B, F. BCHWE1ER,
THE OON8TITDTION-THE UNION AND THE ENFORCEMENT OP THE LAWS.
Editor
VOL. XL VIII.
MIFFLTNTOWN . JUNIATA COUNTY. FENNA.. WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 3. 1894.
NO. 3.
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t-OVE'3 SEASOT.
fci tad swffet days when hectic flntl...
Burn red 03 maple and sumach Ua
When sorrowful winds wail throu'h thf
K rushe. 3
An! all things whisper or loss and gr'e'
When close and clns?r bjli Frost
: rroaches
, To snatch the blossoms from Hataw.'
breast,
When nbtht Cor. vv on day encroa-hei
Ch, then I thin': th-at I love yoa b.
An I yet wh-vi white-, fist t?rant master,
: Has 1 une.l autu.nii in wa'Ss of tmrr.
Ani bcun 1 an I .c-Lrel wnero boll Fros
caat her
Lies outraSo 1 Xitur; in balptess woa.
Vhen all cartas p etnroi ia four walls ccn
tiV,
Arl si la by si le ia th-3 smi; homo nest
TVebsttho ti uPe,ts which canno: enter-
Oh, then I say that I lovo you basi.
f.ut later on, h"n tbo Siren Sea.-n
Betray the trust of tha sends Kin-.
Ani glad Earth lau?hs attlie act of i"eaS03,
And winter dies in the arras of Spri i
tVhen bu Is an 1 birds all rm5i aud fiuHsr
To free fair N'ature o oppress;
1 thrill with feeling 1 cannot niter.
And then I a n cvrta u 1 !UVt you best.
Cut when in sp'M ior t q ,,9Jiy gJ u n5
:l- i,-ns over the e.v.-th la , il, j siie: abw
i iien Natura knes ti t.i . royal cjut
VndfvontheSun n.n.shjt with Low,
When 1'leaaurj l.u,.;s ;a tho lusciou!
weat'ier.
And Care lies out o:i the sward t rst
0!'. whether spirt or w a-t-'.er toj.'Chjr.
It is then I know tlif. I love you best! "
-Ella Wheeler Wi'cox, in L p dncotS.
iTOSClLLA'aSMAXAGEMEiSl
caOSSE FAM.ET.
s EACOX
DODG.
ielfblue"
' emmcr!.
lie sat down t.:
I I li:s sis
ix o'clock tea.
ill'h i iQhls
is humble home
i.i i'j .J on 1
Forest Hill. It
not that the
tea was either ba lly
served or poor in
quality, for lie in-
Virinh'v tlilrr!ntH
- Cy'V tl:o bcit Srottr't'i
tiJu J the nurkc
afforded, ami nothing Miss Prissy cvei
tried to do or nu';e ever resulted in fail
ure. It was neither the eatables nor yei
the drinkable that cau-ed the cloui'on
the deacon's brow. As he expressed it,
be "felt blue as a whetstone," an 1 the
cause arose from the tightness iu money
circles.
Mies Trisfr, the deacon's strong
minded daughter, perceived the lower
ing countenance, and wishing- to con
ciliate the old gentleman a little, put an
additional Una of suar iu his tea.
"Third, aad lastlv," he said, iu an
abstracted manner, as he passed the cup
Tor refillment.
Prissy smiled almost involuntarily at
this "power of habit ' exemplified.
The worthy c!e:-on, busy with his
bread and butter, did not sec Lis
listener's face.
"I'll tell jou what," said he, carefulhj
adjusting bis knife and fork, "unless
something happens iu cur favor pretty
soon, we are gone to smash completely."
Even the lingering shadow of the
smile that had played round the comers
of Prissy 's mouth diei out, and she
looked anxiously at bur lather as he weut
on :
'There is a four liu'iuied d jllar rnort
gage on the house, willi mteieu at seven
per cent., and no man t an s'aud Eueii a
per cent, as that. There is that ore-liundreJ-dollar
note, a:vl tivo ot lifty
dollars each, l.c-i ies one hundred and
s;xty dollars yet in;; ni 1 on the lumber,
seventy-five dollar: ot to co:ne some
b.ow for tl.c rr.rpen'.er.s, twenty f.-j for
the uia-on, tnea'y live more fur the
j.aiutinir. iv.si.lc', ti:at leaves us with
tho houje nol jet half (ini;hed, the
ground yet to be grubbed and laid out
imd fenced, 2nd U"t a cent, in n 1 you
not a single cent to do it with.'
The deacon leaned back in his c'uair
and fairly groined.
The strong minde.1 rriicilla got up.
and walking round to bis side of the
table, l&iJ her inn 1 on his arm.
'Listen to me, deacon," said she
thoughtfully sue always called him that
when she felt particularly in earnest
listen to me, now, and I'll teil you the
ptun I have for extricating our utfair
trom financial annihilation.""
"Talk amy," growled the biar
" 1'ilk, at any rate, H ri.o.ip encu.'u,
m ,-n iu these bard tin-.t!-."
I'nssy rline 1 to nrtlce the rli-b
put upon her tongue, n::d contiuitL I,
bravely
"You know 3011 have always refuse!
10 keep a ;jit, pi-, or chicken. Xo'.r,
fan, lt us litive a!! thu-e, an 1 I wid
M.o-.v j on litis fall t!;-it J'our interest
iccr.y shii! b'j for.lioiniiiL', IcsiUCJ
h-tviti-cur L-rocry bill 10 tc i a it is
OiaJe."
cu!:i;tt lie, witu
, "ilOW ;vjuld you
L.iit l.'u'c worih a
1.,
l- .'.'j of i:iapprcvj
do it .' li-side--, mv :
blue
for a
?is, ;
in
i.'Wl.
C.yW,
I haven t t:.e
r a 1 1 m i cv
jiicy to pay
the chick-
j ttitiu .i an
no wise 11
ud of thai. '
(..uri'od, tl.c strong
d joun
nonius cool.y continued:
sand means tor nil of'e;E.
have wa
I ..: j:.. Aud if you mil solemnly a'reo
do iu all things as I fciMe d
..i , 1 i:i turn will piom.-e aud la'.ily it,
:o, to take these debts mil the unfit
ished h&u.e oqmv shoulders, metaphor"
!! speakiav', au.l in three year.,' time
v . e will owe no mm, ami our House arid
gr..-.ii.d shall c.i:::pue tavorably with
ar.yln the country.''
The deacon eai.-idtrci! a moment.
'.Show me your wavs aud meruu:,
PrUs."
"Ve'.l," a little reluctantly, yoi
kuow the Laurels! Mrs. Laurel vinnts
.o trade a young new uiilcu cow, with
the calf, for tweuty-four yards of t'nr-.t
low iagraiu carpet of our, aud as I hs.ve
::eady carpet enough, besides lht ii
core; r.U tho floor we shall u:e for a year
or to, I havo accented tho oiler. Taa-'
i cow Xo. 1, eh?"
"Cow Xo. 1 yes."
"Uncle Bemus has taVen h fancy fc
my pold watch, and wants to trade me
cow ani a hog of the female persuasion
'or 1', and as tho watch is useloss to me
a our present circutmtance, I ha.
ni-le up my mind to close with l"1
there u cow No. 2, fore8itf
i Ths 4caoo3 op5aed his eyos.
Ton my word, PrUw, you're born
n4r. Dut wliel about the chickens!
one rooster-of the Bowers, o tick
s thev sw Tt. v ' "i
Jet and T i -i , " wnuta
Toot'e tnr sUlieai to Neighbor
tlo rW ' l 8et them wlth- Too.
that , T a .tItr klnl of fowl
hat , can be made to br.u four UolkT
ttltTr,' chickens by
hf ,l Ju"'' 1 h -t least
thirty or forty c'.lck, fr ,he June mw-
M and the proceeds therefrom will
Uke up a certain note of yours. Ia the
meanllmo t,lc ,,usr
hold exp-n,,., ve g0 alo Thr
't bi. ny other
ment. T.ie elves we will lartea and
-ell tu , ;a l, the ho3 ditto. Uncle Be
mus a lv,ieJ me to keep the litter 0 pbni
until ue.ct year, when the, will fetch us
someth-ng over a hundred dollars. The
eipn acres a ground, for the use of
w'l.ci we pay forty dollars, must be
P a I with cirn, and I have alreadj
te.ee.ted the seed. As the land is partic
u.ar y p'.ean aud of uncommon good soil,
the yie'.d should be not less than sev
enty.fivo bushels to the acre, which, if
corn couics dowu to an unprecedented
low figure, will still pay all expenses for
seed, rent, tillage, and leave us enou"l
to fa;ten our hos after all." 0
The deacon was silent from astonbh
neut.
"I shail raise as many chickens as
pos ible through the heat of the com ii
tuauuer; so taat the next spring I shad
have egns by tha o,uintity, when tho
market reports quote a good price, with
lupply less thaa the demand."
i'-u talk like a farmer, Priss," ajie
ulated thedazed deacon. "When did yon
earn so much, I woudcrt'
"Don't nk me q lestions, but promise
ne," jjlvlu ; hi.n a tight squeeze.
'I p:o:nise."'
She shook herself loose from him,
ind poured out for herself a cup of hot
tea.
"Ver .11; go to work ani make me
ionic chicken coops and a hen house,
m l fetch home my hens to-norro v, aud
this fall I vr.il siiow square accouiL
w;tli.so;i:e fnl,s I know of."
Iu tho course of time the cows were
driven home', the chickens roosted ic the
deacon's hen house, and the "female
hog, with her seven children, occupied
the attention of tho deacon's daughter.
Of a morning Prissy went into the cellar
and skimxe 1, aud strained, aud churned,
and nutsid'j the deacon himself, with
the Sj iiieaad ax mile good timeamou
the stiinios, thereby saving hirel heir
tud the additional cost of a wood pile.
The d-.-acou ha I lived ill his life under
a 1'izy cloud. He c mldo't cut wood, he
said, becau'.y it ma le hi:n S3 tired. He
couldn't work at farming, because the
weather was either t jo hot or too cold,
or too wet or too dry. He coaldu't stay
all the while at his place of business (-it
was a photographer) and wait for cus
tomers, because ho "wanted to get o.tt
ind stretch his Ie-s." But suggest the
idea of nu impossible enterprise to hi:u,
or ask him to invest iu a lottery ticki-t,
sr talk travel, and directly tho dacju
was your man.
He was utterly and nbomiaably u.t.j
nd selfish, lie forced Fr:sy to piucu
iud save a dollar, while he would
squander fi:ty, and have nothiug to snow
for what he had paid out. Such is man
that is, so roue 1 of it as went by thr
jsma of Deacon Dodge.
Oui of the things the strong-minded
girl got him to do was to make a feac',
ahich she insisted should be hedge. A
hi.vthorno hedge, she declared, was
both beautiful and attractive, beside?
jiit as useful as any other.
So, under her vigilant generalship, ho
delivered aomc trees lor the nursery
men and took his pay in hedge plants,
which she made him set out and atien
l.
Little by little she put the deacon on
bis mettle, until at las: she herself was
surprised to find how much she had made
him accomplish. At the eul of the first
year he had grubbed their one and I
hull acres, put the first coat of paint on
the house, made the fence, dug tho C3l
lar, built outhouses, cut all the fire wood
and made five dollars a week besides.
At the end of their first year Prissy
found she has sold six dozen chickens at
four dollars per dozen, and had as many
more to winter over. She had sold six
huu.lred pounds of butter, at an average
of thirty cents a pound. The two calves
fetched twclvo dollars readily, and the
failed hog twenty-seven more. Their
household tx.ierses had been just oue
hundred dollars, aside from what she
had raised in the garden, and the butter
r.Btl eg.s were of home mauufacture,
a!s . She spent not a penny for cloth
lug.
Together they checked o2 acooutib
one evenicg, aad to his intense surprise
the deacon found a little matter of four
hundred aud lifty dollars to his crcc'it,
besides having a much better start lor
;he next year.
He paid the balance due on his lum
ber, and thankfully took up three other
notes, after which he brethed more
lrcelj-. The next year the invincible
Prissy sold t.vo hundred dollars' worth
of hogs, sixty dollars' worth of eggs, and
teu Uoze.i dickens, still keeping hou-c-l.old
and personal expenses at the lowest
possible point.
Tho deacon, too, had better luck, or
perhaps attended more strictly to his
ousiness, and the end of the second vear
was also the death knell of the insatiab!'
mortgage.
As this is no fancy sketch, but, on the
contrary, is a veritable "leaf from life,"
I cannot state what the result wa fox
the third year of Miss Prissy'a manage
ment. But I saw the deacon the other uat
trimming his hedge, which was all white
and sweet with bloom, and he tells lue
that the carpenters are busy at his house,
and that he shall have enough produce
to dispose of in the fall to take him com
pletely out of debt. He certainly has
the handsomest place in the country, and
by far the most stvlish house. As for
Prissy, her face is tanned a light brown
and her hands are not quite so white nnd
sicall as they once were not "so useless
by half." she says, turning them ever
carefully, and showing the little cal
loused lumps oa the palms.
"But we are out of debt anyway, she
a.!Jed, triumphantly. "Thb. thing o:
belnj dunned by every other person om
sees f aavthing but funny."
iMav ForroU Hill long outshine its
ceVh'bors, and stand as a striking me
rf.'nto of one woman's will. Nc York
"ekij.
A woman" Judges men with hc-i
ars; a man forms his opiaioiiJ of
women with his eyes.
-VHEN DAYS WERE FOUR HOURS
LO.NO.
That Wa Hume Tlmr anl ttie Earth
1 raveled V. u; h Faster.
Today ia longer than yesterday;
Kj-tuorrow will be longer than to-daj-.
d'he difference is s-j small that even
In the course of ages it can hardly be
iaid to have b.en distinctly estab
iihed by observation, says The L'tory
3f tho Heavens. We do not pretend
to :iy how many lenturies have
lapsed since the dav was even one
j ict-ond shorter thsinitis at present;
out centuries art; not the units
which we employ in tidal evolution.
A million years ago it is quite proD
ible that the divergence of the length
if the day from its present value may
have been very considerable. Let us
take a glance lac It into the profound
depths of time past and see what
the tides have to tell lis. If the
iesent order of things has lasted
the day njusi have been shorter and
shr.rter the farther we look back into
the dim past. The day is dow twenty
four hours; It was once six hours.
How much farther tan we to? Once
the six hours is past we begin to ap
proach a limit which must at some
l lint bound our prospect. The
shorter the day the more is the earth
bulged at the equator; the more the
.a:-tU is bulged at tho equator the
j.reateris the strain put upon the
tnaterials of the earth by the ccntil
fueal force of its rotation. If the
arth were to go too fast it would be
liable to cohere together; it would
eparate into pieces just as a grlnd-
'tone driven too rapidly is rent asun
.' er with violence. Here, therefore,
vc discern in the remote past a bar
i.er which stops the present argu
ment. There is a certain critical
velocity which is the greatest that
the earth could bear without risk of
rupture, but the exact amount of that
velocity is a question not very easy to
inswer. It depends upon the nature
f the materials of the earth; !t de
; ends uj on the temperature; it de
; 'tids upon the effect of pressure, and
yii other details riot accurately known
! us. An estimate of the critical
velocity has, however, been made,
j nd it has been l:mvn that the short
1 st. period of rotation which the earth
Tihl have, without flying into
nieces, is alout three or four hours.
'1 he doctrine of tidal evolution has
. mis conducted us to the conclusion!
; l it, at some inconceivably remote j
( .meh, the earth was spinning round I
is axis in a period approximating to'
three or six hours.
An Old Settler.
Otologists agree that many thousands
f years ago they d not agree on the
'1 uber of thousands great ice fields,
11' immense glaciers, move 1 slowly out
toe north over a large part of the
iited Suites and K irope. These glac
l rs were so thie'e that they have left on
:e top of the White Mountains bowl
ers which they hid carried hundreds oi
lilts, and they had nvjcli to do with
ia;!u.r the hills and valleys of Xew
1'ork, Pennsylvania, and Xew England.
The marks made by these glaciers ai
they grotiud and crushed their way ovei
toe rojks are still plainly v.siblu ia many
ilaces, and it 1? eay to tra.e the larg
uo .vidcrs they carried northward t
reuious where such stone occurs in larg
quantities. Taose were days of great thing3, and
among the huge creatu-cs that roamed
about in the reiriou of the advancing
glacier was the Elephas Americanus, 01
American elephant. Part of the skele
ton of one of these animals has just beet
unearthed at Carl Junction, Missouri, anc
lent to the Washington University.
Tuese bones show this animal to havt
been from twenty-five to thirty leet long,
ind fifteen feet tall. It fed on trees and
bushes, and a wagon-load of pine branches
ind cones would have made a light sup
per for this monster. Its molar teeth had
grinding surfaces nine by lour inches in
size, and its tusks were nine feet long.
Coarse long hair covered the big fellow
trom bead to toes, and a drove of such
animals must have been an imposing
sight, even in the presence of the mighty
glaciers.
In a cave in Franca has been found,
scratched on a bit of ivory tusk, a rudj
picture of one of these prehistoric nia n
inotbs. This picture is supposed to be
the oldest known, and was made by some
nan or boy who was more clever than
uis fellows, but who lived ia a cave, ate
raw meat, and wore scanty clothing
-na le from untanned skins of wild bca3ts
which the filthy and savage men of those
f ir o.f times killed with clubs and stones,
tt may be, therefore, that human beings
i.iT the living animal, pieces of whose
ikeletoa were dug the other day fr 11
jeneat'i twenty feet of soil out in M..
ouii. Harper's Young People.
IIo'T Peaf Mules Pa :cc.
"I never felt so lonesoaie in my life,'
laid a gentleman recently, "as when I
chanced to ba thrown oue day with a
nicnic party of deaf mutes. They could
inderstand eic'.i other, laughed aud
atrled oa and had a good time gener
iliy, while I sat like a mum ny, apart,
looking ou, but uaiblo to paiticip.ite ir
my of the fun.
"Oie thing that surprised mo greatly,"
ho oiitinuel, ".vis to see them iudulge
In dancing. I hada!vays supposed that
It was absolutely css.eutial to hear the
rhythm of the music iu order to keep the
time of a waltz or a polka. To be sure
they had an orchestra on the dancing
barge, and for a time I regarded that as
peculiar, for few if any of the party
sould hear the strains.
"Alter a littlo thought I solved the
mystery. The mutes could not hear the
music, but they felt it, which was ju3t as
effectual. To be sure of the matter I
spoke to the leader of the orchestra aad
he assured me that my surmise was cor
net, and that when he was employed by
the party it was expressly stipulated that
he should bring his biggest bass drum
and bass viols. The deep tones were
mors vibratory thau the others and the
mutes kept excellent waltz timo by feel
ing the vibration of the wood flooring
ipon which they danced." Xew York
Icrald. The long distance telephone has
ieen pnt in operation between Xor
ray and Sweden, and his Majesty at
Jhristiania can communicate directly
)y word ot mouth with his ministers at
Stockholm.
I j t afi i is me man who Knows wua
30 wants and never entirely loses
jf&ith that ho will some day get it
THE ERUPTIVE FEVBR3.,
irinptoms That Every Moth or Should Be
Able to B.oonlm.
The mojt Important members o'.
he group of eruptive fivers are imall-
xx, measles, and soarlot fevsr. '
jhlcken-pox, cow-pox or raceme dis
ease ana German measles. AU are
:haracterlzed by an eruption upon the
kin as a prominent feature of the
Msease. All are contagious In a b!p,h
K-grce and run adeflnltecourse, which
annot be stopped by any known
neans. The ability to distinguish be
tween the different members of the
rroup, at as early a date as possible, 13
iften of the utmost Importance, In
Hder to prevent the spread of the
liseae.
The time from the date of c
josure until the first appearance of
the fever varies iu small-pox front
Ave to twenty days, with an average
3f twelve days; in measles It Is usually
from six to tea days, sometimes ex
tending fourteen or fifteen; In scarlet
tever the average Is from four to six
days, with an extreme variation o'
from one to fourteen ciaj-s.
The initial fever in each case pre
sents the features common to all
fevers, with certain differences which
are not alwaj's well markod. The be
ginning of smallpox Is especially
:haracterized by a severe headache
iud pain in the back. In measles
l,here are the usual features of a cold
n the head with a bronchial cough.
In scarlctina vomiting and convul
sions are especially common in chil
Iren. The best medical authorities
leclare that, while a probable opin
ion la-ay o'ten be formed from the at
tendant circumstances, such as the
prevalence of the disease and known
exposure, it is often impossible to
determine the disease with certainty
until tho appearance of the charac
teristic eruption. The eruption in
small-pox appears first around the
mouth and chin, on the third day ot
the fever; in measles, it. appears llrt
on the forehead and temples, on the
fourth day; and in scarlet fever, on
the face, neck, and chest simultane
ously, on the second day of the fever.
In small-pox the eruption consists
it small, red pimples, becoming vesi
cles, and then pustules, with a mi
nute depression in the center; in
measles, of small red dots like flea
bi.cs; and in scarlctina, of a bright
scarlet rash evenly diffused.
The fever lessens on the first ap
pearanco of the rash in small-pox, but
increases again in its later stages. In
measles, the fever increases as the
rasii makes its appearance and de
clines gradually as it disappears. In
scarlet fever, it continues unabated
until the fading of the rash, when it
falls rapidly.
The usual duration of favorable
cases of small-pox, from the initial
fever to convalescence, is from two to
three weeks; of measles, from six to
ten days; and of scarlet fever, from
eight to nine days.
A ITiwiwr Save, the Ilailiir'e Lire.
A supposed criminal was arrested
..he other dav by a ioliceuan at Kel
heim, iu Lavaria, and was walking
along with his captor beside the
I Danube, when suddenly he jumped
into the water. The weather had
been very severe, and there were
great blocks of floating ice stretch
ing right across the stream. Spring
ing from block to block the prisoner
succeeded In gaining the opposite
bank followed at a distance by the
policeman. Put the policeman was
less nimble, and he fell into the
swiftly flowing river. Here (remarks
the London Daily News) was a very
nice question of casuistrj-. Ought
the man who was under arrest to
stand by and see a fellow-creature,
ind even a policeman, drowned, or
night he to risk his own life to save
him, with the prospect of putting the
fetters once more upon himselt? To
the credit of human nature, the
prisoner did not hesitate a moment.
He plunged In and brought the police
man safelj' to dry land. Then it was
the turn of the policeman to be gen
erous. He offered to represent the
matter to the proper authorities with
a view to obtaining a life-saving
medal for his preserver. The latter,
howevcr.jdidnotseethe matter quite
in the same light. He claimed his lib
erty and tho other agreed he had
earned it, and giving him a couple of
marks for himself, dismissed him
with a blessing. The fugitive has
not yet been recaptured.
A Taiue Mountain Llou.
The author of "A Ride Through Won
deilau I," says that she wa3 invited,
when in Colorado, to visit a hunter's
store and see a mountain lion; the only
oue, as lU owner asserted, which had
ever been tamed. It was in a little back
room, chained to aa iron staple in thr
floor, round which it was pacing, utter
ing low growls.
It appeared very much like a small pan
ther, and seemed anything but tame,
snai ling at us as if it longed to spring.
It was in awe of its master, however, and
cowed down every time he cracked his
whip. He made it do seveial tricits
ivith a retriever dog, which did not seem
io like the task very well.
"Come and kiss Miss Pussy," said the
man, and the dog went up to it, laid t
paw upon its neck, and licked its face.
The master then put a piece of meat
on its no9e, aad told the dog to fetch it
away.
"He doesn't care for this part," was
his comment. "She has had him by the
throat once or twice. Just look at her
iron raws! One blow would lay you
dead as mutton. What, you brute, yoc
would, would youl''
Miss Pussy had tried to gnaw his boot,
nd needed to be lashed off.
"Did you ever take her outP
"Oh, yes, she goes walking with me
in the mountains, sometimes. I take her
chain off when we're out of the town
but I'm precious careful t Sallow her
aad never let her step behind is I'' '
ulte an Item.
Closeftt (to wholesale manager)-.
Have you made up the list of thinsrs
in our line aCected by the taria?
Manager Yes, sir; everything, save
one item, Is raised enormously.
Closetit And what item it that?
Manager Salaries! Puck.
The first arithmetic using tho deci
mal system was published in 1182.
NWMI3MATICS IN CHINA.
Seme CoUeotlous of Coin In tbe Kt G
Back 4..80O tun.
China Is the paradise of the nutans
inatlst. The collections of cash, ac
cording to Consul Edward Bedloe's
report to the btate Department,
quoted by the Philadelphia Bulletin,
are something marvelous. They a
small coins of bronze, brass, copper,
or silver, rangine In intrinsic value
from 1-20 of a cent to 23 cents. The
oldest ot these coins on record at
pcared about 2, 300 B. C Over 150,
000 different kinds of cash are pre
served in collections. Some are won
derful examples of coinage, but most
of them are clumsy and coarse. The
numismatic can work all bis life,
spend very little money and leave tc
posterity thousands of coins. All be
needs to do is to confine his work to
the collection of cash, the small coins
in brass and bronze, whose value
ranges from l-10th to l-14th of a
cent Their workmanship varies, but,
is usually very good. Their bhai c
to-day is like that of European coins,
with the exception that through the
renter is a square hole through which
the coins are strung together like
beads. In the past, however, other
forms were employed, including the
square, triangle, heart, ellipse, shield,
key, sword, and spear. The numbei
of kinds is simply immense. They
are referred to in the literature as fai
back as 250 II. C. "The earliest that
I have heard of," says Consul Bedloe,
"dates rrora the Ts'ln dynasty, which
ruled from 223 to 207 B. G From
that time until today these useful
little coins have been used by every
monarch, no matter whether he was
an empercx of the entire country or
king of one of the petty principalities
Into whlrh, from time to time, the
Chinese Empire was broken. There
bavo been over 1,200 occupants
of tho various thrones, rojal and im
perial In addition tr these regular
Isjues, if such they may be called,
there have been special issues from
time to time and also special local is
sues. A wealthy mandarin la Can
ton is said to have the finest collec
tion extant, containing 23,000 speci
mens of ditlerent kinds."
The cost increases as you co back
ward in time. The cash of this cen
tury can lie secured at their nominal
fa - e value. Those of the eighteenth
ana seventeenth centuries bring fro.n
1 cent to 10 cents each Those of the
Han dynasties, from 200 to 100 A. IX,
bring $loo each when in line state of
preservation. These true antiques
are leiind in ancient tombs and ruins.
Several bundled were discovered in
Amoy this year iu digging a grave,
wfTen the laborers broke into an old
tomb several feet below the surface
of the soil. The coins lay in a iretty
earthenware jar, and were encrusted
with : thin layer of mala bite that
here and there had been changed by
moisture into a.-.urite. The coins
were sold by the lucky coolies in the
next twenty-four hours, and arc said
to have brought 1 apiece, an im
mense sum to men working for 12
cents a day. To succeed in collect
ing cash a person must be a fine Chi
nese scholar. The labor thereby in
volved is so severe as to preclude
mo-t collectors from indulging in the
pleasure to any great extent.
lie .lo vful.
In that magnificent anthem it.
which the line recurs "lie joyful,
be joyful, my heart ever joyful," lies
a suggestive secret for all true living.
I) -spair and doubt and depression are
unhcalthful. are destructive of all
worthy work, are corrosive in their
silcct up m character. The religious
rigiiille.nMto, of gladness is shown ail
thi?ng!i the scriptures. "lie glad in
the Lord," we are Tx!Z. "Kejoice
greatly," "Lift up your hearts."
These are but familiar exaraplcs c 2
imiliriide (if similar expressions. De
pression is" such an enervating aud
negative slate as to be almost iiav
moral. 0::e iias trials to meet, dif
ficulties, hardships, even; obstacles
to overcome. What of them? Is
there not the triumph in overcoming?
Is It not they who overcome whose
n unes are marked by a white stone?
What am I, what are you, what is
our neighbor, than any or all of us
should be exempt from the discipline
of life? If the suffering burns out
the sin; if the diillctiltics we en
counter create new energy to sur
mount them: if the consequences of
our faults and fellies teach us to live
above such follies and faults in future
shall we not rejoice? Surelj', one
is not in love with one's sins, neg
ligences, or ignorances, and tbesooner
they are starved out. and driven out,
an 1 purified, the t etter. Sorrow, too
the loss of friends; the sorrow we
feel, and sometimes the most keenly,
through sympathy witii the sorrows
of others; disaster and misfortune
all these come more or less into
every life with their varied discipline,
their varied aid. What then? Lift
up your hearts, rejoice in the Lord.
Let it ail tend to the spiritualizatlon
of life. INot because one is safely
boused and sheltered from the storm,
but because he has achieved the
power of living above the storm,
may he say, in the refrain of Buddha
tid of the cowherd, in the beautiful
legend, "llain oa O, cloud, rain on!''
ClK&r Without Any foi-ou.
In the fertile brain of Dr. S. Weit
.Mitchell was conceived same time
since the idea of an antl nic itine
cigar, which is now in great, demand
among Inveterate smokers, s;iysthe
Philadelphia Kecord. The illu-trioi.s
neurologist numbers among his ia
tiens many suffering from nervo is
diseases, the result of excessive -moving.
To these he was wont to say:
"You must give up smoking alto
gether if you wish to regain your
lualth." The patients demurred.
The doctor admitted it was rather
hard, and began to look about fv
irac alternative plan. He felt that
If a cigar could bb manufactured from
which all or the greater portion of
tho nicotine were extracted the effect
upon the smoker would be practically
harmless. The idea was explained to
a well-known local manufacturer, who
at once had the cigars made after the
plan suggested by Dr. Mitchell. The
Vuelta Atajo tobacco, used for the
filler, and tho Connecticut wrapper
are subjected to what is termed the
'double rcsweating" process. The
materials are placed in a stcamroom
f ir four or live hours, after which
they are taken out and subjected to
natural CjtIpr toi adaypj irro.
This operation is thrice "repeated,
aftei which the tobacco Is considered
practically free of nicotine Many
prominent men have tabooed the
stronger brands of the new cifca:
without prescription and through
choice The manufacturer estimates
his sale for the first three months at
1,000 boxes.
I ,rlul Skunk.
A correspondent of the 2ew York
Tritnine says that t,hc hop-growers ol
Otsego County have discovered what
naturalists have long been trying to
make farmers understand that
skunks, instead of being their ene
iu.es, as they former;y supposed, are
anion-; their most useful friends. As
one bo)-grower expressed it, "Now
adays we protect skunks as carefully
as we do song-birds."
Hop-yards, it appears, are infested
by a certain kind of grub which
gnaws off the tender vines at the
root, and this grub is the favorite
rood of the skunk.
As a general thing the skunks sally
forth at nightfall, but now and then
thev are to be seen at work in broad
daylight. The proceeding is an in
teresting one to watch.
The skunk begins his quest on the
edge of the yard, where be cocks bis
head over a hill of hops and listens.
If a grub is at work upon one of the
four trailing vines, his quick ear is
sure to hear it. At once he begins
to paw up the earth, and presently he
is seen to uncover the grub and
swallow it with unmistakable relish.
Then be listens a,ain, and if he
hears nothing, proceeds to the next
bill. And so he goes on till he has
bad bis till.
Now that the skunks are no lougci
aiolested, they have become com
paratively fearless. Sometimes, we
are told, they keep up their operations
even while the cultivator is driven
between the rews.
One man rejoiced in the prcsenci
of a skunk family two old ones and
their five kittens. The young one
followed their father ana mother
about the yard in broad day liht,
while people stood looking on. They
were both ornamental and useful: but
one day two strange dogs came along
and killed them. The farmeractually
shed tears when he saw his seven pets
lying dead on the ground.
False F.conoiuy.
The:.- is nothing in which the'avei
ige man and woman exercise greater
false economy than that of time.
They think tosave it by crowding into
an hour the thoughts that should oc
cupy three, and as to duties why if
planning could perform them the
whole week, from Monday moinlng
to Saturday night, would finish up
the first day.
The true economist plans for to
morrow, allowing a reasonable tiuu
Tor each duty, while a little margin
for emergencies, and then allows the
matter to rest The false economist
likewise plans for to-morrow, bi:t
each half hour is crowded up to the
last minute, and three-fourths of to
day is full of anxiety lest something
w.ll be left undone. To-morrow ar
rives to find the worker half unfitted
through the worry of the day before,
for such work as could have been
easilv performed. So there is a sense
o defeat added to the anxiety for
the next day. Thus the worry ac
cumulates, until nervous prostration
lays its victim low. Then the rest
w hich should have been taken daily
and hourly, is all taken at once, in
me long stretch, perhaps of weeks,
perhaps of months. Nature will not
3e gainsaid, and those who will do
all their work at one time most do
ill their resting at one time. She U
just, and will even up the balance.
Leisure Hours.
Canned Vegetables.
There are few things more unappc.
tiing than the canned goods put up
in tins, as they are ordinarily served
thai is simply turned out Into a
laucepan and heated.
A very important precaution ti
take is to turn out the tontents of a
can several hours before they are
wanted, which will cause them to
lose ihe peculiar, stifled, close taste,
frequently combined with solder, that
'.oo often clings to them.
Peas should be drained of theii
liquor and heated with a spoonful of
water, a lump of butter, half a
teaspoonful of fine sugar and
salt and pepper. Or, make a thin
white sauce with milk, butter sea
soning and a bit of flour, and heat
them in this.
Canned corn needs a little milk oi
cream, butter and seasoning, and it
must only get thoroughly hot Cook
ing toughens it.
You can make a corn pudding with
two cunfuls of chopped canned corn,
oue of milk, one egg beaten in half a
cupful of milk, a tablespoon fill ot
melted butter and a palatable sea
soning of salt and pepper.
For corn pancakes mix as above,
adding half a cupful more of milk,
flour to make a thin batter, aud a
teaspoonful of baking powder.
Pancakes made cf canned peas, af
ter the same receipt, are not bad.
Canned tomatoes are nice steweo
and baked in alternate layers with
boiled rice or boiled macoroui, season
ing the layers with butter, pepper
and salt
Canned asparagus makes nice s
pa'.gus cream soup, and may be
served in every way the same as the
fresh. Albany Cultivator.
The I htrk oil hi,.
Says the St. Louis Star-Saying
''The letters brought out by the
death of Blaine and published over
the signature ot "Mack," in the late
issues of the St. Louis "Glot-Dcmo-crat,"
are the choicest contributions
to the higher grade of political litera
ture that the newspapers have seen
for many a day. They combine a
style that is hard to surpass with a
mass of information, much of which
is the result of the writer's intimate
ind confidential relations with the
men about whom he speaks. They
are from the pen of Mr. J. H. !e
:ullagh, the editor of the "Glole
Dcnocrat," and they show conclu
sively that he has not. lost one iota
of his oldjtitne vigor. All we regret
iVout there Is that they were not
published 1?. "The Star-Sayings,"
where they could Ua.ve that wide cir
culation to which t-lr merits en
titjes themJr
SMILES PI-CONTENTMENT
SSUED FROM THE rN3 OP
VARIOUS HUMORISTS.
l,nt Inclilont Oorarrific the Worl,
0er Sajrlnc lliut Are Chocrtal la the
Old or Young -Jckee that Everybody
Will Knjor Koalln.
Ixirtl, l.eait, Nur 1 uivU
"What's this?'' asked the new
boarder, suspiciously, as be turned
over with bis fork something the
waiter had brought him. "It doesn't
leena to be fish, tloli. or good red
herring." '-You're right," replied the
oldest boaicbr, knowingly: "it's
Vripe." Buffalo Express.
A I'reiic-I'.iiiiiir Stiitiii-nt.
M. Frtidhiniiu'j having been asked
to write something in a friend's al
bum, wrote this: '1 i my bachelors
for their libeity. !-e wonr-n for their
poetry, an i married i.iea fur thei'
alsfort,,nes Exchange.
1'arkei'a Little
Parker's fire-insurance policy cov
ered the coal iu bis cellar and tho
other day he put in a claim for all
the coal he'd burned." "What did
the company dc?" "Had Pa rl-rer ar
rested for arson." New York r-u'i.
. uleul.
"Goodl" said Mr. Catistick. nt the
breakfast table, to Mrs. Canst h k.
"Senator .Nypher is dead and bis obit
uary is in tills paper." - B.it why do
you ca'.l it good ?" "Localise ; ow
we stand some rbanee i f learning
why they ever elected him to the son
tc." Exchange.
A- Natural n l.iJ'e.
First Little (!irl I've got a doll
that ian say "mamma," and you
ain't! Second Little (jirl 1 don't
fare. Papa's goin' to get me a noil
that I can wind tip and it'll wake np
in the middle of the ni-jlit an' it'll
cry for two boms. Indianapolis
Journal.
A 1'itloi, lli-ii.-l.icti.r.
Day A man who n,;ies two bladei
nf grass grow where but one grew lie
fore is a public ben i icti-r. is he not''
Weeks Yes, provided tlr.-y do not
grow under his i- ei. - i leneral Man
ager. "l'uoiiai li,ciiitiiile.'-
"Yes, sab." said the barber, as be
plated a reveille on tic- strop with his
razor-blade, "some I ahVahs in.iv be
jus' as good as othehs, on'y they don't
suit some men. You -ee. it's a ques
tion of pusona! Mogiiiiu.le; a kih
bah may oot be of the right tempera
tore to suit a customer." Lif c
Irate Father -Young in. ml 1 am
outraged, sir. that you should sf-ek to
marry my daughter on so short ac
quaintance. You are a'luo-t ?
stranger to In r. S'.ul.hs illimly,
Well, she d'.esn't t i!" any mme
chances than I do. iu.-'s ali io;: ,i
stranger to me. Texas Sift ittgs.
A Cjtiemloti ot I'l-opi ii-t v.
"Do you think it is prope:
ir a
the
It
on
ash
lady to go to all the play that
theaters present?" she a-ed.
depends" he replied, "alt igetlier
the size of your favorite hat." W
ington Star.
The ii ice of IV,siml-iii.
'Things m ver does go ugh
this world,'' said the pessimist ic 1.
man. !! dwire fences didn't c
in until alter leather pants bad .
out o' style." liidiar.apiilis .lour
I Hi
bed
dino
:ona
t.al
An Orphan
Johnny Billows It's awful on a
1-oy lo be borh i.ii oiplian. Willie
Fellows Yes; he can't never ei :i
lay-off from schorl on acccunt of ,U
mother bein' sick, Hrooklwi Li.-.-.
Ills Mi'itHiir'.
1 loll nia n Howes desperately) Gir.i
me a gun! I want to blow my brain:
out. Dealer Try one of those ;ir
guns, young man. Ucnera! Manager.
The Congress ot MMhrn S:-lnre.
Surely I have established my thesis
that dirt is only matter in tho
wrong place. Chemistry, like a
thrifty housewife, economizes every
scrap. The horseshoe nails dropped
in the streets are carefully collected
and reappear as swords and guns.
The main ingredient, of the ink with
which I now write was probably once
the broken hoop of an old beer 1 ar
reL The chippings of the traveling
tinker are mixed with the j til ings of
horses' hoofs and the worst kinds if
woolen rags and these are worked i;i
into an exquisite blue dye, which
graces the dress of courtly d.inn-s.
The dregs of port wine, carefully d ;
canted by the toper, arc taken in t;.j
morning as aseidlltz powder, lore
move the effect of the debauch. Tho
offal of the streets and the wasting:
of coal gas reappear carefully pi 3
served in the lady 9 smelling bottle,
ir are used by her to flavor Mane
manges for her friends. All this
Ihrift of material is an imitation of
the economy of nature, which alio-vs
fut waste. Everything has its t!e;
xlned place in the process of the unl
ive rsc, in which there is not a 'blad?
of grass or even a microbe too much,
If we possessed the knowledge to i'
ply them to their fitting purpose.
North American Review.
I'm lily Mouioer.
What an experience it w.is, 1- ai v.
ing to write! And bow many of us
amiably and unconsciously made fac s
over ii! For after we had learne !
where to place each finger, and how
to move the pen, and how to bold th-s
wrist, there was an unruly me.nber
that Insisted upon helpii.g u- !,:!..
each letter.
Little Girl Please ma'. mi. .lol -n 1 ;
Smart is makin' mistakes In hi wr.'
ing lesson.
Teacher How do yon ku .w?
Little Girt There's three cai.iti
S's In the ii'pyto-dav. and he's maa'a'
L's.
Teacher You can't see hi p.Mi.
Little Girl No'm, but I c ar m.
bU tongue Good News.
Some doctor's wTi " blush at tha
thought ot advertising, have habit
of telling bow they cured per.-nns
after all the other doctors had g ven
them up.
NEWS IX BRlfcF.
The- California biz trees cros slow
iy.
Peanuts are not cultivated in Afri
ca. They grow wild.
"Carpets that can't be beat," are
advertised by a Kansas merchant.
Edison says that gold is not as val
uable nor as "necessary as iron or lead.
A lump of nickel weighing 4,330
pounds is worth half as many dollars.
Every nation on the globe has Lad
its "stone age'' at some period of its
history.
Thrasher is the appropriate name
of a school teacher in Hickory county,
Indiana.
Powerful air brakes are now being
constructed for use on freight trains of
bid ca s.
The oldest known polterty is that
of Egypt; some of it dates from nearly
s'tCO 1?. C.
The distance froruihe furthest point
of polar discovery to the j ole itself is
4t5 mites.
flosc leaf jam is a common dish iu
llonmania, where roses are grown by
the million.
Illuminated walking sticks are
umong the latest applications of elec
tricity A distinguished Li i'.iah scientist bj
lieves that the coming man wilt be
toothless.
Tha smallest races sro the Eskimos
and certain dwarfs iu Africa; the larg
est the Patagoniaus.
Dogs, horses, elephants, seal,
kangaroos, bears uu 1 lions have been
taught to box with gloves,
The capital letter "Q" will ba
found but twice in the Old Testament
and three times in the No v,
The oldest railroad iu France runs
between Paris and Havre. It was built
more than half a century ago.
Attempts have been made lo coun
terfeit meteorites because they are so
vuluable, but without success.
The oldest flute in the world is
made of tho thigh bone of a sin e;i and
was fonnd in a tomb oa the Nile.
Tho District of Columbia has the
largest death rate from consumption
Of any part of the United States.
The largest tomb in the world is the
pyramid of Cheops, 4iil feel high nnd
covering thirteen acres of ground.
Australia's summer is said to be so
hot that matches accidentally dropped
on the ground often become ignited.
Fort Keolt, Kan., has a new p iper
mill which is making paper from tho
refuse cane stocks of the fcorehuni -ugar
mil.
Caricature by menus of ill.isln
tions is said to have prevailed iu Egypt
ns early ns three centuries before the
Christian era.
It is estimated that territory c qaal
to the whole surface, of the globe has
been dug over 12o times to ret room
for burial pinces.
Thera is a coal mine at Xituuiuio, in
Ilritish Columbia, the galleries of which
extend fur a distance of twelve miles
nnder the oceau.
Only citizens who have the power
to read and write have power to vote in
Bolivia, and several otter South
American republics.
I11 11S Henry YII1 buih tho I'.ov
al Harry, considered to be the begin
ning of the modern English navv. This
vessel was of 1.20J tons.
Stephen Langto.", Archbishop of
Canterbury, firbt divided the I'.dile into
chapters nnd versos, this about the
.'lose Ol thotwelfd; eeuf .irv.
-At Chesterfield, England, there is a
lmreh with a very curious s-tei '.
Whichever way the observer looks nt
it it appenrs to bulge out in that diree
linn. Tluro is a haunted tree nt North
Saul-sport, Me., which shelters a ;m.'.
where a murder had been eomaiii'led
Moss has formed the initials v . P.."
ou the bark.
The sword earriel oy Colonel
Ethan Allen when be demanded the .sur
render of d-'ort Tieonderoga is ou exhi
bition at the National Museum at
Washington.
A Canadian has invented a conduc
tor's fare box for use on street railways
It registerseverv ticket or fare dropped
in the slot and ifeals out dated trauster
tickets automatically.
The animal which must nearly re
M'ml les a plant is probably the byme
iinpiiM bicorious, nu insect foun 1 iu In
dia, w hich bears an extraordinary like
ness to the flower of au orchard.
It is said that on account of tho
i-ize and attractiveness of the mm, a
man of 1(13 jiouuds wt ight removed to
the surface of that orb from this planet,
would "tip the beam" at no less than
two tons.
Camphor trees have been planted
at Swnford, Fla., and give proof of
adaptability to soil and coU'litio-.is.
This is the identical camphor three fro 11
from which all the camphor of com
merce is obtained.
When yon speak of liees, designate
the kind referred to. There are 43 0
species popularly known as "wild
bees," 3200 being natives of the Amer
icas. Britain has seventy fipeciea of
bees and sixteen of wasps; of the latter
there arc 170 species known to entomo
logists. Pleasant Surprise.
All amusing instance of tiie sin
jilicity of a little negro boy is told by
a lady in whose family the lad lived
for several year. When be was
about seven years old be was set to
earn words In an old spelling-t ook.
lie at once became interested in
watching a race between a strall boy
and old lather Time, as re iresentei;
by an engraving, aud every spare
moment he had during the day h
devoted to the contemplation of this
ihase, which was to b in both real
and exciting.
When bedtixe came be teluctantly
aid aside the book, and his study of
"dat ol' feller wld Ue 11 owiif scyve"
had to be given up for that day.
The next nicrning the tlrt tiling he
did was to get the old speller and
turn its pages eagerly until he came
to the exciting picture.
He gazed intently at the figures for
in instant, and then ex.-laimed! with
a scream of delight as he capered joy
fully about the kitchen, lio k in
hand:
"He ain' kotched 'iin vit, no, sab:
CraClfj, he aja' kotched 'im viC
i