A School Nerves. This record is of especial ialue to parents, Ifs a tnessage from a loving mother dedicated to the mothers cf growing girls. A truthful narrathe of th utmost interest and import. It is important that tSc cerva are care fully puarid. Matter who ruv young dauf hte of tchool age should witch their beallh more carefully than their itudiei. The proper (Jevelopment cf their bodies is of first importance. After the confinement of the school room, plenty of out-door exercise should be taken. It is better that children never karn thei . b, c than that by over stady they lose their health. All this is self-eviient. Everyone ad mits it everyone knews it, but everyone tfjfi not know how U build the health tp when once broken down, even the beJ fhysicUns Luii&g at times. The following method of Ma. Stephen rne. whoss post office address is Bur cry, I.-i, if rightly applied, may save jo:r daughter. Vhea her daughter Lucy was at that critical girlhood age of twelve years she -rew weak and nervous. "Previously she i xd been a br-ghi. healthy yoeng pr! says Mrs. Birars, "She was dilifeiit and progressive in her studies. "it became necessary, however, for her ta leave schocL "She was overtaxed mentally and physically. Her nerves were at such a tension that the least noise irritated her. "She had continual twitching in the rrms and lower limbs and symptoms of St. Vitus' dance. "Her blood was out of order she was thin and pJe, almost Lfelcss. In farce UUAKDIXG THE .AUNT. HOW THE PHILADELPHIA INSTITU TION IS PROTECTED. Uttlc Cbum for Any Oh to Gtt Etch Quickly by Helping; Himself to I'bcI Sam's Treasure Patrols, Revolvers avad Winchesters la Plenty. Probably not one person out of a hun dred who pass by the Philadelphia mint, that prim looking edifice at Chestnut ad Juuiptr streets, after nightfall real izes what is going on inside. There is l:othiog mean about Cncle Sarn, bnt bo is determined that any ono wbo pt Lis muy shall get it honestly and by jToce8 duly laid down. Therefore Le Lite taken all kinds of ptoautioo to properly protect, eiecially at uifdir, the minimis npnu millions piled up in tho vaults. The doors of the luiut are closd ev ery wLdy prcinptly at 4 o'clock in the afternoon. After that hour no ono tmt mint fiuployees have any business withiu the walls which iucloue eo much money, and no one can either stay in or get iu v. itbout a special permit from the finperintendent. Needless to say, this is difficult to obtain. Simultaneously with tbe closing of the dores at 4 o'clock the first fhift of the uife'bt guard Roes on duty. The shift is composed of the captain cf the guard and It stalwart men. As the men file out to U gin their round each one is liiiudeil a tig Colt' revolver of the iuott approved pattern and loaded with big cartridges. From then on till midnight seven of the 1 pnards patrol without cessation every floor of the inside of the mint, from t!ic corridors of the gloomy vaults vltere, away down in the earth, are stowed eishty edd million dollars in rilver and almost as much gold, to the t'ip fiortr, where there is nothing more r jlnable than machinery. Placed at fre quent intervals throughout the corridors lire electrical devices for enabling the captain cf the guard to keep tabs on his tven. Each of these little machines com r:miicates with the rotunda opposite the Chestnut street entrance to the mint. Here it is that the captain is sta-r;n;u-d ail through the long boors of I;; phift. Every two minutes and a iinlf the (vntral machine in the rotunda denotes the presence of some one of the guard at some particular station in the 1 nilding. If it doesn't, then the cap tain knows that something is wrong, and be immediately proceeds to discov er what it is. Hut it hus boen a long time since the little machine, failed to send forth its ruueuaccment at the proper time, for the mint guards are patrolling up and tlnwn ontside the big building, careful ly watching that no suspicious charac ters approach too near the vast treasure left iu their care. Promptly at midnight the second rhift of the night guard puts in an ap pearance to relieve the early shift. It alko composed rf a captain and II i .en, and they are split np, as the other (tiuad, into inside and outside details. I'rom midnight on until 7 o'clock in the morning they follow in the foot rteps of the first shift, with every fac ulty alert to catch an iutrnder. The big revolvers are not the only veajwjiB cpon which the guards have t. rely. On each -ide of the main cor ridor hading from the Chestnut street entrance stands a walnut caw. Through the polishf d glass front of one frown -0 Winchester rifles. The other con tains as many ngly looking carbines. To grab these dispensers of death would l.e but the work of an instant for the gaards, and then woe be unto any man it men upon whom it might be found iiKfssarr to tarn theui. For the revolvers there is kept con stantly cn hand iu the mint 500 rounds tif ammunition, and for the rifles and turbine- 2.500 rounds. litoh of the guards is an expert in the use of both the pistol and the gi.u. and each is en lowed with a plentiful stock of cour age; hence a combination capable of successfully resisting almost anything less than a regiment. The Hiiriutojident and assistant cus todian bHb talked to the reporter ahont the metiioils in use to protect the mint and its contents. I3oth smilod siguifl--jtitly when the possibility of one get ting away with a portion of the vast tieasure was snggested. "It woald be folly for any one to try it," was the superintendent's only com ment. To it the assistant custdian nod tied emphatic assent "I have beeu here for a good many years," the latter said, "and no such attempt has ever been made. It is prac tically impossible for any one to broak into the mint from the ontside, and no we could secrete himself in the build iuit daring the hours when it is open to .isitur aud hope to avoid discovery. We aearch every nook and corner of the structure carefully as aoou as the doors are closed fur the day, and yoo may rest assured if any one w ho had do busiuvss within these walls was found lie would regret the day ho was born." In addition to the two shifts of night i cards, the superintendent and assistant custodian have a habit of dropping in at the mint at odd boars of the night to ee that everything is going on all right The mint is connected with the cen tral telephone station, and should there be trouble the captain of the guard could communicate with police head ;narters in a brief space of time, "If you come across anybody who thinks be can get rich quickly by help ing himself to our coin, " remarked the i-nperintendent in parting, "just advise lim to think it over carefully first" In compliance with the euperintend nt's suggestion the advice is hereby given. Aud it is pretty good advice to follow too. Philadelphia Inquirer. The population of Antwerp includes C0.00O tiermats, who, it is said, buy their goods of German merchants only. Girl's - - months she lost twenty-three sound. Ve did everything possible let her, and ht had the best ot medical treatment "Several skilled physicians attended her, but no benefit was apparent. A family friend visiting w, told how her daughter had been similarly affected, but cured by Dr.MTilliams' Pick Pills for Pale People. "She urged as to try the pills, and w finally consented. "we have always rejoiced that we did. "The frill helped Lucy at once, and after taking eight boxes she was entirely cured. "She is now in perfect lualth, strong, weighs lei pounds more than ever before, and her cheeks arc full of rokr. "Two years of schooling were missed err account of ill health, but new she can gratify her ambition to study and become an educated woman." The reason that Dr.Villiams'Pink Pit's for Pale People were beipfi;l in the above cast, is that they are composed of vr ge'a ble remedies which act cireclly on the impure blood, the foundation cf disease. As the blood rushes through all parts of the body, the conveyer of geed or bad health, it is necessary that it should be pure, rich and red. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills build up the blood by supplying its life givicp elements which nourishes the various organs, stim ulating them to activity in the perform ance of their functions and tl us drives disease from the system. The pills arc in universal demaad and sold by all druggists. f.CRSES'ACTlONS IN BATTLE .me Keep Their Ilrl la tho Mad Both; !ome Liim Them. A man seldom t ries oat when hit in l !i turmoil -f kittle. It is tho same vit!i a horse. Five tr'pers out of six. v. ben struck by a bullet, are out of their sad.lles wituiii a minute. If hit iu the breast or shoulder, up go their hands jnd they j;et a heavy fall; if in tho leg j-rf-s t or anu, they tail forward aud nil of?. lict eveu with a foot cut ofT by a jagged piece of shell a horse will not drop. It is only wheu shot through the lead or lie-irt that lie conies down, lb- may ! fatal) v wounded, but ho hul.l,l. nut of the fight to right or left :i!i'l s'aii'ts with draping head until ,sA britigs him down. Tbfl horse that hw hrs rider aud is un v.oi.nded himself m ill continue to tun v iih bis s-t of f.uirn nittil wane move-im-nt thmws him out. Theu he goes ; all ping here and there, neighing with t. ;r ami al.-irin, lut will not leave the held. In Isis racing about he muy get i:iu:n the dt ad aud wounded, but he will iliie them, if peuisihle, and in any ca.-e hap ov r them. When he has come ilium three or four other riderless stei-ds they "fall in" and keep together, as if for mutnal protection, and the Ta'.ly" on the bugle may bring tho whi.le of theni into the ranks in a body. A hrse vhich has passed through a brittle unbounded is fretful, sulky and nervous the same as a man for the next three or four days. His first battle iii nl.-o the making or unmaking of binv as a wui b. ,r-e. If the nervous tension ii:ts lie. a too great, he will beoonie a U.lt-T iu the fuce of dauger, and there by I -.-. u u a danger iu tiiinself. If the test has not b-cu beyond him, he will iu;o the next fight with bead held bi;rli and flii fc of foam blowing from bis un u'!i as he thunders over the earth. VY:!'b:.!igt.-n I'ost. HE SQUANDERED MILLIONS. The w il.'.'.y Kec-MeM Fiaaacial Career of ltra Albert txrant. hie f i he iu(.-!-t dramatic if not ac tnnliy on of the largest failures, to far ps tb"- liabilities were cxatcerned, was that ;f Barou Albert Craut of "Emma tuine" notoriety, tirant was the un i rovviied king of the financial world of bis il.iv and g 'lerution. lie made mil liens almost us deftly as the late Mr. liarney liirnato. ami he spent them right royally. lie liought Leicester !!' re and presented it, a free gift, to t!.e people of London. He gave a din ii. r t i: i ti i i y a thousand city magnates at a cost which was popularly reputed i; the time to have exceeded 100 guineas a head, and which, iu auy event, un doubtedly established a record in ex travagant !iimr giving which has yet to be leat n. And he started ont to build a palace in Kc iisiiv,'tou which should "knock f-pefs ell" all oilier private resiliences, pat, pie.sttit or to come. Everything w;is pit up regardless of expense. The ballroom walls were inset with panels of pink Italian marble, costing 600 cuiucasi ach. Iu the entrance ball were four pillars of porphyry, worth 4,000. The bnilding was scarcely finished when the crash came, and it remained r-r long a brick and mortar white cle phaiit cn the bauds of the trustees in bankruptcy. Kvrntually most of the in terior tittings and decorations were dis jsosed of piecemeal. The grand staircase, w hich had cost to build eonio 40,000, acquired by the representatives of the late Mniu. Tussand for a trifle ever a fi-urth of that sum. It now forms tbeiuain aprch to the tipper aud principal suit f rooms of the new ex hibition buildings in the Marylebone r.jd. L::doii Mail. Tat r Oilier IV r. The lot if the average nineteenth century cat diss, not compare favorably with that i.f it tacestorn. Everybody biems that the early Egyptians held the rat sacred, :iud any one injuring a sacred auiii.ul was liable to severe pun ishment Among the ancient laws of WaKswasa statute which prohibited the slasghti r of a cat under a curious penalty. The owner of the slaughtered uuimal he 11 it by the tip of the tail, with its uosf touching the floor, and the slayer bad to give him, by way of com peiis...on, as much wheat as would bury the entire animal oat of sight. The grain was supposed to represent t iie amount that the owner would lose through tli depredations of vermin by being dejirived of the rat Saxony. Switzerland and other Eu ropean countries also had laws enacted for the protection of cats, which were regarded of economic value. Now, bow ever, pussy is simply a dacorativa do mestic adjunct Palaterstoa' Juke. In ISfil the repeal of the paper duty was moving the political world. The buduet sjit-eeh was preceded by a rumor that li:e besis of the scheme would be the repeal of the tea duty and that this would upset the government Just be fore Mr. Gladstone rose to make his statement there was handed to Lord Paltai rston on the treasury bench the i'ollowing note from Lord Derby: "My . ar Pam What i to be the great pro posal tonight? Is it to be tea and turn oat?" "My dear Derby," wrote the premier in reply, "it is not tea and turn out It is to be paper and station ery." (.rt-sta Typographia. Ia Far IU "now do yon da, Miss Ladie? So aw fully glad to see you again. So very sorry yon weren't at Lady Brown's dance lust night There positively was not one pretty girl in the room." "I am not Miss Leslie, bat I waa at Lady Brow n't danc last Bight" Lon don Punch. It is an old saying that those who were born in the last six months of the year will have a great change of expe rience every senth year, and their dreams will have significance daring the fall of the moon. SAVED BY A DREAM. A THRICE REPEATED WARNING THAT WAS LUCKILY HEEDED. Hw Twt Mra Narrowly EUeaped Aaaawi aatloa la Untrn Ontaria The Bealitr W m a Terfect Bepr4acUaa cf Uie VWioa of the Braia. Miss Mabel Wiloughby, writing in the Toronto Cilobe, relates this strange etory : "Many years ago my great-nude, a m.-icistrate of Niagara district, bad ot-cas?--.:;, s.t he often ha"l, to uiako a jotir lie; i n horseback through Kinie of th mure nuMCttleJ parU of western On tario. As those were the pioneer days, many parts of Outario now thickly set tled and prosperous communities were almost unbroken stretches cf forest, in tersected by roads, passable only by equestrians. The only places of publio accommodation were amall taverns or inns to be foend at intervals of many miles along these trails or roads. My uucle aud his father-in-law, who ac companied him, carried large sums of money with which to buy grain and cattle from the settlers. "One afternoon, toward nightfall, as thoy were ncariug the small inn where they intended stopping for the night, they heard the sound of horses' hoofs close, behind them, and. turning in his eaddle, my uncle saw that the strangers approaching him were a dark visaged piir of men whom he had noticed at the dinner table with him at the last hostelry. They, however, saluted my nncleand Mr. H., his father-in-law, in a very civil manner and returned the compliments of the hour. "The party soon reached the inn, and, to nude's surprise, the two stran gers trotted on past the only resting place there was for miles. Eut he concluded that tbey were hunters or eettlsra liv ing farther on, and so for the time thought no more of it "Our two grain dealers took their enpper and shortly afterward retired comfortably for the night Not long after going to bed Mr. IL, feeling thirs ty, rose and went down to the bairoom lor a drink of water. No laughter hexe. IIo was a local preacher and stanch ad herent to the Methodist church.) "On entering the bar he was greatly surprised to see stretched out on the wooden benches the guests of the din ner table and traveling companions ot the early evening. However, he tron bled very little about the matter, as he thought that they had been overtaken by night and turned back. On return i:-g to the bedroom he fennd my nncle cW.ing, aud so made no mention of the uucauuy pair in the barroom, and in a few minutes fell asleep also. "After a short sleep nncle awoke auC almost started out of bed, bavins had a most vivid and frightful dream, in which be saw one oi those men advnnc ii.g toward bini with a dark luuteri. turned upon his face and a drawn kmft in his baud Eut, finding the room per fectly quiet uncle persuaded him.-u that his dream was the result of sum slight apprehension he had had couct n iug the two men, and so fell asli-; agaiu, but only to have the-horrible vt siou repeated. "He legan to feel that the dream, e vivid end persistent, might have tb nature cf a presentiment, so put b. band under the pillow to see that hi pistols which be carried were salt But as everything continued p rfe( t still he allowed biiuself to tali ia. light &oze, which was apaiu iuterrup ed by the same dituui, like a mkiuigL specter. "Now thorocghly alarmed and feel ing that Lis dream was sent as a warn iug, be roused the old gentleman by hi side and told bim of it Mr. II. th told bim of the men in the barren. This increasing their apprehension, t two men decidid to watch by turns, 1. LL taking the first watch. Not five mi ntes had elapsed before a footstep j.. outside their dorr caught the ear bo.ii men. "Iu a moment the door opened vc softly, and a man stealthily entered ai. crept toward the bed, while the two b the bed prepared for immediate defeus when thcvillain had comeclose euocj : to be seen distinctly, kept perfect qniet When within about two yarns . the bed, the intending assassin, by th manipulation of his lantern, which uu til this time had remained perfectly dark, threw a clear light over the sup posed sleepers and revealed to them th nality of the vision the same mat knife and lantern, with bis murdercx intention hideously written on his fixt countenance. "One glance at his intended victims and his expression changed to amaze n eat aud fear aud he stood like oa. paralyzed as he met my uncle's steady and white face, who, with pistol pit Rented, waited but another move on th. part of the villain to kill him on the spt Eat the man didn't move. Ali was perfectly still, except for a smoth ered prayer from the old geutleman Uncle was the first to speak, demand ing what he wanted. No reply was given. Uncle then, threateningly ad vancing his piece, ordered him to leave the rooni at once on pain of death. In obedience to this the robber, without turning bis face or changing his atti tude in any way, backed as steadily from the room as be had entered it and was sn no more." X One Stopped the Stase. The nioruirg after the assassination cf President Lincoln the telegraph oper ator cf a small town iu Ohio read a passing dispatch which conveyed the omnrfol igfaraiatiati arm. This speedily spread through the surrounding cocntry. anil at 11 o'clock, when the mail train v as due, nearly 100 men had congregated to buy a morning paper. As a matter cf course not a single pa per remained, aud all were iu despair, until some cne remembered that tte p:stnias-ter was a regular subscriber, and that the mail bag mast contain a morning newspaper addrn-ed to bim. Tho coveted paper fcuud, the aged postmaster proceeded to read to the peo ple who had crowded into the lcitg store tte details cf the murder. In the crowd stood a very patriotic but igno rant old n an. who was ever making pertinent suggestions. The voice tf tho reader faltered mora than ence aj be read the account now so familiar to all Americans. Finally he reached the point where, it was said of Booth that be "shrieked out '.Sic empcr tyrr uuis, leaped uu tho sta; and made bis escape," Throw ing his old peke bat upon the Door, the patriotic eld man lifted Lis band aloft and shouted: "Good gracious! Why tlidn't snme body have sense tnor.cn to stop the stager" Chicago Chrouiclo. Tar loaoeenee of rhlldawnd. As the toar de force of iu entertain ment once giveu at an English country boose it was arranged that the children should present an original play, to i entirely written and acted ty them elves. The play tamed oat to bo sur prisingly well written and would bavo won much praise bet for the end ng This was the story of (he pluy. A gallant knight joined thn brave King Richard in oue of his crusade ia Palestine. Nothing having bw n beard from him for more tbaa eeven years, the conviction was forced on bis faithful wife that be was dead. Tho villain came to her and wanted htr to marry bim, bnt at the critical momeut the knight reappeared and clasped in his arms hia lady, who had never ceased to love him. Then explanations came, and be told of his many noble achievements "Iu short, dear wife," said he. "I have never been idle an instant" "And L too. my lord, have not been idle," the said with pride. "See!" And here she led out bt fore the electrified aud it nee four lovely children to be pre aented for the first time to their father San iTnucitoo Argonaut A HARD RAILROAD TO BEAT. Oh Mm la IHsnbla IMstiUe4 III Lack Fouud It So. The Southern Pacific ia about the worst road in the wide, wide world to fool in the matter of transportation. The Southern Pacifu" has inch a plain monopoly of California business that it is not necessary for it to louk for favors, eo it closes down very tight Even the tickets which the scalpers succeed in getting are so hedged about with pre cautions that it is like takiug n civil servios examination to beat one of them. The favorite is a long slip which is designed to be punched to lit the de srrintion of the nnrxhaer. so t'"tbv $ . . - uo ui ai.s can it be usod by another than the riitfnl owner. When one of these tickets appears in a scalper's stock, it looks like a porons plaster, being punctured for tbjl color of the eyes, the hair, stature, weight, complexion and other details cf the physical make up. ' Once Jim Crawford of Laramie focud - binmelf stnek in an Francisco with ?4 and a fearful banger for home, Eut $4 was as nothing to the fare back over the desert. While he was worrying his soul with regrets he cauieupou a neatly folded slip of paper which bad been lost doubtless by some hurried tourist It was one cf those pieces cf organette mu sic representing a ride back to Ogdeu. Jijt read it over, printed matter, punches and all, and rushed for a drag store. Ho bought dyes for his hair, a stain for his complexion, got a pair of blue goggles and ran a concealing band age over his chin. A barber took off his mustache, and for a dollar a cheap oculist made his eyes blue, -o that the giggles wje re-enforced with corrobo ration. It took all his money but 40 cents. Then he climbed aboard the train. He had reached Port Costa when the conductor came around and gave one hurried look at the ticket "This thing expired a month age, " be said tersely. Tho telegraph poles were pendulous with blue aud brimstone for two weeks after Crawford had finished his walk back to Oakland. Chicago Rsjcord. NO boxes SOLD HERE." A Siz IHaplayad la Shops Which Guard Carefully Their Imputations. "No Boxes Sold Here" ia the sign that hangs in oue cf the principal jewelry establishments in tho city. The sign made its appearance after the shop ping of one Christmas season. But there U no time of the year in which the de mand for boxes is quite discontinued, and the sign serves its purpose always. Tho demand for boxes was prompted by tho nmiable desire to deceive some friend or relative into the belief that the article presented to him came from the host establishment in the city. Sim ilar attempts are mada at the well known glass and china shops, at one of the well known" French confectioners' aud at all of tho establishments whi h have mado a reputation in some par ticular field. Nearly all of these answer such ap plications wita the words of the sigu, "No Boxes Sold Here," but there aro some few which sell them as regularly as they do other objects of merchandise and are quite indifferent to what be comes of them o long as tb?y get their rather hiph prices for the empty boxes bearing the name of tho firm. Similar Indifference ia shown by a well kuo-.vn English pickle factory, which allows itg labels to be told here and pusted over auy sort of staff that the pur-cb.aA-r of them happens to concoct. Xtw York San. The Nose Lasts Longest. Bone and cartilage euter eo largely into the structure of the noso and de termine its characteristics that it un dergoes little perceptible change, as a rule, with the lapse of years. The brow b-eoomes wrinkled, aud crows' feet saliier round the eyes, which thim srlves gradually grow dim as time rolls on. Cheeks lose the bloom which cos metics cannot replace and lips their fullness and color. The chiu, dimpled in yonth, develops angularities cr globularities, as the cae tuay l, and the eyebrows become heavy wiih the crop of many years' growth. The nose shows no mark com parable to these familiar facial indica tions cf the approach cf old age aud practically enjoys immunity from the ravages which time makes on the other features of the face. Next to the nose, probably the ears, as a rule, show the fewest aud least obvious signs of old ge- 4 Carious Sight. Iu Japan the traveler sees many ca rious sights. One of the strangest of which is the population washing it self at the corners of streets toward evening. In Veddo the citizens fre (Utut largo bathing establishments. The street doors of each resorts stand open, aud a striking spectccle, to say tfce least, is presented by tbe inmates sitting washing themselves with the ut most nnconccrn. This is a general cus toui, and nothing whatever is thought ot it. Snch an apparent want of modes ty in difficult to comprehend and is not reconcilable with the advanced state of civilization of the Japanese. In many Dthei of the manners and customs do tbe Japs offer a striking antagonism to those accepted by us. Wateblag Plants Grow. lVornre a little collotnia soed. Take one of tbe seeds, aud with a razor cut off a very tiny slice, plsc? it on a slide, cover with aglasiaud place under the microscope. Tbe instrument must be in a vertical position. Wheu it is well fo eosod and lighted, moisten it with a ini;i .t water. Tbe seed will absorb tho iioisturo and throw out a very large auuber of spiral fibers, giviug tho ap-pear.-uire of veritable germiuatiou. l: gitiuers will find it easier if one applies the ricistare while tho other looks Jhrou'i the instrument. Microscopical journal. A Talented Bouse Agent. Mrs Homeseeker You certainly don't expect anybody to take this house:' Why, the Coots all tun down hill Agent (a smart man) It was built in that way on purpose, mum, to beep peace in tbe family Greatest invention of the age, mom. Mrs. Homeseeker Keep peace in the family? What do yon mean? Agent It's all right mam; nothing like it Whenever your husband drops his collar button, they'll roll down to that wall, aud he'll always know where o hud 'em. Lcudou Tit-Ei ta Chinese Taxes Very Llghf. The Chinese are perhaps the most Jigttly taxed people in the world. )u Chinq all the laud belongs to the stqta, pud a trilling sum per acre uever alter ed through long centuries is paid as rent- This is the only tax iu the coun try, and it amounts to about half a crow n per head yearly. Loudon News. A Mra a Trteft. gmith Von gay yon write dunning letters to yourself and sign them with fictitious names What do yon do that fcr? J opes You fee, roy wife U always after ue foi mcney, and when she reads those letters she becomes discouraged London Fan. fenfcethlag la It. Miss Wellwood Do yon believe there If anything in love at first sight? Mr. Uardacre Oh. yea About niua times ont of ten there' a divorce in it Exchange. The bumming Cjf telegTaph wires is not caused by tbe wind, for it is heard during perfect calm a It has been con jectured that changes of temperature, which lighten or loosen the wires, prob ably produce the aoand. Tbeekiu of the kangaroo, w hen prop erly tanned, never crack ' SACRIFICE- S lerai a dream I canno nk It clear lhat 'im but yetcrdsj,dr iove. that tbon arert berc, Cot on brief day ago 1 felt thy pnLiUi. breata. Anil this U deaib. m Tlie wcrlj is chanffed: no, nothing, nothtne'a ri'.ht. liy act.! u bathed in derpest. drk! night. A il-w turt hour anil yet the on'i li(bt ray Cannot transform niy datknoaa into day Tor freedom I Ah. will Cnba ever know How her redemption fiiU my life with woet Be brave, O heart, Uke onto hiui who gave. As lima, but ait those sufTenns auuhi to cava Kuee Van Is. b piece. THE ENGLISH NOT PROFANE. UU!e Dad l-angaage Ia LoaJoa Outside of Petticoat Laaa. Little rough or rude language Is used by tho Eugli-h. They even fight with out swearing and gt t very drunk and noisy without employing strong lan guage. Tbey love to chaff and guy each other, and tbe crowds and the street petplo who drive horses and pedd' gcous and hang about tbe corners ao a great deal wittier than most of osgite them ciedit fur being, but they seldom resort to bad language I never heard much cf it until I went to Petticoat lce, and I know a woman who has lived here two years and been constant ly about town who tells me that in that time sho has only heard oue catb from an Englishman's lips. The worst word I heard ia Petticoat lane was "bloody." That however, is the worst word I could have heard in English opinion it is the foulest word there ia 1 have only heard one man nse it aud he did not speak it He was very angry, and he spelled it 1 am telling yon this because I know that at home in America we associate it with the English and put it in Eng lishmen's months in our anecdotes, as if it were a matter of course that it should be nsed to give a local color to an Enolish storv. Americans come here aud make use of the word for the comic value that tbey attach to it, and yet I assure my readers that if tbey tried to think of auy really disgusting term tbey had ever heard and mada use cf instead they cccid not more startle or shock these English ears. English sailors have brought the word "bloody to our shores sailors and prizefighter and stablemen, and only such perstns cling to it bere What we consider a very much fouler word has a vastly wider circulation, b t is net ccusidtred as bad as "bloody. " All this is very strange and requires a native to explain ll- especial ly as bloody" ia merely the contrac tion of the.octh "by our Lady, which was more or less commonly used iu the aticicnt days when this was a Roman Catholic couutry. Tbe pcoplo wl o try to swear without ewearing who in our country say "hnlly chee" and "by cnpit," all u;e. the word "blooming" over here. "I can't very bloom iu well make yon boy this bloomin tbitirr, but I'll ave a blootuin try at it," is what I heard street fa'.;ir s-uy to a crowd tho other day There is no harm in that at all. aud it is much rjoro typically English than tho word "blocdy. " besides being decent. It is funnv what mistakes nations ma!;e uh;;ct cne another Over bere tbe rety smart thing ia reportiug the speech of cs Aii'cricaus is to make as all and alvirys call otisjlves" Ainarricnus. " It m: y be true .f us This whole nation beliivcs it Let I never heard an Anier Iran to lirtii.ocu.-e tbe nan e of our conn try. sad jet I've got a qcick Jingoistic c r, w hie!) js a thing tao tugiia utter ' lack. Julian Ualph in Providence Journal A Hrally Historical Novel. To produce a bo called historical novel bas been attempted by many, but with iudifTeient sacitess by the majority, so far as history W concerned Alike the best known art! the most successful authors of thin class are Scott, Kiugs ley aud Lyttou In grouping books of this typa in au ord"r of merit based ou their historical worth, it cannot lie do nie-d that "Thn Last cf the Earons" should be a war Jed the first placed, with "Herry Esmond" aud "Hereward the Wake" bracketed as second Victor H:igo's"L'HL-toried'uu Crime, " which bas Veen called "the apctheosis cf the fpceial concspondeut " is a notable ex ample, of a coiitcmpotary history w rit tcu under a thiu disguise of fiction Pearson's Weekly llow Francis Bacon Was Hid of Warts. The takinge away of Warts, by Rub binge them wth somewhat yt after wards Is put to wast, and consume, is a cotn'en exp'meut: And I doe appro Lemle it the rather because, of mine otruc exp'ieuce. I had from my Child hood a wart uppon one of my Fingers: Aftcrwardcs waeu I was about 16 years old, being at Paris, there grew upon . both my baudes a number of Warts (.tt j ya least 100) in a Moueths space. The English Emba-isadours Lady, who was a woirsa free from snp'stitiou, told me one day. She would helpe me away wth tbetn. Whereupon sbee get n peice of Larde, wth ye Skia ou, and rubbed ye Warts all over, wth ye fat side; aud among ye rest yt Wart wch I bad bad from niy Childhood: Theu she nayltd tho Peice cf Lard wth ye fat toward ye Suuno c : a Poast cf ber Chamber w iudow wi,h was to ye south. The Succes.se was, that wihin five wsekes space, all tbe Wart? went quite away: Aud ye Wart wch I bad see longo endured f jr Company. Ent at ye rest I did little marvaile, beeanse tbey came iu a shorte time, aud might goe away in a short time agniuo. But ye goinge away of yt web had staid soc longedoth sticke wtb me yet. They say ye like is douo by rnbbinge cf Warts wth a greeno Elder sticke, and then bnryit'ge the sticke to rot in raocbe. Nctci aud Queries. Pickwick or an Oyster. , To try chief benefactors, whom it was also my high privilege to know a3 fricmis, Dicktxs. Thackeray and L cch, I have douo homage on happy occasions, aud I Lave a pleasant recollection ef the smile and the sympathy cf the au thor of "Pickwick" when I told him, in proof cf tny profound admiration, how in my schoolboy days, with an in come of sixpence per week, I had saved half for the monthly numbers of bla fa mous bock, still in my possession, bound in two volumes, aud iu the most degraded form of tbe nrt The smile expanded as I proceeded to describe my wrestlings with tempta tion, the ageny of conflict, wbeu tho siren sacg, in tbe form of an oystor niau who passed at intervals ty tbo door of cur schoolyard, and lured aa cot only Ly tbe cravings cf appetite, but by tho fascinations of gambling. His mode of business was to receive a halfpenny from bis customer, who cried "head" or "tail" (tbe tail wag represented by Britanniq in foil uni form uncomfortably located cn the edgo cf her shield) as tbe vendor threw it upward. The customer lost his coin if Lis conjecture was wrong. If right, be received an excellent cyster, with a co pious supply of peppered vinegar from a huge stone bottle, with a slit in the cork. S. Reynolds Hole in Literature Dow lists Multipty. In this city rats are found in consid erable numbers, tbo brown rats predom inating cn the ships and wharfs, tbe black rats in the stores and warehouses, and the Alexandrian rats being limited to the holds of the ships that come from southern porta Weasels and f.xrets nra bred to keep down their numbers. Tbe fecundity of tbo rata ij so great that ij a few years they would overwhelm a whele city if they were net kept down by trtiflcial means. Oue pair Kill rear loer ( r fire fair.ilhs cf 10 t) 13 to cadi litter ia one year, and iu six mntiths these young cnes are i.n.ly to repro duce. Thus oue couple in tbe cocrse of three years could rsisc a population cf several houired tho ia-j I if uot t atrained by 6r.y I:strect:v3 n-eajura. New York Sou. THE FIRST PHOTOGRAPHS. Professor Draper". Slater Sat Talrty Ml ate For Her Portrait. Elizabeth Flint Wat.e bas an ijlns trsted paper em "Photography Irs Mar vels" in SL Nicholas. The anth. r says: Tho first acce cuts of this great uis covery aro very eutertaiuing re-iding. Professcr Morse, tbe inventor cf the telegraph, waa in Paris when the news was published, and at once went to see Dagnerre'e widerful picture In de scribing tbetn afterward he aaid that moving objecta made no impression on the plate, for a pictuie takeu rf a crowded bonlevard showed it as if en tirely deserted, with tho exeptiou cf a man Laving his shoes polished. Tba man's fecr. he said, were will defined, becanpe they wero kept static r.r.ry. bet be was without head or body, for these were in motion. To America belongs tbe honor cf making the Crt photographic portrait, the artist being Professor John Draper, a professor aud afterward the president of tbe University cf New York. His victim was Lis sister. Miss Catherine Draper He powdered ber face, that tbe likeness rciht be more quickly im pressed ou tbe sensitive plate, and fcr 30 miuntt Miss Draper sat or. at least, tried to sit as immovable as a statne- The first clas In photography was formed in Eestou in tlie spriDg of 140 by Diignerre's aprnt, Gocrad of Paris. Tbe lUv. Edward Everett Hale, thou a gtndeut in Harvard, became an enthusi astic member cf the class. In his diary, under date of April 1, 1S40. is this en try: "On my way home 1 stot ped at tbe shop and pet my daguerreotype ther mometer. There seems to be a great de mand; there were tbiee or four others inero." THE. RICH RUSSIAN. Ha Has a Weakness For aa Army of Fam ily Servants. We were a family of 8, occasionally of 10 or 12 feya Priuce "Krone. tain iu The Atlautie, but CO servants at Mos cow, and half as many more in the country, were considered not oue too ruaDy. Fe.ur coachmen to attend a dozen horses, thrre cocks fcr the masters and two more for the servants, a dozen men to wait open us at dinuer lime cne man, plate in hand, standing behind each person seated at tho table ar.d girls innumerable in the maidservants' room, but how cotld any cne do with less than this? Besides, the ambition of every landed proprietor was that everything required for his household should bo made at borne by his "own" men. "How nicely your piano is always tnned. I suppose Herr Sc.himrnel must be your tuner?" oue cf the visitors would remark To be able to answer, "I have my own piano tener," waa ia those times tbe correct thing. "What beautiful pastry!" the guests would exclaim when a wcrk cf art, composed cf ices aud pastry, app r.r d toward the end of the dinner. "Confi ss, prince, that it comes from Tremble'' (the fasbionalle luistry coe h) "It is :ny own confectioner, a pupil of Tremble, whom I have allowed to show what hecau do," was the reply which elicited general admiraticu. To have embroideries, harntssos, fnr uiture in fact cvtry thing made ly cue's "own" iren was the ideal el the rich and respected landed proprietor Cismarck as Pr. JekylU No greater contrast conld possibly be imagined than that which existed fco tween tbe Eisinurck tf private life aud the Bismarck cf politics. "Ia the borne circle," writes a correspondent who knew him well, "he was pcrfectly charming, easy going and goixl niturtd He was passionately fouJ of children, aud I have wen him ovi r aud over at'ain have a game with the little t lies cf his gardeuer, w ho were very familiar with bim and would not hesitate to climb open bis Li.ea "Once wbeu his gardcDer's little girl died the great statesman went to con dole with biin. He was dreadfully up Set aud whilj holding the poor father's hand burst into tears, for he was very fond cf the child. He kuscd tiie little corpse aud himself placed a bunch of rr.ees in its hand. He was always easier to assist his poorer neighbors soil in joyed chatting with them on all sub jects but policies. These he never men tioned." Loudon Chronicle. Tlie frofeasor's Wisdom. The stem prolessor cf the feminine preparatory school sat at bis desk Irv ing to unravel a knotty problem when a UuCy haired miss of 18 appreached "Please, sir," she began in a tremu lous voice, "will you grant me permis sion to go out riding with vay brother this afteinoen?" Now, the old man had net forgotten tbe days cf bis youth, neither was Le a fool, and locking over bis spectacles he slowly said: "So yon want to eo riding with your brother, do you? Ey tbe way, is this brother cf yours any relation to jou?" Chicago News. Servian Marriages, Servian men do not marry lor love, brt to secure cn additional worker fcr the household, so very young men mar ry women several years older than themselves, as girls are less experienced in house woik Iu the lower and mid dle elasses women are always helped lest, and may uot sit down unbidden in the presence of the men. Thero are only 3, 8-12 It 1 1 cf tho Ainos if Japan the "Indians" of that coun try. Nearly all of them livo cn tho lorthe.ii island of Yezo. It bas been miniated that it would take a man S. tOO years to lead all the standard works. The British postoffice makes 520.0C0 a year ly cuclain.eel money orders. The Poor Mother-in-law. Mother-in-law stories are a drug on tho market, bet this one see ms to bo a little less draggy than usual. A man and his wife went to Europe, and the man's mother-in-law went along I'p to this poiut there is no nov elty in the story On tho voyage the mother-in-law fell ill cud died Oi coarse, she bad to be bcricd ct sea, and so the usual canvas sack was made, but instead cf an iron Weight to sink tho body they used a bag i f ci al lii conii.n nting on tbo arrangements afterward the bt teaved eou-iu-law, who stuttered budly, suid: "I I always kuew where ru-ra m-mother-iu-btw was g-goiug. bat b-b-blame n.e if I s-s-supposed she'd have t-to carry Inr o-n f-f-fuell" Cleve land Plain Deal r rr.:!:-d lo Tempt Her. Cleifc Ti.ik ahont closefisted men! Why. that Wiiti an jast going oat at the j I, . utr cot. i i any man l ever saw aids tn l epad-j. - Flocrwuliitr Oh, it's a woman's na ture to hai.1 1 over prices, yoo know. Clerk Eut she didn't baggie. She selected her thing and paid fcr them without a word, but during the 19 ruin ates I kept her waitiug for ber change he never looked at a thing in the store. iraid she d seo something she wanted. I suppose. Chicago News. Wife The doctor orders me to tuu mineral baths at Carlsbad, and yoo re fuse me the means to go. That shows how little yea value rue. Husband On the contrary, I do Dot wish to lose a pound cf yoo. Fliegende Blatter. Strange as it may seem,' tbe origin cf tbe miter is to be fouud in Acts ii, 3, "Antl there appeared nnto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them." Tbe miter is supposed to t a representation ef these clovejt tongues. OMERSET MARKET KKPOKT. ) coaaECTEU waraLV v Cook & Beerits, Wedrwiday, Xor. tSSS rner ta . i - ! HWmI U) I i Dora ted Apple Butter, per gal . k.I I I r m tat.ier. i - -7 (cn-n.in.-ry, per . Beeswax, pe r i .l(i to 1-e J smear cured Jui. per B -V? Bacon. -jlu, p. r ;?Xue tShoalder. per 10 to Z iwnil navy, y' 1 IJnia, per s ....:o !. ICC 1 green, per .. Cocee. rolled, per t Cement. port!Hnd, per bbl to CortinirtU, per 6 ' do,--irutT.TrpeFf6 "fbiLn Flsb, uke herring, j t btll per 3o t,l ii Honey, while clover.per vii. IrJ, per lame, perl-.nl ' Jl:a. N O., per gal (iinen. per . to SI.'V potuto.-. pv-r bus :t)-iee PeHCties, evaporated, per -X to ee Prunes, p.-r ifc t I'M N. Y.. per ttI . i e hitvoarc. pt-r btl ..... - l.i'O Halt, J Likiry, V bos sacks 1 " " " " 4 bus sacks. .. lanun1 alum, iso It s;.vk ...& i maple, ner 8 Ui Se iiuporv-d yellow, per lb Uar. wuit, A. per ,....,;:-,p irruulau-d, per tt .',; : i jba or pulverized, per ....! i I n.-r if:i Syrcp. per KUl SO to Atoneirare. ration.--. -"c Tvllow, ih-jt fr to Vinegar, r- re.i! 2" to ac I timothv.per bus. Ify-Si.wJ ; l:ui 11, it 1 t-jn ,mv 1" criiiiwn, per bus. 4 tlLlia, pVr bus .. S " H'.nyku, per bus 7. 1 c:over. jht oum 1 steeets. yt) 'At MtHet, liennan, pt-r bus .. l-i- I barler. wliite beanlteM, per bus.. l.- I buokwhent, per i"UH ..ji'C imlD i corn sbellfd, per bus 40 to 4 umIk, per bu .- .oU I rye, jK-r ous . wbrHt, per hie . bnsn, per ! B- H" co.n and ots chip, per l(k Kr flour, roller pro'es,per bbl 1.00 sprlna ptileut antl fancy A Feed Flour. f uijeii s111"7.. . ... ... . c. t 41r.,i, Lt-.,irM.lA ner l 1 Iks - .Sl.aai.nO Middlings, j -f ,,,) CONDENSED TIME TABLES. yainmore and Ohio Raurore- Somerset and Cambria Branch. ORTSWA1D Johnstown Mall Express. Korkworx! 11:10 a. ni., Somerset Stiijislmii li-OJ, Hoov. ersvliie l:u, Julinxtown IM p. m. Johnstown Accommodation. Rock wood 5:15 p. m., Homerret 5:;i Stoysowno-l7. Honv ervtilM:;8, Jiibnslosn 'tj soerrBWaxD, Mall. Johnstown 8:Wa.m.'.Hooverevilie9:I8 M'.oveetown 9:33, tkiuicret lu: RociwooJ llhiiT. Expn u Johnstown 2.3) p. ni Ilooversville SM', stoyestown 3:-i, eotoert 3:'ii, Roe wood 4.-15 Daily. P. B. MARTIN, Manat-er of Fuseiier Truffle. PENNSYLVANIA liAILKOAD IN EFFCT JUNE 27. I8S8 mniicKSJCD m'Hinri.i Trains arrive and depart from tbeatatloDst folinstuwn as follows: WE3TWA.BI-, Went'rn Fiprv. 4 -3 a. m " ---i3 " 0:11) " 9:-1 " . 2: 'i p. m. 4 3 - 5:11 " .VII " . .. Si " stout bwestern Exprne lohurftnwn ANimtiiodHtion Jolinstown reoiuiii(xlation... Incit1e Express. ... Way PaHjsjneer.. ... ..... I'tttsbuix Ki press.. .. ... Fast Line Juuiuuiwa Accommodation.. UtTTAtD. Atlantic FsnresR... 4:14 a. ra hea-ehore Lpr... ., Alloonn Ax-omuioUatioa.... I"ny Kxpre..... i Main lne Express, 1 u m na A eeoni niollioa....- Vxrtrm Johnstown Accommodation. Philadelphia Express. ... Fasn Line . ... 5:e) " 8:24 feto " li):!i " l-''i p. m. 4:l t " :.5i " 7:11 " HlAI " F. C. CORSET! MAKE American Beauties C. GORREGT SHAPES. RRTISTIC EFFECTS. .4h AH , e' saa- a &k4;k Box. HEWEST MODELS. 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J Snyders S; (1 -ii ; . . i . 1 : ! 1 room to do tr- EE WE HAVE It: IB B 1 Pure Urugs iCLvj Fresh and Good condition. B B B B B Prncrri-nfinn ComPUEdiK we ue nnexceiied I lCoull U llUll Anything not advertised, ask for it, wo are sure to have iu You are always sure of gettitg Uie lest r 1 T rnrvr(- Classes fitted to suit the eve? UptlCal UUUUO Call and have your ejes te-ud Tm??e3 Fitted. All of the best and most approved Truces kept ia stock. Satisfaction guaranteed. 8 JOHN N. E Druggist. iiiUliliililiiiiiiaUw Louther's Drug Store. Main Street. Somerset, Pa his Ucdel Dmg Stars is Rapidly Beccsing aGrs Payarlts with People in Search of RESH . AHD' . FUBE BBUGS tJrrficMes. Dye Stitfis, Sponges, iintse suismrier. Toilet ArticJp . Perfumes, ccr TH roCTOR OIVEK rCJirfOSAI. ATTtSTIOsJ TO TBI COMPOC5DIS8 OF IM-Ofs PresGriptionsSFamlly Bece! CARX BII-NO T.llU TO CSS 02TI.T FES8H A5D TVS.X ABTICLBS. MKCTA rJjRS EYTXi LAPSES ni a Full Line of Optical Goods always oa. hand. Froa dsj large asaortrnent all can be suited. TEE FIHEST BBMBS OF always on hand. It is always a pleasure to display enr r.r 'ntending pmchaaers, whether they bnt trom us or el-whcrtf J. M. LOUTHSP f-1. D. a IN STRFFT Somerset Lumber Yahf ELIAS CTJISHSTTNTG H A M . Lumber aud Building lilatfirt. 2 f i3oti Vo cl Oak. I'oplar, Kidlng.' H'alnut. Yellow Pine, FiooriuR. CberrjT, NXslBxlew, Doors. Lath. White Pine Mludm Kenerfcl Une of a!l rmdw of Lumber and Eullding atrial and Roor.i.sr S'a t. pi .. Iw.sa furaKh anything In the lice oi our business to order with rv ! pmniptnMas, surh as Brackets. o.M-sLrel.workeU'. Elias Cunningham, Offlc and Yard Oppwi . , r.B. E. The N.Y. Weekly Tribune V-Ut'L- A KZJ!2..&Zi. lit BOTH ONE YEAR FOR $2.00 Send all Orders to the Herald. THF N.Y. WEEKLY TRIBUNE irZ .i r""'P"''"--'vr"l ivliahl market r.-jM-.rt.. al.le eUilorlaK inter-Minir r...rt '"' !?. 'nwhaninillnf.Mrtn-itl.Hj. illustraiwl fashion artlolw., humorous Vu tun . anJ ii.lrueincandenu?riatnti.toeveryuiemU;rofev ry family. x THF HFRAI 11 ,f,v, Tna " ,h 'op,, . Po"ll and sorlnl, kw, r.'uin'' l..r ..L i '.""C?" w',h.T"r nwghbors and frlrnrta, on th farm and in IU ' l ., ! J.".l?, pr,crt h,r r m P" 'u-ti.. tl.eco.uliti..n ..f cr... and pn.." "'"'j n-wide? S nvW!,y Welt"e nJ Indixumsablo weekly visitor at ymr h.."' " end all orders to THE HERALD, somcmsct. -a. IT WILL PAT T0U TO BCT TOUK Memorial Work WM. F. SHAFFER, SOMERSET. PtXX'A. 1 Mannfactorr of mud Dealr in EMUrn Work FnrnlshM on Short Kotlc mn m mmi w A1k, Arnt for the WHITE BRONZE I Pfrmn In nnar) . . m . , w luaunipni work vi 1 Arid 11 u, their tr,lwt to all at my .nV.r wh-re . proper .h .u-ing will bi Prte ,ery low. ! invi M .Uoi." Whit. Brj.. Cr Pir. 1- Mon1l.rh prooacrt by Rer. V. A. Ricu. . decided a,prov..n,-nl i t rrf" traJand 1 Pharmacy. 5 tttitida Lt8tj amietd a brisk business. net BOTH OF THEM. I make it a pobt to keep my a rv large line oi urugs in a rare In the way of 3 3 SNYDER, SOMERSET, 5 Picket. tlonldiB rSaoh. Htar Hall Dalatrrs. Chvutuok Jewel Pol, Fie. KtatUa. THE GREAT NATIONAL FAMILY NEWSPAPER For FARMERS and VILLACERS, and your favevite heme p-per, fie Somerset Hera! POMERSET, I'A- -3B1 mi PITTIS scraps A3 wiia 4iJ; j- g.rry.- 1 j Beautiful , ;tVl Price '' J I V I J 3 I KSSWp:. Wm. F. Shaffer,