' HOT -SLASH.
A DliarT TVet I rrU ""
Orleaas tm.
"Did yon ever tiear of ea edible
known as Uiot slaPliV " asked a citiien
who alwny twj an eye open for
llfe n little oddiiiitt. "No? Well. Tm
not r.rprised. 1 c"cot;erevMt rarsWf
oiilr iesierday throcgb a chance visit
to t l.e river frout It wa aboot 11
c'chk In, the morning, and I mi loaf
inz around the far end of the Nortb
t istern fruit wharf waiting for a man.
. ben a ttrappiBg big negro rested up
i. ad bawled out: 'Hot slash! Hot
slash T
I supposed he waa addressing hlm
eif to roe, but before I could tblnk up
some graceful and appropriate bit of
repartee, at least a dozen other strap
ping dark in came tumbling out from
behind a pile of barrels, where a crap
frame bad evidently been in progress,
and started on a dead run for a nearby
alleyway.
"None of them had asked any ques
tions and. needless to say, my curios
ity was bijrlily excited, so I trailed
eloug In tbe rear and at tbe other end
of tbe alley found the whole crowd,
with numerous additions, c-ltstered
nloct a small covered wagon, fro a
which a mulatto was selling smoking
hot loaves of bread at a nickel apiece.
As ea h loaf was called for he split !t
open and saturated the Interior with
molasses from a can la tbe vehicle.
That was hot slash. It seemed to be
a local substitute for tbe mtrcbants
lunch, which appears about tbe same
boor in tbe retail district op town.
"I asked one of the darkles whether
It was good, and bis reply, while word
less, was extreme!y eloquent. The
lower half of his countenance was
buried 'u a fresh section of hot slash
at the moment, and nothing was visi
ble evept bis eyes, which he rolled
r.pward cmil tbey resembled a couple
of white celluloid pool balls. Then be
closed t!i'ia. very slowly, like a man
In an ecstasy, and at tbe same time
made a gurgling sound In bis throat
After that pantomime I was strongly
tempted to try a piece of hot slash
myself." New Orleans Times-Democrat
BLUE POINTS.
omethlBK Aboil Tfcrae Aristocrat
r the Bivalve' Family.
A newlmrn oyster is a tiny fleck of
crr-amy substance, not much larger
t'.ian the point of a pin. Its advent In
countless numbers from the mi"dle of
J ;i!y to the middle of August Is to the
cystennan of Connecticut where are
located proliably the largest seed oyster
plains In the world, an event of the
utmost Interest Long Island sound
has some ieculiJirity of the water which
renders It especially favorable for the
raising of the choicest and most widely
ought oysters. Not only are here lo
cated thousands of oyster plantations,
but also Immense natural oyster beds.
And here and there only is raised the
famous Blue Point oyster, tbe most
di-licateby flavored of Its kind nd in de
mand the world over.
The Great South bay. on the outside
of Ixmg Island, facing tbe ocean and
extending a distance of 50 mill's from
the towss of South Bay and Speonk. is
the headquarters of the entire produc
tion of the genuine Blue Tolnt oysters.
The name Is derived from a point of
land which Juts out into the bay here,
called Blue point
A combination of percentage of sa.lt
In the water, temperature, depth, con
dition of bottom, together with some
Indefinable quality possessed by the
latter which is different from any
other, gives to them their flavor, which
lias never yet been equaled by any of
the various kinds of oysters raised in
America, and tbe oyster Industry is by
far the most important fishing Industry
in tbe United States. Tbe Blue Toints
are simply transplanted Norwalk and
Bridgeport seed oysters, which are tak
en from oyster beds and put Into the
Blue Point beds in Great South bay.
where they attain maturity under the
most exalted and potent conditions,
which graduate tbeni oyster aristocrats,
with reputations ready made, possess
ing the highest oyster valuation and
ought for as "Divine Points' in every
civilised land. Hartford Times.
Shot Oat mt Tara.
A former memlier of the Gordon
blgblauders relates tbe following anec
dote in connection with one of tbe
Gordons who fought in tbe Anglo-Boer
war of 1SS1: Just before the battle of
Laingsuek the h!ghlander and a force
f the Boers were lying undf cover
apposite each other. The blgblauders
had been ordered to remain still and
bold their fire. Presumably the Boers
bad received similar commands, for.
with the exception of one burgher and
cue Gordon, who could not refrain
from taking pot shots at so much of
fac-h other as they could descry, the
men on both sides were silent
For some time the Boer and tbe high
binder referred to couducted a duel.
First the Boer would bob up from be
Liud his shelter, fire at tbe highbinder's
cover and drop out of igut The high
lander would Jump up. reply and then
hurriedly hide himself. Attout 20 shots
bad been exchanged In that way when
an exclamation of pain burst from the
lips of the highlauder. His left hand
bad been shattered by one of the
Boer's bullets.
"That sen es ye rlcht MacKenxle,"
aid bis sergeant "Ye waur tell'd tae
be quiet"
"Hoot ni.jsr replied the hlgtiander.
noo did I ken be was gaen tae shoot
oot o Lis turn 7"
A Caajarer at Clamfca.
Our conjurer's appearance placed
him at once above the suspicion of con-t-ealiug
anything up his sleeve, for
eleeve be had none. II is dress was a
cant white drapery which be;;an at
the (boulders and ended at tj knees.
bavlng both arms aud legs uncovered.
Placing himself on tbe deck directly
In front of tts. with bis boy assistants
little wsy off on either side, be be
gan operations.
First be spread on tb deck a small
cotton pocket handkerchief. Thereon,
In the form of a small fc'llock. he put
two bandfuto of loose frable earth, in
which he platted the mango seed. This
accomplished, be dispatched a boy
with a flat tla for water. In the mean
time taking a hooded snake from a
hallow basket and waving It the
while it hissed angrily and enlarged
Ita neck over the little mound of soil
as he did so charting on a strapge pipe.
The water fetched, he sprinkled a few
drops on the earth, then covered tbe
heap with a small square of fringed
turban cloth.
After again repeating his Incanta
tions be lifted tbe top covering and re
pealed a tiny green shoot, noi unlike
tbe first appearance of a bean above
tli ground. Blackwood.
A Master ( Blleaee.
Among tbe few who have a perfect
reniua 'or silence Is a certain well
known artist whose reticence Is the
amusement and wonder of all who
know him.
A frivsd who had dropped Into his
studio one day waa vainly endeavoring
to draw Mr. H. Into conversation, when
tbe artist's brother appeared in tbe
doorway.
"Hello. TotnT said the brother.
"Hello. John!" returned Tom. looking
cp from his easel with a smile,
John wandered about the room for 15
mlDutes. turned over his brother's lat
est work and then, fro'.ng toward the
door, stopped long enough to say
"Well, goodby. Tom."
"Ooodby, John," was tbe hearty re
Joinder. Tom pa Id ted on for some minutes,
and then In an on wonted burst of confl
uence he said warmly to his amused
friend:
"1 tell yon. I was ylad to see John:
Haven't aeeo him before for a month T
-London Answers.
REPUBLICAN MAJORITY FOR Q TAT
"Events have followed each other so
quickly In the political situation In
tbe Kerstone state within the last two
weeks that those who take an Interest
In matters affecting the Republican or
ganization have had much to ocrui y
their attention. The action of tbe Uni
ted Spates senate In refusing to recog
nize the credentials of Colonel M. S.
Quay for tbe seat to which he was tp
polnted by Governor Stone was a dis
appointment to the leaders of the tarty
organization In the state. ' After con
sidering the Influences against him and
the fact that he lost by but one vote,
the ballot being' 22 for him to S3
against, those accustomed to meeting
surprises of this character In politics
have accepted the situation philosophi
cally. Had the ote been taken three
days before it vras there U no doubt
thit Colonel Quay would have been
seated. For reasons best known to
himself Senator Hanna turned In
against Colonel Quay at the last mo
ment. In view of the fact that Colonel
Quay got a iaree majority of the votes
of the Republican members of the
United States senate, the result of the
balloting. In the opinion of many, waa
a personal triumph. Thirty-three Re
publicans either voted for or were pair
ed aeainrt him. Colonel Quay was de
feated because of the fact that the
Democrats, with but half a dozen ex
ceptions, voted against him. They did
so under the leadership of Chairman
Jones, of the Democratic national com
mittee, who is still hopeful that the
Rppuhlicpn insurgent fleht In this state
will result In the election of Colonel
Gnffey. the Democratic national com
mltte.ran. to the United States sen
ate from Pennsylvania,
HOW THEY VOTED.
These are the Republicans who either
voted for or were paired In favor of
Colonel Quay:
Allison. Iowa: Baker. Kansas: Car
ter. Montana; Chanuier, New Hamp
shire; Cl2rk, Wyoming; Cullom, Illi
nois: Davis. Minnesota; Depew. New
York: Devce. Kentucky: Fairbanks,
Indiana: E'.klns. West Virginia; For
aker. Ohio; Foster. Washington; Frye.
Maine: Cer, Iowa; Hansbrough, North
Dakota; Hoar, Masnchusettsj Jones,
Nevada; McComas. Maryland; Mason,
Illinois: Nelson, Minnesota: Penrose,
Pennsylvania: Perkins. California;
Piatt. New York: Prltchard. North
Carolina; Scott, West Virginia; Sew
ell, New Jersey: Shoup, Idaho: Spoon
er. Wisconsin; Stewart, Nevada: War
ren. Wvoming: Wetroore. Rhode Isl
and: Woleott. Colorado. Total. 33.
These are the Republican United
States senators who were either paired
aeainst or voted against tbe seating of
Colonel 0"v:
Bard. California; Burrows. Michl
rsn; Gal'incer, New Hampshire: Hale,
Maine; Hanna, Ohio; Hawley, Connec
ticut; Ken. New Jersey; McBride,
Oreron; Mr-Camber. North Dakota;
McMillan. Michiean; Piatt Connecti
cut; Proctor. Vermont; Quarles, Wis
consin: Ross, Vermont; Senior. Ore
eon: Teller. Colorado; Wellington,
Mat-viand. Total. 17.
Thfc7 were 20 Democrats against
Clorel Quay and 6 for hiai.
GENERAL REEDER RE-ELECTED
The re-election of General Frank
Rceder as chairman of the Republic
state committee by the convention
chairman and the candidates-- on the
Republican state ticket will insure a
continuance of the management of the
ReouWican organization unon the lines
that have been followed to victory
during the last year and in previous
fiebts. General Reeder has a record
of never having lost a campaign In
Pennsylvania when he was at the head
of the state committee. He has recent
ly had fitted up new headquarters for
the state committee at 1417 Locust
street, snd every convenience has been
provided for the economical and expe
ditious transaction of the business of
the state committee in Its various de
partments. General Reeder will at
once beein the work of preparing for
the presidential election, and there Is
every reason to believe that the party
organization throughout the state will
be in splendid shape by the opening
of the canvass
The Republican rational convention
will brine many visitors from up the
sate to this city durine the month of
June, and the headquarters of the state
committee will be available for party
conferences and the exchange of views
reeardine the best, method of meeting
political foes, both within and without
the party organization. The plans of
the Republican inaureents In their fu
sion schemes with the Democrats are
well known, and every effort will be
made to block them. There Is direct
communication between Colonel Gnf
fey and some of the disgruntled Re
publicans, and all who participate In
these conspiracies will be known to the
managers of the Republican organiza
tion. There will be but one test of Repub
licanism this fall, and that ia absolute
loyalty to every candidate upon the
Republican ticket.
Sotarra'a Reeltatloaw
Sir Edward Russell knew E. A. Soth
ertu the actor. Intimately and in his
book. "That Reminds lie," tells many
stories of him.
He was dining at Portsmouth or
somewhere at a regimental mess to
which tbe officers had asked him with
every show of tbe highest admiration
anJ with no appearance of sociafsu
petiority. After dinner, as the party
rat at wine, one of tbe officers asked
Sothern to give them a recitation. Now.
So: hern abominated that kind of thing.
He wouldn't tolerate lelng treated
as an entertainer wnen be was by way
of tn-ing treated as a gentleman. He
coldly declined. They pressed him.
He hotly declined. Still they pressed
him. He expressed his feelings. Per
haps the officers were a little affected
by wine. At all events they persist
ed. They would take no denial.
At List be said In a manner which
showed that be was nettled, but yet
fielding: "WelL If you won't let me
e-ff I must I'll give yon the dinner
scene from "David Garrick.'
He did. He had never acted It bet
ter. They were delighted until, spring
ing to bis feet, be made bis wild, tipsy
exit, just as be did on the stage, and
dragged tle cloth off the tzKe and
with it all the regiment's prin-d des
sert china and di-canters and t'uiiw':
etc Great was the smash. Tbe actor
did not wnlt to be applauded or to Im
prove the occasion. The lesson was. In
deed, a rough one. and prolwbly only a
man wltb auuie roughness In bis dar
ing bnmor would have given It but It
was quite deserved.
Row tiara1 Bes Wark.
Darwin after close observation found
that a bee would often visit as many
as 27 flowers In the course of a mluute.
though with other plants In which the
honey was difficult to extract tbe aver
age would be as low as seven. Strik
ing a mean between these two figures,
one may say that an ordinary working
bee visits 15 Cowers a minute, or 800
sn hour. Considering tbe late hours to
which a bee works. It is probably no
exaggeration to say that It Is busy for
eight hours a day. allowing for inter
vals of rest This would make It visit
7.200 flowers a day. or C48.000 In a pe
riod of six months.
Mr. A. S, Wilson In a recent paper
bowed the enormous amount of laltor
gone throngh by bees In making even
a small quantity of hooey. He found
that approximately 125 beads of red
clover yield 15 grains of sugar, or 125.
0 heads about twa pounds. As each
Lead contains some 00 florets. It fol
lows that 7.500.000 distinct flower
'lilies most be sucked In order to ob
tain two pounds of sugar. Now. honey
contains, ronghly speaking. 75 per cent
of sugar; therefore the bees must make.
In round numbers, 2.500.000. vlslta for
cue pound of honey.
A Um Walt.
Thomas Nelson Page's entrance Into
literature was discouraging. He sent
tbe short story called "Marse Chan" to
Tbe Cento nr. It was accepted. Then
Pnr waited. Just waited. Six years
later the tale was printed. It made a
hit and after that things cam easily.
New. York World.
A -eoc;:irewT In India says she can
change from woman to uu.n and back
"gain at will.
ANTS ACT AS STRATEGISTS.
CaloUea af t"e Iaeeta Traaaaet
Baalaeaa With Military PrrcUlaa.
From a military standpoint the meth
ods employed by ants to provide food
for an ant colony ore almost perfect
Their foraging parties are faultless,
; both In planning and execution, and
i are almost uniformly successful. A
resident of this city wbo visited South
; Africa gives this description of a foray
1 of an anuv of ants.
Tbe army, which be estimates to
have numbered about 10,000 ants,
started ' from Its borne In the mud
walls of a hot and marched In tbe di
rection of a small mound of fresh
earth but a few yards distant. The
head of the column halted on reaching
the foot of tbe mound aud watted for
the rest of the forte to arrive at the
place of operations, which evldeutly
tras to be the mound of fresh earth.
When the remainder had arrived aud
halted so that tbe entire anuv was as
sembk-d, a nunilier of acts detached
themselves- from the main bofy and
began to ascend to the top of the
mound, while the others began moving
so as to encircle tbe lwie of tbe mound.
Soon a number from the detaebmeut
which bad asceuded the umiiud. evi
dently the attacking party, entered the
loose earth and speedily returned, each
bearing a cricket or a young grass
hopper, dead, which he deposited upon
the ground and then returned for a
fresh load. Those who bad remained
on tbe outside of the mound took up
tbe crickets and grassboppen as they
were brought out and bore thein down
to tbe base of the bill, relurtiliy? for a
fresh load. Soon tbe contemn or the
mound seemed tc be ex Us listed, and
then tbe whole force rV-turued borne,
each carrying bis burden of food for
tbe commuuity.
Hire. then, was tbe regular foray,
planned and executed with military
precision, the country surveyed, lb
depot cf provisions known accurately
before the march was made and at the
mound prudential dlvUiou of Uiborand
care takeu that none of the victims
should escape. New York Herald.
Teat For a Weak Mia.
Two men In a cafe were discussing a
gift by a noted millionaire of a large
sum of money to fouud a college chair
of psychology.
"What Is psychology, anyway?" ask
ed one.
"It's the study of the taici. of tbe
souL" said the other.
"What's the good of that?" asked the
skeptic
"A great deal of use." answered bis
companion. "I have studied It to some
extent myself and can delect a weak
minded man from a strong minded one
by a very simple test For Instance. If
I can make you say 'fourteen' against
your will you lack will i-ower. Will
you let me try It on you? I believe I
can make you say It."
"Make me say fourteen against my
ulll? Yo "an't do it Fire away."
A ad this la the way the test worked:
A. How much are six aud four?
B. Ten.
A. now much are eight and three?
B. Eleven.
A. How much are nine and seven?
B. Six tee n.
A, (t.-iiiiiiphantlyi Aha! There, you
said It i knew yon would.
B. (indignantly Said whst?
A. --Sixte.n.
B. r.ut "fourteen" was the word we
chose for the lest
A. (coollyi Vell. you've said it now,
anyway. Xew York Tribune.
How Far Apart Did Tner Llvef
"I was at the cupitol one day," said
a Boston lawyer, "iu attendance upon
a cumiislttee having iu charge a bill in
which my clients are Interested. On
the long, leather covered settee near
me two southern members were smok
Ing and conversiug. Tbe following
words were Jotted down, by me ver
batim:
" 'MaJah, I was down among youb
people hist suiunier, and I wanted to
find Gcn'al Blood's plantation, but I
got off uy road. Where docs be live
from youb place, majah?
"'Why. colon'l, he lives near me, a
right smart piece south on the river.'
" "Does be live a right smart smart
piece or a right smart right smart piece
south, majh?"
"'Well. It Isn't as far as either of
those pieces; just a right smart piece,
colon'l.'
"Then that must be the reason I
missed it I went too far around tbe
river bend.'
"Now. these gentlemen understood
each other beyond a doubt But wbat
I want to know Is. bow many miles
was It from the major's plantation to
the general's? And for the. life of me
I can't solve tbe question. It haunted
me so that I stumbled two or three
times when subsequently making my
argument before the committee, at
which these two members formed a
part" Washington Star.
Sapphires Sot All Dior.
"It Is commonly believed that tbe
sapphire Is known only as a gem of a
rich velvety blue la-color." observed an
experienced dealer in. precious stones
to the writer the other day. "As a
matter of fact the sapphire occurs In
various hues. In Ceylon, for Instance,
where tbe finest specimens of this gem
are found. It ranges from the soft vel
vety blue to the peacock blue, gradu
ated In tbe latter to an almost faultless
white. It also occurs in whites, greeus
and yellows, the latter shade licing
known as tbe oriental topaz and the
green the oriental emerald.
"The white sapphires are often found
clouded or streaked with blue, so tb.it
many specimens are cut which art
white when looked at transversely, but
having a bit of fine blue tint on the un
der point Then there is the red sap
phire, or Ceylon ruby. It is valued as
highly as tbe finest Burmese rubies.
Those most highly prized are of rich
pigecn blood or rose red color.
"Soiae very fine sapphires have been
found in Montana during tbe past ten
years. Tbe American gems are light
blue, blue green, green and pink, but
the deep blue and red stones. irlik-U are
chiefly In demand as jewels, have so
far never been discovered in any part
of this country.'' Washington Star.
The Raoater Waa Uant.
A Rockland young man Is tbe owner
of a smart rooster and has long ruter
Uined suspicion that the bird might
have Inherited gamy characteristics
from some long forgotten ancestor. To
apply this theory In an actual test he
went home the other night surrepti
tiously conveyed the parlor mirror Into
the heir pen and held it before the gaze
of tbe wondering rooster.
The young man was not kept long In
suspense as to the bird's fighting qual
ities. After a crlef. Incredulous glance
at the proud reflection In tbe glass the
rooster descended upon the object with
spurs set and wrath gleaming from
each beadlike eye. There were a crash,
a smash and a clatter, and wben the
dust and feathers cleared away the
young sportsman stood, a dismayed
spectator, in the center of a pile of
ruins formed of broken mirror, slats
and pulverized plate glass.
He Is now satisfied with the rooster,
but how he squared himself about the
broken mirror Is not known. Bangor
Whig and Courier.
The chnpel of St Helena at Bethle
hem contains 4-1 marble columns which
were taken from Mount Morlah and
npposed to have been In tbe porches
of tbe temple.
Chinese streets are the narrowest In
the world. Some of them are only
three feet wide.
"Please, lunia. give me a onarrer to :
see tbe big snake in the menagerie.", j
"Morris, my dear, here's the mag
oifyiuz gaa. Go look at an at gl- :
worm."-niegende HU'itr.
RINGS ON YELLOW PINES.
Twa Clrclea of Ifir Ft her Blradlasr
lata Oac Mark Eaea Inr.
"It U very curious to cote tbe suc
cessive growth circles of our yellow
pines." said a veteran luiubenuf. i from
the Pearl river district "Uutil my at
tention was especially diret-ted to the
subject by a forestry ex(ert a fe.v
years ago i had ho Idea that the mark
ings were so beautifully clear and dis
tinct Tbe tree acquires two rftigs of
new fiber every year, one In the spring
and one In the falL but they blend to
gether and form a single, well defined
circle.
"During tbe first ten years these
successive accumulations are of about
equal thickness, and for tbe next two
decades tbe diminution la very slight,
but after that the rings become thinner
and thinner, and when tbe tree gets In
to the eighties aud nineties tbe growth
is very slight Indeed in fact a mere
film. Nevertheless the ring la always
formed as long as tbe tree Uvea and
can lie clearly discerned with a glasa
after It ceases to be visible to tbe uak
eJ eye.
"During tbe visit of the expert to
whom I ref erred we cut a good den I of
tlmlier on my place rauging betw-en
Id and IS luches In diameter. That
tree Is 125 years old. be would say.
that one ia 100, that Is aliout MO. and
so on. Afterward we measured the
growth rigs with the Instruments he
carried, and In every Instance he bad
hit the age within a few years. It
seemed wonderful, but was simply the
result of experience combined with an
accurate eye,
"There are some very ancient pine
trees In the Pearl river district, and
mady of them figure In the traditions
and folklore of the settlers Iu their
neigl.lKrhood. There are a couple of
s neb patriarchs on a tract near my
mill, and when the standing tlmlier
of the place was recently sold I am
glad to say they were espclally ex
cepted in the terms of the contract It
would have seemed like murder to
some of the country folks If they bad
been cut down." New Orleans Tlmes
Dcmocra' Ita lied Fria a Rapid -fan a.
"One of the funniest ex'rionce !
niy hAel life." said an old clerk, "was
that In which a man registered hi
tame without writing his town after
It as Is the custom. Wben I called
Lis atteution to It be said: 'I hadn't
forgot It but 1 feci a little bit timid
about It. The last time I was away
from home 1 registered the name cf
my town and tie clerk asked me
what state it was In. I got mad in
a mluute aud wouldn't stay in the
bouse. I weut to another house and
registered from Brooklyn, aud the next
day I appeared In the paper credited
to New York. I showed it to the clerk,
and he said be changed my place of
resilience on the book because nobody
ever registered from Brooklyn.'
"1 told the man be need lv.ve no
fear of baviug the incident repeated
In our place provided be wanted to
write the name, -lie said be would
think about it and asked to le shown
his room, so I saw no more of him un
til late In tbe night He then asked
me If I had an atlas. He studied it
minutely for a few minutes, rj 'asured
distances with bis two bands, like a
farmer., and then he called tae and
pointed out tbe name of a town. I
asked him if that was bis.
" 'It Is the name all right.' be replied,
but I don't know whether lha town
is still there. It Is the boouiinest
town you ever see, and when 1 left
it was growin so fast that farmers In
tbe adjoinin state were burnin their
fences to keep the town from growin
right over 'em.'" Chicago Inter
Ocean.
Was Qoeea Beaa Baadnomet
Sir Horace Walpole's description of
the maiden queen, drawn from her
portraits and from contemporary ac
counts, is not a very attractive one,
"Vpale Roman nose, a head of hair
loaded wltb crowns and powdered with
diamonds, a vast ruff, a vaster farthin
gale and a bushel of pearls are." he
says, "the features by which every
body knows at a glance the pictures
of Queen Elizabeth."
But notwithstanding that she did not
care for art and that knowing her
lack of it she affected to despise liodi
ly comeliness, still she loved to multi
ply portraits of herself. "In them she
could appear really handsome." Yet
If she has been flattered in tbe exist
ing likenesses of her she must have
been not merely plain, but a remark
ably ugly woman. Perhaps the truth
Is that with the most courtly Inten
tions the painters of the time did not
know how to prevaricate.
"The queen," says a foreign observer,
"is falrbut wrinkled. Her nose Is a"
little hooked, her lips thin an- her
teeth black. She wore false hair aud
that red. Her bosom was uncovered,
as all the English ladies have it until
they marry." That the painters flat
tered her In some degree we must infer
from that fact that she was fond of
sitting to them, though she could not
bear tbe sight of a mirror; which so
enraged her that her attendants were
obliged to hide theirs when she waa
present Art Amateur.
Wkei Women Played Cricket,
The following is from an article iu
the London General Advertiser of 1747:
"On Monday last In playing the Wo
men's Cricket Match the Company
broke in. so that It was impossible for
the game to lie play'd out; and" some of
them being very much frightened, and
others buit it could not be finish'd till
this Morning, when at Nine o'Clock
they will finish the same, hoping the
Com;Kiuy will be so kind as to Indulge
them iu not walking within tbe Ring,
which will not only be a great Pleas
ure to them, but a general Satisfaction
to tUe Whole. All Gentlemen and La
dle that have paid to see this Match
oj Monday shall have tbe Liberty of
the Ground to see It finish'd. without
any other charge. And In the After
noon they will play a Second Match.
In the same Place, several large Sums
being depending between the Women
f the Hills of Sussex, In Orr.nge Col
our'd Ribbons, and those of th D.i!.s.
in Blue. The Wickets to be piteb'd by
One o'clock, and to begin Play by
Two."
Addlaa; laaalt Injarr.
lie had lieen studying shorthand,
thiuklcg It might be a belD to him in
his busiueiM. and naturally he was In
terested in It So It happened that
when he did someti Ing to displease his
wife and she started to tell hlra what
she thought of It all he asked ber to
wait a. minute.
"Wait a minuter she exclaimed In
astonishment. "Why?"
"I don't like to miss such a snlendld
vhanee for practice." be replied, reach
ing for his pencil and paper. "I'm
training for a speed certificate, yon
snow, and rapid dictation is lust what
I want Now go iibcad."
Bala Clad.
Said Mrs. Gadabout wbo bad come
to spend tbe day. to little Edith:
"Are you glad to - see me again.
Ed'thr
"Yes. m'm. and mamma's glad, too,"
replied the child.
"Is she?"
"Yes. m'm. She said be hoped you'd
?ome today and have It over with."
Ohio State Journal.
teechea.
It Is claimed that 30.000.000 leeches
are used annually in France and Eug
land alone. A single company In Am
tralla nsed to export 2.000.000 to 3.000.
000 a year to Europe and America. One
Tarlslan capitalist affirmed that his
leech crop returned bim 15 to 1, and It
Is recorded that the monopoly of tak
ing leeches In Morocco was once sold
for $100,000.
rttk( Ita Had tBwra Satlelaa.
Wiille WisMagton as trying to b
.ocversatioaal. but tle young woman
wore glasses nnd looked severe, and
her mother surveyed the scene vnth au
expression of nustere toleration. W"
lie ougtt to have known better than to
call on Monday, wash day. anyhow.
"Have you read any books lately?
arked Wiille. with the inane grin which
be uses In society.
"Yes." answered tbe girl.
"Been some pretty good ones written
lately, don't yon think?"
"I haven't read any recent novels,
she answered.
"You ought to read some."
"1 find ample entertainment In the
.classics." waa the rejoinder, while her
mother looked ou with an approving
smim.
"Oh. yes: Shakespeare. 1 suppose.
He's a good old classic."
"I read Saakesiieare occasionally
when I read English. I also read Cor
neille and Moliere and Goethe and
Schiller, but onlj for diversion. Philo
eophlc studies are my especial occupa
tlcn at present"
"By Jover exclaimed Willie odmlr
lngly. "You're getting to be a regular
bluestocking, aren't you?"
"A what!" repealed the yourg wo
man's mother crimlv as she rose to
her feet
"Why. a blui's'ocklng. you know-
thnt Is"
"No explanations are necessary
Amelia. I am going to tell the servant
to take In the clothesline at once.
Hereafter neither of us will be at home
to Mr. Vlsb!ngton.-Wasblnston Star.
Wberr HoarMy Eslata.
-"People iu the small towns up In
Connecticut." said the traveling man.
"apjiear to lie much more honest than
tbey are In New York. Not one ram
lly In ten thinks of such a thing as
burglar alarms, r.nd half of thtru do
not even lock their outer doors when
they retire. But what Impresses me
roost are the street laundry Ikixcs.
"Nearly every town of 5.000 or more
inhabitants has several places where
laundry packages are received nnd de
livered. These places are generally
dry goods or notion stores. or-haler
dasheries. Suhurimn merchants ns a
rule do not keep their stores open much
later than 8 o'clock In the eveniug and
do not open them until 7 or half past 7
In the morning.
"This docs not suit all their pntrons.
so It Is no Infrequent sight to see out
side the store a large red bos with a
fair sized opening In the top. Tbe box
bears the legend 'If the store Is closed.
put your laundry In here.' Now. Just
Imagine a New York lauudry otflee us
ing a receptacle like that! Why. five
minutes after a package was deposited
In the box It would be fished out. and
In an hour Its contents would be In the
possession of some dealer In second
hand, clothing. But up In Connecticut
the scheme secnis to work very well
nnd all I can say Is that It Is a tribute
to the general honesty of the comma
nity." New York Herald.
- The l.eread of a Dell.
The largest hanging bell in the world
Is In a Buddhist monastery near Tan-
ton. It Is IS feet high and 47 feet In
circumference and Is of solid bronze.
Ca:itcu has a pretty little fable con
nected with It The story Is told by
Mrs. J. P. Newman In one of her
ketches of travel. The life of the
fot'.nilcr of the greatest bell of China
had lieen threatened by the emperor
because of his unsuccessful attempts
to make a liell having perfect purity
of tone. The bell founder's beautiful
daughter, witnessing ber father's
agony while imploring tbe emperor for
oue more trial, consulted the gods as
to the reason for failure. Being told
that should the blood of a fair nuiden
mingle with the bell metal the result
would be secured, she. waiting licside
her father until able to see her face in
the molten ore. plunged In nnd was de
stroyed. To the sacrifice of this maiden
the Chinese attribute tbe beauty aud
wetness of the tone of the great bell
of Ta-Cung-tz, New York Times.
Eztraordlaarr Carrlnsi.
Some very extraordinary carvings
re to be found at Thomlioo. ou the
Irawnddy. wliere they are cut out of
the face of a high cliff rising directly
from the river bank nnd are of great
size. They consist of a succession of
redely formed niches. In appearance
something like the catacombs of Borne,
and these are full of large and small
Images of Buddha, who Is represented
in several positions. On the summit
of the cliff Is a pagoda of great sanctity
which is visited every year by large
numbers of pilgrims.
Three Blasted Srliooaera. '
It was on the great takes that the
throe masted schooner first made Its
appearance. The unique character of
lake navigation created the necessity
for this tye of sailing craft lici-ause of
the fact that with this class of vessel
sailors could handle the sheets front
the deck nt ti:;ies when It was Impossi
ble to go aloft In one of those sudden
storms which mate the life of the lake
skipper an uncertain and anxious one.
Alnslee's Magazine.
farina- a reralelava Habit.
The plan of arresting people who
throw banana skins on the sidewalks
nnd of fining them or sending them to
the bridewell Is all right as far as It
goes, but It does not seem as If the
right punishment had been provided
Any one guilty of that offense ought to
lie sent either t the Detention Hospi
tal For the Insane or to the Home For
tbe Feeble Minded. Chicago Post.
Eaallah Aatronoaiy.
Mncn more Interest Is taken In prac
tical astronomy In England than Id
Ameriea. Astronomical classes are en
conraged by the use of the telcsropes
like flnH one on the East neoth. Lou
don. which Is a reflecting telescope of h
10'i Inch mirror. The lectures are In'
strrtctlve.
OW are the chil
j . i -i
N I Are they doing
2i well ? Do they
get all the benefit they
should from their food?
Are their cheeks and lips
of good color? And are
they hearty and robust jn
every way ?
If not, then give them
Scoffs IJnttilsian-
of cod lever oil with hypo
phosphHes. It never fails to build
up delicate boys and girls.
It gives them more flesh
and better blood.
It is just so with the
baby also. A little Scott's
Emulsion, three or four
times a day, will make
the thin baby plump and
(prosperous. It
T furnishes the
vouns body with
iust the material
necessary for
growing bones
and nerves.
Ail Draprists, rc. and f i.
Scott h.ii-ir Ch,i,i.u xr v
II. HUSTON,
Undertaker and Embalmer.
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Cook & Beorits,
WeJncdai Feb. 2Sth.
(pei bn...
40-5fT
4c
Apple uriHi. 8;
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Apple liutii-r. err gal 40toT
1 roll v"' t..... ,, a-
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Beeswax MT ..
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n Jsuir-ircui-rd ham, per B l.'-H
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IV
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Cornnif-tl, per .... IV.-.0
gs.p-i aoK j,
in-v, lakk.rrsn. J.Sfbi rwr 70 Bi 2
. 1H hb pwsiftis;
Honey, write e:over,per -jv
ijttra, p. T n 7to I Or
1,1 me, per ddi t .i
mvIiumii, ?.u., per gul.... ftT
Onrons. per ouii. tv to
rotaioes, per Otis totoooc-
retwhes, rvu poruted, per t J to Mr
i ruoeH. prr m ft ( illr,
. 1 ., perhNL .
P1ltburj. per biil.........j.i-,
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Uuiry, t.us sa-k.
" i; " " 5lr
" b" fKJn
.'"""i m 1 u in. igu io sacas.w ........... a.
mapie. per 7 to 11. e
Imported yellow, per
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Sugar.
t'ure or pulverized, per 3.
?ymp.
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nup'f. per eai
numpwiire, Fiilori j.
1 1 11 w , per id 3
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1 1: roomy, per oua . . $1 .io
I ciovcr. per ban to 6 ou
racetm. j rnTiin, per Das
" alfr, per rm :.rZ
I " al'yk. per bus
Mii,et, Uermari, per tins
I buriey. white beardless, per bas 1.35
I bcctcwhet. per tin. 4V
uram 1 cum .r.e io, per dub IS i oi.
i ". Per Cel. 3 f
4 Feed I wheat, per bnv 1 " k-w
1 rve. rer on. . e.w
uniu, pr imi ns
enm unit ftt chon. ner l.Tf Si" 'k:.
J flour,
roller prueew.per bb! u.)s
Flour, i. . spring; puieni ana txUCT
I n'en ernae , .. . 14 71
lflorjr.l"werrral pet l40fcs.lJiil,4n
Middlings, i F" M
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Johnstown Amomrnociiitlon. Kockwor.1 4 40
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m -
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room 10 uo a oris it Dasmess.
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Acd a Fall Line of OpticalGoods alwajs es hand. Ftoe
large assortment all can be suited.
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