you have been tried and
acquitted. Waterman, won't you tell us
how many men you hanged on that voy
ager' ""Yes, general, I will,' responded
Waterman, if you will first tell us how
many wooden guns stopped yon at Cor
inth.' "The subject dropped there."
Aa Acid Proof Clue.
The following has been recommended
as producing a cement which will fas
ten glass or porcelain, etc., together
firmly and will not be affected by strong
acids: Mix together two parts of pow
dered asbestos, one part of barium sul
phate and two parts of sodium silicate of
specific gravity 1.50. A still firmer glue
cau be made which is particularly valua
ble, since it is not attacked by hot acids,
by mixing together two parts of sodium
silicate, one part of tbe finest sand aud
one part of finely pulverized asbestos.
If potassium silicate is used instead of
the sodium salt, the glue will harden
immediately, but otherwise it will re
quire about an hour to set. Exchange.
Opened tha Wrong Door.
In a letter to one of his children
Guizot. tells how on bis first visit to
Windsor be lost his way and opened a
wroug door and beheld for a moment a
lady having her hair brushed. The next
day the queen (for it was she) joked
him about it, and be says: "I ended by
asking her leave, if ever I wrote my
memoirs, like Sully or St Simon, to
mention how, at midnight, I opened
tbe door of the queen of England. She
laughiugly gave me the desired permis
sion. "
The state of Vermont seems to be dis
tinguished in many notable and diversi
fied ways, it transpires that the first
pa tout granted by the United States was
to Samuel H-ipkiiiB cf Vermont (July
31, 1790) foi making pot and pearl
ashes.
A Fricelesi Collection,
Priceless documents, the very exist
ence of which bad been forgotten, are
being discovered during tbe work of
removing the- Congressional Library
from the Capitol to the new building.
The other day a number of maps were
found iu the crypt, many of which are
of great historic value. They are prob
ably the only copies iu existence, and
many of them are so covered with mil
dew that they will require the most care
ful repairing to preserve them for future
ue.
Tbe Congressional Library contains
tbe finest collection of newspaper in
tbe world, there being more than 15,
W0 vol utnes altogether. They embrace
both foreign and domestic journals,
there being complete files of the prin
cipal papers of the United States for 23
vears.
The Grandest Remedy.
Mr. R. B. Greeve, merchant of Chil
howie, Va., certifies that he had con
sumption, was given up to die, sought
all medical treatment that money
could procure, tried all cough remedies
he could hear of, but got no relief;
pent many nights sitting up in a
chair; was iuduced to try Dr.
King's New Discovery, and was cured
by the use of two bottles. For the past
three years lias lecn attending to
l!iinefts, and says Dr. King's New
Discovery is the grandest remedy ever
made, as it has done so much for him
nd also for others in his community.
Dr. King's New Discovery is guaran
teed for coughs, colds and consump
tion. It don't fail. Trial bottle free at
Snyder's drug store, Somerset, or at
Brallicr's drug store, Dor Jin.
ON THE STRENGTH OF A FIVE.
Youog Man Wno Foand It Cheaper
Travel Without Chang.
"Washington, from what I have seen
3f it, is a peculiar place," said the vis
iting voung man to a reporter.
"I'll tell you why I think so," be
sontinned. "The other day I was going
ITcr to Baltimore, and on consulting
jy watch discovered I bad bnt a few
minutes in which to catch my train. I
truck the avenue at Fourteenth street
and lioarded a car.
"When tbe conductor came zouud for
my fare, I put my hand in my pocket
and found I had nothing less than a $5
bilL The conductor glanced at it then
at ran, and shook his bead disapprov
ingly. " 'I can't change that.' bo said.
"1 told him it was tbe smallest I
bad, but be said then he could not
change anything larger than a 3 bill;
that tbey were not required by law to
do so. I began to think I would have to
get off and walk, wben be came to my
relief by saying that I could Ret tbe
bill changed and pay him at the end of
the line, near the depot
"I thought this was very considerate.
When we reached tbe terminus, I told
the conductor that I could bave the 5
changed and pay him, starting for a
place on the corner.
'"That's all right Goon! GoonP
he told me, waving bis band as if be
owned tbe railroad.
"However, I tried to have tbe bill
broken unsuccessfully. Just then I re
membered I wished to communicate
something to a friend up town and
asked if I could use a pay telephone in
a corner of the room.
" ' Yon could use it all right if you
had 10 oents in change,' the proprietor
told me, 'but you haven't it Come
back here in my office and nse my
private phone. That's all right when
I was profuse in my thanks.
"Say, do you know what I think,"
continued tbe young man. "I believe I
could get a f 100 bill and live in the
capital for weeks for nothing 'simply
by getting things and shoving it under
the noses of tbe people I purchased
from. They would rather give them to
me than take tbe trouble to break it"
And then be remarked tbat tbe only
difficulty would be in securing the bill
in tbe first place. Washington Star.
A GOOD STORY.
Tha Native Seemed Innocent, bat Bo Wn
Tory Kaoarlag.
I was sitting on a keg of nails in a
West Virginia mountain store watching
a native dickering with the merchant
over a trade of a basket of eggs for a
calico dress. After some time a bargain
was closed, the native walked out with
the dress in a bundle under bis am
and I followed him.
"It isn't any business of mine," I
Baid, "but I was watching that trade
and was surprised to see you let the
eggs go for the dress."
"What fer?" ho asked in astonish
ment as be mounted his horsa.
"How many eggs did you have?"
-Basketful."
"How many dozen?"
"Dunno; can't count"
"That's where you miss the advan
tages of education. With knowledge
you might bave got two dresses for
those eggs."
"But I didn't want two dresses, mis
ter," he argued
"Perhaps not, but that was no reason
why you should have paid two prices
for one. The mercbaut got the advan
tage of you because of bis education.
He knew what be was about "
He looked at me for a minute, aa if
be felt real sorry for me. Then bo
grinned and pulled bis horse over close
to me.
"I reckon." be half wbisjiered, cast
ing furtive glances toward tbe store,
"bis eddication ain't so much more'n
mine es yon think it is. He don't know
bow many uv them aigs is spiled, an I
da " And he rode away before I could
argue further. Boston Herald.
Soldier Bed.
The soldier's bed varies notably in tbe
different European armies. According
to Dr. Viry, the following are the prin
cipal varieties, in which, perhaps, we
may see the reflection of national char
acteristics. In England tbe bed is hard.
The soldier lies on a thin mattress that
rests on canvas stretched over a frame.
In Spain the soldier has only a straw
bed, but be is allowed beside this a pil
low, two sheets, two blankets and a
covered quilt sometimes even a cover
for the feet It is almost sybaritic In
Germany and Austria he bas a simple
straw bed with one or two covers,
neither sheet nor mattress. In Russia,
until recently, tbe soldier slept with
his clothes on on a camp bed. but now
prdiuary beds begin to be usod the re
sult of contact with more civilized
countries. After this it cannot be doubt
ed tbat the French soldier's bed is the
best of all, with iu wooden or iron bed
stead, a straw bed, a wool mattress,
ebeeta, a brown woolen coverlet and
rn extra quilt for cold weather. Thus
l ie bed of the French soldier is tbe soft
rst of all soldiers' beds, as that of the
French peasant is acknowledged also to
be the best of all European countries.
British Medical Record.
Rough oa the Camarrted.
The North Frisians are very unmer
ciful to people wbo don't marry. One of
ibeir legends says that lifter death old
maids are doomed to cut stars out of the
sun wben it has sunk below the bori
con, and the ghosts of the old bachelors
must blow them up ia tho east, run
uing, like lamplighters, all night np
and down a ladder.
An old ruin has been uncovered on
tbe Moqui reservation in Arizona and
nearly 200 pieces of perfect pottery
found.
The star gazers of the Mount Hamil
ton observatory say that there are 500,
000,000 burning suns in tbe milky way.
If you are satisfied for the present
with your umbrella, and are not anx
ious to be obliged to purchase a new
one, see that it drips on end with the
handle down, unless tbe handle is val
uable aud easily injured by dampness.
Such an umbrella cannot 1 cared for
according to any fixed rules.
1
Little Men
Women
"We call them little men and
little women, but they are
neither. They hare ideas and
ways all their own. Fortu
nately they soon be:ome fond
of cod- tver oil, when it is
given to them in the form of
SCOTTS EMULSION. This
is the most valuable remedy in
existence for all the wasting
diseases of early life. The
poorly nourished, scrofulous
child ; the thin, weak, fretting
child; the young: child who
does not grow t all take Scott's
Emulsion without force or
bribe. It seems as if they knew
that this meant nourishment
and growth for bones, muscles
and nerves.
Book telling more about it, free.
It won't pay to try a substitute for
Scott's Emulsion with tbe children.
They will relish the real thirg.
For tile at 50c and JJ.C0, by all
druggists.
SCOTT A BOWNE, New York.
Supantitioni About Birds.
Bird have held a prominent place
in the religious life of man from the
earliest times. They seem to be con
nected, in one way or auother, with
the superstitions and the folk lore of
every nation, civilized or savage.
Among the olJest superstitions are
those relating to the common cock and
hen. These fowls were carefully
watched and studied by the ancient
augurs, particular notice being taken
of the lime and plaoe of their crowing,
which was interpreted for good or evil.
In the Bible the cock is conspicuous at
the time when Peter denied bis Master.
It is said iU figure on church spires was
placed there to remind men of this cir
cumstance. . In the early hours of the
morning, the cock crows a warning to
the dead, as sell as to the living, and
all ghosts that are waudering about
the earth must return to the land of
spirits. .
Mahomet declared that, in a revela
tion, he saw in the first heaven a cock
so large that his crest touched tbe floor
of the second heaven. The crowing of
this celestial bird arouses from sleep
every living creature except man.
When this cock ceases to crow the
judgment day will be at hand.
Iu Persia the crowing of a cock is a
sign of some event affecting the fam
ily, and the master of the house has
tens to feel the bird's feet If they are
cold it is a premonition of death; but
if they are warm the sign is propitious,
and the master rejoices in coming good
fortune.
The hen is not so highly respected as
the cock, and her crowing is generally
a thing not to be tolerated. In many
places it forebodes death.
With the ancient liomans the goose
was a sacred bird. Duriug the inva
sion of Iiome by the (Jauls a detach
ment of soldiers in single file proceed
ed up the hill of the Capitol so silently
that the leader reached the top with
out being challenged, but when be was
climbing over the wall the noise dis
turbed the sacred geese in the Temple
of Juno. The geese began to cackle
and awakened the garrison, when
Marcus Manlius rushed to the wall and
threw the luckless Gaul back. Iu
commemoration of this eveut the Ro
mans carried a sacred goose iu proces
sion to the Capitol each year.
According to Greek mythology Ar
gus was set to watch lo, who had been
changed into a cow. Hermes, ordered
to release lo, lulled Argus to sleep with
the music of a shepherd's pipe, ami
then killed him. Hera (Juno) set Ar
gus's. hundred eyes iu the tail of her fa
vorite bird, the ieaeock.
This bird, among the early Chris
tians, was emblematic of a glorified
body. Its feathers have adorned many
a throne, and were at one time among
tlie ornaments o the kiugs of Eng
land. They are the insiguia of rank
in China, and the wearing of them is a
charm against the evil spirit. By
some persons they are considered par
ticularly unlucky, but this superstition
h dying out, and they are regaining
their former popularity.
The sacred ibis of the Egyptians was
supposed, from the color of its feathers,
to symbolize the light and the shade of
the moon. It was the incarnation of
the god Thoth, who, in the guise of
this bird, escaped the wrath of Typhon.
It is said that its feathers would scare,
and even kill, the crocodile. The bird
was believed to deliver Egypt from
winged aud other serpents that came
from Arabia. It was celebrated for its
purity and drank only the purest wa
ter. Its love for Egypt was thought to
be so great that the bird would die of
self-starvation if transported elsewhere.
It was so deeply venerated that it en
tered the most sacred temples with im
punity, and to kill one, even by acci
dent, was a crime punishable with
death. After death, its body was em
balmed, and thousands of their re
mains have been found at Thebes, at
Memphis and at other Egyptian cities.
The stork was probably considered
more sacred than any other bird, ex
cept the ibis. It was the type of filial
attachment arcong the Greeks, the It v
mans and the Hebrews, who believed
that the young repaid the care of their
parents by remaining with them
through life, and attending them in
old age. In Holland boxes are built
for the storks, and it is a fortunate
thing to have the box occupied.
The dove has been largely employed
in Christian art, representing peace
and purity. It was the dove, you
know, that Noah sent forth from the
Ark to find dry land. It has Ut-o rep
resented with seven rays proceeding
from it, terminating in seven stars,
signifying the seven gifts of the holy
spirit Holding an olive branch, tbe
dove is emblematic of ieace, and when
seen Issuing from the lips of dying
saints and martyrs it represents the
human soul purified by suffering.
Mahomet had a pigeon that was
taught to pick grains of wheat from
his car, that it might be thought that
the bird brought him messages from
heaven. There is a superstition that
anyone sprinkled with the blood of a
pigeon ill never die a natural death.
A sculptor carrying home a bust of
Charles I., stopped to rest by the way.
At that moment a pigeon was struck
by a haw k overhead and the blood of
the bird fell upon the neck of the bust.
Tiie incident led to the superstition,
when the unfortunate monarch was be
headed, shortly afterwards.
In England and America tbe robin
r--d breast is welcomed as the harbin
ger of spring. The joyful melodies that
he pours forth foretell a bountiful liar
v.vt. There is tradition that, when
t ic Savior was on his way lo Calvary,
robin plucked a thorn from his
0 -own. and the blood that issued from
tha wound fell upon the breast of the
bird, and dyed it red. It was once a
prevailing belief in England that the
robin w ill cover with leaves the body
of any ded person that it may find.
There are many superstitions con
nected with tlie raven. It is spoken of
In the Bible as an instance of God's
protecting love. In popular supersti
tion, it is an evil omen, foreboding
death and desolation. It was the fav
orite bird of Odin, the supreme deity
of the Scandinavians. lie bad one on
each shoulder, and they told him of all
things of heaven and. of earth.
Jovianus Pontanus tells of two skir
mishes near Beneventuin between
ravens and kites that foretold a great
liattle. Battles have thus been fore
shadowed in many cases. It is a sign
of death for a raven to fly into a dwel
ling. It is said that these birds warn
ed Cicero of his approaching death by
fluttering about his house, and one en
tered bis chamber on tbe very day of
his murder and killed Itself by striking
against the ceiling.
Kqtially unlucky Is the crow. When
one (lies over the house and caws
thrice, it is said to foretell a death.
Crows seen to the left of the observer 1
signify a loss of money. There are two
occHsionti, however, when the crow is a
good omen; uir.e crows in a row on a
fence foretell a speedy marring, and
a white crow in a flock means the in
heritance of a fortune.
The swallow is a bird that brings
good fortune. It is said lo carry a peb
ble from the seashore to give sight to
Its young. Tbe cuckoo tells the length
of life, and informs maidens when
they will he married. It is called the
"raiubird," from the erroneous notion
that it coos only before a storm.
The booting of the owl is believed by
some arsons to foretell a death, while
others say it means a change iu the
weather.
There is no remedy ngaiust moths
that lodge themselves In cloth-covered
furniture except eternal vigilance.
Tlie furniture should be thoroughly
brushed aud beaten and exposed to the
sunlight in April, May and June.
Where furniture is stored or left un
used It should be sprayed two or three
times from April to August with ben
zine or naphtha, taking the greatest
care on account of the extreme danger
from the inflammable nature of these
liquids. Moths do not like the scent of
camphor, tobacco, cedar chips and tar
balls, but these remedies are only pre
ventives. After the eggs are Jaid it is
too late to use them.
Travelers are frequently troubled
with dysentery, diarrhoea or other
bowel complaints brought on by
change of water aud diet. One dose of
Dr. Fowler's Ext. of Wild Strawberry
will bring relief.
The best teacher of duties that still
lie dim to us is the practice of those we
see aud have at hand. Thomas Carlyle.
MONEY MAKING IN TACOMA.
CTie City of Deatlny One Coined IU Owl
Cwh.
Tacoma once had a mint tbat coined
all of the money in circulation wbero
the City of Destiny now stauds, and it
did not require the fiat of Uncle Sam,
the silver of Idaho or the gold of Cali
(irnia to make the pieces from Ta noma's
aiint pass current among the ludiuus
aud the few hardy pioneers who were
blazing the path of civilization through
the forest on the shore of Commence
ment bay, says the Tacou:a Ledger.
Bark iu the early seventies the Taco
ma Mill company, not being able to
handily secure gold and silver for use
in trading with aud paying S the In
dian laborers aud early settlers, hit
upon tbe novel plan of issuing its own
currency, and to this end set its black
smith to work to fashion for it out
of scraps of iron and brass pieces of
money, or, rather, tokens, which could
be used as a circulatiug medium. Tho
pieces consisted of 40 ceut and 45 cent
iron tokens an 1 brass $1 pieces. The 40
ceut pieces were about an inch in diam
eter and the 43 cent pieces were about
the size of the present silver half dollar.
The $1 piece were oval iu shape, about
ll4' iuclies long, im inch wide and a
sixteenth of an inch in thickness. Tbeso
pieces were stamped with the figures
showing their value, aud readily passed
current all over the country tributary to
the niilL Kearly all of this old "mill"
coin has pushed away, but a few days
ago William Hanson of the Tacoma Mill
conipauy presented a set of these queer
coins to the Ferry museum. In his let
ter to tbe uiustutn be said:
"Tbe honesty of the people and tbe
absence of any blacksmith shop save
that of the company made the use of
this money possible."
Oregon has long boasted that the
Beaver" coin, minted at Oregon City
in tbe early fifties, was the only money
minted in the northwest in the days of
the pioneer, bat here in Tacoma, long
years after Oregon's "Beaver" mint
had become a historical incideut, was a
primitive mint that supplied the coin
to furnish the pioneers and Indiuns with
all of the necessities for their rough
livea The coins, which are still pre
served, are roughly made, just such as
auy blacksmith with ordinary tools
might make, aud as a matter of fact
during tho early years of the mill com
pany's existence formed practically the
local circulating medium of exchange.
Wben the Indians wbo were employed
in tbe mill were paid for their labor,
this coin sufficed, as all tbe trading
they did was with tbe little store run in
connection with the mill. The iron and
brass pieces were, of course, passed
among the Indians in trading with each
other, aud as auything ia the way of
supplies was purchased by them at the
mill store the pieces were fully as good
to them as if they had borne the stamp
of the government
Changes In Cava IHrelling Aalmala.
"The influence of environment upon
organisms is nowhere more striking,"
says Science, "than in tbe case of ani
mals which find themselves acciden
tally lost in caves aud which succeed in
accustoming themselves to tbe situa
tion in spite of its difficulties. M. Ar
mand Vire gives some notes on his ob
servations iu tbe Comptes Rendus. The
principal difference iu the situation,
consists in the absence of light und ii)
tbe rarity of auimol prey. The rye al
ways becomes atrophied to a degri-e
which varies with tbe species and also
with tbe individuiL There is some
times a difference between tbe two ryes
of a single iudividuaL The ryes are to
a certain extent replaced by other or
gans of sense; tbe antennas of the
cam pod is become, in some individual,
twice as long aa nsual, and sometimes
longer than the entire body. The tactilo
hairs with which the body is covered
obtain an exaggerated development, and
in the crustaceans sometimes even in
vade the ocular globe. Hearing docs not
seem to be accentuated, but the sense of
smell is very acute, and a bit of tainted
tlesh becomes invaded in a very few
minutes with a large colony of animals.
Tbe organs of digestion become very
considerably modified in those species
which are naturally carnivorous, and
in two stapbylius tbe mandibles were
found to be completely atrophied.- Every
animal is more or less completely de
pigmented, bat those which had no
trace of color remaining began to have
pumerous little black spots disseminated
pver the whole body after tbey had
been kept for a mouth in tbe light, and
these spots were particularly abuudaut
iu those parts (antenna) and claws)
which bad been accidentally lost an 4
were in course of restoration."
Hi Mat Men).
Every day some fresh source of food
apply ! discovered, says The Stamp
Collector. Adhesive stamps have not
hitherto been regarded as nutritious.
The ostrich prefers gold watches for a
steady diet, and the traveling 'inker's
donkey bas a reputation fur coitiu")ing
auy clean linen that may be baudy.
A Hindoo paper, however, gives an
account of a curious incideut that oc
curred at tbe residency in a remote dis
trict in Ceylon a little while ago. Mr.
Pieris, the office assistant, placed on
his table some judicial stamps to tho
value of about 800 rupees. While bis
attention was drawn to something else
his pet goat was slowly but surely mak
ing a meal of tbe stamps. This was not
discovered until tbe goat hod swal
lowed some 50 rupees' worth of stamps.
Immediately the goat's life was de
manded as a penalty, and tbe stamps,
afterward taken from its stomach, were
forwarded to tbe commissioner.
Lepers an4 tho Law.
The Norman-Euglish laws euacted
that a leper bad neither power to suo
in any conrt nor to inherit property.
During his lifetime be was permitted
to enjoy the usufruct of any property ;u
bis possession at the time he was "found
guilty," so to speak, of leprosy, but all
rights of disposition over it he lost J
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Ha Would Nut Deny It.
A federal judge lately charg-d a Jury
in a liijoor case as follows: "in later
years there seems to hove been a dis
position to di ny or ignore judicial
knowledge as to what constitutes in
toxicating liquors, and the counts have
manifested a desire to disavow any ju
dicial knowledge on this subject At
tbe same time some of tho courts have
not hesitated to impute to juries an ex
tensive knowledge and information in
this regard. This coart, however, will
follow the precedent established by tho
decision of Chancellor Walworth upon
this subject and will assume judicial
knowledge concerning intoxicating
liquors. In a trial it) tbe state of Wis
consin, where this question arose in
1688, tbe trial judge declared that a
man must bo a driveling Idiot who did
pot know what beer was, and that it
was not necessary to prove it to be an
intoxicatnig liquor.
"Later the supreme court cf tbat
rtate, in passing on the charge of the
trial judge, declared that his rulings
in tbo cose upon this question were not
only clearly correct, bet if his peculiar
manner gave them force and ruiphr.?i
it was not only proper, but coniuirnd
able. This court, the refrre, wi'l ni i:l: r
stultify itsi lf nor impeach its own ve
racity by telling you that it h.is riot ju
dicial knowledge, that the liquor com
monly kuowu as 'whisky' is uu intoxi
cating liquor or tbat the ilriuk com
monly called a 'whisky cocktail' in mi
intoxicating driuk." Lease and Com
ment. Wnlr; and Metbody,
Louis XIV 'a famous saying, "I aui
the state," is not far from being appli
cable to Wesh-y, however he would
bave revolted from saying, "I am the
oburch. " Hut unquestionably the pro
longation of his life as both tbe apostle
and lawgiver of bis church throughout
the whole cf its adolescent and forma
tive period, during which it was plastic
to his organizing and guiding baud, se
cured to it both its stable basis and it
symmetrical development. Asa preach
er second only to that incomparable
Wbilt field whom a skeptic like Ilume
said he would go 30 miles to hear; as a
bymniet second only to bis peerless
brother Charles, wbo bas given 637
hymns to tbo Methodist hymn book, be
was pre-eminent in fitness for patri
archal administration and government.
No man bos come so near tbe pesitioa
of a Protestant pope. Iu Great Britain
his sole judgment sufficed to exclude
any member cr minister deemed un
worthy. In America, in 1770, the deed of tbe
old John Street church, tho first Meth
odist church in America, restricted its
use to such persons as Wesley should
appoint Tbis autocratic constitution
was but a natural incident of tbe period
of tutelage through which scattered so
cieties, mainly composed cf the bumbli-r
sort of people, with their visible bend
chiefly in tbo person of their beloved
founder and father, grew at length into
a fully crganiztd church in the form cf
a Presbyterian episcopacy. Outlook.
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JAMES B. HOLDERBAUM,
Somerset, Pa.
CONDENSED TIME TABLES.
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Somerset and Cambria Branch.
FORTHWARD.
JohDUwn Mll Exprnw. Korkwond 7:00 a.
In , NniiHTWl .-), Ktoyrstuwn Ifcii, Uoov
rntville ifcU,Johiitowii 11:10.
Johnstown Mail V,n pr -m Rorkwood 11:20 a.
in.. smTwt 1 1 :4. stoyt-xOiwn 12:13, Hoov
ersville 12:21, JobiMlown 1:10 p. Hi.
Johnstown Accommodation. Rockworxl 4:35
p. m.Hom-rwt 5:J stoyestown i W, Uoov-erxvillei-jU,
Johuslown 6:15.
OUTUWABD.
Mall. Jol:ntown R:3fl a m.,Ifonvprn -.19
Htoymtown J3, Momcret Kh2 I took wood
l&2o.
Eiprww. Johnstown 2:10 p. m Hoovnvllle
'-", Sto.veuwn3:13,tomen 8:12, Hock
wood 1:00.
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Anil u,ti&u-lion In a cood conking ar'
-T)t3 I J liHnw, o:i.r that U a gxl hikur au J a pt r
?V"1 roiJttT .
XMl STOVES H RANGES.
Arr iiimi- in uii '- Mitu i.i!s witn a.
vtt-w of mm-tiiig vrry want of the hius--
knwral : modi-rule Tin y have ull i
Iliu iuUiil linproveiiwnlH, aii'l urv liui'le of (
thf ln-M nmU-rlHl, ami y Ihe Jm-xI workiiiin.
They h.tve many goud polula not fuund in i
othtrKUrt-i. .
We niiiiply claim Tor the CIN DRPL- ,
la mrlmt we inn prove no more, luilije,
for yourwlf. .
Your iiioix'y bark If not wUisfled ,
J. B. Holderbaum,
ftomerxet.
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CVRUKCTED WEEKLY BV
Cook & Beerits,
Wcdttfjul'ii, Si (. 1 JS97,
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Appl-s,driitl, B
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Apple Bu tl-r, prr icul
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Butter. frrtti kK, P"
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to xc
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criinry. wr B...
Beenwax, per a ....
.country ham, per t
jiacon J MutKrrii red tutui, per lb
i i
Khoulder, per B .
while liavy. per bua
I. hum, per a
Beana.
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r-emei.t- I '"'"'"-rhuid, per bbl.
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Kz&i, per doi
Fish, lake herring
Honey, white clover, er
Lard, per P
I. ime, per lhl...
MoLuKtes, -N . i i., pvr gal. -
Ontoiii, per him
!'-!:. per bu
1'riirhvH, evajHjra'ed, .-r lb
rrmiex. per r.
N. V.. ix-r l.bl .
Jl.lO
I'itliliunc, per bid ..
llairy, lt btl F:tek
Salt,
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ground ulunt. 1" tt iMtek... st-
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rb b to
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Tltli f 1W. ........ ......... -.U
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I llutple, per KhI
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Sioiieware, Dillon
Tfcllow, per fc .
Vinegar, perir:il
....Ho
X to V
J) to :
l.n to 11.75
i iiiih nyt per uus.
clover, ix r ou.
.. li.U0 lo a.4
tioed.
rnniMn. per hu.. 4.i
ahiilta, per bun . 6 "in
aNyke. Ir bun 7.V)
Millet, iermn, r bi; 1.2",
ruirit y. k bite ueiimu-, per Iiuil l.i
huekwheat. per bun ;i
corn, ear, wr bu 4 "
Grain I " nhelU-1. per bus..
ck' : . -r r.iix j lo T
n e, " r bu r
wheal, per tUM
brrui, per lun kw ..T ic
corn :ind oat chop, per hfti ft
Hour, roller proee., r bb f iji
KprtUK patent and fancy
biKh Kiade "."rt
tlotir. lower cntde per 1 Wlbi.i.V
a Feed
Kiou r.
w , , ... J while, iier h ..
Middling r Jf;. Ju0
ENXtiYLVAXIA RAILROAD.
CASTtftN STANDARD TIME.
IN EFFECT MAY i2, 1897.
COWPKKSED WHIDrLl.
Traini arrive and depart from the station at
Johusluw d an follow :
TDiTWAU
V extern Fipreu.
Southwestern Kxprewi .
Jouuxlowu Accommodation
Aeromiiiodalion
4:i3 a.
m.
ti.nM
:.V2 "
.!!) "
lr.24 "
"
4:SH ' "
UN p. m,
Pacific Kxpn-HH...,
Way PaMenger
Pit t!u n; KxprexK ..
Fact Line .
Johuelown Accommodation.-.
KASTVAKD,
Atlantic F.xpnsj..
, -Vj a.
m.
Scsi-aliore hxprcM
V ! toon.t Accommodation
Iy Kpr"sH
.Main Line Kxpme
!t4toriA Accommodation.......
Mail KxpiiK ...
fohuMown AiYommodulMiu...
Philadelphia Eiprvw. ..
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12i p. m,
4:11
:."i5 "
7;ll -
10:30 "
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LIME!
The 0. 1 C. LIME COMPANY,
srccKssorw
THE MEYERSDALE LIME COMPANY,
have Jut completed th. Ir new iding and nre
now prepared totdiip by car-hwj ios to any
part of the country. This lime i manufact
ured from the n-li-hrated Sa!w Hill tinrstoix
and la especially ri. h in aii'l he etrint-tKn rw
inire.1 to invigorate lite sii. T $ WHAT ALl
FARMERS KEED! ' i.h k on hau l :l H e
imc I'm i- tow an the lowexu AiidrcM, a )
coiumuulcalloiiK lo
I C. LIME COMPANY
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eoumtoQtlal. Oittot arancy f.traecurin pateuta
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Somerset,
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MAIN STREET - - SOMERSET. PA
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