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M1DDLEBURGH, SNYDER CO., PENN'A, MAY 17, 1888
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A VISION.
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My wwwund my hnby.
I f,, (lag my chenk and throat
Hfrtaj'jnOTf,,?rto'
And stoop' to ninny curia
About forehead straying.
Tho fool''1 rhymes of Moftior Goose
In tjnr and tune came springing
To lip'' niade for ton; and yet
f,j ,4uklren like my ataxlng.
And aI mystic spell
(SjwiPmI all Uie woi Id completely,
A oo'""' woman singlns; ant,
41 rocked hor baby aweotly.
TV woman's f aos, a look It wore
like mtno; and yet the miner
T"-M liko my baby's, Inriror Rrown,
( Twaa like my baby's futlwir.
And as she sat swaying; softly sang;,
1 I saw some tear drops falling;;
I know hor thought, I know hor hftnrt,
Hor heart to mother soiling.
A sudden passion filled my soul,
I longed to soot ho the weeping;
Sly Imby stlrml upon my breast.
My baby gently sloeplngt
The vision tied, yet well I know,
Though t wns dreaming, may be,
Far down the future sits my child
And rocks my baby's baby.
Mrs. Qeorgo Archibald In Babyhood.
MUSIC HATH CHARMS.
I wonder If nny of thoso down enst
liear hunting chaps that write letters
from tho backwoods of JIaino ana 1'cnn
tvlvania ever tumbled to tho fact that
hruin is one of tho mwt musical varmints
in nil creation. I reinetnlier liourhiK
1'nrson rote, who used to ho a down Mint
ulty pilot years oro, tell itliont a lenr ho
onee Bnw in the ht recta of Now York a
dancing to tho music of a lninly curdy,
ami another one, n small black bear, ho
Mid. he maw in a theatre lietitina: a irnnj,
Old I'eto's pretty white, and to I reckon
lie must have Hcen all this; hut I'm a
talking of real varmint, not bears that
have been born and brought up in a
circus.
I don't know whether I mentioned it
in any of my other letters, but Sago
brush Iiill is one of the slickest musicians
in Montana. IIo can get moro music
out of a httlu one horso mouth organ
that ho Knight a year njjo un in lioze-
nian than most jiecplo couui out of a
cram I niano. kvery cvonmrr niter run
inr Sagebrush used to hiuii.hu himself by
lnviiu;oii this motith orj;nn, Homctinies
jkei'iiiK lb U( vui ni'ur iinuiiiiib. i.u
used to get kinder weary of it Rttm"t-
but now and then wo allowed j0
keep it up as long as Ho wivft c,iy
requiring him to take his -amp stool
nonie cixUance awny iron10 t(nt nmj
play more gently after we turned in.
whenever bugvliruWi jjq.t his musio
poing pretty lute th ,, that wero
picketed clone by a..,, . i.-unvod fciizns
i oiionjuneiw nori't ft... l,n im(l milf
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r Ii MiiMM
;uey vent so far as to wioit aniPry'to
'raw iww, uuu once or iwico, wnen wo
urne.1 out to sou what was up, we
caught bight of some object moving
uliimt in tho shadow of tho pines that
friiuinl tho littlu mountain park in which
we had pitched our camp.
This object wn uaturully mppoeotl to
n bear. After the night wo got treed
by the seven griz.lien, however, we were
i;!l-(lred careful about chasing bears
tlirouh tho timber by moonlight. At
first we never thought of associating tho
appearance of this hear with Sagebrush's
music, any more than thinking erlui)s
it might have been attracted by tho
noise. Hut one evening tho Knglinh'nun,
who hailed from India, was telling alxiut
tho way tho Hindoos caiine tho sarpints to
como n-vimling und hiiwiiig out of their
holes, swaying their heads for joy at hear
ing the musio of a tluto. In talking this
over, it then dawned upon us that Sago
Lrush's musio might have had something
to do with attracting tho bear to the
edge of tho park.
We poked a good deal of fun at Sage
brush about his power of fascinating
boars with tho mouth organ, and none of
us, at tho time, regarded the matter as
anything more thuu it good joko. It
happened, however, a day or two later,
that wo Btruck a lli-bt rute opportunity to
put it to tho tost, and so found out that
musio hath charms even to a bear;
charms that, if properly used, may easily
lure him to destruction.
One night tho mules broke looso and
cleared out. In tho morning Bagohrush
and I followed their trail down through
the timber and on out into the prairie.
While crossing a sort of a level inlet of
prairie between two spurs we saw a fam
ily of five cinnamon U'iirs playing to
gether right out on tho ojwn. Tliero was
no cover but a few knee high clumps of
grease wood and ono sinuous little dry
watercourse, a mere washout, barely
eufllciout to hido a person crawling on ail
fours.
We were liolf a milo or moro from tho
bears when we Hint saw them. Thoy
were having a quiet gamo of tag, now
you've got me and now you ain't, all to
themselves, and had no idea of anybody
being within 100 miles. Dropping down
into tho washout, we held a brief con
sultation as to what we had better do.
Plainly there was only tho one thing,
which was to crawl along tho watercourso
until it should bring us near enough to
uso our 'Winchesters with good elTect.
"Looks like a pity to soil their play,
though, don't it?" suggested Sagebrush.
"bo it does," I agroed; "but it would
be a still greater pity to let them get
away," and bo w started on up the
washout. The bears were so absorbed in
their play that we had no difficulty in
seeping up unperceived to within 200
i wojw At this nolnt was a sllcht nocket.
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of bciwl. I.. Tfc 1 .1
mOSt OS If tUn ltw UnA luvn u..uww..l
V. 1 O LI 111 1AJLUJIII. ILBUL'IUUl HI
Out ami k i i. i
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"ur special lieneflt. By sitting on tho
UOU'l1.... . . . ... .
-- we couui j list peep over a nttio
lnge of greasewood that ran around the
uo aud watch the bears at play.
ears are as playful as bo many kittens
in,g themselvea, and it is one of the
"ettiest sighU imaginable to Bee four or
v of thorn playing tag. In this party
Uore were five bears, three old timors
nd two cubs. The way they dodged
round one another, rolled over, stood up,
asbayed, twiriud around, whinnlud,
''Ughed and caved around generally was
Iwiap the prettiest thing X liattaoen for
in brt-1 -yP"Ufc. We ant
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"Hatft rou got your motrth organ in
rour pocket, Sagebrush?" I said, remem
Krlng tho talk an evening or two lieforo,
and also that he usually carried tho in
strument in his pocket.
That a so, Hank," says lie, "by tmiri
dorl" and. producing tho mouth organ,
he commenced to play "imfTahx'sa-Com-
Ing in tho Bpritig" for all she was wortn.
You just ought to have wen thoso
lienrsl When tho first strains of tho
mouth organ reached them it was tho
romicahft sight you could imagine.
Their ruouths flew open as wide as steel
traps, and their little ears commenced a
twitching like a mulo s ears in lly tune.
They didn't seem tho least bit seared or
suspicious, but simply pur.slcU to account
fur tho music. 1 1 iey all etotxt iioit up
right, and looked this way and that, nnd
liegan to sniff tho nirj but, seeing noth
ing, they niHindoncd themselves to their
sense of melody without reserve. They
U'gnn twilling around, swaying their
heads and waving their, paws with a
rhythmical motion, much ns tho Knglish-
man from India said tho government
elephants sway their trunks whenever
thev hear tho lr,nd.
While going through these motions
they were slowly working their way
ulong in our direction, as though irreRM-
tilily drawn toward us liy uio music,
which, of course, they were, ns by this
time was very evident. Sagebrush quit
playing for a few moment jui't to se3
what they would do. Tho hears lot iked
at ono another, much as human beings
do when hadlydumb Mustered alxiut any.
thing, and went to roaming about with
bends up, snilling the air nnd whining.
When he struck up npain livelier than
ever, the bears seemed bcFido themselves
with joy. Thev ruiiio hiiuliering nnd
cavorting toward us, twitching their ears
and opening their mouths. K cry now
and then they nto;ied to rui.so up on
their hind legs, twirl mound, nnd gnmbol
in a manner that showed them to lo in
an echtasv of tMi;-ht. It wemed n pitv.
as Sagebru ih ha.l nuggeiitod, but wo hud
to let drive ;t l,vn as they cumo on
to laf:,'eii I'.vcxif the olil iiiucrs and a
cub; the oi!i r twof.ot awny.
iho result of tlm curious exjx'iienco
wns that when wo come to talk it over in
camp that evening we decided to try and
round tip the Ivar that was in tho habit
of piping us nil ut idght and scaring tho
mules. Waving Ii.rmoil our j Inns, wo
iied fiagi'hnihh up i.i the s'iin of a
-l.nggy brown b;';r vn the following
iiMht. and, waning till along t nvard 11
''cluck, lui'sted liiui tin into a tree near
TTTrsW'' had before seen tho moving
object viiTrn-Aj"e guessed was a bear.
Alxmtjhvi nty paces lroni Sagebrusli'stroo
was ne ttle clump of jiitch .'ines, wheru
the tvVes stood w thick that, with tho
ndilitiuu of a few stout hj1cs, mndo n
sheller into which a bear would hnvo
right smart trouble-TTrtiUt.hi'- way.
Branches wr'ro woil:ed in t.i f;i " a so-
cmo nnil'iL' 4 -. '"'- u.Al'ree
Ihe waning moon was near tne laht
tpiarter, und iiad only, just risen over .tie
mountains, but in the trnnspmant atmos
phere of the Big Horn ntounlnWwj the
light wns almost equal to that of a full
noon in tho Mules. Winchesters looked
to and everything all ready, tho signal
was given, and Sagebruhh commenced to
play. M e had taken our camp stools in
with us, and no sat thero ns comfortable
as if we had In-en in tho tent n-Iistening
to tho music. As a matter of fact, wo
wtro but carrying out tho u:nial evenitvr
programme, except l regards pobition
and less talk.
To draw a simile that tlown casters
will understand, may bo you might im
agine Sagobnih.lt to be that young fellow
Ilofmr.mi, who has lieen playing n piano
at tho Jletrojxilitan Opera house, New
York, and us four in nmhutsh the audi
ence. Young Hofmann, according to
tho papers, is a good der.l of a corker,
but in his particular lino you can lict
your bottom dollar that Sagebrush can
play all around anybody that over wore
hair. For a while tho woods seemed full
of music opulent with melody. Tho
first tune ho turned loose wtw, "I'm a
Sojcr." As tho wild, sweet strains of
"I'm a Sojer" sonrcd through tho silent
moonlit mountain air, the listening pines
appeared to catch np tho notes and pass
them on and on until you could hear, or
seem to hear, them llonting away in
lingering melliduoiiHness for miles.
Uight thoro amid the pines tho English
men allowed that tho music was affected
much tho samo ns when it is played on
tho wnter. Howsomever that may l,
tho mouth organ sounded a heap more
melodious thim wheu played in the tent,
ond all agreed that when Sagebrush
liked to tuno himself up properly ho won
mighty hard to beat,
"I'm a Sojer" hnd been played twico,
"Tho Arkansaw Traveler" onco, nnd the
joyous strains of "Mormon Angels" were
making the piuo needles quiver in sym
pathy, when we saw something move
across a little open opaco nUmt 100 j arda
away. Sagebrush very evidently saw it,
too, for "Mormon Angels" was never
played before nor since, I reckon, as
ertly as ho reeled it oil up among tho
branches of that piuo true for tho next
few minutes.
Pretty soon wo saw tho object move
again, this time a littlo nearer. Before
many minutes it showed up still closer, so
that we were able to make it out as a big
brown bear, and that "Mormon jVngels''
was gradually charming it along toward
our position. On it canio, nearer and
nearer, right up toward Sugebrush'a tree,
now and then halting to twirl arouud,
cut up playful didos, just as the cinna
mons did on tho prairie, to rub his head
against a tree, and give vent to its feel
ings. Sagebrush pluyed on, oidy a littlo
more soft and ravishing liko, and the
first thing we knew the bear was stand
ing bolt upright underneath his tree.
looking up, a twitching its ears and a
drinking in the musio.
All at once the bear seemed to give
way to an impulse of reckless abandon,
as though utterly unublo to restrain its
wild, exulierant passion for melody any
longer. The way it capered about under
that treo, turned lumbering somersaults,
hugged iinugluury objects in its arms,
worked its paws up and down, rolled its
head about and weaved its big hairy
body was enough to tickle the risibilities
of an Injun.
For a moment Sagebrush stopped play
ing. As soon as the musio censed the
bear stopped w.Julng around, looked up
fpcalin -!j like and cowrnonoed to whin
1 r r ."'-iH v-i r--t t rar
"omethlng o utterly ludicrous thnt thoy
well nigh upset their camp stools with
inward merriment. As Sagebrush didn't
start playing again quick enough to suit
tho old bear, ho shaped himself for climb
ing the tree "scaling the balcony" ono
of the Itritishera allowed in a whisper to
tho others.
Tho three English sjiortsmcn seemed
mightily tickled nt this last movement of
tlm big brown bear, a heap more so,-1
reckon, than Sagebrush did, for brown
bears muko no trouble nUmt climbing a
tne. Tho musio commenced again in
pretty short order, and "I'm a Sojer"
was rattled olr with sucli astonishing
vim nnd execution that tho Britishers
nudged ono another in tho rilm, nnd
neatly shook off their moccasins with
suppressed mirth. They allowed nfttr-
ward, in explaining tho reason of their
merriment, that It was like liomeo nnd
Juliet, HHplo, I think they said, who
used to luing out somewhere In the old
country years ago, and serenade each
other by moonlight, climb balconies, and
generally cave around.
I tinny as the old bear nnt ics seemed,
wo were, of course, ready Willi our m-
chestcrs to keep him from climbing the
tree; but it is easy enough to imntdne
that Sagebrush was n trille curious In his
own mind as to how wo were, just nt
that moment, viewing the situation.
However, us Boon as he commenced play
in;; again the bear quit whining, let go
tho tree, nnd again turned loose, with
every demonstration c' approval that a
lien r ever made.
Aflnr ivn...ln, thn Ixnr iknxe lint il
Kii.I.iiimI, hr-.ui tts i.rett v tim .,f
plaving, wo t.Kik deliU'iato aim through
nnr l.rnJi lirrl..r nn.1 l. t tlm m, ..liliebt.
into bis a-;toiiiMhcd carcass In four dilfer-
eiit nl.iee. TliU wjw n. mlcl.llino- wiirm
dose to give bint at twenty paces, but
after thrashing nround nonio ho rallied.
. : . .
n.,,1 rnmn 'In.nrin.r nt fuir attvkml.t lilut
to, InfuriMt.xl d. iiinn Anillixr vi.llev
u-itli tint fit1'r7lia itf imic Wifif 1iik.i,.',u
almost buried in bis t.hng(ry wool, how-
ever, finished him up. Sagebrush tlid
down the tree and threw oil his bear-
skin, and on tho
owne.l up with a
way to tho tent he
l nurli t)mt wlu n ho
saw tho lear start to climb t!io tree lie
"
camo uear yelling out to know whether j
wo wero asleep, or w hat.
It was n curious bit of adventure, this
serenading tho bij; brown lienr by moon
light, but it settled tho quetitioli, once for
till with us, ns to hears lx-ing charmed
with musio. As the BritNicr from In
dia said, if Biiakcs nnd elephants aud all
manner of foreign varmint can be
.linrmo.1 with inutile., tvhv uot lturkv
mountain benrs, too? And now I have
given them tho tip. mav bo somo of your
down cast scientilio galoots may como to
iiml.M-Hi.iml wliv i li-riw lw.onl,, nlu-nva
train lioMrtt to d.men ti miiu';.. ii.ntuu'i .,f
lions or iiCZn, JJ V way I figure if
i. ir-
out is thnt it i
rn iMiTirnl for n Im.-ir
to tnko to mu.il
e, J d. ncinir that ho
vll tirnlly requir'jr..Ar .."aujiw uW.
A VlilsllliiR Luu Kiiage.
At a recent meeting ol a.. .Tij-JJp ..ln
throK 'logical society, Lieut. Qucdciiielus
lectured on tho uhistlo luuguago lisetl
on tho flomera Island. During somo
mouths' stay in the Canary archqcl.igo
the lecturer was nl do to learn tho nature
of this language, which is a sort of js-nd-ant
to the drum languages of Ciimarooii.
Thero nro no fixed whistles or signals.
Tho Oomero cm carry on any conversa
tion hyitu ans of whistling, nnd bo un- I
dcrstotxl by the ersiin with whom be is ;
conversing a milo olf. The whistling is j
quite, articulate, ami is u kind of trans
lation of common speech into whistling,
each syllable having its peculiar tone, so
that even foreign words cuu bo whistled.
The vowel.-i o, 1, y aro moro loudly
whistled than n, o, and u; and if a con
sonant ia at tho ond of a word, for ex
ample, "Juan," tho a is whistled in a
rising tone. Tho Oomero either uses his
fingers or his lips when whistling.
The practice is only common on tho
Oomera Island, nnd is not found in tho
other six Islands of tho archipelago.
The reason may be the peculiar geological
construction of tho island, which is trav
ersed by many deep ravines and gullies,
which run out in all directions from the
central plateau. They aro not bridged,
and can often only 1 crossed with great
difficulty; so that people who really live
very near to each other in a straight line,
have to mako u circuit of hours when
they wish to meet. Whistling has there
fore bocomo nn excellent menus of com
munication, and gradually assumed tho
proportions of a true subbtiluto for
speech. London Daily News.
Coreu's liarburous l'nuiahments.
Tho Corean8, who havo recently sent a
minister to Washington, nro barbarous In
their punishments. No court and prison
is complete without nn asaortineut of
iron chains, lmnilwo mis for beating tho
backs of offenders, paddles und switches
for whipping tho calves till tho flesh is in
tatters, rojies for sawing the flesh, stocks,
boards to beat the knees and shin bones.
Other punishments are suspension by tho
arms, the bubtinado and whip. One hu
miliating, but not painful, modo of pun
ishment is to tie a drum to tho back of
the olfender, and proclaim the crlmo
whilothe drum is beaten as he walks
through the streets. The man who
btrikt.-s his father is beheaded; tho parri
cide is burned to death. Formerly, in
extreme coses, vinegar was poured down
tho criminal's throat in largo quantities,
and he was then beaten till ho burst.
Chicago News.
A Chinese Voungstor's Childhood.
As a baby he is called a littlo "wa-wn,"
a very suggestive name, and his first
Chinese words aro "pa" and "ma," just
as though he spoke Enghbh. The first
great event of his life, and his first trial,
is when tho barber is called in to ehavo
liis head. IIo gonerujly proves on that
occasion to bo a true "wa-wa," with
vigorous lungs.
After tliis first shaving, his head for
several years seems to send forth what
may be called "queue sprouts" in every
direction, and from every part of liia
skull where the hair ought to grow.
Sometimes as many as live or six, ouch
braided and tied with a rod cord, nro
found upon the boy. Tho great day of
his youthful lifo, tho day of "trousers,
with pockets in 'tun," is when all these
tmallur quuues are sliavod oil, and ths
tingle oueuo tho nueue of manhood -is
fturtod. Chaster iTolcowlMi In Youth'
-vra, ,
UTILITY OP VOLCANOES.
The rnlerll Material Wklrh f li7
Throw Ont of Value to the Holt.
Tho solid matter thrown out by ol
canoes is tho moot important contribu
tion to tho materials which tho Ben has nt
III tlispmnl for tho nourishment of i:s
life and for tho formation of strata. Tho
quantity of the pumiceous and finely
pulverized material Is enormous. hen
it falls upon tho pen it either floats for a
time or nt once sinks into the depths. In
either case it is, to a great extent, dis
solved in the ocean waters, mi l so con
tribute to tho store of mntef ials w hich
may 1 appropriated by the ifcgnnto lifo
of the nca. When it falls on fjho land, it
is generally so incoherent thnl'iit is eaxily
swept away by the rains, ano so comes
quickly into the ocean. Tho importance
of thin contribution to mnrin) sediments
has liccn overlooked by geologists, but it
is easy to sio that it may auictnt in mass
to something like flfl much ant ho earthy
matter which is brought to tho nca by
the rivers. )
Tho volcanoes of tho Java dtrict alone
within a century throws out ! a mnxsof
this fragmentary rock aiuoun'jng pioba
blv to not Ii ss than 100 cubiu miles, nud
IM'ihnpa to twico this quantity! Now, tho
Mississippi river carries out iu tho form
of dissolved matter, mud and sand niut
on cubic mile in twenty rrs, or live
cubic mile.1 in a century; thus these vol
canoes of the Java district hav. brought
up from tho depth of tho earth and con
tribuled to the sea many times as mm h
dot I ItUS OS lOS lOC!l Com '' t to the
i ocean iy the eroatcst river in jN irtn
' Auiericn. Allow mg Tor the ereuler poro
it' f the Volcanic tllist. It M.ll f.VUUl ll"l
tjniikely that the ejections rnui a m,r
' dozen great volcanoes or l lie 1 nt Indian
i . .i . i.. .. it,,..
urcmii'iag", m u.hiu.i..i u.ui. ui.'.u
' H'9" a century. Hunt 1772 to 18811, far
CJ-'CCeiled tllllt bri.llght Into tllU OCe.'UI by
ft'l the livers of North Alllerk'S ill tllO
' same period.
Although the xolcnnoos of this district
' d"o by far the nii powerful winch nro
known, we aill cannot fairly reckon that
their ejections represent anywuero near
: the hnif of the toial quantity which came
i . . .1 , r . .t. . .
to mo cann s suriaco irom sucu veins
during the oIkivo named itcriod of 111
years. For during this time soiuo scores
of great craters were in eruption, includ
ing Sknptar, m Iceland, esuvins, Ltua,
various volcanoes in South America nnd
elsewhere. It scctm, therefore, not un
likely that tho solid material c mtrilmted
bv volcanoes to tl"' cca "oor may, on tho
average, amount tons much as that taken
i by the rivers from the lallit,
Among tho solid sulistances which are
ejected by volcanoes we find boiiio of the
' imlisiionsablo elemonta of organic
hfe. including phosphorus., soda, liolasll
' and other materials. Tlu valuo of the
lu.-T.'n. rvr-' . iuy no judged
by tho fertility which Vi.clUT!5'i;rt
i izos the legi'itis in the ima dit vicinity
I of ntiu)i ' ",i;;'a... - "'
amounts tf at-hJi '"'
dent this O..U qmU-W "V vuo"V Hu3
fertile soil, whir h temV18 .,.fitiiusb.illd-
man to replant tie
ivei""-- iM they
rtV'e; it
y)Z d Jv tiie.
not for tho constant- -.iu '-. 1 , i.mc
'rarer and preciotui mat rials to t... -K'iflcial
part of tho ea Ii by pu'ini of
volcanic action, it is ukely tli.it tho
i earth's surface would wi.ut man) of tho
' su! stances mot.t necessary for organic
I life. We thus wo that volcanoes play a
i very iuiiortaut part iu tho physical his
tory of our planet. Iho action is, in a
large degree, restorative. They help t
maintain tho earth's surfneo in a condi-
I tion iu which it may nurture lifo. Cin
' cinnati Commercial Oaette.
I'lcklna Vp the Rure Coins.
"Do you know what a good many
bank tellers and men who handle largo
amounts of gold nnd silver coins do nt
tho close of tho day!" queried a former
clerk.
"Uo homo, probably."
"Yes, but not until they havo looked
through their metal cash for rure coins."
"Do they ever find nny?"
"Certainly they do, sometimes, though
not very often. It is n lottery. The fact
that somo of tho rarest of American coins
havo been picked up iu ordinary circula
tion keeps their eyes peeled. They know
values pretty well, and tho sanguine
cherish the hope of unearthing one of
tho missing dollars of loO-l, which aro
worth (200 each. In fact, us high as
$800 has been offered and refused. Tho
half dolkir of 1853, representing Lilicrty
seated, is in circulation. It in worth
$1.73. Tho quarter of 1853, without
rays, ia occasionally met. It brings $3.
Among silver dollars of recent coinago
tho 1658 dollar, representing Liberty
seated, is tho most vuluaUe. It is worth
$15. So is tho bame coin of lbliO. iloih
nro in circulation. Tho twenty cent pieoo
of li77 is worth $1.50, and of lb73,
$1.25. They are to bo met, though
rarely. Tho valuable dimes und half
dimes wero all coined before 1811). Tho
silver three cont piece of 1873,witli tho
largo star, brings bixty cents; tho copjior
two cent pieco of the samo year is worth
tho samo. The flying caglo cent of 185(5
bells for $1. All the gold coins coined
prior to 1833 command premiums. Chi
cago Tribune.
Tarls Sewer Clonulnj System.
It is scarcely probable that any other
city in tho world will have, at least for a
long period, u system of sewer cleaning
os efficient as that of Pari Tho sewers
are all constructed with that end in view,
workmen can carry on their labors with
out stooping, and tho Uittoin is so shaped
as to facilitate the work by the dillereiTt
forms of wuter gates, In London a second
sower or gallery is sometimes constructed
abovo tho main conduit by which a par
tial cleaning ia effected. Thero is not tho
slightest doubt that all cities will havo
eventually to build their great intersect
ing Bowers, nt least, in biich a manner
that workmen can pass through them and
clean them. No amount of flushing will
ever buffico. Paris Cor. Sau Francisco
Chronicle
l'ubllnhetl Ills Own Hook.
An author who has published his own
book lias netted nearly $20,000, whereas
his royalties at the umal rates would
have yielded him at the outside $1,500,
Borne books udvertise themselves by mi
attractive title, some by an ingenious sys
torn, somo by the author' name, though
a good, Interesting story always adver
tises Itself through its r "tutors, as a good
pluy always inspire tbooo who see it to
spook of it to others. I " 1 rk Times.
THS DUFrALO QUESTION.
A Solution Whlrli f-hull tie Adopted r.t
Onee A Mmiltobu Herd.
There b no fittest inn in Taxidernil-t
Richardson's opinion that the liulTiiln is
now well nigh extinct on tho plain:!.
There nro n lew In Yellowstone park pro-
leetcd by the government, but thoy nre
likely to bo killed nt nny time. In Texas
a herd of about thirty Is owned by ono
ranchman; several other small bunches
may lie found, but the days when they
rambled nt Inrgo over tho country have
locn iiumlicrcd. Unless some means ol
protecting them is ndopted within tor.
year) tho American bison must liccoino
an extinct PMvies, In Central park Di
rector Conklin has several pccinietiH oi
buffalo, but the cow is growing old nnd
another one h:is not Urn Mruml. The
buffalo will not breed in captivity tinlcs.4,
like other duun'siic nnimals, it has almn
dniit room fur feeding and exercise. Ia
Central p u It the aniiual.-t arc confined in
narrow utahs liccntiso tho spaco at the
dl.-o;il of the manager is so cramped.
Thcf" i i il practical (solution of the bitf
fal uuestion, Mr. Hiehardson think.
wliiih. if adopted at once, may prevent
tin' extinction of t lie nniinal. The blif
f.ilues nre easily domesticated, nnd If ac
customed frum birth to domestic mr
routidings, they become quite ai en-y to
control ns ordinary domestic caitle. In
tho northwest, where the winters nro
long nnd the thermometer t-inl.s Is luw
zero at the slightest provocation, butTalo
ntibslst without any discomfort, while tho
winters there nro generally fatal ti
domestic cattle unless housed und looked
nfter with tho greatest care.
"In Manitoba. " said Mr. Hiehardsnn,
"thero is a herd of about fifty buffaloes
owned by 8. L. ISedsou. Erneht E.
Thomiwon, who is nssistiug mo in the
museum, has written nn interesting nc
count of them in n recent pmnphht on
tho 'Mammals of Manitoba. A portion
of this herd nre half breeds, cros'i d with
common cnttle, another port ion nre three
(uarters bred, nnd the rc?t ore pure
blood. It may !io a question whi ther
tho puro brex'd will continue itself, but il
certainly could bo maintained if looked
nfter. This herd hat developed from
five buffalo calves, brought by some In
dians from Viniiis'g in 178. It re
quires no care beyond what is necessary
to keep tho different animals from wan
dering or lielng stolen or shot. The buf
faloes tne as hardy ns in their wild state.
Mr. Thompson saw them lato in Janu
ary last year, when they wero able to dig
down iu the snow and find gr.isi enough
to keep them fat. During a hli.jud
they would lie down in a (Troup, with
their backs to tho wind, nnd let the snow
drift over them. Tho snow and (heir
woolly coaty kept them perfectly com-
fort.ible. In Jiuiuary, lHsl, one of tho
cows calved iu the oiien.tijauie. wheru
low Z4 i(i, mid 1 x t 1 i cow and call" survived
- - ....
t an ii,i i i
iuii. ii.v- A- ia t.n?..?f f tho ir i' ii
w est, und tho national government ought
to take measures fur tho encouragement
of tho raising of buffalo stuck. An ordi
nary cowhide It worth $2, but it is use
. ' - "rot0, while nn nverign 1 ufT: ! i
hide is w..' i. .. "..vu'l, as a robe, i.. id
most indispensablo .. . '' " U
iniito. The Imilalu shed i it wool, . .. ..
onco n year. This wool i i e.t-.iiy gath
ered, and il works up well inlo h eo,ii '
yarn. Ono animal will yield ten t
twelve jhhuhIs cf raw wool. At one
time thero were factories for tho manu
facture of butTalo wool, but they have
disappeared with tho bull'alo. Tluwx.l
of the hybrid animal liccomes darker :uid
finer, and the buffalo humpdisat'pearo in
the mixed breed. Tho uniinal itself b
comes more docile, though retaining iti
hardihood, nud id a Is tter milker tlr.m
the puro buffalo. This crosj bret'ding
nlfordd n wide opportunity for ntock
raisers. "Now York Tribune.
The Mint Decorateil Man.
It would lie ditllcult to Riy who ii the
nuwt dei'orated man of Europe. Each 'f
the three emperors nnd tho r ynl Fover
clgtis of Eurojio average fitly grand
crosses, with their respective npiv-ndae.
Asiilo from the sovereigns nnd princes, I
should think tho most decorated man
must lie either Count Andras-u-, I he
former chancellor of Austria, or the i.la
tion master of , a well known water
ing place. Tho latter rcuclvca an aver
ngo of throe minor crossed unnnnlly, ile
fiending mainly on th" nuiuher f
sovereigns and princes visiting tin; laec;
station masters, physicians, )olico cum
missionors nnd otheri ore in many in
stances remunerated for their pen ice
wilh croshcs, very much ns t'uo ;:.te
keeper of the cnstlo of Chilton receivtsa
shilling from every visiting I'n;:lishiiiati.
Emit von licsso Wortegg in Tho Cen
tury. Tbo Illeh Miiu's Coiitliiiiim.
A rich man who tieals hij dog is no
moro important in Mr. liergli's eyes llian
tho poor man who torments hidiiei:;hborV
net. Tho coachman of a millionaire is
tho prisoner. His employer hat become
bondsman for him, ami his attorney is
present to sco thnt justice is dealt out to
him. And that is jut what is done
just that ami nothing more or less, lie
was urrested for using an infiimou.1 Ut,
tho sides of whieh colitnined r.hio-ii tiu ks
which pressed cruelly into the bides of
Hie noiso s Kiee, iiiiiieung sucn jiuni mai
ho reared nnd danced. This cave him
tho apjearanco of great spirit. Mr.
lVrirh hrleflv wtntis tlui i-.mo tu tlm roiii-t.
The bit is produced. Half nu liotir of
urgument id uearn mid tno prisoner, v.
epito of his master's wculth and social
position, is lined $25. Benjamin Nor
Uu'op. Itoform iu Our I'eiml fiyatoiu.
It needd no argument to thow that our
penal system is us hud as it can be. Prob
ably one-half of those incarcerated could
bo made excellent citizens without lielng
disgraced. Of the other hulf a largo part,
by a courso of wise discipline, could be
lifted out of tho runks of vice and crime.
At present a man once in stuto's prison is
pretty sure to us buck again soon alter
his release, and his incarceration only
linrdons liiin. Tho only pardoning power
now rccogmzod as nosible is that lodged
in the hands of our governors; a wcr
that Is gonorauy exercised wilii CJscretion
and ends in vast good. We ciumot too
soon eradicate tho idea of Thidictivericfls
from our penal system and substitute
therefor the idea of reforiuatlou. Cllolw
Comocrut.
fcr Infanta and
Mtiratiwa adapts to ctillJroa lbs I
lnoensBraBdHasaupertortuaayproaertitfe I
kaow. to ms." ii A. A.s. M. D., I
Ul Bo. Oxford 8V, Uuoklyn, K. t.
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RHEUMATISM
don't OR to tnrUilns bnt ItlMdmiktMm. bo tLcvM
thnt every time, lleutwl
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la. ItAsrMAH Ss , llloomnlinrs. Ts.
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sum WH Mriijiiio. Ism WylkjSl., rhllJlpMs
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V.J f Mlnif aii tMth Trmda rhais nnjrr;
MotMIII" witn -ni IB
tin anil tMlh T rmda i
fjt, - - em nn.1.
Fir ro:niVio inrori.nttion, Iiwrlptlvo 1'ain
rhlrl, Willi uwiliuunmui, irwi-.
r r ile I t nil dnnmW If ciio or Ui oUisr It
ti"t In iti'iii H fiiriuli it ti jrm, do lint tw P-
!i.ll t.itnkoruiyUiliiKi'l"". but si-ply direct titho
l,. iu.1Al AK.-rn. I'l-Al l..l lt Hlttix. .V CO.
Sl'J 6 btl Market feurvet, ftiUiulelpkia.
wiiis otsIa?
, ' I's,
Amonrv tho r.i.'iny symptoms
of Dyspepsia or ia'Jlgestlon
t'no most prominent are: Va
riable; appetite: faint, gnawing
foclinj ai pt tie stomarh,
with uiiatir.li('.l cravinf; for
foort hrant'ui iQOllllZ Cf
tho 1'ioii J -, lev ?,irlts. general
prostration, nct.c?acli6, : ind
constipation. Thero Is no fo: m
of disease moro prevalent than
OysDcpsia, and none so pecul
iar to tho high-Hviny and raj?
m -Mino. AfPcrican p?oplo.
Alconoi uiv.' ro:jH.j) produce
Dyspepsia: a'ro,b?r:I air, rapid
eating, etc. bliRDOCK ELO0D
DITTEF.S will euro the worst
case, by regulating tho bowels
and tcning r.p thtdigostlve
crgii1.?. Sold everywhere.
ybuvn
When the food docs not
digest, but ferments and
sours, it causes a burning
sensation. This is a step
in tha direction of
It tan It eureJ safely and .
iurtly with
DR. SCHENCKS
MANDRAKE PILLS,
which will put all the digestive
organs in healthy condition.
T.r alo by sll DruirKlntn. Tries V cts. por bos;
8 boxes for M ou ; or aunt by tusll, Pit fro, oo
nsMlvl of lirlcs. Vt.i.U. Boliuook A Sou, rUbul's.
sales.
A ft'W afonri rrltii'
NEW FKUIT8
Lie Hi' ii t'i h u our
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pilcrtrnt in tii
prcpArttun of mora
tluu Olid Huti'lreJ
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fl t L'uitoJ hiMM Mini l'rciii ruin,
la LI Irtot, tli imWtnhrrii tf t .0 r. Mintina
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All htii.tr.sit rfilrtiitsd to. his csrs wOlfft
rtie rnm't sttsBtlea. Ctsisllsliss ts2
mso DO MiKll.ri. 2-1
JACOH OILUHIIT,
Attorney end Connacl&r rt Sfi
MlllllLKnt HH, PA,
t'lleotl')ni asJ sll tkr ksiltsu
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ArTOr.rCEY-AT-LAW,
Ar DISTRICT ATTORXBTt
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fatted 'on resile. C'snrsllatlsws 10 CTifJtn
tsdtisrissn. Jus B. 'TKs,
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Attornry & Cnasellr-itBa'fT
offlrsla A(ip'a Ho 1 11 In sns ilssi Kens,
Kr.vsToss Hotel.
f p(ngrnv, I'onu'a.
t'ollcctln il sll.otlisrprelti'l Hf
dohi In .olloltoil and will recslvso nnrltas
i rusni l kticntlou. Apr.ll.Tlf.iU
rn r smith.
J 1' ATTOntlET ATUff.
y. i l)PLr;iti'RU, ii'. i.rn Co., p
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JOHN K. IIi:OH K8,
JUSTICE OF THE PCAC
Kuutz, Hmdor Co.,
Cl.'olleclions prouiptly mado.jEJ -
1.
PHYSICIAN & SURCECft
Miihlli'tmixh, I'snff"!'
lidun lil. prslontlrnnl rerrlcoo to tbs f!',
el MM(IK?l.ur nn.i vli'luliy. unies a f '
Wartot tbt tsurt Hou.e, In Arnebl's birttiil:
J'lujsicians,
t
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llrsiluitlssf nitlltmrratiolleis ol Thyilslnn
ii'l Suriii-on. iiirra hla rnio..lena I terrlo
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