AMERICAN DUTCH. THK QUAINT OL,I> COLONY IN PENNSYLVANIA. Customs of a Domestic, Hmne- IjoviiiK l'copio Funeral Feants—Courting Among the Young Folks. One hundred and seventy-two years ago the Quaker Assembly of Pennsyl vania ordered that none but English speaking emigrants should be the subjects of naturalization. The same body pro vided a few years later that every for eigner to the English Government arriv ing after the passage of the act should pay a duty of forty shillings and swear allegiance to Great Britain and the pro vince. These and other measures dis couraging to prospective emigrants who fell within their scope were all aimed at the Germans. Prior to the year 1727 more than fifty thousand of them were snugly established in the Quaker pro vince. In spite of these laws more were coining by every ship, and the followers of Penn were disturbed in spirit. Hut the proscribed German stolidly bided his . time. He came, paid his duty and stayed, lie took possession of the rich farms along the Susquehanna, the Lehigh, and the Juniata, and filled the glorious valleys which lead down to the rivers. He began to have things his own way, and when the new order was established after the Revolution, he held in his hands the political power of the great 1 State which he had turned into a gar- 1 den where the gods might dwell. The i most timorous Quaker, fearful of Ger- i man ascendancy, could scarcely have i had a prevision of the complete triumph i attained by his Teutonic rival at the be ginning of the present century. The Quaker was already little more than a memory; the German the potent fact of the social and political order. But lo! j when the victor proclaimed his conquest |' it was in a strange tongue; he no longer thought nor felt as a German. The | ■ Fatherland was not beyond seas, but j here. Germany was no more to him than ! ' it was to Patrick. He had become a [ Pennsylvania Dutchman. These people have retained all the ad mirable domestic, home-loving charac- 1 teristies of the race from which they 1 sprung. No wives are more loyal, no mothers more devoted to their children, than these. Among the young people the singing-school is a weekly entertain ment during the winter, and dancing is held in favor. No event calls out so large a number of people as a funeral. The moment one of the family dies the survivors begin to ' bake and cook and gather supplies. There is little time for grief; the funeral is but three days off at most, and if there should be any skimping of the feast, to which j the minister will be authorized to invite j • from the pulpit all the friends of the fain- i ily, it would be disrespectful to the dead ] and discreditable to the living. And ! there, too, must be prepared the mid- j night lunch for the watchers who will j guard the remains. Two young men of the neighborhood will be detailed for this purpose, and it will be their privi lege to select the two young ladies who are to help them while away the long hours. In a room adjoining that in which the body is lying these watchers amuse themselves in whatever way they ' choose. Every hour the young men en- ' tcr the death-chamber and look upon the features of him who sleeps the eternal sleep; while the two girls, awed and nervous at being alone so near the visible presence of death, tremblingly wait the return of their gallant companions. It j is a beautiiul custom, that of watching j over the dead, and characteristic of a i reverent and affectionate race. Yet it must be confessed that owing to the | presence of the young ladies the watch- j ers generally manage to extract more j pleasure out of it than is consistent with j its solemnity. It will be found that the ! abundant preparation of "funeral baked meats" has been timely enough. As J soon as the service is ended at the grave I all the assemblage returns to the house, j and the feasting ends not until the last I neighbor has gorged himself as only a | Pennsylvania Dutchman can on a holiday. | Hundreds of them partake of these j funeral feasts, and they regard it as a I matter of pride when the number is j larger than usual. The Pennsylvania Dutch young man | rarely takes a lady to church or singing school. When the meeting is ended the ' young men hurry out and stand in a row, J or a double row on each side of the walk. [ When the girl of his choice comes by, j the young man steps up with assumed ! boldness and a display of confidence not j warranted by his feelings and shoves out I his elbow. Sometimes she pulls back her arm with a contemptuous little jerk j and a saucy toss of the head, to the great \ joy of a luckier fellow further down the ' line; while the rejected swain steps back into his place to undergo an unmerciful guying and wait for another with whom he hopes to be more successful. But *s a rule they know what they are doing, I and the throng melts away with flbw such incidents. The young man has somewhat morft than the pleasure of walking home with the lady. He is generally invited itito the house. If the old people have not ulready retired, they will obligingly do so very soon. Etiquette would hardly permit him to leave before two or three o'clock in the morning, but, etiquette* or no etiquette, he rarely leaves before the first named hour. This performance* is known as "settin up" with each other. It does not imply a marriage engagement between the parties, but is rather the method by which the desirability of such an engagement is determined. A young lady would not lose her repu tation in the slightest degree by taking a trip of a week, say to New York. Phila delphia, or Washington, with a young man. It is by no means unusual. Ant*, it may be said, too, as a rule, that the voung people are worthy of the prodi gious confidence reposed in them. Thtse, aud indeed all the customs mentioned, are those of a confiding people, a widely scattered population making the best of their few social opportunities. As a people, with language, customs and traditions peculiar to themselves, they are rapidly passing away. Although this blood is the best strength of nearly three million Pennsylvanians and of some thing like a million more in other States, there remains but a few thousand fami lies—probably twenty-five thousand fami lies—of the old unchanged stock, such as we have been portraying here. The rest, through intermarriage and long associa tion with the dominant race, have lost their peculiarities, and are indistinguish able from them, unless it be by reason of their greater patience, confidence and steadfastness of purpose.— New York World. The Sledge and the Deer. The body of the sledge, which the rein deer pulls, is placed very high on a pair of long thin runners, having a gradual curve and projecting about four feet be yond the actual sledge, so that they break the shock when the sledge is being driven over rough ground. All the parts of the sledge are lashed together with reindeerskin thongs, and it is owing to the great elasticity and pliancy thereby given to the whole fabric, that these flimsy constructions resist the very rough treatment to which they are as a rule subjected. The method of harnessing the deer is of the simplest; a broad leather hoop passes round the neck; to this is fastened the long thong, which serves as a trace, and which passes down the chest between the fore legs and out between the hind legs. The driving is done with a single rein, which is fastened to a crooked piece of bone or wood, fast ened immediately over the ball of the eye, one of the tenderest parts in the reindeer, and which, if scientifically jerked to the right or left, causes the an imal to answer to the rein very quickly. The outside deer on the near side is the only one provided with this arrangement, and the biggest and oldest deer are al ways placed in this responsible position, tlie others being kept to their work by the "chave," or long driving pole. A good ''leading" deer is the most valuable of a Saraoyede's possessions, and will of ten cost as much as three or fourordinarj deer. The usual number of deer har nessed to a sledge is three, but this, of course, varies according to the weight carried, age of the deer, etc.— Murray's Magazine. Making Necktids for Men. "Neckties are made out of grades and designs of silks and satins made specially for that purpose," said a manufacturer to a reporter for the New York Mail and Express recently. "These materials are made from patterns designed by men who do nothing but study up new things in neckties. There are in this country from fifty to seventy-five factories and ten or twelve first-class makers. The latter usually secure exclusive rights to certain styles of goods from the makers by buy ing either the entire stock offered to the American n.arket or a large portion of it. The success of making up these goods, though, is just like a chance in a lot tery." I "Are the styles of making up neckties | originated abroad?" I "Not now. They were until a few ' years ago, but now our styles are superior to the European, and they often come over here for our patterns. However, ; there is a tendency for English fashions for the fall." "Who are employed in making the | neckties, men or women ?" "Women. There arc more than 1200 j thus employed in New York city alone. ! They are all on piece-work, and make ! more or less money according to their cx ( pertness. A good finisher can make ;or£9 a week. She takes a necktie after i it is put together and finishes each detail ' perfectly, so that it is ready to box. Tht j finishers must see that all of this kind arc exactly alike in point of finish and make up. "We have one girl who does noth ing but turn the bands of neckties, and ] she makes sl6 a week. She turns twenty- I five or thirty dozen bands a day." CURKMJSrfttCTS. Matches-were-first made in 1829. Kerosene was«introduced in 182G. Coal was first used-as'fuel in 1834. Lead pencils were first used in 1504. The-first postage stamps were used iu 1840. The first newspaper was printed in 1494.. A California man has hatched, out 300 tarantulas in an incubator. Fools or-licensed jesters were kept at court in England up to the time of Charles I. The-manufacturers of gauze and arti cles of a light fabric began at Paisley, in Scotland, about 1759. The discovery of gluten, an ingredient of grain, is attributed to Beccaria, who lived in the eighteenth century. The Petit Journal of Paris has a dail circulation of nearly a million copies, the largest attained by any newspaper iu the world. The London Globe has coined a new word which shall stand in the same rela tion to love, as aquatics does to genuine navigation, and has hit upon "aniatics." Censors were Roman magistrates whose duty it was to survey and rate property, and correct the .manners of the people. The first two censors were appointed 443 B. C. A very old pear tree is now standing on the grounds of W. 11. Smith in Rich mond, Me. Its exact age is not known, but its identity can be traced back for 150 years. It still produces fruit. A kitchen table with as many drawers beneath it as a writing desk, and having a high back like a sideboard full of pigeon-holes lor kitchen utensils, is a re cent addition to the hired girl's com fort. An ingenious son of New York State has patented a milking instrument. Be coming tired apparently of getting the lacteal fluid in the usual way he has con structed a pump, the end of which is to be inserted in the udder. Hospital Sunday, days on which col lections were made in the churches for the benefit of the hospitals, began at Birmingham, England, November 13, 1859. The hospital Sunday system was adopted in the United States in 1874 A Gothic government was established in Castile about 800. By the marriage of Ferdinand of Aragon and Isabella of Castile, in 1474, the first step toward the union of Aragon and Castile was taken. Until kingdoms became one monarchy in 1479. John D. Nutting, while prospecting for garnets in the mountains near the county-house in Warren County, X. Y., has discovered ore which he believes to be rich in silver. He also states that there are traces of gold and copper in the ore. The fastest time mads by a railroad train between New York and Chicago was made by the Jarrett and Palmer train in IS7G. The time was about twenty hours. The fastest regular time is between New York ami Philadelphia —ninety miles iu 2:20, including stops. Alaska presents the anomalous condi tion of being a Territory of the United States without a territorial government, having no laws except Treasury regula tions, no political subdivisions, but a customs district, with a collector and the necessary subordinate oflicials. There is a lady in Milwaukee, Wis., who is the mother of nine children. None of them was named until it was twelve years old. They were simply called by their nicknames and ■numbers, "One," "Two," etc. When they were twelve years old each chose his own name and was baptized. Captain Hall, the Arctic naviga tor, perished from the effects of the severe climate in the winter of 1874. His crew '. lit his grave in the ice, and the first mate read the service from his prayer book. The seasons have de stroyed every vestige of his burial place, and the spot will never be found. Lightning Melts a Girl's Hat Rim. J. C. Abernathy, who resides several miles east of Dennison, Texas, had a thrilling experience at his house on a re cent night during a severe storm. "There are three cedar trees growing in the front yard near the house,"he says."The largest of the three was struck by light ning, when a ball of fire seemed to dance before the window. The lightning went from the top of the roof and ripped up the shingles. It then descended to the ceiling in the front room and tore the clock into pieces. Standing near ih» clock was a sewing machine. The light ning melted the large wheel, and after this performance it melted the metalic rim which encircled a girl's hat. The fluid then went through the floor, burn ing a largo hole. Mrs. Sherrill, who was sitting in another room, was prostrated by the shock." The scientist, Edison, sleeps four hours a day and eats very little. A Bine Lobster. A pennine blue lobster of pood size has been captured at Marshfield, Mass. Noth ing of the sort has been found before in those waters, although a case was re ported some years ago from Long Island Sound. This lobster is of a pure ultra marine blue o&handsome shade. Along the back the color of this singular crusta cei«\ is almost as dark as indigo, but at the sides it is as light as a robin's egg, and in the joints of the shell shades away to a delicate cream color. In an ordinary lobster these parts would be shaded in dark and light greens. The claws of the blue lobster are slightly mottled in shades of blue and purple on top and a most delicate cream under neath. The lobster car has been a cen ter of interest for the curious since the capture. It was caught in an ordinary pot, and it differs in no way except in color from other lobsters. It will be boiled for the sake of seeing to what color it will turn during the process.— New York Times. Card of Thanks. If the proprietor of Kemp's Balaam should publish a card of thanks, containing expres sions of gratitude which come to him daily, from those who have heen cured of severe thro it and lung troubles by the use of Kemp's Balaam, it would till a fair-sized nook. How much better to invite all to call on any drug gist and get a free sample bottle that you n ay test for yourself its power. Large b >ttles 50c. and sl. THK Gove*nment gave the Northern Pacific Railroad Company 47,000,000 acres of land with $ 100,000,000 to build that road. We recommend "Tansill's I*unch" Cigar. 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The Beat Testimonial Yet. published for any blood medicine in the printed guarantee of the manufacture* of Dr. Fierce'* Golden Medical Discovery, which warrant* that wonderful medicine to bencrflt or cure in all cases of those diseases for which it is recommended, or money paid for it will be returned. It cures all diseases arising from torpid liver and impure blood and their nanv-s are leyUm. All Skin, Scalp and Hcrof ulous affections, Eruption", Sores and Swell ings, Balt*r cum, Tetter, BSmlpdai and kin dred diseases, are amotiK those in which the "Discovery" effected marvelous cures. When everything else fails. Dr. Sage's Ca tarrh Remedy cures. 150 cents, br druggists. Do you wish to know how to have n§ stsam, and not, half the usual irork on wash-day? Aek your grocer for a bar of Dobbins'* Electric Soap ami the directions will tell you how. Be sure to get no imitation. There are lots of them. THKKE are 1430 barons in Germany. TO HEAL ALL BLOOI> CONTAGION. " Thus it iras the Swift'n Specific Brought unto the uorld it* biasing; Orer land and over water Went the priest and Uanita; Bringing to the people tidings Of relief from blood contagion— Of a salutary agent That would purge them of all poison." EXTRACT HUM I'UEM OF "["ANITA." Trentise on Blood ami Skin Diseases mailed free. THE EDWARD HARRISON Mp MILL CO., IlnrrlioH'i NtnnilMrd Rnrr P' r3* Uluiie OrliullnK und Flouring jflDSwr] MilU of all » . - and W LI New llliiitrnlfd t'ntu luguc and mention this paper. Tun Bd-.r.ird Harrison loll] Co., Now Ha von. Conn. ** Jl> MaP^ N Y N V~3l D Aor DA T I Chadwick'B Manual. Ijitwli DiiLL 7 Jr.- x ? ,n - »;» Illuminated Cover, cjx , "M r P rprr on application enclosing one O Xjli A XXv JUXi (2 C# ) stamp, by addressing TIIF.nDoHF. HOLLAND, V. «Box I'2o, Phlla., Pa. »7B TOJI'i.TO A MONTHcon bp mwU' worklna C I w for uk. preferred who can furnish a horse and give their whole time to the business. Spare moment!* may bo profitably employtMl qlho. 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T had if cut out while it wan yet small, and it healed up apparently, but HOOII broke out again, and com menced eating very rapidly. It took oft my under jip from one side to the other, and down to my chin. 1 had it treated by burning, and got so weak that I did not think that I could stand it much longer. Al ter much suffering 1 discarded all other treatment, and began taking Swift's Specific, and the cancer soon began to heal, and in a short time it was com pletely healed and I was entirely well. It is now over tnree years since I got well, and there has been no sign of any return of the disease. I know it was cancer, and I know it was cured alone by S. S. M. E. V. FERKAND, Huston, La. S. S. S. cured me of malignant sore throat and mouth, caused by impure blood. The trouble ex tended down to mv left lung, which was very sore. The doctors practiced on me for three years withont relief, when I left them and took 8. 8. 8. Four bot tles cured me. BEN KII.EY, Meridian. Miss. 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