THE TRYST.
Alone I att n '" c,d beech wood.
At ocr tryst oy Ibe route! mill.
And the only jund that jm-eis my ear
Is the note of tbe bipiiooratil.
The silent Khules of the Aacnrt em
O'er the Fiiikv.-1 ruins full.
Bnt the only sound ttiat comes to roe
la the whippoorwiil' caU.
I wait ta vsm for a so and more ewe
A note that is far more dear.
"Tis a Kiciuel wtica wya one 1 lore as high.
A whit-il- soil and clear
Th ShAws plnir m the old beec h wood.
Wiirr I wait hr t"" rnw',l mill.
But natitfht 1 i.'-jr m the -il-m Bifht
tsre the l-im-lv wliinfooru ill.
l.Vue VanB. 5pee
AFGHANISTAN VENDETTAS.
Bnw Deadly Blood Fends Are Waged la
the Khjber Fas.
f'uri:.g tho time I have bwn ia In
oia, writ-s a seJdie-r corm-TBjA-tit, the
most inte-rprtiiij? period was when I was
rationed on daty for three montb some
yean' bark in Lumlikctal, on the Af
pbsninrun tide cf the fur famed Khybcr
H re I was able to forcibly real
ize the iiicauius of "vendetta," as the
t-l.aiBctt-ristic bio! fends of th-? Afridis
are tjuaiut and interotiug.
The pass itself i neutral enne be
tween It-dia and Afghanistan, but we ex--rcic
cor dominion over the road that
niade its w;iy for 21 miles through the
narrow valley. Here, as elsewhere in
Afghanistan, Llood feuds are a recog
nized institution among the tribes and
la-t tlirouph pneratiuns, the dishonor
resting with that family who last suf
f ,n d froui some defeat or treacherous
liiunler.
Wbtuna encounter occurs between
two tribes occopying settlements on op-IRM-it
tides of the road mentioned, one
cr other must cross, it before commenc
ius tirinp. bring across the road is
prohibited, but cm either side they can
exerci- their friendly feelings toward
piich other without hindrance.
But still quainter U it when the
fends are between close neighbors. Each
f.ticily. with iieur relations, occupies a
number of nind hnti, inelo-d in a
s;nare snrrouuiled Ly a thick, high wall
i f Kind, sti.ne and wood. At one corner
e f these Kjuaw is built a watvh tower
:;o f- t Ligh. where the family tnark
niau takes his potitiou and playfully
picks off any unfortunate who shows
himself in the next square. Constitu
tionals are then-fore confined on both
tides and limited to nightly prowls.
Errand Magazina
Manners Outside the "ary.
The orditiary wamau's respect for
reuk and sta?iHi when not otmuected
with las beloved vessel is decidedly
lucacer. When the president of the
luitd States visits one of our men-of-var,
he is received at the gangway by
tue admiral, commanding olliceirand ail
e f tlie otlicers of the ship, in full nni
f .rtn, tle crew at quarters for inspec
tion, the inariue gnaid drawn op with
the kind on tho quarterdeck, the na
tional fliiR is displayed at the mam, the
drummer fives four ruffles, tho band
plays the national air and a salute of
Ul gnus is bred. 1 he same ceremony
hImi taki-n place on his leaving.
u one occa.-iou the president visited
one of tue xhips informally, dispensing
with the salute and ceremony, when
neof the men rather indignantly ask
d another wlio that lub'ier was on the
quarterdeck that didn't "docse bis
peak" to the com in ml ore.
'Choke your luff, will yon," was
the reply, "that's the president of the
I niful Mates."
Well, ain't he got manners enough
to salute the quarterdeck, if he is?"
'Manners! What does he know about
mauuers? I dou'l suppose he was ever
out .f sight of land in his life. " "On
a Man-of-war. "
Florals of Nouns Ending la "O."
lti the foimatiou of tho plural of
isi'iiits with tiiis ending the general
icle is that es is added to tho singular,
its in potatoes, cargoes, buffaloes, yet
tiie following words add only 8: Grotto,
junto, canto, cvnto, quarto, portico,
octavo, d!iiieelino, tyro, solo (all, by
the live, fio-eigu words), and also all
iHtuiis ending iu in, as folio, folios; or.
iu fact, whenever o is immediately pre
ceded by a vowel, as cameo, embryo,
etc. A notable peculiarity is to be ob
served with regard to nouns sulistantive
ending with the sound of a If they be
words of more than one syllable, they
lor the imwt part end simply in o, but
if only of one syllable, they take an e
utter the o, thus, canto, potato, quarto,
liero, bnt d, foe, roe, sloe, toe, woe,
etc. Vet other monosyllables, not nouns
substantive, have no final e, as so, lo.
no. Literature of Typography.
Craba and rlarthqaa-kea.
For some time previous to the day
cpon which the great Chilean earth
quake occurred swarms of crabs of an
ukuMvu variety were seen in the bay
of Fayta, They all appeared to be
Uieatly excited and were literally climb
ing over each othei in their efforts to
rscape the impending calamity. There
wete millions of tbem, and "ten days
iifter the earthquake the dead ciabs
were thrown npon the beach in a wall
line 3 feet or 4 feet wide along the
w hole extent of the bav. "
Tw tle Uunppwt."
This is a mistranslation of "A la
laiiterne!" There was no lamppost.
The lamp was hung over the middle of
the street, in the center of a cord, which
passed over pulleys at Hie sides of the
street. The lamp was let down, the per
ou to be hanged was substituted for it,
and the ends of thecord palled. Notes
and Qneries-
Wanderfal Pumping- lclnea.
The standard attaint d by the per
formance of modern pumping engines is
pretty high, as was illustrated by an
incident which occurred not long ago
here in New York, where some large
pumping engines that had recently been
set up and were working at rather high
speed and almost absolutely without
noise were inspected by an expert in
such matters who hailed from an iute
ri.tr city. Ho remark; d, "Well, those
engines work vry nicely now, but wait
until you get to pumping water at that
speed and then yon will lwar something
from them probably."
His astonishment may perhaps be im
agined when it was demonstrated to
liim that they were at that moment
pumping water and had been continu
ously doing so for 48 boors. American
Machinist.
They Help One Aaottier.
A fingular custom pn vails among
the Tartars or Kurds. If a tr.an gets iu
to difficulties that if, bises his cattle
r other movable property be pours a
little brown ?ngar into a pii-e cf col
ored cloth, ties it tip and carries oue
such. parcel to each of bis friends and
teoqnaiutances. In n-tarn he is present
ed, according ) circumstances. wi;h a
row or sheep or a sum ct mom y lie is
thus at onoc set ou bis le ;.,; iu The
Hiiue method is adopted when n ycag
"umn wishes to marry, Let is not iu a
position to satisfy the parents cf Lis
intended bride iu the matter cf the
'bashlyg' that is, marriage dower
Only in this case Le does ne t go round
himself, but sends a friend or a m t ant
Jananeae Flrevorka.
In Nagasaki, Japau, there is a fire
works makvr who manufactures pyro
technic birds of great size that when
exploded sail in a lifelike i: miner
through the air and perform n any
movements exactly like those of livjcg
birds. Tlie secret of making tlnte wen
tlerful things Las been in the pona-ssicc
of the eldest child of the family of each
generation for more than 400 years.
" Km Cane Far C uniaeraitoo. '
"Poor Dibble! They say be rot a
pair of beautiful black eyes lately. S
feel sorrj lor him."
"Yon, needn't. He got aTery band
ffime girl with them." Short kiU.
CONTRASTS IN NAPLES.
Only a Ste Flora Royal MacniScenea to
Crowd af Half Kaked Worker.
One of the strangest coutrasU in Na
ples is to walk frcm the rcya! palaoe,
with iu fiue marble sUircase, np the
new Corse Ee d'ltslia and to climb in
to the steep street., around the Church
of San Soveriuo e Sosio.
These streets are the dwelling places
of the dyers, and one steps from regal
magnificence into a crowd of seminaked
people, who ar bnnily dipping gTeat
hank of cctton or wool into seethinff
Cil lruas. As elsewhere, the work is car
ried ou in the- street, and linle stream"
of water red, yellow, brown and black
pour over the rough stones and gath
er in multicolored pools, while on low
beucbe against the walls women are
wathing clothes, standing iu the dirty,
soapy water that splashes over from
their tu! s.
The j Assersby walk hcedles-Iy through
the dye and soapsuds, while the chil
dren find pleasant octopation in throw
ing mud of every variety of color at
aujbody who chances to l wearing
light colored garments. It is a veritable
feast of color from the merely spectacu
lar point of view, bnt a Tisit to these
streets leaves a bodily aa well as a
mental impression.
Very often iu the depths cf these sor
did alleys one comes across a forgotten
old palaoe, built when carriages were
unknown, its great court of honor
crowded with booths, its vast halls fill
ed with a heterogeneous- collection of
men, women and children, fowls, goats,
sheep aud occasionally a donkey, all
living together iu the happiest proxim
ity. The massive old walls are hidden
beneath centuries of dirt; the wood
work has, for the most part, disappear
ed; the rooms that once knew the revels
of Angevin nobles now shelter the hap
hazard existence of IatzaronL Lud
gate. FUN IN THE FOOTNOTE.
A PopttUr Librettist Couldn't Withhold a
Jnke oa froapeetlwe Hrida.
W. S. Gilbert does not rKain all of
bis humor for use in his librettos.
Iu I he esrly days of his success, when
(Jillvrt and Sullivan were considered
ly munagi-rs as the "sure winners" ia
the comic opera field, a young" woman
who was a member of one of the"Pina
fore" companies wrote to Gilbert tell
ing liim of her approaching marriage
with a yonng man of good position and
family
Gilbert congratulated the young wo
man nnd expressed the hope that her fu
ture might be prosjerotis and happy.
Only a little more than a mouth pass
ed, act another letter from the same
girl reached biiu, ia which she stated
ihat her engagement with tho yonng
man had been broken and that she had
aeeepti d another suitor.
Ho replied that he had every confl
denca iu her judgment and again ex
presd his hearty wishes for her wel
fare. It was almost two mouths after that
that Gilbert received a third letter from
the Kime girl, who informed him that
young Lord had proposed and that
she had accepted him after breaking
her engagement with No. 2.
Gilliert's humor could no longer
withstand the temptation, aud he wrote,
"1 desire to congratulate yon on your
approaching marriage with" Here he
placed an asterisk and in a footnote
addt d :
"Here insert the name of the happy
man."
1 bis is probably as characteristic a
pb-oe of humor as any that appears iu
his'Iiah La! lads" or in bis works for
the stage. New York Press.
The Antiqalty of CI lit.
Class hes be:n employed, we kiic,
bota fur decorative and domestic pur
tcs;s since tl'e dawn of civilization.
The earliest remains date from Egypt
S064 B. C. and are' preserved in the
British museum. If is an amulet in the
fcrtn of a lion's head of opaque blue
color, with hieroglyphics that determine
its date. On the rock cut tombs of the
necropolis cf Memphis glass blowers
wtrc depicted as early as S900 B. C.
Stories r.ri told by Pliny, Jouephus and
other wri' .-s to anoint for its discoy
iry, but t . .-e are very doubtful, so that
we have :y to rely npon facts attested
by actu. . uusins.
The dii.tvery was doubtless fortui
tous. Sucj lucky fiuds are often the
work of cli:iQca. When it occurred, we
cacnot kti rmine; but, so far as we
know, Egypt, as she was the genu of
all civilization, was also the mother of
ibis art, which she applied to a mnlti
tune of purposes, strangely excepting
thtt which we d-m most ueoessary
namely, to admit light into buildings.
The dwellers by the Nile handed
down the art to the Phcr nicians, who
iu like manner bequeathed it to the As
syrians. Then it was passed along to
tho Persians and the Greeks, then to
the Romans and the Byzantines, who
in turn communicated it to the Vene
tians. The monks of tho middle ages
appropriated it to beautify their Gothio
temples, and so it came down the centu
ries to modem times. Frank II. Vize
telly in Woman's Home Companion.
A Uopelee Case.
A Scottish paper tells a story of an
old Scottish woman who was "unco'
dpwtbie," without the money to buy
"a drappic," "Lassie," she said to her
little granddaughter, "gang round to
IXnald McCallum and bring me a gill
Tell him I'll pay him i' the morning.''
Back came the child with a refusal
Donald declined to part with bis whisky
without tfce ca-h. Eager and irritated,
tho old woman cast about for Rime
tutausof "tailing the wind," and her
eys fell upon the family Bible. "Here,
lassie," she said, gio bim this and
tell him to keep it until I bring him the
siller " Off wont the little girl, but she
soon returned, still carrying the Bible
Donald was obJurate,
."He says be maun bae the haubec
first, granny. "
In anger the disappointed grandmc''
er threw up her bands and ex l ii:r
"lxsh, did ony body cvct L r t'j.
o" that! The man wili neither ta.
word nor the word o' Gci for a gil.
whuiky I"
Bow Saake Polaoa Kill.
The action cf poisons npon the system
is and always has been one of tho most
interesting of subjects. Just how and
why it kills has been determined through
a series of experiments made by fien
ti ts. The following desuriptiou is en
questionably the best and most lucid of
any that has been given to the pnblie
"The venom may be roughly separated
into two parts ono actiug npou the
Mood, and the other npou the nerves
When injected, it immediately begins
tu create terrible destruction in the
lil. mi vessels, the walls of the veins are
eaftu away and an internal hemorrhage
tikes place. While this is going cn a
portion it the venom is attacking the
ncrjta. Particularly susceptible to its
ravages ia the 'vasomotor' system, a
nerve center which controls the muscles
of respiration. Paralysis takes place in
these organs, and the victim generally
dies from an inability to breathe."
New York Ledger.
Blamaivl.'a Aaeeotora.
It is stated that the Bi-niarcks first
made their appearance in Brandenburg
as cloth merchants. Ia 1430 or there
about it is believed that one Clans Bis
ciarck advanced a sum rf money to the
Margrave Ludwig, which was secured
upon tho customs of hie native town
The citizens, however, rebelling against
this arrangement, the margrave assign
ed to Clans Bismarck the fief of Burg
1 stall, and it was in this manner that the
f nobility of the family began. In the
' middle of the sixteenth century the Eis
marcks came under the away of the
Hobenzollerns, to whom tbey have ever
remained faithful vassals. London
Globe.
When Baacir ia Chita,
There was a painful lack of variety
.ri our food. Men dying of thirst spend
their last hour in thiuking of iced
cbampagce, sherry cobblers,- cocktails
and drafts of beer, whitkiea and sodas,
deal horses heads cr whatever their
particular beverage may be. We gas
trcnomically fouled oarjelrea to the top
of our bent "I think," one would eay,
"when we get to tbe Hotel de Paris to
night we'll have a nice little French
dinner cf six cours.a, with coffee ami
green chartreuse to wind up with."
"Well," another would remark, "I
. 1. 1 1 I. . ,..;!. c-t.n wmn .
little .-h, a slice of beef a;d suiietart.' j
i 'Imrrfi inir? ti nMjt f i Minrfl f t"r nift. " mur- !
mured a third, oblivious cf the fact
that befell ilr. Pickwick, who had a
similar desire.
Then we would reach a slimy, be
grimed village, creep into A smelling
hut and mr.ka onr dinner of pork and
rice, or rice and pork when we desired
to vary the niecu. But one night, at a ,
spot called Taiping-pu, when we called
for the perennial pork we were inform
ed we could not le supplied. "No
pork," we exclaimed, "no pork in
China 1 Why, Chinamen are thrje parts
perk." Then we were told we were in
a Mussulman village, where swiue were
an abomination, but we could have suit
beef. We jumped joyfully at the salt
beef, so called, though we knew per
fectly well it was nothing else but stale,
cujrolitaLlc,sinewy wild goat. Travel
A Day to the Cause.
Airs. De Gadd- -I beard the awfullct
things about Air. De Good today. They
say he steals the church funds.
Mr. De G. Nonse nse,
"Oh, I've no doubt iff true. Mrs.
Veragood, that horrid young widow,
you know, seems to be infatuated with
hit::, and I shouldn't wonder a bit if
th- v-J pawn the communion service for
a dal outfit. Ey the way, Mra. Fine
st Las not been out of the bouse for a
i, and people think ber husband
I been beating ber, but that isn't a
circumstance to tho way they talk about
Airs. Iligbmind. I saw her ou the street
today, and she said she felt sick, but
most likely she'd been ou an opium de
bauch. She has her husband's collars
uud cnCs washed at a Chinese laundry,
and she's been seen to go there for them
herself. Oh, she's a terror I Mrs. High
up's husbuud has been away fcr two
weeks, and I've got my opinion about
it too. People say Mrs. Tiptop's hired
girl left two weeks ago, the very day
Mr."
"See here! Where did you hear all
this?"
"I've been out collecting money for
the Lea tin n. " New York Weekly.
Tho Ircay of tho Dandy.
Brummel went U prison for debt,
tut cams cut strain to resume bis fop
peries. His frieudi mado bim a small
allowaucaof 129 per annum equal at
Ca-.'n to 300 but he could not be ex
pected to live on such a pittance. When
be bad not 4 francs in the world, he
would order boot polish at 5 francs a
bottle from Pari and call the trades
man who supplied it "a scoundrel" for
veutnriug to ask for his money. In the
end lus intellect gave way. Ho lost his
memory and much of his little mind.
He grew slovenly and careiess, yet to
tho last clung to his ean do cologne and
some other luxuries. Finally, bis mind
til gone, he was removed to a charity
hospital, being now reduced to the ut
most impoverishment and content to
change bis linen once a month, instead
of time times a day. as cf old. Here he
died, under the care of sitters of chari
ty, on March SO. 1340. Thus ended the
striking career of perhaps tne most
worthless fop whrsi history records, bis
do.-.tU being a fitting termination to his
useless life. Lippineott'a.
Melba'a First Appearance,
Jlme. Melba recently gave an inter
esting account of ber first public ep
pearauce. "I was quite a young girl in
Australia, " she said, "when, notwith
standing the persistent discouragement
cf my father, who was averse to the
idea of a singer's career for me, I en
gaged a hall and sent round a notice to
all my frienda Unfortunately somebody
mentioned the little scheme to my fa
ther, and bo. furious at my clandestine
enterprise, begged every one of his ac
qnaictauces to uphold bis parental au
thority by ignoring the performance
But I wasn't disheartened, and at the
boor announced for the commencement
of my concert stepped on to the plat
form to find myself face to face with
an audience of two. And nobody else
came. "
A Hard Pie.
That German was a delight, ber cook
ery was often vile, but sno was amus
ing. Her first efforts at pastry making
were l&nientable. "Margarete, what
was the matter with the apple tart?
Tho crust was liko a stone." "Oh,
madame, I vocrked so barrd. I said to
myself, 'Now ze harrder I vootk ze bet-t-.-r
it will be,' so I rolled and I rolled,
aud I used all my strengzt, and now it
is von stone. "
Oue morning Margarete bounces into
my room and bursts out ia an injured
voice, "Madame, does our coachman be
long to my towel?" At last I discover
that she refers to the round towel in the
scullery, on which the offender bad
wiped his bands in passing. Corn hi 11
Magazice.
Anffelia Acid.
Apropos cf acids, there is an angelic
acid, obtained from that roost graceful
of our umbelliferous plants, cultivated
in England in the sixteenth centnry as
a pot herb and still used as a candied
sweetmeat. From this "herb angelick,'
or "root of the Holy Ghost," whose
fragrance was reputed good against roi
sou and pestilence, was also distilled a
perfume, charmiugly named a:ig,l wa
ter, affected by the beauties of tb sev
enteenth century. "I met, " nys Sed
ley, "the prettiest creature ia New
3pringgardun. Angel water was the
worst scent about bur." Cornhil! Ms?
izie.
Carargie Sect Dangers.
Xkw York, November 20. Andrew
Carnegie, Id a signed letter to the World,
repeats bis argument against territorial
expansion. The recent statement of Sec
retary Gage that he had been converted
t) the policy of expansion is discussed by
Mr. Carnegie, and be claims that the Sec
retary, never having exported or manu
factured, can not lie considered an author,
ity upon a quention involving both inter
est. The annexation of the Philippine,
Mr. Carnegie contends, will cause friction
bHwron the United States and Li rent Brit
ain, Germany anil Japan over inattera of
trade, possibly respl'.'ug in war. If the
President throws the Philippine trade
open to all other rations, he will aotag
o 'z American labor. If be exclude
okher nations by means of high tariff, be
antagonizes the whole of Europo, and baa
war upon bis bands to a certainty this
time no weak Spain to deal witb, but the
overwhelming naval power of En -ope.
Mr. Carnegie thinks every member of the
Cabinet and the Preside at r well, should
declare themselves npon this question
and set at rest the uncertainty now ex
isting. Mr. Carnegie but night sent a telegram
to Boston to tho organisers of the move
ment against the annexation of the Phil
ippines, stating that be bad mailed a
cheek for f I.ono to aid the undertaking.
Trot Billi Against Qasy.
PniLADKi i uiA, Nov. 21. The Orand '
Jury today presented to the County
Court true bills of indictment againt
United 8tata Senator M. S. Quay, bis
son Richard K. Quay and aa State
Treasurer Benjamin J. Haywood, charg-
ed with conspiracy to unlawfully use
public moneys deputed In the People's
Bank of thin city for the purchase ami
sale of toeks and for other purpose u't
authorized by law.
TILTING THE EARTH.
tlarter of ftrlentlOe Intereet. If Not cf
Practical Yaloe.
M. Fonche, the vice president of ths
French Astronomical society, has in
vented a way of alterirg the prtteut i:i
clination cf tho earth's axis to the
ecliptic. What bo wants to do i; for is
not very clear. Perhaps, hjwevcr, be
doesn't want to do it and mt rely puts
forward bis method as one possessing a
purely academic interest. At all events,
it is worthy of the attention cf com
pany promoters
All that has to be done, as described
by Invention, is to dig au enormous cir
cular Uitch, sjy, in Africa or Sosth
America (its center must be on the
equator) and to fill it witb sea water.
Fresh water will do if yea can get
enough cf it, but us the radius of the
ditt h i-i to be a few hundred miles that
is hardly likely. Having got your ditch
foil of sea water, nothing remains but
to make it race round aud roe.ud in the
trench, whereupon the earth's axis will
tepiu t point toward di fit rent quarters
cf tho heavens from those it ttruieatts
at present. The ancouut of deviation
will depend on tLe radius of the ditch,
the amount cf water it holds, the speed
at which the latter moves and the time
during which the motion is kept up.
We may suggest to M. Fcuthe that
when a sctiicient sphere of French in
fluence has been secured in Africa he
might have a trench dug and then by
its use get all the ice n-.elted round each
of the present poles. French explorers
could then discover tbem, whereupon
the action of tho trench would be stop
ped and the present climatic conditions
restored Franco could then remain as
long as she wished tho only nation to
have reached the celebrated points on
the earth's surface. As the digging cf
the ditch will be very expensive we
make no charge for this suggestion.
Invention.
A TOUCHY OLD COMMODORE,
InaUted oa Banning Uia Own Man-cf-r:or
fcven oa fcnedaye.
A story is told of an old commodore
at the Boston yard whose method of
measuring religious. affairs was with
the same inexorallo rulo used for tem
poral things. Oue Sunday morning he
was aronsed frcm his cap by something
ont cf the usual routine beiug announc
ed from the pulpit, and be sternly ad
dressed the chaplain with: "What's
that? What's that?" The chaplain de
murely repeated the notice that "by or
der of the bishop of the diocese divine
service will tie performed in this chapel
on Thursday evening next," etc.
"By whose order':"
"By order of the bishop of tho dio
cese, sir. "
"Well," thundered the commodore,
"I'll let you know that I am bishop of
this diocese, and when I want service
in this chapel I'll let yon know. Pipe
down," aud he cleared the chupr-L
On one occasion be heard a different
voice in the pulpit from usual, and,
looking np, he a:-ked: "Who is that up
there? Is that you. Billy McMastcrs?"
"Yes, sir."
(Eilly was a religious foreman in the
yard w ho sometimes helped the chap
lain along. )
"Come down out of that," thundered
the commodore. "When I want a n!i f
for the chaplain, I'll appoint oue. Dcu't
you ever let me catch you up there
again," and he cleared the chapel
again. "On a Man-of-War."
Hottest American Town.
The people who flee to the mountains
and seashore In summer days, as if lie
fore a pestilence, when what they know
as the heated term is on, can have no
idea what hot weather really is until
they have spent a few days in the old
town on the Colorado river in south
western Arizona, says a correspondent
of the Boston Transcript The people
who tell agonizing talcs of their suffer
ing ia the periods of temperature
among the nineties in tlie gret cities
ought to come out here in Summer to
know what Old Sol can do in the way
of heat-making when he gets really
down to business. What would you
ay to living in a spot where not a
blade of grass may be seeD, where there
is nothing green but a few trees shim
mering in the dusty sunshine, where
the eartL everywhere is so hot tbt one
can not stand upon it witb bare feet,
and where from Junelt to early Octo
ber the temperature is seldom below 00
de'grees, and more generally aliout the
110th degree mark once in a while
running up to 123 and Ii" degrees?
What would you think of a tempera
ture for a full month not less than 97
degrees, of two weeks at a time vary
ing from 100 to 115 degrees, and even a
week at a time over 112 degrees in the
shade? That is what the residents of
this quaint old town of Yuma bave reg
ularly each summer. Last summer the
Yum as bad two spells of weather when
the mercury climbed up to 117 degrees
in the shade every morning for a few
sucevssive days and descended to '.Hi
and 100 degrees in the night. From
June 10th to 14th the daily temperature
ranged from 107 to 115 degrees. From
June ISth to June 21st inclusive the
temperature on each afternoon weut as
high as 117 degrees in the shade.
High Lights.
The cheapest vase on the mantel
piece never gets knocked ofT.
There is room at the top, but there is
shade and rest at the bottom.
Laughter is like playing a comet
prettier to listen to than to look at.
When a woman wants to improve a
man's opiu ion of ter she flatters bim.
A pessimist wont even admit that
tobacco sauce comes up to bis expecta
tions. People talk until tbey are old, and
then discover that the way to learn is
to listen. Chicago Record.
High-Priced Game.
STROfPsBfRO. November 17. Doctor
Frederick, a Philadelphia physician, who
was gonning recently in Pike county,
paid dearly for iuability to discriminate
between wild tnrkeys and the domestica
ted birds. Becoming separated from the
party with which be was tramping the
wilds of Pike, the Doctor came upon a
flock of what he supposed to be wild tur
keys. The birds did not fly, and he fired
repeatedly at tbem. His friends hurried
to the aceoe, aud the Doctor exultantly
pointed to the heap of seven birds which
bad fallen as the result of bis prowess.
The turkeys belonged to Farmer Xoack,
who promptly had Frederick arretted.
Before Justice Clark he paid f JO and costs
f r his mistake.
It Lisa's Spirit Foists Oct Gold.
Pitts Br ro. Pa., Nov. 13. Gold ore
wb'ch atsays at high as -" to the ton is
if p n ted to have been discovered on the
farm ot John Spring tr, ntr Midway,
Washington Countty The story given
out in connection with its discovery is
that its presence wai detected throag'i
the revelations of a Pituh irgh womm
spiritualist, win was "ported"' by the
gt.ostof Broad Ax, an Indian chief.
A severe pMoxystn of coughing msy
lieotten arreste I by a tablespoon ful of
(.Ijceiiut iu a wiueg'afsof hot u.ilk.
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can get it anywhere. It is as pop
ular as sunshine and almost as
universale It satisfies that dry taste
in the mouth better than anything
else, and you can buy a larger piece
of Battle Ax for JOc than of any
other kind of high grade quality.
p
member
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All Around the Farm.
Onions, to keep well, must be per
fectly cured and dry, itlt top and root
all perished away. They will keep
best in a dry, cool room safe from freez-itig-,
or, when once slightly frozen, by
being kept frozen Never put iu bar
rels or in deep loses cr bins. . Shallow
open crates are all right. If you bave
8me dry room not much subjected to
sudden changes of temperature it may
be utilized for aUrii'g onions. Spread
them on the Uoor, say six or eight
ine-bes deep ; leave tbem there uli 1
ftcz: n, then cover deeply with straw '
or similar inateriiel ard keep tllii
froze ti. Io not handle until Ibeyi
have pndnally thawed out again.
Farm aud Fireside. ,
Wl i'e the roller is agood implement ;
for fining and smoothing the surface
soil it e-ati very rarely be used effective
ly afier winter grain is sown. Almost
all farmers agree that if soil is heavy it
will produce better crops of winter
grain if the soil is left rough sf er it is
seeded. AH the lumps are dissolved by
water freezing, and they furnish the
tine, rich dust that is needed to fall
upon the roots as they have been lifted
up by frost. The only conditions w hen
rolling is helpful to whiter grain
are when the soil is light aud Iiab'e 'o
blow away in wiuter. In such case the
rolling should he done as soon as the
grain is sown. It will pack the light
noil around the roots, and thus caui-e
wheat to make enough growth so as to
partially protect itself from winter kill
ing, aud will 1 ssen the effects of u itols
in blowing away surface soil. Ameri
ca o Cultivator.
1 he shire borw is one or tue deerv-
edly popular horse breeds, whose ori
gin is believed to date back to the old
Norman war horses. Althe uh we
now know it a the Shire, a name that
it will probably always retain, it is
nevertheless a fact that 20 years ago it
came very netr losing the name. The
designation is due to the fact that the
ar.iiual is a cart horse that comes from
that portion of England known as
"The h'hires." A couple of decades
ago, when the Stud Beiok waseHtablish
ed, although the horse was perhaps
better known by the name Shire than
any otber, a large number of borstuen
wanted t call it the "Old Englleh"
bived. Those favo.'Ing the name Shire
however, were Just a little too strong
for tbe "Old English" horsemen, and
Shire it is Indiana Farmer.
Philippine Girls.
From the Chicago IUcord.
The Philippine girls are Interesting,
but only a few are pretty. They are
extremely graceful, as straight as ar
rows and always picturesque. A girl
becomes a young woman at 12 or 13, a
mother about three years later and a
grandmother at 3-), but even at tbe ad
vanced age of 00 she is still supple and
graceful and picturwque. Those who
were at tbe World's Fair in Chicago
may remember the beautiful Samoan
girls in the Sumoan village. The type
of beauty is neany the same, and seems
to be common with nearly all the Pa
cific Wanders and the Ma'ays. Tbe
skin is yellow or brown, the hair
straight and ebiny black, the eyes soft
and lustrous and the teeth white, ex
cept where tbe habit of chewing the
betelnut has left them red and repul
sive. The women are modest to ihe
last degree, do not know what flirting
is and are hospitable and womanly.
The practice of smoking is general,
and even little girls scarcely 8 years
old may frequently be seen smoking
enormous cigars. The children go
naked until they are 8 or 7 years old,
and then graduate into short i-kiits,
and a little while later into about the
same style of clothes as worn by the
grown people.
A Treasure.
A clergyman who was interested in
every member of bis rural flock and
who did all be could to promote the
happinevs of his charge called on a
piouf farmer who had caused a sensa
tion by preventing the marriage of one
of his daughters to a worthy young
man. His object was not to secure a
fee, but to make bis joung friends
bappv. .
"Is not tbe young man worthy and
well to do?" be asked.
' Oh, yes," replied the old man, testi
ly. "He' a good man."
"And is not your daughter old enough
to be allowed to marry ?"'
"Ye, yes. She is SZ p st. . Rut you
dou't underhand. St;e' the only one
r f my women f.dks that undt-rxtauds
bow to feed calves right in the i-pring,
and If she leaves me I II have logo
biik to raiding liege, an 1 the lo tion
lis fallen out of the piiee of poik"
New Yerk WoilJ.
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The Hero of the " Merrimac," !
Will tell bis wonderful story la three
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This will be full account of the -inking of
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ences of the writer and hi men in $panth
pmoai. It will be read by every American ia
ek l,nrv TKm m rml. nrs rJ nm ruhl-
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CAPTAIN SIGSBEE'S STORY
Of the Destruction of the
MAINE."
the .tmra in Havana harbor, the muTts to her
capcatn, the explouon and wreck. The whole
ttiiry of the destruction of Cervera. fleet wtil be
told bv Admirals Sampson and Schley, Capcaa
' Bob" Evans, Captain Taylor, and other.
If you do not take The Cpvtvit in ioq
you will mis the greatest reading of the year.
The November number begins the volume and
has the opening chapters of splendtdty illus
trated life of Alexander the Great, and of Marion
Crawford's great htttohcal novel of the Cru
sades. Lieut. Hobson's articles begin in the
December number, f 4.00 a year.
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Q1
NICHOLAS
Conducted ty MARY MAPKd DODGE
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BniGIIT SIDES OP HISTORY,
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Somerset and Cambria Branch.
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Inhnstnwn Mail Eiorewe. Rock wexxl 11-11 a.
ni., H.!iierel 11: H, Stoyewtown lioi, Uoov-
eravUie l.to, Jobntitowa 1:0U p. m.
Johnstown Accommodation. Rockwood 5:li
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Mall.- Johnrlown 8:30 a.m..Hx)vrsville 9:19
Mtoyewtown v.y, Doiueret i'j wwj
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iprs.-John8town 2:20 p. m., HixiverrrHle
Sir.i. M toy e town S:ii,knieret 3:ii, Kock-
wood 4:1a.
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P. B. MARTI V,
Manager of Passenger Traffic
DENNBYLVASIA RAILROAD.
CASTCRN tTANDAHO TIM
IN EFFECT JUKE 27, 1893
OOXOBSSKD SCHKDCLX.
Trains arrive and depart from thesUUoa at
lohntown as follows :
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Southwestern Kipreea ..
fuhnstown Aercmiuioeiation
lohntovti AffommeMiauon.
Pneiflr Express
Way Paiweajfer.. ..-.
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Iuiiiuuiwu Accotuinexia Uoa.
Atlantic Express....
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Alloema AeeoinnitxiaUon.....
lrey Evpre-w.....
M:iin lane Expres
A Itoona Arceinni(laUon....
Mail e.xpree
Johnstown Areoinmodalion.
Philadelphia Express..
Fast Line
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j Diiisgist.
Louthefs -Drug Stort
Main Street, Somerset, Pa.
This Model Drug Store is Rapidly Bscoafcg afc;
Fiwcrits with Peopls ia Ssarcli :f
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