. - . .... - ---"rz-; . . .. ---- " "... ' I B. F. SGHWEIER, THB OONBTITDTION-THE UNION AND THE ENFORCEMENT OP THE LAWS. BaUter VOL. LI. MIFFLINTOWIS, JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. JULY 21.1897. NO. 32 I l ' Raid Tom Moran, "adven turer don't seeru to come my w iy. My experiences In that line would hardly be worthy of men tion, but iomriiuw Brother Bob has a cruiilno talei. for tumbling into all manner of adventures. Brother Bob haa had quite a number of pretty-close calls in the wild regions In which we have traveled, but he has plenty of grit n' lias always been able to pull through." Tom Moran Is a miner who was grad uated in the Comstock school of mining years ago and who bos since had much experience In Mexico, Australia. IndU and other gold-producing- countries. "It is singular that you should hare been able to travel through so many .trance countries without a "few hair breadth escapes or some other experi ences worthy of being related," said one of the old Conisbw?k friends who were questioning Tom fea regard to his trav els In fornign lands. "Did you never run against a tiger while In India?" '"riser," mid Tom. with a laugh. "Well, yes, I've run against the tigers of nearly every country on the two sides of the globe." "I am speaking now of the real, roar lug, ramping Bengal rlger the strliied be-n.it of the Jungle," said the Com--oeker. "I saw quite a number of tigers while in India and went after the animals on regular hunts. I killed a fv- while I was there. In order to get some good skins." "Xever got Into close quarters with one?" 'Well, not very; but Brother Bob had rather a lmd bout with a big hill tiger up in Nepaul." "Did Bob get owny with the tiger?" "Yes, Brother Bob Is true grit; the tiser was killed." "As you had no adventures of your own during your travels, Tom," said a Conistocker. "suppose you give us the 6tory of Bob's tiger fight." "I nm sorry Brother Bob Is not here to tell you about his battle with 'Mad- THE TIGEK SPRANG ame Stripes,' but as he Is not with us this evening, I will give you a little sketch of the affair as I saw it. "Brother Bob and I were up on the Neponl frontier, headed for the lower Sepcs of the Himalayas. "lu place of the ducks, cranes, coots and pelicans of the lagoons along the lowland course of the Koosee we now begnu to see quail, partridges, pea fowl, BoHcnn and other upland birds. In plana hidden In patches of dense jungle and overgrown with vines and creepers were dilapidated temples Indicating that the whole country had at some time been Inhabited, though in the pres ent age only .1 few scattered villages are te be found. Outside of the villages there are here and there huts inhabited by the 'gwalla,' or cowherd caste, and these huts of the men of the cattle sta tions are often In the heart of almost Inipenetrnble stretches of jungle. "While In this beautiful region our runs kept us well supplied with all kinds of game, and we first and Inst killed many wolves. Jackals, leopards and about a dozen tigers, great and small. The British' and wealthy na tives almost always iwe elephants In hunting tigers, sometimes having fifty or more of the huge beasts In line; but as we were not In a position to com mand a supply of elephants, we did our work on foot, hiring a score or more of cooUas, with torn tonis, firecrackers and horns to beat through small patches of Jungle. At first we mounted ourselves n 'myehans,' bamboo platforms, at the point where we expected the giune to appear, Imt after we had learned some tbiog of the nature and ways of the tlgor we did not lntlier wttn piatrorms, but took our chances on the ground. "The g wail as of the region were al ways ready to bring us news of a tiger saving killed one of their cattle, and when we got news of a 'kill' we were soon out after the killer. Often the gwallas would be able to point ""t the patch of Jungle to which the tiger nafl retired after making the kill and feast ing his fill. "It was here In this foothill region that Brother Bob had his adventure with a big hill tiger. A 'shekarry,' a native expert hunter, who keeps hlm elf well posted In regard to the move ments of game and manages hunts for poth Britten and rlrh natives, one day kdm to our camp and propose,! to give as some sport. He said that as neitrer the English nor the native princes were untaug at that season business was very slack with him. He offered for a very reasonable p.-iee to bring out his people and beat through a piece of Jun rle wtilch he knew to be alive with all kinds of game. As a part of the bargain Brother Bob and I were to kill as many wfld hogs, deer and the like as we could knock over, Hie shokarry saying his yaeple were all very hungry for meat "The particular piece of Jungle se lected by the old game expert to be Beaten through lay between the forks f two large streams with high and rteep banks. A more favorably l Wi lted jungle for sport could not have een found. As Bob and I would -don ourselves near the Junction of the two atreain nothing could pass that way without owing seen. We took sta tions about fifty yards apart at a point where the Jungle became somewhat thin and open, each thrusting Into the ! round a leafy branch of paras to lerve as a screen or blind. Alter a long wait we heard faintly In the distance :he sound of the torn tome and the thouts of the beaters as they advanced Into the Jungle. "Presently we heard a rustling upon She atr.ty leaves in front, and a troop ft monkeys, loudly chattering their Uarm, enme hopping out of tb dens lungte. "As yet we had seen no deer or other leslrable game, but the beaters were Mill far away. Taking a peep from be hind my screen. I wss somewhat sur prised to sec a large female tiger come rlidlng cut of the thick Jungle, crouch ing close to the ground as she passed into the open. She was on Brother Bob's side of the Jungle and was mov ug straight toward him, apparently ai ore concerned about the commotion Behind her than afraid of danger in front. Bob had also seen the tiger and Had dropped to one knee behind his icrcen end leveled his rifle. Every mo ment I expected to hear the report of Bob's gun, os the tiger was within tn cards of his blind and was moving llowlv. "Some noise In the jungle frightened the skulking beast and, after a quick backward glance, it blindly bounded forward. At the second bound the tiger landed almost on top of Bob, as he crouched behind his fragile screen. In stantly he fired, thrusting his rifle at the beast without aim. Wounded by the shot, the tiger uttered a howl of rage. ! dashed aside the screen and struck Bob VPOS BROTHER BOB." a blow with a lore paw that sent his gun flying and left him stretched sense less on his back. "I rushed forward at once to Bob' assistance. As I ran the Infuriated beast threw herself upon Bob and be gan tearing at Mm with her teeth. Hearing a sound as of cracking bones, I thought every rib in poor Bob's body was being crushed. As I feared to use my rifle I threw it down and drew my revolver. My yells, as I rushed on the tiger, caused her to cease tearing at Bob and fix her eyes upon me. But she still retained her position across Bob's breast while showing her teeth and snarling at me. "I thought it probable that she was so badly wounded as not to be able to rise upon her legs and so decided to take her at close quarters and make sure of her. With my plfitol in my right hand and in my left a long-bladed knife, sharp as a razor, I crept forwaiu. I advanced crouched almost upon my knees, as the tiger's position across poor Bob wai such that I feared to fire with a down ward range. "I had got up within ten fent of the tiger when she suddenly left Bob and leaped at me. The charge of the beast was a surprise, but by a backward move I avoided her leap and as she passed fired my pistol Into her neck, at the same moment plunging the knife Into her side up to the hilt. She fell and did not move from where she land ed, the pistol shot having broken her neck. "Seeing the tiger was in Its death struggles I turned my attention to Brother Bob, who was still stretched unronscdous upon the ground. The beaters were fast approaching through the jungle with great uproar and thumping of torn torn, wild hogs in droves, both black and gray, were rushing by, spotted deer were charging past and the whole Jungle seemed alive with game of all kinds, some drives of wild pigs almost running over me'. "I was Just stooping over Bob when a hugs male tiger bounded oat of the jungle and halted within ten feet of where I stood. I had my pistol upon ii'cn in sn nstant, and as bis head was o held that a bullet would not glance from his skull I took good aim and gave him a soot between the eyes that brought htm down as dead as though ho had been a sheep or an ox. Seeing that the shot had killed the tiger I ran down to the river, filled my hat with water and went to work to try to re store Bob's sense. He had been badly stunned and was breathing heavily, but I saw he bad no bad wounds and soon had the satisfaction to see him open bis eyes, when tt was not long before his wits returned and he was able to sit np. The paw of the tiger bad struck him on the side of the bead and knocked htm soosdtm. but had only mUgUlj wouud- ed his scalp. The weight of the tiger on his chest had almost stopped his breath and he felt some Internal soreness. We found that his life had been saved by ft lucky chance. In a game bag he had slung to his side were some quail and a pea fowl or two, and It was these the tiger had seized upon and crunched in Her blind rage, not Bob's ribs. "Bob was much astonished and be wildered when he saw two dead tiger stretched out alongside of him. I told him that be had gone Into a sort of de lirium of rage and killed them both, and for a time he believed my story. He said he had sn Indistinct recollection of having done a good deal of fighting. We found that his shot had plowed through the muscles of the female tig er's left shoulder, only slightly wound ing her. but probably paralyzing he; left fore leg. "When the old shekarry came up with his crowd of beaters lie was at first much disappointed that we had killed no- deer or wild pigs. 'Alas, sahibs.' cried he, 'no meat no meatr He, how ever, soon cheered up and took great credit to himself for baring said there were tigers In the Jungle. After the tigers were skinned we went down to the river and killed for the old fellow quite a lot of pigs. We were well satis fies1 with our prizes, the skins of the two Ugar. The male measured, as he lay on ths ground, eleven feet two Inefef from tip to tip and the female ten feet four inches. "They were unusually large hill tig ers, which are of heavier build than the tigers of the valleys, but average less in length. To kill tigers with a pis tol was a feat before unheard of on the frontier, and obtained for ns great credit for nerve, but give a tiger a square shot In the bead and be will go down like a bullock. Many tigers are killed by single shots from rifles, hut the man who goes after tigers on foot must hare a considerable amount of nerve. I could always bet on the nerv of Brother Bob." Kervon.neaa of Hotormtik Neurologists are watching with great Interest a new expression of nervous malady which has appeared since the introduction of the Broad way cable cars and the Brooklyn trolley system. With the exception of Chicago there are no other cities bavins so much street traffic as New York, and where these methods of transportation are in operation. A nervous state, unlike that which is excited by great noise or sudden danger, has developed in several grip men snpkyed on the Broadway road, and among the motormen of the Brooklyn trolley lines. The constant lookout for collision tn the overcrowded district below Canal street, In Broadway, keeps the gripman tn a state of extreme ner vous tension from the time be goet oJilsjear tU .he . goes ofT. Reside keeping an eye open for visible trouble, his mind dwells on possibilities tliat are under his feet. ITe does not know where there is to be a pool ing of Interests between the grip and a broken strand in the cable, which will whisk him along the street, crash In? Into trucks, smashing wagons, frightening people and exas perating the city fathers. This nervous strain results first in wakefulness, then In loss of appetite and extreme irritability; after this a tremor In the facial muscles. At the end of a week, ays the medical examiner, all these symptoms disappear, and do not come for ten days, but afterward the in tervals axe regular, about a week a part seven days in a state of ner vous terror, and seven day in a healthy state, apparently. These symptoms apply only to men of ner vous, nervo-saugu Ine and bilious tem peraments. While present in other temperaments, they are not pro nounoed. Dally Occupation. It Is not unusual to banish from this portion of life any Idea or hope of peace. That is kept for the evening, when labor is over, and the comforts of home and rest takes Its place; or it Is reserved f or the evening of life, when exertion ceases and energy droops; or It Is relegated to some time in the fu ture, when sufficient means have been secured to make work appear unnecessary- It stands for the realization In some way of ease, comfort, leisure, lux ury, opportunity. On the other hand, toll, effort, hardship, struggle are ail put In opposition to it. Thus men will often live lives of labor and sacrifice, hoping by this means to obtain peace and tranquility when ffie toll is over. But, to unite the two, to enjoy peace in toil, tranquility In effort, seldom oc curs to them. Vet no peace worth hav ing exists without power, and power must have its outlet In activity. Uniformity of Sise. An evidence of the striking uniform ity of size among the Japanese is found In the fact that recent measurements taken of an Infantry regiment showed no variations exceeding two Inches Id height or twenty pounds In weight. Sinking Wells in Ocean Reefs. A method of sinking wells in granite and other crystalline rocks where water bt not generally supposed toexist has been brought to the attention of the rails Academy of Science. The com munication stated that certain pilot and lighthouse stations In Sweden have been troubled by the lack of suitable waiter supply and in view of the fact that water has been found in deep boreholes on rocky Islets, it was con cluded that temperature change pro duced shearing strosee between sur face rock and that lower down, form ing horizontal fissures into vhlch water would be fresh, as the water reaching from mine extending far under the sea is never saline. Acting on this theory a well was last year sunk tn the Island of Arko to the depth of one hundred feet below sea level, when a horizontal fissure was encountered, from which was obtained a daily supply of some forty-four aundred gal ions of perfectly fresh wanari similar wells in other localities are mentioned as yielding water at a depth of one hundred to one hundred and twenty feet. Tte gork In each case la de scribed a granite, gnotes, or dlorite, and the wells were of two and one-half inches in dlafwter, bored by diamond rUto A FABLED HOC. arco Polo Telia Wkat He Hear of the Monster Blr. The True Story of Marco Polo," a fold anew In St. Nicholas by Noah Brooks, contain many stories about fabulous monster. Tou must know that this island lies o far south that ships cannot go fur ther south or visit other Islands In that direction, except this one and that ther of which we have to tell you, call ed Zanghlbar. This is because the sea current runs so strong towards the ,outh that the ships which should at tempt It never would get back again. Indeed, the ships of Maabar which vis it this Island of Madelgascar, and that other of Zanghlbar, arrive thither with marvelous speed, for great as the dis tance Is, they accomplish It In twenty days, while the return voyage takes them more than three months. This is because of the strong current running south, which continues with such sin gular force and In the same direction at II seasons. 'Tis said that in those other islands to the south, which the ships are un able to visit Itecause this strong cur rent prevents their return. Is found the bird Gryphon, which appears there at certain seasons. The description given Jf It is, however, entirely different from what our stories and pictures make It. For persons who have been there and had seen it told Messcr Marco Tolo that it was for all the world like an eagle, but one Indeed of enormous size; so big. In fact, that Its wings covered an extent of thirty paces, and Its quills were twelve paces long, and thick In proportion. And it is so strong that it will seize an elephant in its talons and carry him high Into the air, and drop him so that he is smashed to pieces; having so killed him, the bird gryphon swoops down upon him and eats him at leisure. The people of those Isles call the bird rue, and it has no other name. So If I wot not If this be the real gryphon, or If there be another manner of bird as great. But this I can tell you for certain, that they are not half Hon and half bird as our stories do relate; but enormous as they be, they are fashioned Just like n eagle. The Great Khan sent to those parts fo inquire about these curious matters, and the story was told by those who went thither. He also sent to procure the release of an envoy of bis who hnd been dispatched thither, and had been detained; so both those envays had many wonderful things to tell the Great Khan about those strange Isl ands, and alout the birds I have men tioned. They brought (as I heard) to the Great Khan a feather of the said rue, which was stated to measure ni! ty spans, while the quill part was two palms In circumference, a marvelous object! The Great Khan was delight ed with it, snd gave great presents to those who brought It. They also brought two boar's tusks, which weigh ed more than fourteen pounds apiece; and yon may gather how big the boar must have been that had teeth like that! They related. Indeed, that there were come of these boars as big as a great buffalo. There are also numbers it giraffes and wild asses; and, in fact, a. marvelous number of wild beasts of trange aspect. Falling Walla at Fires Mr. Charles T. Hill contributes to St. Nicholas an article on "The Perils of a Fireman's Life," in the course of which be says: There are several kinds of falling walls, and the fireman of experience knows them well, and what to expect from each. There Is one kind that breaks first at the bottom and comes down almost straight, somewhat like a curtain. This makes a big noise, but Is not very much to be dreaded. Then there la another that bulges or "buc kles" in the middle dt first, and makes a sort of curve as it descends. This is a little more serious than the first, and lias caused many fatalities. Then there Is one that breaks at the bottom and somes straight out, reaching clear across the street, and remaining almost olid until it strikes; and, as an old time fireman once remarked: "That's the kind you want to dodge." This kind of "falling wall" has caus ed more deaths in the department than any other danger the firemen have to contend with. It hits killed horses as well as men, and destroyed apparatus; and it is so rapid In its descent, and rovers so much space, that to escape It he men have to be quick Indeed. Colored People Never Sneeze "It was Professor Schroeder of Louls rille," volunteered a surgeon to a reporter, "who first ventured thf opinion that the negro never sneezed. The statement was made in reply tc question of Professor Gross, the fa tuous Philadelphia surgeon, and in whose memory a statue was recently dedicated in this city. A smile passed around the listeners, and Professoi Schroeder, observing that there wac tome doubt about his statement, reiter ated it with some force. He then ex plained that while there were nc structural arrangements about the breathing apparatus of the colored rac that had been discovered which prevented him sneezing. It was a fact that the colored man did not snoezo. though he could be made to sneeze by the use of snuffs, pepper and othei irritants. He had. he said, never mad any experiments in that connection. He also said his olservatlon bad been mnflnea to colored people In the Southern States. Atmospheric 01 ther conditions might exist elsewhort which might cause him to sneeze, but none existed naturally in the South. The debate on the subject occupied nearly an hour at a meeting of th International Surgical Association, which held a convention In the old Lincoln hall some years ago. Since tlveu. I have often spoke of it and asked my friends to notice, and though I have directed the attention of hun ireds to the subject, 1 have yet to bear the first one say that they have ver hoard a negro man or woman sneeze. By negro I mean a black man or woman. I believe that mulattos sneeze occasionally and the nearer they are to white the more frequent ly they sneeze, but even they are less sensitive to Influences which produce sneezing than the people of the whUe race. It baa been observed also that Indians sneeze very seldom, while Chinese sneeze ten times as much, even, as the white race." Washington tar. barbers' Clippings Useful. Until quite recently no effective use nad been found, even in this age of the uniersal utilization of waste, for tike clippings of nwn's hair left over In barbers' shops, though all manner of experiments have from time to time been made with this material. But a very well known fishing-tackle maker, who sends his wares all over the world, has of late bought quantites of such hair, and the writer sought him out in order "to ascertain the prectec uses to which it was put, and Informa tion wa reudlly given. My workpeople use large quantities of human hair in the making of arti ficial fishing flies, for certain parts of which it la the best material out Wrapped thickly round the bodies of many kinds of flies. It has the quality of not gathering water and getting sodden, as silk does, while it stands more wear and tear. But even beyond this, we use a considerable amount in tying gut on hooks. Aided by a small patented Implement, hook tiers now commonly use human hair Instead of silk, and the lashing Is both stronger and neater. But a plan has been de vised for using human hair almost ex clusively In silk and hair combina tion reel linen, in whV-h horsehair alone was at one time employed, and these new lines are unsurpassed for tough ness and llghtiM-ss. You are mistaken tn supposing thai flshtng-iockle makers are the only persons who buy barbers' clippings. Within the last year or two tons of hair have bem packed ti the lining betweer the iron plates forming the armor sheathing of . certain parts of war vessels; a peculiar type of cupola, for Instance, having a thickness of tightly packed hair between casings of metal. The hair Is so elastic that it Is said to form a most effective back ing to metal; and also In connection with shipping, the makers of ships' fenders the soft spheres of tow-rojie that are thrown over the side of a vessel to prevent her from scrubbing against tlve edge of a quay or dock are beginning to utilize human hair. Impartal. A remarkable instance of the im partial adintoistraUon of justice is said to have occurred some years ago in a court of Texas when a young Mex ican, charged whh having stolen pistol, was arraigned. He proved beyond all doubt that the pistol was his own, and that It had been In his possession long before the alleged theft occurred. The case went to the Jury ai twelve o'clock, the usual hour of ad journment, and the Jury, who did not wish to be kept until tlie court opened again at three o'clock, hurried to give in their verdict. The foreman, who had been reclining In a peaceful attitude, suggestive of slumber, during the hearing, turned to his companions, saying: "Well, boys, what do you think? Hadn't we better give him two yenrs?" "All right," responded a Juryman. "Put hlti through, or the judge wlU adjourn." "Go ahead," said another. We don't want to stay here till three o'clock. Hurry up!" "But la he guilty? Inquired thoughtful old gentleman. "Well," exclaimed the foreman, aft a stare of nntonlahment at this view of the matter, "if you think be ain't guilty, let's clear htm!" A verdict of "Not guilty" was speed ily rendered, and the Juryman cheer fully regained to noontide meal. Aluminum. Aluminum, the new metal which It to believed is destined to play an im portant part In the arts from this time on. Is found in many substances, widely diffused through nature. The common red clay, which exists every where tn this country, at a depth of 3 or 4 feet, contains it in large quanti ties, and It Is also present in slate, feldspar and other mlneraki. The metal was given its name, in 1812, by Sir Humphrey Davy, who suspected the existence of the metal In certalu compounds, but failed to isolate It. It was first isolnted by Wohler, In 1828, wbo obtain the metal in small quantities. In 1855 a French chemist, M. -Deville, domonstrated that the metal could be prepared In large quan tities for commercial use. It has been prepared from Greenland cryolite, and from the bauxite which abounds in the southern part of France. Since 1S0O the metal has been produced tn commercial quantities by the employ ment of electricity in Its separation, but the processes, though much cheaper than formerly, axe still somewhat ex pensive, though It Is expected the ex periments now being made will render aluminum so cheap that It can be used for any purpose to which Us nature U adapted. An Economical Emperor. Emperor Francis Joseph Is cutting down the expenses of his household and putting an end to perquisites en Joyed by court servants since the day of Maria Theresa. They bad an ai lowance of wood, wine and venison with two wax candles hi summer anc three In winter. These are put an enc a. Their liveries will no longer b their own. and they will not be alloweu to scdl the cold victuals left fnoui the tlallv iihiiIi nnA ttiA A..t h,nnnlB Eighteen Miles la Three Days. A drug firm of Baznon Kan., a sta tion nil the Kansas City A Northwest ern railroad, demands of the Kansas State Board of ILailroad Conimmta- sioners that an order be made requir ing that railroads give its customer! 1 tetter train facilities. The station it 18 mllei from Leavenworth, but H takes tJiree days for freight to be de livered at Bazhon and two days arc consumed by passengers in making thf round trip. The same slow time la made to and from Kansas City. It la averred that the road Is to run tc freeze out the merchants and to favot the Missouri Pacific. The complain) closes with the declaration that thf superintendent of the road "lacks tlu mental ability to make a sectioa hand-" Kaunas City Star. HOTOGRAPHS SOUND WAVE& another Marvel Adicd to- the Wow Jera of the Nineteenth Cawtnry. Rev. A. C. Ferguson, of New York, has added another marvel to the won ders of the nineteenth century. It la an apparatus by which be photograph sound waves, and then, by using th plates, reproduces tba sound with their original tone. He calls bis ma chine the lightopbone, as distinguished from the phonograph and graphophon of Berliner and Edison respectively. The Invention Is distinctly new. In that the reverend doctor has succeeded In preserving the sound vibrations by means of the phovigraph and restoring them to the air with the plates. Lika all other inventions of this kind, the apparatus is exceedingly simple. It consists of two disks, seven Inches in diameter, revolved by the ordinary crank of mechanics. One of the disks RKV. A. C. rEROUSOTT. is horizontal. It Is the recorder. Tn other is revolved perpendicularly. It I the reproducer. On the upper side of the recording disk is clamped a sensi tive plate. Level with it is fixed a vi brating dlnphragm. This shutter ex clude the light from the plate until It is spoken Into. Then it vibrates, and tlie plate records the Mght and sound vibrations together at the rate of 2,000 per second. As the disk turns the sounds are photographed ns a contin uous curving line. A print Is mads from the negative, and Is fixed upon the reproducing disk. The process now re sembles the operation of the grapho pbone. The reproduced sounds are clear and perfectly modulated, but not so loud as those of the graphophone. Dr. Ferguson has been working on hi invention for six yea rs. Its superiority over the graphophone consists in the in- destructable quality c. the records, and they can be rephotographed without of power. A CURIOUS BOAT. fravela on Land, Waterv Ice, and Know, bat Poeant Fly. A curious boat, which goes equally well on land, water, ice, and snow, has been designed by Mr. Rasmus Ander son. The machine was originally In vented for Arctic exploration, as a sub stitute for boats and sledges, but ran also be built as a lifeboat and a yacht and ocean steamer. This boat. It Is said, cannot sink or capsize under any condition, and it can be propelled by the hands or feet. As a lifeboat It would be very practical, as It could be launched from dry land, and also run up on any beach without injury. A a A HANDY BOAT. lifeboat on board ship it can be run of the deck with the smallest possible trouble. The paddles ran, of coursa. lie taken off and easily reflxed. Quill Pens. During the last year 400,000 julll pens were supplied for the EJn gllttli government service, and 60,000 were recti t. This Is excluslive of the rontracts for the Indian goreinunent, which sometimes orders 1,000,000 at a time, and has been supplied with 2, 201,000 In the course of a stogie year. Quills are also needed In Immense numbers as toothpicks, for whlp-tnak-Ug, fishing tackle, camel's-hair brush es, etc. and the Admiralty employ quill barrels as tubes for powder fuses in artillery. Millions of the feathers am also required for the ever-popular shuttlecock. To meet these demands quills are obtained from geese, trr keys, crows, and swans. Goose quills ars mostly bnorted from I'ussia In consignments of from seventy-live to eighty bales, aggregating a total of 8,000,000 quills. Swan quills arc the Lang eat and most durable, but the best at all for pens are obtained from a particular breed of geese found in the Hudson Bay territory. Quills from the swan are the dearest, fetching as nracn as I per hundred, while the beAt goose quills cost less than 1. The old merchants prided themselves on their skill In making and mondia? quill pens. Some people ivever could make a good pn, and consequently al ways wrote a bad hand, while otliexs did It so well that tlie enmaiMhip was very fine. Every stationer sold quill pens neatly arranged in small bundler and tied with oord. The Tnrbnlent Infant. Mrs. Snaggs How badly the baby bcliavcs at table. Mr. Snagga Yes; he reminds me of r distinguished foreign visitor. "How is that?" "He dines and whines." Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph. She Waa la Honbt. Benham Well, If you want to know It I married you for your money. 1 Mrs. Benham I wlh I could tell a easily what I married yon for. Judgti Tia Blind in Europe. Naltkenhoff of Geneva says there at B1L000 blind persons tn Europe, most ly from fevers, and that 75 per cent would nave kept their eight had tnex been properly treated. RIIV. DR. TALUM The Eminent Divine's Sunday Discourse. Clnqnent Kvpoitton of tlie Way Spill Worn a KlMk and LtMt a KlnKdoiu ImpreP .iir. fL4MMnp HrpwD From u Old Bllile Story The I'tter Kutilltv of Fraud. Text: "Ami Hainunl sattl. What mnnr'b fhtm this bleatiug of the sbeep In niiue 3arRud the lowing of the oxen which I QMHr?" I Snmui'l xv., 14. The Anmlekittis thought they had eon uirel U01I ami that he would not carry into execution his threats agaiuxt them. They hail murdered the Israelite!! in battle audoutof battle aud left no outrage un tried. For four hundred years this had been going od, aud they say, "God either dare not puiitab us or he has forgotten to do so." Let us see. Sauiuel, (Jod's prophet, tell Saul to go down aud tUay all the Ainalekites, not ieaviug oue of them alive; ataoto destroy all ttie beasts in their poMHessiou ox. sheep, camel and smb. Hark, I hear the tread of 210,0110 meu, with oioust rous Saul at their head, ablaze with armor, his .shield dangling at bisside, hold ing lu his hand a spear, at the wavlug of which the great bost marched or hutted. I Bee smoke curling against tbe sky. Now there is a thick cloud of It, aud now I see the whole city rising in a chariot of smoke behiud steeds of Hre. It is Saul that set tlie city ablaze. Tbe Amalekites and Israelites meet; tlie trumpets of battle blow peal on peal, and there is a death hush. Then there is a sigual waved, swords cut and hack, javelins ring ou shields, arms fall from trunks and beads roll into tlie dust. Gash after gash, the frenzied yell, the gurgling of throttled throats, the cry of paiu, the laugh of reveuge, the curse hissed between clinched teeth an army's death groan . Stacks of dead on nil sides, with eyes unshut aud mouths yet grinning ven geance. Huzza for tbe Israelites! Two hundred and ten tbousauil men wave their plumes aud clap their shields, for the Lord God hath gireu them the victory. Yet ttiat victorious army of Israel is con quered by sheep aud oxen. God, through the prophet Samuel, told Saul to slay all the Amalekites aud to slay all the beasts iu their possession, but Saul, tbiukiug he knows more than God, saves Agag, tiie Aiualekitisb king, and five drove of sheep aud a herd of oxen that be cannot bear to kill. Saul drives the sheep aud oxen down toward home. He bus no idea that Samuel, the prophet, will hud out that be has saved these sheep aud oxeu for himself. Samuel comes and asks Saul the news from the battle. Saul puts on a solemn face, fot there is no oue who can look more solemu than your geiiuiue hypocrite, and he says, "I have fiiltllled the command of the Lord." Samuel listens, aud be bears the drove of sheep a little way off. Saul had no Idea that ttie prophet's ear would be so acute. Samuel trays to Saul, If you have done as God told you aud slain all the Amalekites and all the beast in their pos session, what meauetb tbe bleating of the sheep iu mine ears and tbe lowing of the oxeu that I hear?" Ah, oue would have thougtit ttiat blushes would have con sumed the cheek of Saul. No, no! He says the army not himself, of course, but the army had saved the sheep and oxen foi facritlce, and then they thought it would be too bad anyhow to kill Agag, the Aiuale kitisb king. Samuel takes the sword, and he slashes Agag to pieces, and theu he takes tlie skirt of bis coat in true oriental style and rends it in twain, as much as to say, "You, Saul, just like that, shall be torn away from yourempire and torn uway from your throne." Iu other words, let all the nations of the earth hear the story that Saul, by disoleyiug God, won a U.ck of sheep, but lost a kingdom. I learn from this subject that God will expose hypocrisy. Here Saul pretends he has fulfilled the divine commission by slay lug all the beasts lelongiug to the Amale kites, and yet at the very moment be i. telliugthe story and practicing the delu sion the secret comes out, and tlie sheep bleat aud the oxeu bellow. A hypocrite is oue wbo pretends to be what he is not or to do what he does not. Saul was only a type of a class. The mod eru hypocrite looks awfully solemn, whines when he prays and during his public de votion shows a great deal of the white ol bis eyes. He never laughs, or. if he does laugh, he seems sorry for it afterward, at though he had committed some great in discretion. The tlrst time he gets a chance be prays twenty minutes in public, and when he exhorts he seems to imply that all the race are sinners, with oue exception, his modesty forbidding the statiug who that oue is. There are a great many churches that nave two or three ecclesiasti cal Uriah Heeps. When the fox begins to pray, look out for your chickens. Tlie more geuuine re ligion a man has the more comfortable lie will be, but you may know a religious im postor by tbe fact that be prides himself on being uncomfortable. A man of that kiml is of immense damage to the church of Christ. A ship may outride a huudred storms, and yet a handful of worms in the planks may sink it to the bottom. Tbe church of God is uot so much in duuger of the cyclones of trouble and persecution that come upon it as of the vermin of hypocrisy that infest it. Wolves are of no danger to the fold of God uuless they look like sheep. Aruold was of more damage to tbe army than Cornwall Is and his hosts. Oh, we cannot deceive God with a church certificate! He sees behind the curtain as well as before the curtain, lie sees every thing Inside out. A man may througli policy hide his real character, but God will after awhile tear open thewhltedsepulcher and expose tho putrefaction. Sunday faces cannot save bim. Long prayers cannot save bim. Psalm singing and cburcbgoing cannot save him. God will expose bim just as thoroughly as though He branded upon his forehead tbe word "Hypocrite." He may think he has been successful in tlie deception, but at the most unfortunate moment the sheep will bleat and tbe oxen will bellow. Oue of tbe cruel bishops of olden time was going to excommunicate oue of tbe martyrs, aud he began in the usual form "In the uameof Owl, amen." "Stop," says tlie martyr. "Hon't say 'in tbe name of God!'" Yet bow many outrages are practiced un der the garb of religion p.udsauctity. When lu synods and conferences ministers of the gospel are about to say something uubroth erly aud unkind about a member, they almost always begin by being tremendously pious, tbe venom of their assault corres- i lending to the heavenly flavor of the pre udu. Stundiug there, you would think they were ready to go right up into glory aud that nothing kept them down but tlie weight of their boots aud overcoat, when suddenly the sheep bleat aud the oxen bel low. Oil, my dear friends, let ns cultivate simplicity of Christiau character! Jesus Christ said: "Unless you become as this little child you cannot enter the kingdom of God." Ve may play hvpocrite success fully now. but tbe Lord God will after awhile expose your true character. You must know the iucideut mentioned in the history of Ottacas. who was asked to kneel in tbe presence of Randolphus I., and when before bim he refused to do it, but after a while be agreed to come in private when there was nobody in the king's tent, and then he would kneel down before bim and worship, but the servants of the king bad arranged it so that by drawing a cord tlie tent would suddenly drop. Ottacas after a while came in, and supposing be was in entire privacy kbelt before llandol pbus. The servants pulled tbe cord, the teut dropped, and two armies surrounding looked dowu oil Ottacas kneeling lief ore Kaudolphus. If we were really kneeling to the world while we profess to lie lowly subjects of Jesus Christ, the tent has al ready dropped aud all the hosts of heaven are gazing upon our hypocrisy. Hod's universe is a very public place, and you cannot bide hypocrisy in it. I learn furliier from this subject how natural it is to try to put off our sins on other people. Saul was charged with di otievlug G.mI. The man savs it was not he; he did not save tbe sheen: the armvdidlt (trying to throw it off 011 the shoulder of other peonle. Human nature is the same In all ages. Adam, confronted wit h bis sin. said. "Tbe woman tempted me. and I did eat." Aud the woman charged It upou the serient. and if the ertent could have sooken It would have charged It upon the devil. I siiuu-'xathat the real stHte of the case was that Eve was eating the apple aud that Adam saw It mid begged and coaxed until he got a piece of it. I suppose that Adam was just as much to blame a Fve was. Y'ou cannot throw off the responsibility of anv sin upon the shoulders of other people. Here is a young man who says: "I know I am doing wrong, hut I have not had any chance. I had a father who despised Hoi and a mother who was a disciple of godless fashion. I am uot toblame formy sins; It U my bringing up. Ob. no: that young man has been out in the world loug enough to see what Is right and to see what is wrong, ami in the great day of eternity he cannot throw his sins upon his father or mother, but will have to stand for himself and an swer before God. You have had a con science, you have hail a Bible and the Influ ence of the Holv Spirit. Staud for yourself or fall for yourself. Here is a business man. He savs, "I know I dou't do exactly right In trade, but all the dry goo. is men do It and all tbe bard ware men do this, and I am not respon sible." You cannot throw oft yoursin upon tlie shoulders of other merchants. God will hold you responsible for what you do and them responsible for what they do. I want to ipiote one passage of Scripture for you I thiuk it is in Proverbs '"If thou be wise, thou shall be wise for thyself, but if tthou seornest thou aloue shalt bear it." I learn further from this subject what God meant by extermination. Saul was told to slay all the Amalekites and the beasts in their possession. He saves Aqag. the Amalekite king, and some of the siieep and oxen. God chastises him for It. God will not stay in the soul that is half Hi and half the devil's. There mav be more sins in our souls than there were Anml. kites. We must kill them. W09 unto us if we spare Agag. Here is a Chris tian. He says: "I will drive out all the Amalekites of sin from my heart. Here is jealousy down goes that AuiHlekite. Hera is backbiting - down goes that Amalekite, " nd what slaughter ho makes amoug bis ,siiis, striking right ami left! What is that out yonder, lifting up his hea T' It is Agag it is worliiliness. It is an old siu he ?annot bearto strike down. It is a darling trunsgrcssiou lie cannot alTord to stcrttlce. Oh, my brethren, I appeal for entire conse cration. Some of the Presbyterians call it the "higher life." The Methodists, I believe, call it "perfection." I do not care what you call It, "without holiness no man shall see the Lord." 1 know men who are living with their soul iu (lerpetual com muuiou with Christ and day by day are walking within sight of lieaveu. How do I know? They tell me so. I believe them. They would not lie about it. Why cannot we all have this conse,,rutiou? Why slay some of tlie sins iu our soul aud leave others to bleat aud bellow for our exposure and condemnation? Christ will not stay iu the same house with Agag. You must give up Agag or give up Christ. Jesus says: "All of that heart or none." Saul slew the poorest of ttie sheep aud the meanest of the oxen ami kept some of tlie finest and the fattest, and there are Christians who have slain the most unpopular of their transgressions and saved those which are jnost respectable. It w ill not do. Eternal war against all the Amalekites uo mercy Jor Agug! . I learn further from this subject that it is vain to try to defraud God. Here Saul thought he had cheated God out of those '.shtHp and oxeu, but he lost his crown, he lost his empire. Y'ou cuuuot cheat God out of a single cent. Here is a man wbo has made 10,(100 in fraud. before he dies every dollar of it will be gone, or it will ,gtve him violent uurest. Here is a Chris tian who has been largely prospered. H has not given to God the proportion that Is due in charities and leiievoleuees. God comes to ttie reckoning, and he takes it all 'away from you. How often it has been that Christiau men huve had a large estate and it is goue. The Lord God came tuto the counting room aud said: "1 have allowed you to have u'l tiiis property for teu, llf Teen or twenty years, and you have not done justice to my poor children. When the beggar culled upon you, you hounded bim off your steps; when my suiferiug chil dren appealed to you for help, y u had uo mercy. I only asked for so much or so much, but you did not give it to me, aud now I will take it all." God asks of us one-seventh of our time In the way of Sabbath. Iio you suppose we can get an hour of that time successfully away from its true object? No. uo. God has demanded one-seventh of your time. If you take one hour of that time that is to be devoted to God's service and iustead of keeping his Sabbath use it for the purpose of writiug up your uccouuts or making Worldly galus, God will get that hour from you iu some unexpected way. God says to Jonah, "You go to Nineveh." He says: "No, I won't. I'll go to Tarshish." Hu starts for Tarshish. The sea raves, tbe wiuds blow aud the ship rocks. Couie, yo whales, and take tills passenger for Tar shish! No man ever gets to Tarshish whom God tells to go to Nlueveb. Th. sea would not carry him; it is God's sea. The winds would not waft bim; they are God's winds. Let a man attempt to do that which God forbids him to do or to go into a place where God tells bim not to go, the natural world as well as God Is against him. The lightnings are ready to strlka him, the fires to burn him, the sun to smite him, tiie waters to drown bfui, aud the earth to swallow bim. Those whose princely robes are woven out of heart strings, those whose flue houses are built out of skulls, those whose springing foun tains are the tears of oppressed nations, have they successfully cheated God? The last day will demonstrate. It will be found out on that day that God vindicated not only bis goodness aud His mercy, but His power to take care of His owu rights anil the rights of His church aud the rights of His oppressed ciiiidreu. Come, yo mar tyred dead, awake aud come up from tho dungeons where folded durkuess hearsed vou and the chaius like cankers peeled ioose tlie skiu aud wore off tlie flesh and rattled ou the uurrowless bones. Come, ye martyred dead, from the stakes where you were burned, where the arm ui lifted for mercy fell Into the ashes aud tlie cry of paiu was drowued iu the suappiug of tbe tlame and tlie howling of ttie mob; from valleys of l'iedmout aud Smithfleld market and Loudon Tower and the highlands of Scotland. Gather in great procession aud together clap your bony bauds, and to getiierstamp your moldy feet aud let the chains that bound you to dungeons all clank at once and gather all the flames that burned you lu oue uplifted arm of tire aud plead for a judgment. Gather all the tears ye ever wept into a lake aud gather all tile sighs ye ever breathed Into a tempest until the heaven piercing chain lank ami the tempest sigli aud the thuu der groan aiiuouuco to earth and hell aud heaven a judgment. Oh, 011 that day God will viudii-ate ttie cause of the troubled and ttie oppressed! It will be seen iu that day that though we may have robiied our fel lows, we never have successfully robbed God. My Christian frieudp. as you go out into the wotld exhibit an open iiearted Christian frankness. lo uot be hypocriticul In any thing. You are never safe if you are. At tlie most iuopportuue moment the sheep will bleat and the oxen bellow. Drive out the last Amalekite of sin from your soul. Have no mercy on Agag. Liown with your sins down with your pride, down with your worldliness. 1 know you cannot achieve tins work by your owu arm. but almighty grace lssumcieul ttiat wtucti saved Joseph in the pit. that which delivered Daniel in the den, that which shielded Shadracii in thA tire, that which cheered l'aul in the shipwreck. The love of God does not consist in shedding tears, nor in exiei'ieuciug sweetness and tenderness of heart, but iu truly serving God iu justice, strength and humility. Whatever there is of greatness in the United Stales, or indeed in any other ountrv, is due to labor. The laborer is the author of all greatness and wealth. Without labor there would be no govern meiil, and 110 b-adiuc, class, aud uutbing to preserve. No oinniuiiK atious t an exhaust genius; uo gifts imMjvei'isk charity. A friend is most a friend of whom the liest remains to learn. The way to procure intuits is to sub mit to them a man meets with no moi. res.ct thau be exacts.
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