8 AMONG THE GEMS. Tho emerald is now one of the rarest of precious stones. Very few rubies, red sapphires, exceed Eva carats in weight. The most beautiful carnelians are j found in Arabia and India. The Amazon stone is pure feldspar, first i found on the Amazon, now in many oth er places. Carnelian is greatly improved by ex posure to tho sun and then heating in earthen pots. Tho diamond has been found on all tho continents and in almost every country on tho globe. Tho pearl is the only gem that does | not require the lapidary's art to bring out its beauty. Tho diamond is not among the earliest gems known to man. It has not been found in the ruins of Nineveh, in the Etruscan sepulchers nor in the tombs of the Phoenicians. Tho finest opal of modern times be longed to Empress Josephine. It was called "The Burning of Troy." Its fato is unknown, as it disappeared when the allies entered Paris. Tiger eye is a peculiar crystallization of quartz, formerly very rare and costlj - . Largo deposits have been found in the western states and in South Africa, so that many common articles are now made of it. Tho Golconda mines aro now exhaust ed. At ono time 00,000 men were em ployed in them. When tho Sultan Mah moud, who reigned 1177-1206, died, he left in his treasury over 400 pounds' weight of gems from Golconda. Yellow quartz or topaz resembles the real topaz in color only. It is softer, lighter, different in crystallization and cleavage and in electrical properties. Much of tho yellow quartz is manufac tured by heating amethysts.—St. Louis Globe-Democrat. STAGE GLINTS. Chauncey Olcott was a schoolmate of Mrs. Grover Cleveland. Vernona Jarbeau's now 3-act play is called "Fe Fe" from Paris. 11. D. Clark's new theater at Kansas City is rapidly nearing completion. It is said that Modjeska has thrown her influenco with thofeminine dress reform ers. Thomas W. Keene will add "Macbeth," "King John" and "The Fool's Revenge" to his repertory next season. Melba has made a great success at La Seala in Milan, hut it cost her for the claque and press 10,000 francs. Bill Nye and A. I'. Burbank will con tinue lecturing together next season, making a tour of the southwest. Fanny Rice's magnificent Newfound land dog Carl, well remembered for hav ing saved Miss Rice's life about five years ago, died in Petersburg, Va., recently. Oscar Wilde's latest play, "A Woman of No Importance," was produced at tho Haymarket theater, Loudon, recently. It is said to have been very successful at once. Tho new scenery of "Beeket," painted on a reduced scale to fit the stage of tho Waterloo chamber in Windsor castlo, whero the play was produced by com mand of the queen, cost Mr. Irving £SOO. nenri Martean, the violin virtuoso, now in this country, is but 19 years old. Rudolph Aronson has engaged him for next season, hut tho following year he will have to serve in the French army, ac cording to national custom. An Italian count has bequeathed his opera box to a Capuchin monastery with the provision that it shall he occupied at every performance by three monks who are to note whether anything done upon the stago offends against the public j morals. FADS OF FASHION. Willow, moss, salad, stem and apple j green toilets of elegant or dainty textiles | will ho in highest vogue. Toilo Parisienne is used by French i dressmakers for foundation skirts and j skirt linings to summer toilets. This fab ric is mucli like a heavy batiste with a linen finish. As a rule, those who elect for serge dresses do not like the coarse weaves, j preferring tho finer, softer grades, yet this season it seems almost impossible to obtain the latter. For summer uses in mourning are now j 3emidiaphanous Bilk and wool fabrics j imitating erepons and china crapes that ! that aro very handsome, also grenadines I svith alternate stripes of silk veiling or j '.'raped lusterless silk. Some of the French zephyrs havo fine broche designs, which aro not printed, j but thrown in relief upon the surface by ! i now and peculiar weaving of the goods, j A beautiful design is in roses shading from sea shell pink to a rich crimson on a ground of palest golden green.—New York Evening Post. HIGH PRICED TROTTERS. Axtell was sold by C. W. Williams for I |104,000. Sidney, the great sire, sold not long 1 ago for $27,000. Maud S, once the queen of the turf, Bold for $40,000. Robert Bonner paid SII,OOO for Sunol, tho ex-turf queen. Malcolm W. Forbes is said to have paid SIOO,OOO for Arion. It is said that SIOO,OOO was refused for Nelson when ho was the king of stal lions. Nancy Hanks, tho present queen of j trotters, was sold to Malcolm W. Forbes 1 for $45,000. 1 GOSSIP ABOUT MEN. | Governor Flower of New York and J. Sterling Morton spent their boyhood days in ssliool together. Cardinal Vanghan, the archbishop ol Westminster, keeps himself in good physical condition by taking a 5-mile walk every day. M. Godefroy Cavaignac is a reserved, cautions and even unpopular sort ol man. Like President Carnot, he is a civil engineer by profession, j Judge R. R. Nelson of the United States district court of Minnesota is the | only man on the district bench appoint- I ed before the civil war. ! As a memorial to their father, Jay | Gould's children are arranging to build a church at Roxbury, N. Y., whero the I Wall street wizard was horn. ' Blaine was superstitious in regard tc seven and believed that if he should out | live tho completion of his ninth seven ' years he would recover, lie did not. ! Charles S. Hamlin of Massachusetts who has been appointed one of the assist ant secretaries of the treasury, Is a dis tant connection of the family of Hanni bal Hamlin. - Mr. Olney is tho sixth Bay State man I to become attorney general of the United States. His predecessors were Theopli ilus Parsons, Levi Lincoln, Caleb Cush ing, Ebeuezer li. Hoar and Charles Dev ens. Tlio Duke of Argyle, who is the father in-law of Queen Victoria's daughter, has no sense of humor whatever. He is an earnest writer and lias contributed some profound essays to the British quarterly reviews. The Hon. Philip Stanhope, recently sent to parliament from Berwick, is married to Countess Tolstoi of Russia, who continues to use her own namo, though she took his. lie is a brother o) j the Earl of Stanhope. ODDS AND ENDS. It is computed that there i 554,000,000,- 000 in gold and jewels at the bottom ot the sea oil tho route between England and India. Tho Languedoc ship canal in France by a short passage of 148 miles saves a sea voyage of 2,000 miles by the straits of Gibraltar. The sounding board of pianos, the most important part of the instrument, is made of American spruce and is as care fully chosen as the wood for a violin. It is asserted that waterproof sheets ol paper gummed and hydraulically com pressed make a material as durable as leather for the soles of shoes. It also makes serviceable horseshoes. About SIOO,OOO worth of pearls have been taken from tho waters of Wiscon sin streams during the last few years. i Some single iiearls obtained there have I been estimated to be worth SI,OOO. The headquarters for the sale of false hair is at Marseilles. Twenty huge bales of Chinese human hair arrived there re cently and will bo manufactured into curls, frizzes and crimps for English la dies. Zante, the island that has been shaken up by an earthquake, is the ancient Zakunthos mentioned by Herodotus as producing asphalt COO B. C., and tho na tives still call it Zakunthos and still find asphalt thero. NOVELTIES. Smoked ivory and silver gilt unite in salad spoons and forks of great elegance. Emeralds caboclion and pear shaped in dead gold form an attractive neck trinket. A row of many colored topazes hung from diamonds is a design shown in a handsome necklaco. Writing pads and portfolios overlaid with perforated silver in Louis XV de signs are sumptuous encouragements to correspondence. Aparagus tongs aud servers havo come to tho fore ill numbers. The handles aro much shorter and consequently are much . more serviceable. I The chrysoprase appears now in every ! sort. Very pretty are the daffodils, wild ! rosSs and pansies of chrysoprase with gold and jeweled centers. Ono seen was [ a wild rose with a diamond in the center and a stone laid on each leaf.—Jewelers' | Circular. RAILROAD JOTTINGS. Tho Texas Central is to extend its lino j from Waco, Tex., to New Orleans. ! A new station is to bo built at Middle town, N. Y., on the Leliigli Valley road, i Elizabeth, N. J., is to have a big car works, with a capacity of eight passcn j ger cars a day. | Tho total amount spent for equipment on tho southwest system of tho Pan j handle during 1892 was $1,539,939.49. j Two of the 13 leading English railroads pay dividends amounting to 9 per cent; two others pay exactly 1 per cent less, while three others pay 0 per cent, and ono pays 4 per cent. J Railway extensions are to be built in j upper and lower Egypt at a cost of about £1,2-50,000. The existing lino from Gir geh to Keneh will bo extended and anar row gaugo railway built to Luxor. PHILOSOPHICAL COGITATIONS. Tho best medicine in the world is a j bathtub. Gold will put a gilt edge oil nearly ev- j | erything. Many crimes are committed in the | name of insanity. No man's credit is as good at a hank | as ho thinks it is. | Every man is a great baby if he can find the right ono to cry to, i The wisest man in the dead man. He | never does anything wrong. Whilo a liiau is watching his enemies I his friends got away with him. : When a man stands on his dignity, he ] is resting on a mighty small spot.—Atch ison Globe. FREELANDpTRIBUNE, MONDAY, MAY 29, 1893. Hud Never Seeu White Ruin. Among the arrivals on tbo steamer Gaelic was the nobleman Radon Adnin. 3011 of the powerful chieftain, Natodi Laga of Java. He is arrayed in the curi ous manner of his countrymen, with sandals on his feet, decked with gold, a sarong bound around his loins and gold and diamond buttons on his coat. Adnin, the nobleman, is a dauntless, intrepid looking man of about 353 years, lie is tall and has an intellectual looking face. Adnin has never been in America before and speaks no English. A. R. Kirkhoven, however, a fellow country man who is traveling with him, told all about him hist night. He said that the nobleman lived in the city of Sutaboime, had a wife and two children, and feeling it incumbent on himself to enlighten his mind on the condition of the world, had set out, like Haroun Alraschid, to bo gone for many months. With this end in view he will visit Chicago, New York, Boston and other cities .of the United States and may ex tend his trip beyond the Atlantic. "On the second day out from Yoko hama," said his companion, "when wo were about 3-10 miles from land, wo ran into a violent snowstorm. When the no bleman Adnin saw the flakes fall upon the deck, ho thought it was the most re markable thing that could happen and called the flakes white rain. 110 had never seen snow before. Later, when he saw T the passengers grasp the snow, press it together into balls and throw it about, he was amazed. Adnin found it pretty cold aboard ship and is greatly pleased that it is so warm here."—San Francisco Examiner. Au Extraordinarily Rulny Season. Even South Africa lias suffered from the extraordinary rainfalls which seem to have been prevalent in all quartern of the globe. The Transvaal is not, as a rule, a country that'suffers from floods, but the downfall of the 10th of Febru ary, full particulars of which havo now been received in London, seems to liavi rivaled that which caused such wide spread havoc in Queensland. Hotels and houses wcro swept away, a suburb of Pretoria was almost destroyed, num bers of persons and heads of cattle were drowned and mines were seriously dam aged by the destruction of dams or ma chinery. For miles the country was under wa ter. There seems to have been no par allel to this flood since the Transvaal came under European occupation. In the country districts the consequences will he felt most severely by the Boer population, for British settlers have avoided tho Transvaal of lato, hut the traders in the towns are largely British, as are the shareholders of the mines, and botli these classes will experience heavy losses. Case of Intermittent Crosseyes. AU the doctors in Bucks county are puzzled over tho case of little G-year-old Justis Storck, whose eyes seenva law to themselves. One day tho hoy is cross eyed, while the next his eyes are perfect ly straight, and this curious alternation has been going on for years. Tho non plused doctors call it a case of intermit tent strabismus—probubly the only olio on record—and despairing of curing it will give the surgeons of the Medico- Chirurgical hospital in this city an op portunity to study tho matter, as tjio fa ther of the afflicted boy has decided to send him to that institution for treat ment. One day the little fellow's right eye squints, on the next both optics are perfectly straight, and the day following the left eye becomes affected, and so on the year round. There is another pecu liar feature of the case. When tho right eye looks squint, the child can bring it into the correct line of vision by placing his hand over the good optic, bnt as soon as the hand is removed tho affected orb again seeks the inner corner of the eye. —Philadelphia Record. Married Seventy-four Years. Seventy-four years ago Jonathan Thay er was married to Ruth Penniman by the Rev. Jonas Perkins, pastor of what is now tlie Union church of East Braintreo and Weymouth. Mr. Thayer was 00 on the 27th of April. Mrs. Thayer will he I 02 on the 20th of June. Mr. Thayer j comes from the old Braintree stock of Thayers, his mother's and father's an cestors having come from the parish of Thornberry in Gloucestershire, Eng land, seven generations ago. Mr. and Mrs. Thayer havo been tho parents of seven children, of whom four aro now living. Tho worthy coujdo live in a house built by themselves 63 yeai'B ago. An unmarried son and a daughter live with them, but Mrs. Thayer refuses to give up the management of the house to her daughter. She does nearly all the cooking, hut allows her daughter to do the heavier work. Mr. Thayer is still quite active, hut is troubled somo with deafness. Ho shaves himself regularly j twice a week and saws and splits all the wood used in tho house. —Boston Trav eller. A Disconcerted Auctioneer. "What will you give mo for this gun? Going once, going twice, and" But Samuel Herzoe of 408 Milwaukee avenue didn't have an opportunity to say "sold." Suddenly, and to the sur prise of everybody in the room, there was a report and at the same time a cry of pain. The weapon had been acci dentally discharged, and the bullet, striking a counter, glanced off and lodged in the calf of George Do llagen's leg. De Hagen is employed at 0J South Halstead street. He was not seriously wounded. Herzoe was locked up at tho West Chicago aveuuo station.—Chicago Herald. Is There a Popcorn Trust? Wo aro informed that in anticipation of the World's fair in Chicago a number of dealers in popcorn, expecting an in creased demand for that popular article, accumulated so large a supply that the popcorn market is irretrievably glutted. Prices have fallen below any previous record, and tliero aro rumblings of finan j cial discontent in consequenco. Can 1 this ho true? Can Chicago be responsi | bio for this? Whero is the popcorn trust? Investigate itl—Now York Sun. SHE TELEPHONED. Mrs. V;ui SuiltH Found Out lit Lost Tliut Iter Husband Was There. "Hel-lol" said Mrs. Van Smith sweetly ks site took down the telephono receiver without thinking to ring. "Hello! [A 1 pause.] Oh, dear! Hel-10-o! Why don't they answer? [Another pause.] Oh, I for got to ring. How absurd! [Rings.] Hello! Is this— Oh, why are they so slow? Hollo! Say, hello! [Rings again.] Oh, that's them at last. Well, say, is tlris i Mr. Van— Oh, hello! [Sundry rings j and pauses.] Is this Mr. Van Smith? j [A pause.] Is this Sir. Van Smith? j [Another pause,] Is this Mr.— Why ( don't you answer me? Oh, hello, hello! j Who—is—this? [Pause.] Oh, central office! Why, I don't want any cen tral office. I want the Van Smith Consolidated Cheese company. I want Mr. Van Smith— V-a-n-s-m [lnter ruption and pause.] What number? How do I know what— Directory! Telephone directory? Where? Tied to this 'phono? Oil! All right! [Espies I telephone directory at right of transmit- ' ter and opens it.] Let's see; Van, v—p, [ q, r, s, t, u, v, w—v comes between u and I w. Oh, here it is; the Van Smith j Consol— Main No. 4,022. [lnto the | 'phone.] Say, hello! Oh, my good gra- j cious. I've got to ring again. [Sundry further wild rings and subsequent j pauses.] At last! Is that you? [A j pause.] My, what impudence! I mean, who is this? Well, give me—[Aside] — ] where is that telephone book? Wait a minute. [Consults directory.] Give mo main No. 4,022! Four, yes, four, that's it. [Long pause, varied by moaned und muttered "hellos."] Say, who i is this? Is this Mr. Van Smi — Well, say—who—what—why, I am close fvthe [ 'phone—as close as I can get. | Louder.] Is this Mr. Van Smith? Well, is lie there? i Well, say, will it be too much trouble to 1 let liim know that if he's there somebody wants to see him? Tell him I want to see him. Yes, I! It's me wants to see him. [Saddened voice, scarcely audible, coming from the 'phono: "Madam, will you kindly gather together you intellec | tual forces to explain who you are? The' ; Supply of 'me's' is practically unlimit ! ed."] [Mrs. Van Smith continuing.] Oh! The mean thing! I'm Mrs. Van Smith. [Long pause.] Who is this? [Ecstatical | ly.] Charlie? Yes, dear. Well, say, j Charlie, I just wanted to know if you were there. You aro there, aren't you? i Well, that's all. GoodbyJ Goodby!" [Goes away leaving the receiver hanging down.]— Chicago Record. Tho Wrong INtckct. A young governess about to start on a long journey was recommended, among other means of precaution, when passing through a tunnel, always to put her hand in tiro pocket in which she kept her mon ey, so that it might not bo stolen. She acted upon tho advice, and on coming to a tunnel put her hand in her pocket, but was startled on finding it already occu ' pied by another. She grasped tho intru i sive hand and held it firm until the train emerged into daylight, when tire gentle man sitting next to her explained, with a smile, that both hands wero in his pocket! Tableau.—Vom Fels zum Meer. One of Them Told. I Little Girl—lt's all nonsense 'bout 010 maids never tellin their age. Little Boy—Why? "Queen Elizabeth was an old maid, wasn't she?" "Yes." "Well, tli' paper says Professor Dryas dust is goin to lecture on 'The Age of Elizabeth,' so there."—Good News. A Kitchen Mystery. Father—Cooking schools aro of some use, after all. This cake is delicious. Daughter—ls it? I thought it would bo a terrible failure. "Why so?" ' 'I told Bridget exactly how to make it, and she went and made it some other way."—New York Weekly. A Wary Financier. Secretary—Bruller, tho tragedian, ac cepts your invitation to your country house, and he wuuts to know if you would like to hear a performance of the play entitled "A Battle With a Dragon?" Banker—No, no. I don't want any thing that will remind me of my private life. —Fliegende Blatter. At the Law School. Profossor—Mr. Overnjto, what do you understand by "proof of heirship?" Mr. M. Fuller Overnite—Obtaining u patont on a flying machine.—Chicago Tribune. Mr. Dudckin's Misadventure. It was too bad that just as Chappie | was about to cross tho street a vulgar and hungry cart horse should tako a | fancy to his lovely boutonniere. —Har- I per's Weekly. Defined. Fair Enthusiast—Oh, Mr. Harper, how lo you like tho blind organist? Critic—Ho was simply out of sight, Hiss Ada.—Ebuira Gazette. Hopeless. Pastor—Pardon mo, brother, but are I you prepared for tho great change thai mnst eoino to us all? That is certainly a consumptive cough of yours. Cadaverous Parishioner—l don't bo lievoiC, Mr. Goodman. I've been cough ing this way for *lO years. Pastor—How old are you, may I ask' Cadavorous Parishioner—l'm a little over 50. Pastor—And been coughing Cadaverous Parishioner Forty-si j ! years. Pastor—The same way you do now? | Cadaverous Parishioner —Just exactly, i Pastor (regarding him sorrowfully)— It's a great pity, Brother Skunk, itdidn'l; carry you off 40 years ago.—Chicagc Tribuue. Fair Warning. Ho—l seo yon looking at the clock. ] j hope it isn't for me. She—Oh, no. I was thinking of father, J He said he would be homo an hour earliei [ than usual tonight.—Detroit Free Press. A Mistake. The tramp had a look of determina tion 011 his dirty faco as he knocked af the kitchen door of a comfortable house on Foundry street. "Well, what do you want?" queried j the cook snappishly, for she had been I bothered much. "Something to eat, 1 j suppose?" "No, ma'am," replied the tramp at honestly as ho knew how. "Oh, you don't," she sneered. "Then you want something to drink. Tramps | aro always ready to drink." "No, ma'am, I don't want anything tc drink." "Maybe you want an old pair of pants, 1 or a coat, or a pair of shoes, or a hat?' j slio suggested sarcastically. "No, ma'am, none of those." She stared at him hard. "Well, what in the name of goodness do you want?" she asked, "I want work," ho said simply. "Wha—what?" sho gasped and fell into his arms in a faint. "Dang it," ho exclaimed, dropping hei and starting for tho gate, "I might 'a knowed better than to spring that on' her."—Detroit Tribune. Tho Distinguishing Mark. "I see they aro having quite a discus i siou in New York as to whether the for-' cign musicians coming to tho World's fair uro urtist3 or laborers." "Why, it's 110 trouble to decide that.* "How aro yon going to determine?" I "By tho length of their hair, of course.' i —Detroit Tribune. A Misfit. Little Miss de Fashion—l am going tc send these shoes right back. They are a miserable misfit. Father—How? Little Miss de Fashion—They're a mile too big. They don't pinch a bit.—Good J News. Finauclnlly Interested. "I understand Jigson holds quite a re sponsible position, and that ho is finan cially interested in tho concern he ie with." "Yes. They owe him six months' sal ary."—Westfield (N. J.) Standard. Experienced. Clothier—l can give you a position in tho children's clothing department, but you'll find it very aggravating. Applicant—Not to nic, sir; I worked tlireo years in a woman's shoe depart ment.—Haberdashers' Weokly. A Long Lulling. Little Dick—Who's in tho parlor? Little Dot—Mrs. Blank. She won't get through her call for an hour yet. "How do you know?" "I just heard her say, 'Well, I mus' he goin.' " —Good News. A Good Reason. "Why do you ask me for my auto graph?" asked the poet wiio liked to heav words of praise. "Because , you are tho only ono who can write it," said tho applicant meekly, —Vogue. Probably. "I wonder what a man's sensations are when ho is struck by lightning?" said Dawson. "I should think he'd feel more or less thunderstruck," said Hicks.—Harper's Bazar. All at Sen. Old Gentleman—Been over to Europe, eh? Did tho vessel you traveled on make good time? Little Boy—l couldn't tell. There weren't any telegraph poles.—Good News. One Way. First Toper—What would you do if you hail 5,000 francs? Second Ditto—Do? I would live for five days as if I enjoyed a yearly income of 365,000 francs! —Matin. Ail li.f intile Correction. "I wants pome bed an wugar," said Mollie. "Don't say bed an wugar," said Bob bio. "Say bwead and tchugar."—Har per's Bazar. A Particular Kind. "Does Irvington keep a carriage since he married?" "Oh, yes, 1 see liim wheeling it 'most every day."— Indianapolis Journal. MEMORIAL OBSERVANCES. Origin and Growth of the Custom In the North. It ia an admitted fact that the custom of strewing flowers upon the graves of the dead soldiers once each year origi nated in the far south as soon as the war closed, and April 26 is still the Confed erate Memorial day, but as to who fi.st suggested the day for the Federal s ' diers is still a matter of dispute. Phil, delphia claims that honor for Mrs. H. G. Kimball of that city, and a letter from General Logan goes far to prove the claim. Of course there were many sugges tions in many different places, and in 1860 the 27th of June, second anniver sary of the disastrous assault at Kene snw, was celobrated in some places in In diana by a general gathering of veterans and people. Mrs. H. G. Kimball was in the south as a nurse at the close of the war, and coming north early in 1867 she suggested to General the adop tion of a day one month later than that in the south, for climatic reasons. Such is the statement of Julius Simon, for some timo General Logan's secretary. Tho next year the general issued an or der to that effect, being then commander in chief of the Grand Army of the Re public. His letter to Mrs. Kimball was as follows: WASHINGTON, July 9, 1868. MY DEAR FRIEND —It Is very gratifying to me to hear, as I do today for the first time from my friends, of tho reception of my ordor No. 11. As you observe, tho custom is a beau tiful one, and 1 am confident that it will not only never pass away from the recollection of tho American pcoplo, hut will more deeply on graft itself in their hearts, and each returning anniversary of sacred decoration will increase in impressive devotion to our patriot dead, and the crowns we weave for them of never failing laurel anil the beautiful flowers strewn over their graves give birth to sentiments of love and honor which hind tho past, the present and the future in one continuous chain of ad miration that the life aud service of oven the humblest private shall never be forgotten. Yours truly, JOHN A. LOGAN. Ills Imprisonment. A case was on trial in a Kentucky courtroom. An old man of somewhat disreputable appearance had just given important testimony, and the lawyer whose cause suffered by his statements strove in every way to confuse and trip hiin, but in vain. The witness stuck to his story and did not lose his temper In spite of the irritating manner in which tho cross examination was conducted. Finally, in the hope of breaking down tho credibility of the witness, the lawyer at a venture asked: "Have you ever been in prison?" "I have," replied the witness. "All," exclaimed the attorney, with a triumphant glance at the jury, "1 thought as much. May I inquire how long you were there?" "Two years and three months," an swered the witness quietly, with a man ner that was interpreted by the lawyer as indicating chagrin at an unexpected exposure. "Indeed," said tho delighted lawyer, feeling his case already won. "That was a heavy sentenco. I trust the jury will note the significance of the fact. Now sir, tell the jury where you were con fined." "In Andersonville," replied the old man, drawing himself up proudly. There was a moment of silence, the jurors looked at each other, aud then the courtroom rang with choers which the court officers were powerless to check, and in which some of the jury joined. The too inquisitive lawyer hardly waited to hear the verdict against him. —Youth's Companion. BUSINESS BRIEFS. Try Kackler's home made bread and rolls—baked fresh every morning. Ticnics supplied with ice cream, cakes, candies, etc., by Laubach at reasonable rates. If you want a happy home get your wife a box of "Orange Blossom." Sold by W. W. Grover. The flour that will make the finest bread is the Washburn brand. It is sold only by B. F. Davis. "A stitch in time" often saves con sumption. Downs' Elixir used in time saves life. Sold by Dr. Schilcher. Wanted.—A girl for general house work; small family; two children. Wm. Weinman, watchmaker, Centre street, Five Points. Costiveness is the primary cause of much disease. Dr. Henry Baxter's Man drake Bitters will permanently cure cos tiveness. Every bottle warranted. Sold by Dr. Schilcher. In Henry A Johnson's Arnica and Oil Liniment is combined the curative pro perties of the different oils, with the healing qualities of Arnica. Good for man and animal. Every bottle guaran teed. Sold by Dr. Schilcher. Lane's Meilleine Moves the llowels Kacli l>a3'. tn order to be healthy this is neceesury. When Baby was sick, we gave her Castorla. When she was a Child, she cried for Castoria. When she became Miss, she clung to Castoria. When she had Children, she gave them Castoria. T7XIH BALE.—A house and lot on Centre 1' street, Freehold; house, 92x21; lot 126x25. For further particulars apply at this office. Lpon SALE.—A well-built dwelling, with r stable and lot, on Washington street, between South and Luzerne. Apply to John Yanues. opcru house building, Freehold. I OST.—Oil Sunday evening. May 22, between J J Upper Ijcliigli and St. Anus church, a silver breast-pin witli half-dime attached. Finder will please return it to Miss Kate Unify, Upper Lehigh. ■ 1,1!)U SALE.—A lot of good young horses— -D two greys, one roan, one bay, one blaek anil one blaek roadster. Horsemen are invited to Inspect this stock, and if not suited can huok their orders. Central hotel stable. M. H. Hun sieker, proprietor. COALS FOR NEWCASTLE. An Unnecessary Importation of Beautiful Women For tho World's Fair. It is stated that the steamship Paris, from Southampton for New York, car ried a most interesting group of ladies on the way to Chicago, who are described as the living representatives and types of the various countries of the earth clad in their distinctive dress or costume. Tho young ladies from France are to ap pear "in true Parisian style," while thera are to be other damsels representing Eng lish maidens, highland lassies and Irish colleens. The peasant class is not to be forgot ten. Indeed tho samo care shown in tho fashionable toilets will he oxtended to that of the "contadine," and thus it is hoped that a thoroughly graphic and veracious life picture of female human ity up to dato will be obtained. There are ladies from China, Japan, the South American republics, from Mexico and Cuba, as well as from the continent. The Tyroleso girls, it is reported, are "very picturesque," and with the Hun garian contingent sailed a complete or chestra of musicians. The agents cm- V, ployed in getting together this compuny of fair women have interviewed, it Is said, no fewer than 1,500 persons who applied in answer to the various adver tisements. This is truly the largest of large or ders in the way of a living ethnological exhibition, and the very magnitude of the enterprise cannot fail to suggest the difficulties with which the promoters of this astonishing show of fair women have had to contend. In some cases, perhaps, the dispatch of this cargo of femininity to New York en route to Chi cago may be-instanced as closely ap proaching the sending of ooalß to New castle. Chicago is within direct and reasonably rapid railway communication with Mexico, and it would be easy enough to procure the consignment to the shores of Lake Michigan of any num ber of dark eyed senoritas in "ribosos" from Tenochtitlan, to say nothing of ' stunted little Indian squaws with ropy black hair and complexions approximat ing in hue to that of a hot roast turkey. Then again tho Pearl of the Antilles is only some three days' steaming from Now York, and Cuban belles in very large straw hats and black lace scarfs riding In the Havana volante, drawn by a weedy horse, with a negro postilion with silver earrings, white calico breeches and bare legs, with feet girt with silver spurs, and thereby present ing a colorable imitation of jackboots, would form a desirable addition'to the attractions of tho World's fair. San Francisco, moreover, which is only fow days distant by rail from Chicago, would furnish an adequato supply of celestial ladies with "golden lilies," or small feet. It is even questionable whether there was any appreciable need to send out convoy of French young ladies to appear in "true Parisian style" at Chicago. The true Parisian style has long since been acclimatized on the other side of tho Atlantic, and we should say that a far larger number of fascinating cos tumes from the ateliers of Worth, Felix and tlicir competitors are purchasod by American ladies during their visits to Europe than aro bought by English cus tomers. Paris in the halcyon days of the second empire was defined as the place where good Americans went to when they died, hut our transatlantic kinsmen have not ceased to flock to the gay city since France has been under the sway of tho third republic, and fashionable fe male society in the groat cities of the States is certainly as radiantly attired as are any of the dames in the equipages which embellish the Bois de Boulogne in fine weather or who are to be met with at official receptions and diplomatic eoi rees. To a great extent likewise the Pa risian fashions are set by tho leading act resses on the French stage, and Mine. Sarah Bernhardt has already shown transatlantic audiences to what a pitch of perfection theatrical dress for the fait sex can bo brought.—London Telegraph. What Effect Will the Fair Have? The question was asked the Listener recently, "What groat effectdo you sup pose this Chicago exhibition will have upon the people of America comparable with the effect which the centennial ex hibition had?" The question was a hard one to answer. We nover know before hand whnt revolutions we are going to have. Tho American people thought in 1876 that they knew everything that there was to know, but when they got to Philadelphia they found that they did not. They were profoundly affected in spite of themselves and their presump tuous confidence in their own perfections and omniscience. But tho influence then came from abroad. From what wo are already able to leant of tho foreign ex hibit at Chicago, it does not appeatfkjike ly that we shall be profoundly influenced by it. But perhaps we shall be. It seems, however, that the influenco is more likely to be exerted this time by our own best minds, in the various forms of art and in the application of art to in dustry, upon the minds of our less re fined people, upon our great philistino "rniddlo class" people. To judge from the architecture and landscape garden ing of tho exhibition, our commercial classes aro likely to see a great light.— Boston Transcript. Mr. IUUIU'H Lack of Ilumor. Mr. Rohm announces in the papers that if his wife, who disappeared last week, does not return within three days ho will "forfeit all claims to her." hi reality he forfeited all claims to her when ho camo homo intoxicated on Easter Sun day and belabored iter with a club. But Mr. Rohm is not a humorist. Ho is mere ly a dull sort of fellow who does nit ap preciate the magnanimity of his yfy, merely leaving him instead of laiidi n ,, him in the proper place for wife beaters —New York World.
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