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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.