..lit Ti E CONSTITUTION THE UNION AND THE ENFORCEMENT OP THE LAWS. Editor a&d Proprietor. VOL, XL VI J MIFFLINTOWN, JUNIATA COUNTY, PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 29. 1893. NO. 50. X XEU S IN BRIEF. TLo -'a i.M'ruia big trees grow s'ow- Infi!i!."v tactics were originated ,y the Aih.'iii:.:!'. lYat:'i' are not cultivated ia Afiira. ln-l.ifl is larger than Scotland by ; i'-'. is: ttliiii. tic uing thai deei L , :.i v. .is iu tithed in ll.s. J-r thread . is coroimse I of .t.u.,.! 1.'.' ,"red bt'i.aialo hlanM-uN. : . .uitc possible i ih-larsi-' s n .-: vs without glu-tt or lous jm.yl.is!. . ! .i mat y parts of Java the 1-ri "e .1. .v. 1. i si.bjeetion by washing il.e - I'u. mi. i.r. .k church cmidoys two :i t1 J: a ! ri5f Cerellloti V one oi ,,; it, i "i silver. !. ; --s io j'ii 'it-, sea's km -. ' : ::!.l iioUS have b'.tD ;1 -..y I t i I i v !i gloves. -Til .'.u h-tfcr "(" will IM3 I i : . t ' i ti t he Old Testament ,u 1 ti.iee t:: s ia liie Nev. Att -"i:j t h ive bot-u made to co;id !. : :V:t n. ' .-o: itcs because they are n i.il mMe, hut ui liout success. Tl:' I 1 tomb in the worl.t t-. (! .-lall.il i-f C 111 -ops, Id! ftH-t Ulll ; : tl-i.-t. n acres of ground. !!.-. l' .-t ;1 1 1 1 o in the. world is n,:,.ie i i l1.,.- tLih bone of a sheep and f, -i .'l ia a t, nib on the Nile. a-tr i'i i's summer js paid t ) be PC hitth.t i.i. it, ;ns accidentally droppoti i; ti:-: .;-.n.i.il often becou:e ignited C ii i it i-. : , 1 i v ni'-nns of illustrations s miM t- lav,; pivvuil.d in K-ry pt as .-riy a- ti:r--e centuries before the I'kiiMitu ra. A f.u-t -ry ehitnuey f itv-eiht fca Li-li. cua. ni.-id "i paper, has just been -ricti il at Hie 1 i-i. It is said to lie ibs-.l'iteiy fire J. roof. Tii' r. U a c n l tniuept Xonuimn, ii l'.!:f-h t'lniP.iia, the palleriea of Inch i-t.-:i 1 t n- a distance of twelve s !:;.-'- r u-eiiii. 'a 1 ' :i ar.v VIII built the It va. Harry.. :. 1 t le the begiuim-; i i tk !:..! l : !:'j,-!i--ii Ii:ivy. XiiM ve--. 1 i a 1 i ton '. V r of hundred years a.r' T.L.I i. I ,: 1 i I.Tiiwii people in or. r t- xfir- t...- ;::- A-: p.iKMole pab.iel V, r.' n. .: .- . ,i m t'.e e.'jireh door, --Ti:- !' :i id t'ie Ohio Vai'. y ! : ij-hr.iei'.e foal. e I,'.,::- i.- i.'.v.avs ei.crrp.vtd witb f.r - . . ; i t; itulicitethe va'iie. : c, :t:.fil of Pierre, Sontli I'j'iO :. i. i : d h rc.-oluciou is n:i't:ii.T ;:'! ! t xati' u fir live T are anv U.t- . a i.ich an nrttsiun well i- '.lLk. -TL.i lhtt'e i.-!and of Malta has i a! -u ,-e of its own, derived from the ( artuai imaii an. I Arabian tongues. Tl:-. c.bi ity of the idaed speak Italian. '!'!: hornet's n st i s iiin tinies twt i it m .l:an.i t, r. The ontside layers I, it- a .-mail interval betwven each, so t: i: th,. r-iiu should junetrate it is -. .;i ai'i'i il In 7-1 1. u pi'e"m were ouce s ti.'. k ia sji- t-i tiiat droves of lios w-.r-iriv, ii liuti.be ls of mi!' s to fatten on '.keiu. i a t tie-y e itiM b.) ki.oeki l ov r the v. i.mu i .-ad v.'.tJ sticks. I.a'-lr.ive is tkronfy one of thei-h lenti'L,:.-- t:tl' s tiiat survives. It was tn .vi ted m IT!) I v Lanns of Ttmrin ilia. t. i i-tin.-v.i-li Limseif from the iTi.wd id !r.ifi w hi. tilled the German euiirt -. II - i ii 'iice of hmtinir iber or i 1 i-vele has prol al-iy In en enj 'vt' l bt fett I ' 1 Ii', .la'lie- i)uis. of f-vil. Ill r-.-; ;:. Leu.- : the :i-t. 1 IV ridi:.-i' ctutly 1.- came; upon a tleer mid. havttir h: i il with him, qmckiv ! ; I.- I it. 1' " ..uj.'-s reach the sevnit:-1 Hli 11 1 v. l - i v ol t!l,''lr Weddill . 'Ihi: ihti:.cti .ii. liowr-v. r, has K en ei.j y. i hy ti..- Hi v. Mr. and Alls. IJeuj imin Sev.n-i, of liatiuiba', Mo. Mr. Slo vens ninety-three and his n ife c-iiny-ei-Lt v, rs e'l a-e. The battle of Pavia demonstrate the -i: eii. irity of the gun in the hinds of the Spatiisii infantry. The musket cain. d a two-ounce ball nnd some times Ir n'.-Lt down tt one fire- two ir tiire... kui-hts, The .French s.-nt a lh' .-: it!c- to remonstrate agaiut euch La: ' ilroiH wcap ies I r . ; and to i ls lay numhers o: H a'! They nr.; dropped iu the ut-r I: i'-!i smwn, in long clusters r str-.:i.-s. Th.- Surinam toad carrier la r . - -i , Id, red t"-e!lier like a Uou eyre:,. . ,er l;aek. The Aliphea arri tie m between its legs rolled up ii a l.-.u-h. TI:- -rein a tits of Australia maki m-ts 1 y 1'ielii- leaves together and r.iutiTi-' f . m with a kind of natural nine, ('-ok sa". hundreds at n time on '' 1 a:' v a-; it to the ground, h:le :.u c, I iiimiber wuited to re Cvl-, I. .I 1 aud fasten it a. ho to- on I'.aitro.nl Trains. .I.i s',ii7,r from lieadaeht : . I - f.ttiueof a railway Jour-:.-.:.-;t.:t(i!y should take wi h i 1- at her or silk-covered i i. -( tie for the small of the Tl, ami : I..-V then cu-h hacl; head that the tho pent Cf'Vv r.al .tti. r to rest tlie neCK aim A:, eminent do. -tor once stated tills was a capital antidote to : -iisi ..t from the jo'trnz of train, liable to cause slight con n the head In very nA jour !!' turtherniore advised no u' in the train to thoe subject to h ci'iae'.ti Jie.dno,, Often Caui.'l by Xeclcc!. Dear aa 1 dumb asylams, according to r,r- A. M. Fanning, ara fillet with per soiis w-jo ju t.,ry childhool completely losttk'.ir hearing, and consequently their al,ihty t talk, throush neglect of their wrs d-Liri ii" au attack of measles, scarlet fever or diphtheria. The great raajorit j of all forms of deafness result from af fections of the nose nnd throat, and many cases reach an advanced stage be. we be-in r noticed. Anion long resi dents ia the vicinity of Xew Yors it is a ,anty to tiad a perfectly healthy nose d1 throat, and in a recent experiment J? larSe eye and ear hospital not more tuaa five out of twentv-Cve patients were found tc have perfect" hearing. Care was taken to select only those who had never uflerei from any defect of hearing, yet 'our-Cftbi of these paticLts were partially eaf without suspecting it. Beiton Cul- 1 H f llffT TT k . t J lin iAIflREit. Bf..r tho .tayl.ronk -Mn.-i a tar Thiit in th- .lay-, mil Kirv fi. i,: r.i.. lu-n-ely l.r.-i.i i- Rreat licht Hail her lwlc-skuiuiug lamp ui.Urai.tj. fc;.re the clnylireak ln!n Wr.l lliat i ilia hvrwniK at moraine'. li!,f r--. Unvi for li.-r is the dv. iir iuu wllan.r tlioUM:i".l-tnsiicil delight. Ah! preat the honor L to shine. A in: ht wherein no tiaveler errs :i'l ru h the .rlze. to rant divine AuiotiK the uorld ii loud eborhten. i i.t I w nil.I lf the paler star An, I would . Ilmt lonlierl.ird. r. sh ne uh ho(.r hile IioiK.- saf.ir. Aud bingol loc when Iom- in, heard. A SPOT OF IKK rfpT wai Ftveu oi rigV 1 vrais since 1 Had seen my friend Oeorge Ereyal when I mel him one day at the P.ois de Boulogne, in th Avenue des Ac cais. We shook hand, and, us - were talking over old times, a little Italian begrjsr, carrying ac accordion, came uj to ask aim'. r-J i: Get awav wiiV ou!' cried George, with a lri,i.,i;. it" that shocked me me. "Why. old fellow," I said, as the lit tle girl ran oil Co'ued and frightened, 'You were not always so hard" on the poor. Itiee.ia to ma that we even thought you sort-hearted V "1 had not seen life iu thosi d.ijs," he answered, with a sardonic smile. know now that existence is a btruMe lor a.l classes. Besides, kindness weakness, a morbid coaJitiou, a be: 13 in- mug of br.ou-softe.iinT. Teit is a icientiflc fact, a rtsognizod fact, aad for my part, Ibel ene that kindness leads " "Leads to itsuwn reward? ' "So; to a iunat'c asylum, or the poor house." "Ob, nonsense 1" "Would you like a page from my own f x.ierience? Tea years ago, while was I still in my teens, I was studying law, aid lodged as you know on R.ie Ha.'ine. One winter eveainjr, when it wis si:j.v ing, I was about to enter my home in company with Andre Filsac d J you re tuc jibe-r himl' "Perfectly. He ued to csrry tiles at school, and he del of jaund-ce, (tidu't he, when one of his brothers fell heir to a fortune!" "That's the man. Vfcli, we wcrj at the front door, whea I saw a child Ivia acro-s the threshold, a little Italian "ilka the one who begged just now with an accordion slung around her neck. She hd fallen asleep on the snow, and the snow lay white above her, and was grow ing deeper every minute. Of course she was in danger of fretz'ng to deith. With the greatest d.fficuity we awoke Ler, and then she began to cry and saij she was afraid to go back to her master. For as she had not the fifty sous he re quired her to bring daily, she was sure he would beat her. There was no use in our giving her tho money and send ing her away, for her eyes were closing with sleep, aud we knew that she would lie down again and never awake. We loaked abcut for a policemin. bu: there wis not one within sight. I said some thing abcut taking the child up to my room?." "Don't do that, replied Andre. You know nothing about this little vaga bond. You will only be the dupe of your own charity." "Just like Fiisac," I interrupted. "lie was not sympathetic; but he had good s-'nse. However, 1 took no hccJ of his observalions, but led tho girl up stairs, warmei her by a good tire, and nave her some tea and biscuits. I let her sleep in my own bed, and I slept myself on an old lo inge in my little ante-chamber." "You did well, George!" "Wait a minute. Tae next morning, when I rose, I found the child up and dressed. She bid u.a good-by, thanking me prettily, and I sent her away with a gold piece in her hind. But, after her departure, I found my room in horrible disorder. She haJ ru nmaged through everything. Wor-:e thaa that, she had stolen oneof my handkerchiefs." "A handkerchief uYes a hidcou, ridiculous, red em broidered object, sent me by my auul, Mine, de Kermaude?. It was a pteseuc i kept piously, but never used." "A. small loss, then. No? What ol U?" . .. . . . , ,.,...., "What of it? The tuett nau ureaj.u-. results foi me. My aunt came to Paris. She asked why I never used the hand kerchief she had embroidered for me. J rrew embarrassed, kesiUted, trie 1 to xplain and contradicted myself. bhe risisted that I had given it away. Sue Crewan?ryand refused t, .be pacified. Sho died and disinherited mel "Poor George!" ..Jt makes you laugh? I don t th.u c it funny myself. And since then every- L in" has gone against me . I am a law cr without a client. I P:;ed my a. th . banker who absconded and to crown my misfortunes, I have fa..ca in 10"fheo. why don't you get married?" "Impossible! She is a i rincos.l "Oh I then " , , . o1 "Look! yonder she gor exc ad my friend. "Do you see fCLUlS rked--n tuewayae loo.s . ... time mci. "- lingular- a' me-. .. . i,o. Princess Olga is the Trinccss "Why, tna' D.-a?cmiroH-M :i,3" You are acqua. , 11 ..QirttP.l . 1JCI- - Th at' tmoTrow afUruoo-i at ouusicale followed by . JMSC3. Shall I present tou. i'Couldyou?" .m;i;, are .... ' cior war " 1 ULll' . , f-i,iia frioads are rr intimate, uairoiau But what the use, lighted to accept. since I love w.u 5s r3tl:el i f hnnef iWhrtknowsi " ,.! i capable ol .r.entTic. She is, pewaps, f.bin a fancy to you. - . Thanks much obliseJ "T nanus Will VOtt go Wilt "Don't be TCci. vi me?"- . LT hfr'maternat grandfather, Olna and ner w. ohirUadi, the immensely rich Or larrto Rm lired atJ'arUia Ane boose, la B-istie. They mored la tbs most se.ae: cirelei and catsrtaiaei with niag nificence. -. -- People sometimes wondered why the princess did not marry. V Ereryone agreed that she was virtuom, charitable nd d- vout, after the manner of Rus sian , who still keep a certalu depth ol mysticism in spite of tv.e friction of nine teenta century cvnicisja. But the young iady : was odd to th cry limits of eccentricity, even, some people sua, to t ie limits of rudeness. She was a gooi musician and played well on the violin. But, after executing some classical concerto so as to excite the admiration of connoisseurs, ah( would dash off into an absurd refrain of a popular melody and would seem de lighted with tho annoyance of her an. ' ,d en:e. . Wucn she went out walking ' ;with her grandfather, or her prim Eng lish companion, sho never failed to stop I the little street musicians and ask them I a -torrent of oatlaadish questions in aa ' outlandish Italian patois she had learned dear knows where. One of her mosi I unaccountable eccentricities was that sh I persisted in appearing everywhere, even j m a ball dress, with an embroidered j handkerchief bearing initials not hei j o-vn, and stained with a spot of ink that was bsginning to turn yellow. One oi I t.vo of her most intimate friends had j veutured to ask her why she carried sic a a strange object, and she had an swered very gravely: "Uus'al it tas l history!" .. She treatel all remonstrances with la, difference, even thes3 of her grand father, who spoiled her. ; - Pretty and r c , the singular little priaca3S might easily have male a good match; bat she declared that thera was only oas mn m the world she would marry, and that it w3 extremely unlikely ho world evor ask her hand. Adairs were thus, whea I received Signor Ghirolaudi's permission to pre sent my friend George Brev.il. George was already very much in love. Olga received him prettily and grautel him tho waltz he begged. But although he I was said to be the most graceful mi l in fans, he behave 1 like an awkward schoolboy, and was so afraid of saying anything foolis'i that he scarcely opened his mouth. ".'a Icmo'salle," L-j remarked at last, "1'ie in rj I look at you the more certain I feel that 1 nave seen you somewhere that wo have meet before." "You are riijht," .,o answered seri ously; we nave meet bel"o:e, and if we , ever row well enough acquainted I may ' tell vou wlicrc." " Won't you tell mo now.' 'o; not yet." "Is this the mv that is supposed to be your fetich?' he rperied. "May I look at it? It reminds me of one I loit mi kr peculiar circa n stances." Slie drew it gently away, turning it sc that the initials could not be seen. "8 line other time," she said, "I may tell you all about it." George had 1 1 wait her good pleasure; but his curiosity was piqued, and h( thought of little beside the charming princess. One day. so ne weeks nfter, he r pcated his questions and pressed for a icpiy. "Tell mc," ho said, "where have we mot before " Olgri seemed strangely embarrassed. 3hs colored deeply, looked down anj twisted a corner of h;r hideous banker-, chief. Then, raising her clear, cindid syes to his she ausweied- "It was in your roo.o, doi't you re.ne nbei ? Take thi3, and then vou will ttno.v." She held ! aut the handke:e i;ef. "Don't you re cognize it?" Sm added: "Those ar your own initials." "It is mine! my handkerchief! Then that little beggar was it, could il be?" "It was I." 'You are joking?" "Not at all. My history is extraordi nary, perhaps, but not impossible. My father, Princo Dragomiroff, loft Russia under tho Czir's displeasure. " He went to Naples and married the daughter of the banker Ghirolandi. After I was born, my parents purchased a villa in Sicily, and when I was eight year3 old I was stolen by brigands, of whom there are still a number in Sicily. Taey sold me to a man who dealt in street musicians, who treated me very cruelly. I was with his band for some years, and developed so much talent for the accordion that I was well beaten if I failed to bring back fifty sous each day. '"One evening, half dead from hunger, cold and fatigue, I dropped down across your door and fell asieep. I should probably have died there like an aban doned kitten, if you had not taken me in. You jrave me food and shelter, and "ave up your own warm bed. I awoke early, and nan-rhty child that I was, be gan to rummage through all yourthing3. I fojnd a handkerchief on your desk, and it seemed to me so pretty, with its red embroideries, that I took it in my hands to examine it. In some way, I never knew how, I upset a small ink nettle aud staiuet tuo haartKerc'Jler. iiiuuine my terror! I dressed myself hurriedly, hid the iak-stained object ia my pecket, and, as soon as I heard you starring is the ante-room, I asked you to let rae go. Some months passed. My parents died, one of grief at having lo3t me the other by assassination from a political section. My grandfather was searching everv where to find me, and he succeeded. No.v, do vou .understand me?" "Yes; but'' "Iiut it remains for mo to thanK you for having saved my life, and to return your handkerchief, unless rou will givs it to me as a souvenir." "Princess " "You may call me Olga." But ha did not avail himself of thlt permission. "I will give you the hand kerchief," he said, as if he had not noticed her interruption. "I am happy to be able to gratify even a whim of oa who has, 'all the gifts from all the heights. When you marry you may seud it bi.ck to me." "Have you not heard," she said im patiently, "that I shall marry no one, since the only man I would accept will never ask me? ' "Why will he not?" asked George, looking troubled. "He thinks me too rich, I suppose. You know I am to have a dower af many millions." "Then the offer ought to come from Tour grandfather, or from you," replied Geor-e. They stood for a moment gazing at each other in silence; then the princess burst into a mnrrg langh..i "What; im. propriety you are td vising, sae cne 7. "You would not take m;, would too, if I said you were the mm I in-anti'' "Olgal do you mean itl" 'Maybe so." George has now always a kind word and a coin for the little Italian, beggirs. And he has ceased to be a pessimist.- From the French in the Voice. Amnslug Experience Willi a S(j.rtrrrel :In Memphis," said Charles F.EImire, of Union City, Tenn., "there is a little park called Court S.juare, situated ia the center of the city. The parkkeeper told me that there were over 5 J J squir. rels that made their nests iu the big shady i.-coi. They ailord boundless amusement to the children and to the weary foot travelers who stop in ths park to rest. Oao day la3t week I bought a bag ot peanuts, and while I sat down on oao of the seats eitiag them, the squirrels gathered around me Iiko blackbirds would flock to a cornfield im. mediately after planting time. I con cluded to try an experiment. I blew up tho paper bag, tied a string around it about six inches long and to the othet end fastened a 'goober and threw it on the ground. There was an old bob tailed squirrel the father of the flock that tackled it. lie picked - up the goober' between his paws and started to open tho shell when ho discovered that there was a string tied to it. Thee he began to run, etill holding the nut between his teeth. Ue jumpoi off abu! Cfty feet and turned bis bead ar-via 1 tc see if the big and string -v.-.s tnil be hind. Taey were. Well, sir.'yot should have witnessed the actions of that squirrel after he saw that the bag still pursued him. Up a tree he went; down ono side and up another, the way ht went. After he had chased hinisell ahnut ten minutes, he stopped and 'sorter' turned his head around slowliks to see if the bag was still there. It was. Then he started again, and of all the running I ever saw that squirrel did it. He moved about among the branches and limbs like a streak of lightning. Finally, out of breath, he stopped a?u and the expression he wore on his face seemed to indicate that he was saying to himself 'we'd whatever you are you are not in it now.' I guess I've got you.' But when he turned his head around aud saw that the bag and striui; were right there, he fainted dead away." St. Louii Republic. Tin Lady and the Big Gray Cat. "Kindly assist me with this basket careful, please I ' The speaker, a large, handsome wo man, had just enters i the depot. Dia monds bobbed playfully in her ears, and t'ao dres3 she wore wou'd have in lie Worth weep for joy. Passenger Agent Ca nm'ngs promptly took tho bisket. It w&s of medium size, richly trimmel witi satii ail decorated with vari-colorei rijjons. The contents were covered by a quilt beautifully decorated with needle-work. It weighed in ail nearly forty pounds. Mr. Cu'nmings was amazed that a womai of her evident wealth should be carrying such a heavy burden. Suddenly he felt a strange jolting in the basket. The qui't was heaving up and down. Mr. Camming! thought ot babies, dogs, enakes, cnickens and mud turtles all in less than a second. It was with a feeling of relief that he deposited tho mysterious bundle on a seat by the si 1 o; tho woman. "Come, Dick," she said, pleasantly. Instantly tiie quilt went up with a volcanic hurst, and out popped, like a wh'ssered Jack-in-the-box, a huge gray cat. It was the largest that Mr. Cum mins had ever seen. Dick stood nearly eighteen inchiu high, and was long and broad in proportion. His weight ex ceeded thirty-rive pounds. After show ing him proudly the la ly snapped het tinker nnd the hugii cat jumped bacli into the basket. Dick is the G liah of his race. IU wore about his neck a richly ornameute l gold band bearing a medal from the re cent Paris cat show. Ilia owner, the lady, never traveled without him close at her side. Dick was given a drink of water, which he received with a rare display of fclin majesty, and then Mr. Curnmingsbore him out to the Baltimore and Ohio train, whic'i left at 3:15. Chicago News Record. rhit)grapliing Vowel Sounds. At the recent International Congress ol Physiology at Liege, Professor Hernial demonstrated his method of photograph ing the sound of vowels. The vjweli were sung out before one of Edison'i phonographs. Immediately nfterwa they were reproduced very slowly, ans the vibrations recorded by a microphone. The latter was furnished with a mirror, which reflected the light of an electrit lamp upon a registering cylinder, coverec with sensitized paper and protected bi another cylinder with a small openin which cave passage to the rays of light j froai tiie reflector. By this means was obtained very distinct photographic traces, and the constancy was remark iible for the different le.iers. New Yorl Commercial Advertiser. Very Cai-tl-s. Mr. Hov. ite irushinc into the ofTVe Ilev! See l.ete, there's 6ometliini wrong about this draft you gave me It lias teen returned this morning. lair Type-writer (innocently) Oh that's too bad! Rut Mr. Hardtip i such a careless man; why, very oftei his drafts rome back. Texas Sift ings. Every I'mbrcllit (Should Ilave a Cae. "I tell you," said the new poliet man, "I'd like to arrest somebody I haven't had a show yet." "Well," replied the veteran, "vol just tackle any man you see carrvitif sn umbrella. The chances are thai ?ou wiil make a case." Washingtoi Post. That He Might Bead. ; Strawber I don't see how you rt ' member so many things. I Sinsrerly Easy enoutrh. I nut Vieni down on my cuff. Strawber With a white lead pen sil, I suppose. Clothier and Fur nishm Hi. Measure. I'offman Howes (despcrately) C i iiiiiie a gun! I want to blow mj lra:nsout. Dealer Try one of these air-gun young man. Exchange, GOT THEM BOTH. i , A Little of Thta Would Illaconraee i-Vala I Kobberj Farther East, j The story comes of the nerve of i j Westerner, who w is concerned In t recent holdup, which took place In Montana. A local railroad train wai stopped by two bandits, who secured a man nai? ami a uox containing a considerable sum of money. The crew w is intimidated and did not dare say their souls were their own. The train proceeded to a watering station a mile away and here a passenger prevailed upon the engineer to glvel him a rifle and wait while he weni back to the scene of the robbery. Hd surprised the bandits as they were rilling the bag and box and opened OOT THEM BOTH. fire. One dropped dead and the othei drew bis pun. Another shot settled the seconl robber, but not before the passenger bad been hit on the head by a bullet, which fortunately glanced without doi-i much harm. In foity minutes the brave fello was back to the watering station, ant ha if an hour afterward the two ba dits were under the sod and the train s.) 'edin,' on its way with bag and box somewhat mutilated, but their con tents int li t. "I thought they'd know Just enough t wait for me," was all the brave passenger said. JI.in!-Mal:? I'.eauty. If you see a woman occupied witt rubbing the tips of her Angers up and down on her face, dun't imagine that she is crazy or attempting to mesmerize any one. She is not. She has b.'en reading In the woman's i!f:rn,-r of .ome dally paper that to nitwit time and remove wrinkle a woman should occupy some of her elsure massaging her face gently, to ub the wrinkles out. ltostoc Jour tal. A Bird's Eye 'Vie ol Djlnmer. Although previously but little known, lo outsiders, Dahomey h is been brought by t ic recent French luv.ision into the i-'it of the world's attention. It will, therefore, be tiiue'y to c ill to mini so-uo Df tha more i.nportaat features of this African S'a'.e, a fe v of w iich are here lveu : "Dahomey, situa'cl on the western loatof Africa, 'comprises aa area of 40 iqu ire miles, and reaches from the Yor aba States ou the east to Ash -anti on the ivesteru boundary, which is marked by ' the rivjr Yo'.ta. Oa the north lies the Vaugera territory. Once the largest and : nost powerful king lorn on the slave toast, it has been greatly reduced by ong and disastrous wars with neighbor ng States. Its population is estimated it23J,00J. The capital is Abomey, ia .he interior, and its seaport is Wh ydah, liventy m.lc3 away. "The monarchy, founded early in thi seventeenth Century, is of an absolute lype. King Bchanzin maintaining, be sides ordinary soldiery, the now famous iiody guard of 6000 Amazons, or female troops, who are well disciplined and formidable warriors. The natives, who jre fetish worshiners and of pure Afri can blood, are indu triuus farmers, pro ducing and exporting maize, cattle, ivory, India rubbjr and the best palm oil made in Upper Guinea. The hostili ties with France first began in 1S9J, arising from the disputed stations, on the South coast, of Porto Novo and Kotonu. A peace was concluded in October ol chat year, but lasted only until this sura uer." In spite of their extreme barbarism th Dahomeyans were fjund by the French to possess the arms ot modern warfare. They havo been accustomed to practice cruel outrages upon traveleri and mis lionaries in the past, and their subjuga tion by France, after a most stubborn resistance, is a matter of congratulation to the civilized world. Mail and Ex press. A New Voik Hat. Mrs. Waybaek What sort oi a hat Is that? Seems to me it looks kinder mussed. Mr. Waybaek That's th' latest Sew York style, Miranda- Bought it n th' city. "What's that deep crease in thr top for?' "1 don't know 'xactly, but I think likely that's Intended fer a sort of a watershed ter catch th' drippings from tho elevated railroads." Nev York Weekly. A I'lala Inconliilencr. "And you call that a statiouan engine?" "Of course it is." "Of course it's not. How can it be stationary when it's running?" Philadelphia Times. Iu School. 'Clarence," said the teacher, "if J should say 'your Aunt Clara and Un cle James is coming to town,' would that lie correct?' "No, ma'am," slid Clarence; "j lave no Aunt Clara and Uncle James." .Sot Visible. Miss r.Iossom I didn't see you a' the Barclay ball. Miss ltudd It was probably becau I was surrounded by men all the time - -Brooklyn Life. Bat He's the Devil Always. According to the Talmudlsts, Satan, whose real name Is Sammael, or Eblis, was originally an angel with fcix wings. He Is also known as the Old Serpent.the Devil, Beelzebub, .the Unclean Spirit. Leviathan and Asaeb 11 P ir "fV 1 TOLD HIM TO 'GIT." . p. i TOLD HIM TO "GIT" AND HE DID." a Flacky Girl and the Tronble She Had with II -r " Claim." At the time of the rush at the ipenlng of the Cherokee Strip, one ot the choicest of the available lots of the proposed town of Pawnee was taken by a young Kansas woman named Blake. After holding ltuntil the worst of the rush was over, she left to get something to eat after having placed her stakes at the four corners. In less than half an hour she returned, only to And her lot In the possession of a b!g fellow named Dunn. lie had torn down Miss Blake's handkerchief, which sh9 had placed at one corner of the lot, and had al?o pulled out all her stakes. Ha had dug a shallow trench outlining a cellar and upon the strength of this Improvement he announced him self the owner of the lot- The young woman cried and mad' CMnplaint to the other settlers, but in the excite ment no one paid any attention to her. Biding her time she obtained the names of people who saw her jrlglnally claim the lot. Sunday she snllsted the symjathy of about thirty ncn, who listened to her story. They marched to Jim Dunn's place where he had already erected a small ihanty and covering him with their evolvers told him to "(fit." Jim protested, but the determined crowd ld him that he would either have io "gW or be shot, and fo he "got," laving been given two houis to leave ;he town. Miss Blake now reigns ;rlumphant!y on her claim. PLYMOUTH ROCK IN THE WEST. Drorge W. ClilliU l'resenta a Memorial Monument. California also has her Plymouth Rock. It is the spot where the first recorded church service was held on the Taciflc Slope, more than three benturies ago, and It is to l-e marked by a memorial cross, the gift ot Seorge W. Childs of Philadelphia. CALIFORNIA'S MEMORIAL CROf The memorial Is to be placed about nhree-quarters of a mi'e from the lighthouse on Point Reyes Peninsula and will have the following inscrip tion: : Consecrated Oct. IS. 1H93, by the Chnrch : : Missionary Council aa a memorial of the ' ! : service held n the shore of Drake's Bay : : about 8t. John Baptist's Dav, June 24, A. : ; D. 1T. by Funds Fletcher. Priest of the : : : Church of England. Chaplain of Sir Fran- : -: els Drake, Chronicler of the oervlce. : The design Is a copy of an ancient Celtic cross, and the stem Is to be richly carved after the manner of the sarly Celtic Christians. The sub base will lie seven feet high and or namented with runic designs, each facade presenting a cross like that of the main shalt above It Tracing th-3 Nam 3 "Cli-S'." The word "chess'' is said to be a cor- uption of the Arabic word "sheikh," leaning chief or king. Tae game came ivestward by way of Persia, where the ivord sheikh became shah. It was the a-ne of the king. The term "check" i merely to give notice that tha king is ttacked, and "checkmate" means "tha ting is dead ;" the verb mata being from he same root as tiie Spanish matador, the .layer ot the bull. The word check, whether verb or noua, may bo traced through several curious ramifications oack to the Perdan and Arabic. Even the word cx:hequer is curiously tangle ! p in this verbal network. Chuichraau Marvels of Mio.m iking. The Boston Globe says that in a pair if fine shoes there are two sewed pieces, two inner soles, two stiffenings, two pieces of steel to give a spring to the in itep, two rands, twelve heel pieces, two sole linings, twenty upper pieces, thirty tacks, twelve nails in the heels and twenty buttons, to say nothing of thread, both silk and flax, but the wonder is found in the rapidity with which these multitudinous pieces are combined in a single completed work, for, as an exper iment, some shoe factories have from the leather completed a pair of shoes in less than an hour and a half, and, as a test, a single pair of men's shoes have been nft'saed m twenty minutes. If you want to grow fat eat and lrlnk late at night. Germans are a ttout people, perhaps, because of this practice. Hats cost the American people 1300,000,000 annually. Only citizens who have the power . o read smd write havo the power to vote in Bolivia, and several other South ' American republics. : "PS5 i g SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL. eta! raoncy is bacteria proof, London omnibuses are to be lighteJ Vy electricity. It is twelve year3 since Pastour begat "lis notable experiments in germ culture. The atmosphere, if compressed, would make a sea thirty-live feet deep around the globe. A case of bleeding through the sound skin is the subject of a European med ical report. Tae moon, whether full or not, hai not the slightest effect either upon foo J, the weather or the mental condition o' vnsane persons. The English B iar.I of Agriculture hai classed glanders and farcy as one disease, and any animal suffering from which is to be slaughtered at once. Statistics in Londcn sho.v that in that city the consumption of gas is steadily increasing, notwithstanding the mora general a-doptioa of electric light. Some of the Eaglis'a pu.nping engines c-erronn work equaling the raisiag ol 120,OJO,000 gillons one foot high by the consumption or lOJ-weight of coal. Experiments with bi-sulphide of car bon show that it will destroy all stages f the insect known as bean weevil ggs, larva; of all sizes, puya; and adults. The moth has a fur jacket and tha butterfly none, because the nocturnal habits of the moth require i: ; the diurnal moveaiculs of the butttrily do lot. The Queen of tho Belgiam has just ordered two or three phonographs, tho purpose of which is to record her maj esty's extempore compositions on th piano. Comparison of results of the sunshine recorder at Greenwich, England, for fourteen years, shows that throughout the year the average daily amount of sun shine is little more thaa three hours. The first hospital in America devo'.el exclusively to the treatment of dogs was opened December 30th, as an adjunct to the veterinary department of the Uni tersity of Pennsylvania, Puila lelphi a. Compressed air for cleaning cars is used on the Union Pacific Railroad at its Portland (Oregon) shop3. The air, ua ier a pressure of fifty pounds per square inch, is delivered from a flexible nose with a small no.z'e, and is used as water ould be. Ice one to two inches thick will bear nen. Two inches thick is cnimitel tit io bear infantry; four iuc'.ios thick to jear cavalry or light guns; six inches to ear teams with moderate loads or heavy ield guns; eight inches tea. us with ieavy loads. Charles H. Peck, the New York State. Sotanist, claims tha: thirty new species )f fungi have been found during the fear. Of the fifty-nine edible species dlustrated in his annual report, he states that at least forty have been used as foo 1 by him. "The more I experiment in this iirection," he further savs, "the more Brolly I am convinced that the number I realty poisonous or dangerous specie; of mushrooms is very small." Millions of Quail. There surely will be an exodus from tome sections of the world take up its line of march for the Mohawk Valley in Yuma County. The children of Israel were at one time fed by tho number of quails that flocked around them and manna from heaven. If they were in Mohawk Valley to-day they could do equally as well. The quail literally cover the ground, and can be caught bi hand. Those who are profiting by catch ing them and shipping to San Francisco catch more than they can bag. Hun dreds of dozens are shipped daily by ex press. They have used up all the lum ber for boxes and have about used nil the barley sacks in the county shipping them in that in inner. The children make from seven to twenty dollars a day catching them, and their numbers do not seem to diminish. Similar reports of their numbers come from Aua Cali. ente and Gila Bend, and their slaughter goes daily along. You fun-loving sportsmen, the world over, if you want to have a genuine good time shooting quail now is the time to get pleasure. There are millions upon millions of them, and no let up to their numbers. When a band is routed the sound of their wings is simply deafening, re sembling a distant thunder roll. Tuere is no telling what a Yuma climate will not uext produce. Yuma (Arizona) Sentinel. A Great rhilaatlirjpist. The new Peabody Institute, reccntlj dedicated at Danvers, Mass., was neces sarily built of wood, but as long as it stands it will be a very worthy memorial of the gift of the philanthropist to his native town. George Peabody was born in Danvers, February 18th, 1793, and died in London, November 4th, 1S6J. In 1856 he donated $10,000 for an insti tute in his native town, and in 1366 he endowed it with 10,000, but unfor tunately the original structure wi turned in 1S00. The present structure cost but $33,000 The architecture is colonial, and the dimensions are fifty-two feet in width and ninety-two teet long. It stands in a beautiful park, which is bordered by Sylvan and Pond streets and Peabody avenue, and is finished in line woods, with the usual rooms of such a building, as library, main hall, etc. The latter hat a seating capacity of 1100, with a large stage fitted up with scenery for plain beatrica's. The library has shelves for 30,00u rolumes, and the reading room adjacent ia a very cozy and pleasant place. In one room bangs the portrait, six by line feet, of Mr. Peabody, which was save 1 with great difficulty when the original building was burned. Its cost was 11500. The structure is designed for library, museum, social hall and general gathering place for the Danversites. New York Advertiser, In Prussia cows are usually caret o: and milked by maid ssrvantn. In recent years, however, it has become more and more customary, be canst more profitable; to engage expert Swiss men to tend to the dairy business. Frogs are mainly juice. If they try to make more than a short journey way from moisture, in a drought, they ill ... -:..u .n . i i .i KUl ?T?IIBU 1U1 WBllfc Vk WBlVI, UU 111FU their bodies will dry away. The frog's ' tones are sh soft that he scarcely' leaves any skeleton THE SON3 OF THE 1C15. fin; ho! sing hot for tha skater, obi For the flying feet and the winds tha blow! For the blood, that runs to the cheek, f glow 1 ike the western sky! Sing hoi once more for the flying shore i And the great long cracks in our icy dxwl And the tree tops that wail of ths std til more Of the days gona by Sing ho t sing ho ! as we glide ao-i gra. Where the pines on the ede ol t'ie shor bend low. Over the ice, an 1 tha stream's still fl jiv As in time3 gone by 1 Sing ho! once mora while the pin3 topi r yii With a song that they sinj to ui o'er au. oVr As the old sun walks through tha r.t raj door OT the westcra skyl Caarles G. Rogers, iu Outing IIUMOli OF THE DAT. A chafing dish Crow. Cold feet Tw,i feet of snow. Creature comforts Household pets. A partial payment The favorite's lalary. An old-timer Your great graal father's clock. Troy Prc-s. The editor may enjoy good health, but he is always "in acritical condition.' Puck. Talk about your transformations ! W, have seen a square man turn round. Statesman. Some philanthropic woinea seen tc work everywhere excopt at home. Somerville Journal. Great wit may be allied to madness, but the stupid man need not brag of his luperior sanity. Puck. "Here's another case of kidnapping,' said the messenger boy who found a comrade asleep. Washington Post. A man may be supctior to false scia standards, yet it mates him uu.-ouifoi : able to be cut by his barber. Puck. A young man never thorough!; opprcciatcs his own insignificance untn he atteads his own wedding. Pack. In Missouri they sell Shetland ponict by the perpendicular foot, aud the pur chaser has to pony up. Chicago Tri oime. Mincer "What brought about all this, trouble between Morgan aud his wife! Is bis miud unsettled!" Parsons "X it was his coilee." Mrs. Singer "Patti has a diaiu,. ; ring worth S-'OJO." Mr. Siuer ( i. well, I wager she got it for a mere song.' Jeweler's Weekly. Mrs. Trolley "Do tell m, Mr. Kin vass, which is the greatest work ol art?" Mr. Kanvass "Selling the paint ings." New York Sun. "Jenny, do you know what a miraeli is?' "Yes'm. Ma says if you d,nv marry our new parson it will be j miracle." Brooklyn Life. Martin "How well Mis3 Greeubougl keeps her age!" Mis. Grinder "Whv, of course I nothing would induce her tr give it away." Inter-Ocean. "I really feel that I am a publi. example of pole-lightness," said tho caibon as it was put in readiness for the electric current. Washington Star. "Our gardener will make a good vil lain in a melodrama." "Why so?" "Because he is always laying out p'.oti that amount to nothing ia the end." Boston Gazette. Eleanor "Don't joir think Mis Noyes plays with great fcelingi" Tom (dryly) "Yes; she does seem to feci about for the notes a good deal.'' liar vard Lampoon. On tho Ocean Greyhound: Captaii Saviors "I'm sorry to say, m i la ne, we're delayed. The vessel's broke her shaft, ma'am." Mrs. J. S. (sympatheti cally) "Ob, dear! Can't you lit it with this hairpin?" Chicago News Record. "The great problem that I have to deal with," said the keeper of the im becile asylum, "is to find some occupa tion for the people under my charge." "Why not set them to inventing c iliege yells," asked the visitor Bjilalo Ex press. Old Lady (to chemist) "I want a box of canine pills." Chemist "What's the mattir with the dog?" Old Lady (in dignantly) '.'I want you to understand, sir, my husband is a gentleman." (Chemist puts up quiniue pills iu pro found silence.) Philadelphia Times. Novel Climbing Device. A French inventor has devised a novel and practical arrangement for use by firemen ' and others to facilitate rope climbing, and, at the same time, to per mit the climber to have free use of his hands. The apparatus consists of two boards joined by a hinge, a hole passing through both the hinge and the board -, and the extremities of the latter are pro vided with straps, which can be fastenet to the feet of the man using the appara tus. The method of climbing involved in this arrangement is simple. Whcr the feet attached to the boards are lifted the rope is free, but tiie momeut the feet are pressed down on tho two boards the rope is Ermly gripped. It is only neces sary, therefore, to dift the body witii both hands as far as possible, and it ca:i then be held by the hinged clamps until another lift is made. By the u-e of a belt to hold tht body close to the rop.j the hands may bo left free for work. Tire and Water. A Curious Spring. Three miles north of Aurora, In Ai bnny County, Wyoming, a stone blu.'I rises abruptly from the plains to a hight of 000 feet. Thirty feet from the grouu 1 tha rock has a torn and jagge i appear ance as if it had beea struck -by light ning. From the clefts thus forme 1 there gushes forth a spring, or spring0, of magnificent water, the volume Leiag oauile larc. American Farmer. The density of things at the cen ier of the globe is preut, that, it is reckoned, if a block of steel four feet in cubical dimension were pliced there it would be reduced to a nine ich cube. An interesting property that has just eea announced for sale in Knglaiid is Rothley Temple, near Leicester, in itbich Lord Macaulay wos born, and there the great essayist spent some xtontiia of every year. . - . L j' peftsVa r "s---
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