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B. r. SOHWEIEK,
THE OON8TITUTION-THE UNION AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAWS.
Editor amd Proprteter.
VOl,. XL VIII
MIFFLINTOWN. JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. FEBRUAHY 7. 1894.
NO. 81
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PROSPEROUS COUPLE.
all, wifo, it ' fifty years Ago Bt nce yoa nu w
vaz ttl.
An' Tre hnr cium the hilU er Ula together bi-t
by sitle ;
How we hev proH red, han't we, wife? an' boF
well off wo le
UT'enwewuz up i ceil we owned one cow, an
now, K'jh : wo own thrte.
I owed five hundred on thia farm, five hnndre
dollar tln'Ti,
Hat I bev prot-pcrtd lor myond the g v. 1 run r
li:cn ;
A kindly l'rovidenco boz bhaped the mug'j
course of event a,
now I owe four twenty-flve an' thirty-sevnr
' odd ceuta.
Twas only fifty yours ago you only had ie
drees
To argprvate your beauty and iucrrane yom
love.inBR ;
Now you've ct two gemmptioua dresses, an' a
IllOHt trHH'i;doilH iKHUlPt.
"ViLb a uioinv'ou LorUcuUrttl fair aflourifabin
upon 1l.
Three ehuiifl wuz in uur sittin'rooin hut fiftj
Tars ao.
But we hev prospered wonderf ly, an now thore'a
rive. y-:i k'low ;
We've Ruine-i lump, a puddln' dish, an extra
yoke er
A grln tone, uu' a, dingle cart an all In fifty
years.
It's all true w'ut our pastor said: the worl
moves fnst today.
An' wit It a quick, electric whiz goes spiunin oi
it way ;
It jest ge spinuiu on Its way until its worlu
in done.
Bat there e few njinnerR, my door wife, who v
pun z we hare Bjun.
Yankee Blado.
A HOMELY OCCUPATION.
"Five dollars! Oil, Bridget, I wish
1 knew of any way ly which I could
earn live dollars."
Our scene was an underground kitch
en, with a gloomy range of washtubs
on one hide and a scantily-furnished
dresser on the other. And Minnie
Akerly. a girl of 17, sat perched on the
aforesaid tubs, "winging lir pretty
little feet to and fro. while a stout Irish
woman, with a basket on her arm,
stood opposite.
"You," echoed Bridget Maloney.
Itnt sure that's a different thing alto
gether." "We need money so badly," said
Minnie soberly. "And now that papa
is ill. and has lo-t his ollice, we have
s.i little. .Mamma mended ioint-Iace
for Madame Cherie last week, and got
a little. And Sara advertised for a
place as governess, but no one an
swered the advertisement."
"The pity of it!" sighed sympathiz
ing Bridget. ' when the likes of me gets
more than she can do. Kor there's a
gentleman sent a doen shirts last
night to he done" up, and it's meself
will have to send Yin hack."
T low much do you have apiece?'"
Minnie eagerly asked.
"A shilling, miss. '
That would he twelve shillings a
dollar and a half," said Minnie medi
tatively. Bridget, would you let me
do them ?"
"You. Mi-s Minnie'"'
Do," coaxed the girl. "I know I
could, I did papa's last week, and he
never knew they were not ironed by a
regular laundress."
,-Wcll, I declare," said honest
Bridget, ruhhing her nose. "And you
Judge Akerly s daughter."
"Won't you let me, Bridget?"
Minnie had jumped off the wash
tubsand come close to the good-natured
Irishwoman.
"Sure you'd he kindly welcome.
Miss," accepted Bridget. 'Only "
And away ran Minnie in great glee, to
make all necessary preparations for the
afternoon's work.
I won't tell Sara," she thought,
nor mamma, hecause they'll he sure
to cry and make a fuss over il. I'll
just steal quietly away after I have
made papa's lunch. Only if Mr. Uus
sel y'loidd call" and the long face
fell for a second -"hut perhaps he
won't. Anyway, this is one of the
opportunities to help myself that I have
sighed for so long, and it will only he
throwing luck away to neglect it."
And so Minnie Akerly stole away at
2 o'clock much to the displeasure of
tier elder sister S ua.
"My dear," said conciliatory Mis.
Akerly, "you must rcmemher that
she is ve ry young, and needs morn re
laxation than we do."
Relaxation!" If they could only
have seen Minnie at tliat moment,
with tiusiie I cheeks and sleeves rolled
up to the fair round shoulders, work
ing as if her life depended on it, they
might have taken a different view of
matters and things in general.
Ami the next day she went again, to
iron" the shirts she had washed so
daintily.
"Marri-d" said Eugene Uussel
me lilat.v, ly "Ami why shouldn't I
ui t marrieii, Helena? Is not a man all
the liai-pier for uniting his fortune
nit'i - lie truly congenial soul'"
oung ladi s nowa 'ays are all so
t ivial," said Mr. Ku-.-el's mature,
siiong-mindeil sister.
'.Most young ladies. grant you,"
observed Eugene. "But not all,
i li lena."
And you are the very one to be
i'iipose.1 upon and blinded," said Miss
ll. Iena Bussel, who had never yet left
off regarding her younger brother as a
very small !.y, who required admon
ishing and looking after, iu every re
spect. Now you are judging unfairly, Hel
ena. You never have seen Minnie
Akerly."
"I've heard of her, though," said
Helena Uussel. dryly. "She waltes,
ii r.d sings, and plays tenuis."
Is any otic of the three a capital
crime?" laughingly demanded Eugene.
"Nonsense! You know that wasn't
what I mean. But it would be a great
deal more to the point if she could sew
on buttons and iron shirts."
"I'erhaps she ; can," suggested Mr.
Kussel.
"Is it likely?" contemptuously re
torted Miss Helena.
"Suppose w e declare a truce upon the
subject," said her brother. "It's quite
plain that we never shall agree on it;
and in the meantime what do you say
to going around with me to see Mm.
Maloney?"
"Mrs. Maloney? Oh, the laundress.
Yes, I suppose we ought to see her
about the summer's washing. But is
it necessary for me to go myself?"
"It would be better, I supjiose."
And rather grudgingly, Miss Kussel
weut to put ou her walking habili-iii-.nt.
"This is the number, I believe," ob
served Mr. Kussel. "Halloo! niy
(jltle man" " a dirty-faced urchin,
addling in th gutter "docs Mrs.
Bridget Male: ey 1 .e here?"
Master Maloney pricked up his ears.
"It's my mother," he said, "an'
it's in the basement you'll find her."
Mr, Russel, with Miss Helena stand
ing austerely by, tapjicJ at the door,
once, twice, three times, before Mrs.
Moloney's fine eontialto voice shouted
out:
"Come in."
But Eugene Russel stood still in
doorway, his eyes gh el to the seen.
that met their gaze Minnie Akerley,
in a white apron, ironing diligently
away, with a pile of snowy shirts on
her left hand, and a I asket of sprinkled
i: . v. :..!.. , .1 at: : I . . . I
linen oil mt; iigin. .-i iu .'i i ii i lej un-
self colored like the "red, red rose"
for a minute.
"Why am I ashamed?" she res .late
ly asked herself. "Am I doing any
thing wrong ? I won't le au ch a fool!
And with this doughty resolution
in her mind, she g'unced calmly up,
the pink shadows still glowing on heY
cheek.
"Good afternoon, Mr. Ruswl," she
said calmly.
And Kugene stammering'y intro
duced his sister, who had stood judi
ciously eyeing the whole scene.
"It's the gentleman awantin his
shirts, an' sure they're not done yet,"
cried blundering Bridget.
"But they will be soon," said Miu
nie quietly "1 am on the last one now
if Mr. Kttssel will sit down and wait
a few minutes. "
"You, Miss Akerly, ironing my
shirts?"
"Even si," Minnie answered. "The
truth is, Mr. Uussel. we are joor; and
although ironing shirts is not so genteel
an occupation as giving music lessons
or making wax Mowers, I am glad to
earn a lit lie money in anyway. 1 le
lieve those shifts will givesalisfaetion,"
and she smilingly glanced at the com
pleted pile.
Miss Helena came forward with her
gray eyes fairly luminous with satis
faction. My dear," she said, "I couldn't
have done 'em lietter myself, and that's
saying a good deal."
Ami she nodded in uu approving
way at her brother.
Minnie Akerly went home with the
dollar and a half iu her ixxket, the
most triumphant little capitalist you
ever beheld.
-I don't think Mr. Eussel was very
much shocked," s'je said to herse'.f,
for he said he would keep my secret
from papa, and promised to call this
evening."
And three months aftprw.ird Eugene
Russel was married to Minnie Acker
Iv. INDIANS WHO GO WHALINfJ
-lie M.luthft of IVaiihlngton Make
t;ood
Living Out of the SU-a.
The Makah tribe of Indian o'
Xeah Bay have been accustomed for
years to cruise on the ocean twenty
miles from Cape Flattery, boldly at
tacking whales, fur seals an 1 sea
lions, catching halibut, the several
varieties of cod, salmon and rock llsh,
all of which abound in great numbers
about tnc cai:e. It w-is in isiilthat
the (loverniuetit established a reser
vation and agency at Neah Bay under
charge of Henry Welstcr. The
Makah's are i.otau agricultural trii e.
They are entirely self-supporting, re
ceiving only about $lon a year from
the Government for educational pur
poses cntiiciy. Thcv derive all of
their subsistence from the octan.
They have been encouraged to pro
cure a larger class of vessels than the
canoes of their ancestors, and they
have lecu allowed to own anil com
mand vessels capable of making voy
ages to distant seas in pursuit of
their vocation of sealing, whaling
and fishing.
In ISO!) scaling schooners first corn
inenced to take these Indians with
iheir canoes to the scaling ground1,
and they thus acquired a knowledge
of thesupeiior facility afforded by a
schooner for safety and comfort. It
was not lefore lSsu that any Indian
had confidence enough to purchase
and sail a ve?sel of his own larger
that: a canoe. Gradually the Makah's
have increased their business, and
having been successful in their seal
ing, they now own a tleeti of ten I lie
schooners, varying in size from
twenty-five to Uftv tons each. They
start out in January, as soon as the
seals begin to appear in the vicinity
of Cape Flattery, and cruise south,
following the herds along the coast
to the Columbia Biver, ai U return
ing with the seals as they slowly
wend their way north to the Aleu
tian rookeries From the Columbia
Kivcr to Alaska the Makah natives
know the coast anil can navigate
t heir own schooners, but when they
go to Bering Sea or to the Japan
coast they are compel'e I to take with
the:n a Caucasian navigator. The
young nient the tribe are exceed
ingly bright. Most of them att;nd
the evening school, where they learn
to read and write EngliJi. Becent
ly sonic of them have ben studying
navigation, and it will not be long
before they will be able to navigate
their own vessels even in foreign
waters. The earnings of members of
the tribe from scaling aggregate over
$40,000 a year.
I'tider the present law, as laid
down by the Bering S-'ea tribunal in
I'aris recently, the Indians have con
siderable advantage over the while !
hunters. Firearms are strictly pro
hibited in hunting seals, and this
causes the Indians to adopt their old
custom of hunting with spears, at
which a large number of their tribe
are adepts. Practical sealers claim
that the Indians will fare much bet
ter than either the English or Amer
an sealers.
He R-fcervel That.
"Ilardnian's always getting oft
tories abouj those youngsters, but
there's one now he isn't telling."
'What is it?" "He heard them say
ing their 'Now-I lay-me' to the tune
of "Boon de aye' and it went so well
he joined in the chorus before he
thought. Truth.
The Wrong: Keniark.
She (of St. Louis) I don't see whi
;hc newspapers are always twitting
the Chicago girls on ths size of their
feet He Neither do I. Their feet
are no larger than those of any other
girls. She Now, Charlie, you know
that Isn't 60. Detroit Free Proas.
MARYLAND'S CAPITA!
THE
OLD-FASHICr4CO
ANMAPOLIS.
CITY Or
.'nnndol la 104 by Refugee Put-Hunt
It VI . Offered to ConfreM . the X.
tlon.l Best "The FlnUhed Cltjr R
.emble. European Towns.
A Doll and Stap'U I-lare.
One if the most old-fashiona
towns of the United States is Annap
ol.s, the capital of Maryland. Lon:
before Baltimore had becoma noted
Annapolis was the seat of wealth, re
flncment, and extensive trade. Xow
It is ch'cfiy Important as the site oi
the N'ival Academy. It was former
ly a port of entry and has luar.j
beautiful bridges, though they ait
very antique. From the peculiar
style of architecture It gives to the
GlmntTAr thn Ininpnclrtn nf 1 "I-' 1 1 , n r i r
stranger the impression of a Europcac
town rather than of an American
city. The population is small, anr"
none of the mott sanguine hope it
will ever be much larger. The city
has been regretfully, though appro
priately, styled by the inhabitant.
"The finished city." There remain;
nothing to linger over but its agree
able traditions.
Annapolis, says the Utica Glob?,
was settled in 1649 by Turitiin
refugees from Virginia, and was at
first called Providence. The next
year the name was changed to Anne
Arundel town, then it was changed
b::ck to Providence, and was not
called Annapolis until about th
t me of its incorporation as a city in
1703. It was named for Queen Ann
' . .1
one or inn oi.nnsT norsrs is the hit
who made it some valuable presents.
After the revolution Maryland offered
to cede Annapolis to the general!
srovernment as the federal capital. '
Muring me negotiations ior a per
manent site, it was resolved in 1T:-
, that Cougrtss should meetalternatelj
at Annapolis and Trenton, the fltst
session to 1 e held at Annapolis. It
was at this session, that Washington
surrendered his commission a.s com
mander-in-chief, Hecember 2;t, 17.'!.
Somr OM l.tmlmrk.
The Annapolis of to-day is a very
lull and stupid place. Nearly every
body retires at 10 o'clock, and the
most Important news is allowed tc
"keep" till morning. Nothing could
be more monotonous than the daily
current of life. The colored f IU
lounge about in the mauner of their
race, and the white population have
much l he same drowsiness, the same
ahsenee of hurry, the almost com
plete leisnr.i which is met with in the
Latin countries of the South. Family
pride is very strong, and counts for
more than wealth. The names of
Chase and Brice, of whom Chase
House and Brice House stand as me-
i-LTf J itS- E -K
STtWAIVT SIASSION.
n:eiUcrico of Anthony Stewart, of the bri
rejzpy Stewart. n
norials, are honored in the annals ol
Maryland. James Brice was mayor
of Annapolis, when. In 17S3, the cor
poration met and gave the metuora
ble welcome to Gen. Greene and
suite. Samuel Chase was one of the
four signers from the State of the
Iteclantion of Independence. The
Stewarts were another proruirtrnt
family. One of the most notable In
cidents In American history was the
burning of tho brig -I'oggy Stewart,"
in the Kevolutionary War.
The town might, in fact, be almost
forgotten, were it not for the naval
academy, whose officers mingle freely
In society. The Saturday night hops
are among the most enjoyable fea
tures of the season. The cadet, it is
needless to say, is the Annapolitan
pet. At the close of the scholastic
year comes the cadets' bay, which is
IDE BRICE norsE.
tho great event of the season, tnd
attracts the young women of W-b
lugton and Baltimore, and ven
Philadelphia and New York.
St. Mary's Seminary and St. John's
College are also located in Annapolis,
and are quite noted institutions. St
John's College green Wis use! during
the revolutionary war as the encamp
ment for the French army and for
the same purp se by the Amcricar
rmy in the war of 1512.
The Columbian postage stamp wili
ioon disappear and give you a chance
to put in your biggest lick on sonje
thiug else
Live queen lees are shipped frpn
this country to Japan.
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A SEA LiOX HUNT.
HOW THE HOXARCU3 OP Till
OCEAX'AKE'CAPTUnEa
An Interesting Chase After the JIu.;.
Amphibians Catching Monsters
With a "iliata"' Excitins
and 'Also Profitable Sport.
It is, perhaps, a fact not generall)
Known that Sao. Francisco supplies all
the zoological gardens and menageries of
t'-.2 vrorld with sea lioni, but such is the
"me.
Il the lions are wanted for their oi
alone, or the skins, a rifle ball in the ear,
or near it, bring them to the try-pot. II
hit anywhere else, a ball hai co more ef
fect upon them than it would have on a
grizzly. But the hunter who desires
living se lions is compelled to go about
his task with the utmost circumspection
j Various devices have been tried. StroDg
I n.ll linffa Vaan nnrld on1 lltl wl.nni 1 wl
neta have been made and act where the
lions would become eutaugled in the
meshes an! so. roll the nets about them
aft to make it possiblo to take them.
I They have been cut off from a retura to
' the water while on shore and geutly
j driven back to a point .from which they
place where they could be left until it
was ascertained whether they wet! 1 live
in confinement, but such drivla over
heats the bulky bemN. : I tue thresh
ing about which they do so bruisej them
s to make them sick and kill them.
Louis J. Ohnimus has caught man)
tea lions for various institution-), and his
years of experience with ths animals at
Woodward's Garden and elsewhere have
made him an authority in respect to
them. Mr. Ohnimus long ago discov
ered that any abrasion of the skin of sea
lions, when removed from their natural
home, would certainly cause fatal sick
ness. His many experiments also estab
lished the fact .that young sea lions can
not be raisecj in captivity. The late R.
B. Woodvard offered a standing reward
of $300 to any ono 'who thould raise a
sea lion, and- very tuany person at
tempted thb taik, failure being inevit
able. In one. instance a sea lion pur.
lived for six weeks after capture, bu
worried constantly until death relieve'
It.
The ordinary pries of living sea lions,
which is $350, indicates something ol
the difficulty in taking and keeping
them. The methods ot capture used bj
Ohnimus are very simple and successful,
although not unattended by danger, lit
merely laocs the beasts and uses ex
pedieots to prevgnt their knocking them
telves about while confined.
When an order is received for one o;
more lions Ohnimus hunts up the half,
dozen loog ropes of an inch diurnetei
and so worn as to be soft, which he uses,
sees thai the running noo3c3 are in work
ing order and he is then ready to procec 1
to the chase. By preference be goes
down the const in a schooner, which
land the hunters,' to the number of five
or six, with their ropes and other things.
Ths schooner then stands oil and along
the shore, far enough away not tc
'rightea the lions.
The men conceal themselves until
the uuiuials have regained confidence and
have resumed their ordinary habits. Be
fore loug some of the beasts crawl to
places ou the rocks and otheu scuflla
ahiqg up the beach. If possible, the
hunters select one oa the beach, and if
neci-sar'y, wait for hours until one of
good size gets far eqough away from the
water to enable the men to cut off his
retreat Iron the sea. His enemies then
rush at him with loud jells and getrallj
succeed in so confusing the huge bulk ol
b!ub':er-that the lion loses all sense and
toddles abouThelplessly. When a poinl
has beenresched within fifteen, or twenty
feet of the lion, the lasso coil is deftly
throw?, and as it settles down Oyer the
heal and neck of the lion,' a twitch ol
the rope throws the greater part of the
loop to the ground on ono - aido of the
animator the other as is desired. .A
flounder or two and tho flipper on the
side to which tho loop has been twitched
J is seen to be wiOiin the loop. Then the
unc is ugnreneu anu me loop is seen to
have passed about the beast over thf
hotilder and under the flipper.
The rope end Ls banded to an assist
ant while another lasso is thrdwn over
the head of the lion and by a similar
process engages thcother flipper. The
ropes aro pulled in opposite directions
and the lion flounders about, roaring and
gnashing in a vain ellbrt to reach its tor
mentors. In the water the beasts travel
at a rate estimated at twenty miles an
hour, but o'n laud an ordinarily active
man can avoid danger from the tusks ot
the enraged beasts. As soon as the lion
is securely roped about the shoulder
and flippers a third laiso at a favorable
opportunity catches the prey about tht
tail, sometimes by throwing the lojp,
hut more often by spreading it upon tlit
sand and wvting until "tho hue lion in
his strules c maces to flirt his hiad
flippers within the snare, A fourth rope
is then taken and applied to the tail cf
the lion in a manner similar to that last
mentioned, when tho four ropss are in
lace and the running-nooses adjusted.
The men holding the ropes attached
to the tail of tho lion take, positions it
frr.ut of the animal, while those holding
the ropes over the shoulders are require j
to go behind the beast. All of the ropes
ure then pulled tight and the lion find:
itself inclosed in a trap from which then
is not only no escape, but? in which it L
unable to tumble about to an exten
likely to abrade its hide, tear its flipper
or do other harm.
After th.e roping is complete! and the
men have rested a little and allowed
their prey to quiet down somewhat tht
final act in the sccac is done, which is to
get the hoa into a box in which he cm
be transported and properly handle!
Mr. Oanimus takes with him sever.i
large, strongly made boxes thickly line i
with gunny bagging. After securing hi
lion as described a box of the proper si.t
is selected and carried to the spot where
1 the hampered lion is lying. Tho box !
open .n one side, and while the rope men
puU tick lines tightly the box is inverted
ver the beast aa i held in position bj
De or two of tho men while thy others
tush planks ucderneatu. both box aad
'on.
- When a sufScicnt number of lioard
iave been worked into position they are
inn;y tied in poiitina, and tho box is
uea turue.l over und t'uu boards firmly
;a:le 1 down to serve as a cover. lp the
urnia; procss tha lioa usutlly rolls
lira-elf as ths bos turns, but sometimes
ae fit is to.osnii spd tho bent is un.
ihie to turu. After ail is snug the end.'
f the boards last used are sawed1 oil.
qd the sea lion is ready for shirjuaent.
Usually the box is shoved into th: ses
,nd towed alongside of the schooner,
where it is hoisted aboard and sail set
'or San Francisco. The lions after being
ox ed up stem to realize the hopeless
less of their position, and soon cease to
truggle. The soft lining of the box
irevents injury to the valuable capture,
aid unless an accident occurs the lion is
on on its wsy to its intending pur
chaser. San Francitco Examiner.
Diamonds in the Ron;Ii.
Diamonds in their rough state are no(
auch cioi e attractive than pieces of
uartz or glass, and one picked up in the
liamond fields of South A:"rit would
irobably be thrown away as a worthless
pecimen of stone by a boy or girl. Ia
act, so:i: 'thing like this first led to the
liscovery of the rich diamond mines neat
Jape Town, Sout'i Africa. A Dutch
ettlilr's child was found playing with
iretty pebbles one day near her father's
oneiy home in South Africa when a
stranger happened to pass. Noticing the
rlassy pebbles carefully, he indue? I the
ihild to.givo the playthings to him, aa I
ifter an examination he was satisfied that
h?y were real gems. History does nol
ell whether he made the child a present
or the valuable discovery, but ths inci
lent led to an exploration of the coun
ry, and to the establishment of the
argest diamond mining industry in the
TOtld.
Most of the diamonds that are now
ainually added to the world's stock ol
irecious stones come from these South
Lfrican fields, and great sums of money
ire invested in the industry. Expert
aiiners can tell instantly the good from
'.he bad stones, and many of them make
iespcrate efforts to smuggle the precious
;eais out of ths mines. To prevent such
i robbery, evey ml ier is compelled to
jut on di Jereut clothing before going
into the mines, and then at night timo
ie is examined and washed all over be
'ore he is allowed to leave the place.
?or a long time they smuggled the dia
monds out of the mines by hiding them
in their cars, hair and mouth, and some
f them even veutured to swallow the
nore precious ones. But such a perfect
ystcm of vigilance is now kept up that
his work is generally a failure.
Everything depends upon the cutting
ind polishing of the diamonds after they
;re brought to the light of day, and il
he dozen most precious diamonds in the
vorld are examined it will b3 found that
lize docs not always count. The dia
nouds that emit . whito rays of light are
asually more valuable than those that
jive forth a yellowish light. But, other
:hing3 being equal, the cutting" changes
.be value of the diamond very much.
The highest brilliancy of the gem is
rought out iu a certain way of cutting,
ind so important is this considered that
ho great Koliinoor diamond, whicb
very one has heard about, was recently
ecut to develop its brilliancy, although
nany kaiats of thi diamond were lost
a the operatiou. It is considered more
valuable in its smiller form than when
t was larger but less brilliant. Exh.
A Kailroad Vill.i;e ou tho Frontier
A moonless night soon c!o3;l around
;he boat, and in the morning wo were at
Sproat's Landing, a place two months
jld. The village consisted of a tin
;lutter of frame hous?s and tents perchec
a the edge of the steep bank of the
Columbia. One building was the olioE
ind storohouso of the projected railroal,
;wo others were general trading stores.
ne was tho hotel, and the other habita
ions were mainly tents.
I firmly .believe there never was a
lotel like the hostelry there. Ia general .
iray its design was an adaptation of tho '
jlaa of a ben coop. I'ossibly a box
nado of gridirons suggests more clearly
ihe principle of its construction. It was
iwo stories high, and contained about a
'jftker's dozen of rooms, the main one
eing the bar room, of course. After
iho frameworic had been finished, there
rvas perhaps half enough "slab" lumber
!o sheatho tho outsido of the houso, an I
ibis had been made to servo for exterior
md interior walls, and the floors and
telling beside. The consequenoo was
ihat a flock of gigantic canaries might
iavebeen kept iu it with propriety, but
is a place of ab Ij for human beings it
:ompared closely with the Brooklyn
Sridge. The queer hotel was but little
nore peculiar than raany of the people
who gathered ou the single street on pay
lay to spend their hard earned money
upon a great deal of illicit whisky and
i few rule nccesswies from tho limited
itock oa sale in the stores. There never
aad been any grave disorder there, yet
the floating popu'atiou vas as motley a
:ollectiou of the riffraff, of tho border
one could well imagine. Harper t
Magazine.
Picturesque Feople of Greecff.
The national costume of the Greeks ii
ooth pretty and picturesque. The men
wear tight pantaloon3, stockings to the
knees, and a short fluted dress or kill
ibout the hips, all made of a color and
texture to suit the wearer's taste, but
mainly light and whito at this season.
Their hats are every possible variety and
;o!or, and their shoes are generally red
r yellow and turned up at the toes liko
3ur old style oC skates, with a red,blue,
rellow or black tuft on the point. The
lemale dress cannot bs satisfactorily de
icribed. It consists of whatever strikes
die wearer's fancy, and there are just
ibout as many styles as there are women,
the short dres and polychromatic shawl,
with no hat, being most prevalent.
PUltJiut leader.
Seals Aro Epicures.
The owners of Laka Merced, Callror
nig, from which apparently a portion of
tho water supply of San Francisc is
pumped, found a year ago that the lake
was getting altogether too full of cirp.
So seventeen seals were put in the lake.
Ti:e seals scein to have decided that they
wanted only one mouthful of each carp,
for the daily patrol of tho banks resulted
in the discovery of dead fish, each with
the middle part of him cut out out by
a clean, round bite. The theory is that
the seals knew that the remainder of the
fish was full of bones, and did not
bother with it because there were plenty
ofcarp left with boneless abdomens. Th?
engineer who is ia charge of the lake is
afraid the seals are indulging themselves
too prodigally, and that the supply of
carp uecesiary too feed them will give
out if they kep on at the rate they be-,
gun. Xcw Yorlc Crmmercial . Adver-'
tiser.
Truo weilt'a does uot consist in things
th it caa bo p icked in a trunk or locked
ua in a vault.
JTIent Jlaklug In tho United Slates.
3Ieat is a manufactured product for
which a large amount of raw material is
required. The manufacture of meat is a
process of transforming the vcgctabla
protein, fats, carbohydrates of grass and
grain into the animal protein and fat of
beef, pork, aud mutton. Tho same
principle applies in the production of
milk, eggs, and other animal foods. In
the most economical feeding of animals
it takes a number of pounds of hay or
corn to make a pound of besf or pork. In
other words, let the farmer ma'ie animal
protein and fat from vegetable materials
ia the best way he can, and still he must
consume a large quantity of solid-product
to produce a small amount of aai
mal food. Hence animal foods aro
CDstlicr than vegetable. This is tao
simple explanation of tho fact .'a-.it in
most parts of the world meat is the food
of only the well-to-do while the p i or livo
almost entirely cn vegetable fo d. Thru
ordinary people in Europe eat but l.ttlo
meat, and in Iudia and China they have
none at all. It is hard enough for them
to get the nutriment they ncc I in vege
table forms. Meats they canaot aHjrd.
But meat-making ia the United States
:o-day is far more wasteful thaa it need
oe, on account of the excessivd futaess
of our meats. This comss about very
naturally. Wc have a great excess of
soil product in the valleys of tho Ohio
ind the Mississippi and on the ranches
of the West. At present the pork-maker
ind the ranchman convert a large portion
of this into very fat meat. The pork
producers of the cora-growing States
elect the breeds of swice which, as they
ray, "will take the most corn to market,"
ind have thus got into the way of grow
ing aaimals that are little else than
masses of fat. The beef-growers of the
western ranches, and those in the East
as well, produce excessively fat meat.
Part cf the fat is trimmed out of tho
meat by the butcher, part is left on our
plates at the table to go to the soap-man
or garbage-barrel, and part is eaten. Un
fortunately very many of us eat much
more than fat, both iu meat and butters
than is needed for nourishment and thuf
lo injury to our health. Century.
If Our Grains Wero Lost.
The whole group of relatives of tho
ost cereals would be passed ia strict re
riew. Size of grain, strength and vigor
ml plasticity of stock, adaptability to
lifferent surroundings, and flexibility in
rariation would be examined with scrupu
bus care.
But the range ot experiment would,
inder the circumstances, extend fr bc
ond the relatives of our present cereals,
ft would embrace an examination of tho
sthcr grasses which arc even now culti
vated for their grains, but which are so
.ittle known, outside of their own limit,
:hat it is a surprise to hear about them,
for example, the millets, great and
iraall, would be investigate!. These
jrains, so little known here, for.n aa im
portant crop in certain parts of the East.
Dne of tlie leading authorities on tho
i object states that the millets constitute
'a more important crop'' in India "than
sither rico or wheat, and are grown mors
jxtensively, being raised from Madras iu
;he south to Hajputana in the north,
rhey occupy about eighty-three per cent.
)f tho food -grain area in Bombay and
i 5inde, forty-one percent, in the Punjab,
:hirty-nine per cent, in tho central
I r.M.;,,.,, " i.;.. oil ,!,., f (i,;,i. ,;u;
icrcs."
Having chosen proper subjects for ex
perimeuting, the cultivators would make
use of certain well-knoTii nrincioles. Iiv
simple selection of the more desirable
seed?, strains would be k
kept as races, or
attempts would bo made to intensify
wished-f or characters. II; skilful hybri
dizing of the first, secjad, and higher
orders, tendencies to wider variation
would bo obtained and the process of
selection considerably expedited. roiu
'.ur Science Monthly.
A .Military Bicycle Corps.
Iu Russia an order has been issued for
the speedy organization of a bicycle
corps. The field infantry, including the
Guards, will receive at once two wheels
each, and in tho near futuro two more.
There will eventually be a bicycle com
pany of eight privates andtwc officers in
each regiment. The work of the wheel
men will be scouting and delivering dis
patches. The bicycles aro now making
in the Russian arsenals, and even the
money for bicycle repairs has already
been appropriated. Tha order specifies
that the bicyclists must be light weight
aieu of exceptional enduranco and
strength. The uniform will consist of a
cloth blouse of distinctive cut, trousers
and boots of the usual style, cap with
front piece, letter bag of oiled or var
nished stuff, overcoat case, short rubber
coat. Russia's experiments with bicy
cles on the battlefield have been contin
ued for many yeara, and the order in
question was not issued till the war de
partment was satisfied that there was no
doubt as to the superiority of the courier
wheelman over the courier horseman.
Boston Traiucript.
A Chinese Country Honse.
A Chinese farm house is a curiou-
iookirg abode. Usually it is sheltered
with grove3 of feathered bamboo and
thick spreading banyans. The wails are
of clay and wood, and the interior of the
house consists of one main room extend
ing from the floor to the tiled roof with
closet looking apartments in the corners
for sleepimg rooms. There is a sliding
window on the roof made out of oyster
Bhells arranged in rows, while the side
windows are mere wooden shutters.
The floor is bare earth, whereat night
fall there often gathers together a mis
cellaneous family of dirty children, fowls,
ducks, pigeons and a litter of pig3, all
living together in happy harmony. Iu
some districts interested by maraud in
bands houses are strongly fortified with
high walls, containing apertures for fire
arms aad protected by a moat crossed by
a rnde drawbridge. With grain, swine
ind a well under hisToof the farmer anl
his men might hold nut against a yearV
siege. Jcxhh Messcnjer.
Water Filter.
An Italian inventor in New Yo:k
has just devised a water Alter, the
principle of which embodies a theorj
of his own, that water is best filtered
upward instead of from the bottom.
The advantage of filtering water up
ward rather than downward is ob
vious. When water is filtered down
ward it has to be strained through
the accumulation of impurities, in
filtering upward the Impurities fall
lo tha bnttatu of tha vci
ATTACKED BY LEECHES.
Ceniarkable riague thai Alt arkoil Sleep
er, in a San rranciMi-v Tenement.
People in the Western Additior.
nave slept soundly for years in igno
rance of the fact "that at any moment
a plague worse than the locusts of
Egypt- might come crawling into
open windows and under loosely hung
doors a plague of fierce, blood-hungry
leeches, says the San Francisco
Examiner.
There is an extensive leech farm at
1125 Bush street, w here 10,000 of the
repulsive monsters are confined
awaiting purchasers. The farm is
one of two in the United States, the
other being in New York, and there
at times 50,000 leeches squirm cease
lessly about over and through swamp
muck, constantly searching for some
hap' ess animal that chance mav have
mired down to furnish a feast for the
insatiate annclidal.
The leeches at the San Francisco
farm broke away the other night and
overspread the neighboring tenement
in a very short time. Hundreds of
them crawled up the walls and tried
every window and crevice, seeking
an entrance because of some instinct
ive knowledge that in the house they
could find succulent pastorage upon
the forms of sleepers who rested
without knowledge of the threaten
ing danger.
But a minority found their wav iutc
the sleeping rooms riot more than a
thousand but even that number of
snaky, ercenish-black, creepy worms
sulliced to terrify the occupants al
most into tits when they felt
the eager suction of the leeches and
awoke to find themselves festooned
with the ugly products of the swamp
ooze of Bordeaux.
The first to awaken was a young,
ady, and she was not long in an
nouncing her distress and arousing
her fellow occupants of the house,
only to find that each of them had
for room companions from a score to
hundreds of the leeches.
Brooms were savagely plied ir.
every corner and under every piece of
furniture. Bed-clothing was shaken
and closely examined. Leech bites
were dressed with soothing applica
tions, and after several hours of ac
tivity the household again settled
low a to rest.
Next morning an examination ol
the premises and those adjoining was
made, and when the leech farm was
discovered the secret was our, as well
as the leeches.
The worms were brought front
France, where, about Bordeaux,
there are wide areas of black, light
so.e, in which leeches of the fiercest
sort multiply unstinted. The ooze
.'airly heaves with their writhing, at
the season of the year when they aro
most active, and it is then that one
of the caelest sights possible may be
teen.
Old horses, Worn out in faithfu.
service, are driven into t he marshes,
and are soon covered with the hun
gry leeches, which fasten to lips, eye
lids, nose or any other tender part,
and hang on until glutted with the
life blood of their victim, or until the
wretched horse weakens under the
drain and falls to suffocate in tin:
slime of the leech morass.
When leeches are desire! to send tc
New Y'ork or San Francisco men art
hired whose poverty compels them to
accept any chance. The men walk
bare-legge I into tue 1-or.lers of th':
leech swamps and are immediately
t-overed bv the repulive crawlers, but
before they can pierce more than the
skin of th men with their sharp
semi-lunar teeth they are swept oi
into pouches from which they are
counted out into beds of wet moss
and boxes of their native ooze, em
bedded in which they are safely
transported any distance.
The large leeches, such as thos
.if Japan, which reach two feet in
length, arc not in common use, nor
are certain poisonous soits such as
the small black leeches of Australia.
The thick, fat, tierce worms of Hun
gary, Sicily and France are preferred
by practitioners who use leeches and
it is from those countries that the
rest of the world is supplied. The
San Francisco leech farm is formed
by placing quantities of the ooze of
the Bordeaux swamps, especially im
ported for the purpose, in large boxes
with tight covers. The leeches bore,
atiout through the muck, until want
ed for sale, when they arc counted
out, washed and disposed of, ready
to bite any living thing and hang on
until they are swoolcn to eight or ten
times their ordinary size. Then th- y
drop off and lie dormant until assimi
lation shall have been llni-hed an l
hunger again arouses them.
Neatly Done.
"Do you think any girl ever
poses in leap year, as they
lennie?" he asked.
"Not unless she is obliged to,"
pro
say. an
swered the maiden.
"H'ml I hadn't thought of that."
he said, after a pause.
"But, George,"' she said, laying leo
nantl affectionately upon li is arm ana
looking into liis eyes, "you, 1 am
sure, will never force me to that
humiliation."
"No cr that is to say of course
not. I "
The ice was broken, and three iniu
utes later George was Jennie's ac
cepted. Xew York Press.
Small Cobbler'. hop.
The Boot and Shoe Weekly says
that the smallest shoe store in New
York is a little shop at 100 Elizabeth
street. Its width by actual measure
ment, it says, is just three feet an!
three inches between walls, wbii-
gives its sole occupant, as lie sits vil h
his back against one side, oareh
room io handle his work and swim:
his hammer without touching the .p
posite Bide.
Only three kinds of reptiles c. -in
Ireland.
The 2,000,000 farms of Pennsylvania
produce over ?200,0;tO,OOi) dollars in
crops.
The yield of the pecan trees of Texas
is said to be 9,000,000 pounds of nuts
annually.
The boys of the Green Mountain
Etate sell SI ,2-30,000 worth of nuple
sugar every year.
The gnat is provided with a regain:
set of lancets aud cupping glass fi-. u;
which the air can be withdraw li.
NEWS IN BKIEF.
Texas has a petrified tree.
Spiuach is a Persian plant.
Filberts came from (Uroeeo.
Quinces came from Corinth.
Thcenntelopeis a native of A merit i
English locomotives hava no bells.
Melons were found originally in
Asia.
Sago is a native of the south of Ea
rope.
There is no J in the Hawaiian al
phabet. Tricycle cabs aro a Milan (Italy
novelty
Europeans every year eat fi,!7ifo0
tons of beef, mutton and pork.
The average trip around the viorl 1
comprises about 22.000 miles of travel.
Ono county in New Jersey bonds lo
New York ten carloads of lettuce a
day.
France and Italy raise- ;!:!,l:0 ) bush
els of chettnuls for home u-e and ex
port. Franco and Italy rai.-e l ":;,iu '.i'- )
bushels of chestnuts for home use and
export.
The American people in l0i drank
the decoction from ro,i)oit,iMH) potnioH
of coffee.
Russia raises 12i!J p unds of gr;n
and fifty-one pounds of meat t inch
inhabitant.
Tho United States are said to have
HO, 000,000 geese of the kind whicli arc
used for food.
Tho tomato is a native of S .u!li
America and takes its name from a
Portuguese word.
The diamond mines of Bra.il have
yielled over 15,0.)0,00j carats of stor.es,
valued at S 100, 000. 000.
England is first mentioned in bis
tory as a tin -product in g country, mid
its tin mines are still worked.
So widely prevalent is the opium
habit in China, that seven natives in
ten, it is said, are addicted to it.
Some southern cities ntt'ilmto tiio
introduction of mosquitoes to railway
cars, especially the Pullman sleeper-.
In many parts of ludU oen .still
serve as carriers of merchandise, au 1
buffaloes aro kept for in ; 11c and plough
ing. The sapphire which adorns the sum
mit of tho English crown is th-j uur
that Edward tha Confessor wore in his
ring.
Alaska, with its islands is said to
have a coast line of 2o,(Hl ) miles, eq-ia!
in extent to tho circumference of the
globe.
The early English aud French kings
took "moneycrs" with them on tiieir
travels, who coined money ns it w is
needed.
Hanging, drawing and quartering
wre inflicted in England on William
Marise, n nobleman's son w ho hail turn
ed pirate.
The first tunnel for commerci il
purposes was executed by M. Riguet.
in the reign of Louis XIV., at Bezier
es, France.
The onion wa.i almost un object of
worship with tho Egyptians 2000 years
before tho Christian era. It first emno
from India.
Why birds don't fall off tLo roost
is because they can't. When they Bit
down tho muscles of the lower leg
must contract.
On sonic parts of the- coasts of
France whon too wind is east the mist
that appears bears with it a very noii
ceablo perfume.
Ma'jy of the caves discovered in
New Mexico nnd Arizona contain hu
man bones an! other evidences
occupancy years ago.
Latreilio once cut off the antennae
of nu ant, nnd its companions, evi
dently compassionating its suffering,
anointed tho wonnded parts with
drops of fluid from their mouths.
Iho Bank of England destroys
about 3.30,1X10 of its notes every week to
replace them with freshly printed ones.
One evening in each -veek is set apart
for tho making of this expensive bon
fire. Tho Krcuy.eitung savs that the
building of the new German EveDgeh
cal Church at Jernsalem is the first step
towards the projected establishment of
a German evangelical bishopric in that
city.
The largest building stones are t hose
used iu tho eyclopeau walla of Baal
bec, in Syria. Some of theso measuro
sixty-tliree feet in length by twenty
six iu breadth, and are 'of unknown
dipt:..
A new way to servo raw oysters is
in tall, handled tumblers. A'dressing
of pepper an! sait, lemon jnice and
Worcestershire sauco goes with them,
and they are picked out with the long
oyster fork.
The oldest lire cngino company in
the country is claimed to bo located at
Mount Holly, N. J. It is called the
Belief l ire Company and has hail a
coutinnous exist 'nee of 1 11 years.
Mrs. John J. Aikens, of PiiiUdcl
phia, has tho pcu with which Robert
Parkes, of England, inrenbed the
cames of tho children who alter ded
the first Sunday-School in tho world,
1BJ years ngo.
Tho value of land in (treat Britain
rose enormously elnring tho Canadian
an d American wars of the last century,
nnd increasetl still further during the
French wars owing to the demand for
grain and its advanced price.
Canon Furrar suysthi t the present
statistics show that the number of
births in tho richest districts of Ken
sington. London, are tenty per 1(H)!
every year, while the number of births
in the poorest districts of l'ulbam is
forty-eight per 1000.
Oaiy ou two occasions has Ensland
trone to war to aid a weaker Nutio i.
The first was when Elizabeth sect tin
expedttion to tho relief of the Dutch
and Flemings to help them against tlio
encroachments of Philip II. .f Siiniu.
The second was the war of Greek inde
pendence in 1S27.
Physiologists say that the gastric
glands of the stomach of an adult hu
man being number over o,ikki,0O0.
Plants placed under blue glass will
starve, because they cannot absorb car
bonic acid from the atmosphere.
Bartholomew, in his recent articles
on the mappiug of the world, claims
that only one-eighth of the land sur
face of the globe may sti'i be described
as unexplored.