FREELAND TRIBUNE. PUBLISHED KVKItT MONDAY AND THURSDAY. rilOS. A. BUCKLEY, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. OFFICE: MAIN STREET ABOVE CENTRE. SUBSCRIPTION BATES. One Year fl 50 Six Months 75 Four Months 50 Two Months 25 Bulclibera are requested to observe tho data following the namo on the labels of their papers. By referring to this they can tell at a glance how they stand on the books In this oflOao. For Instance: Orovor Cleveland 28Junc95 means that Grover is paid up to June 28,1860. Keep the figures in advance of tho present date. Report promptly to this office when your paper (fl not received. All arrearages must bo paid when paper la discontinued, or collection wIH he made in tho manner provided by law. A man can save fuel, light, aud his health, by going to bed earl v. It is thought by many persons that tho gold production of tho Leadvillo (Col.)district iu the near future will ex ceed its former output of silver. Tho gold product for 1894 from three pro ducers will reach $2,000,000. Thero is much prospecting going on and new mining companies aro being formed. In tho olivo shades of tho Tivoli that Horace loved and that Felicia Hemans sang thero is now an electric generating plant operated by tho water delivered from the old Roman aqueducts. The energy thus gener ated is transmitted to Homo over four copper cables and is used in lighting the city. A now method of getting a convict out of prison lias been discovered in France. A Medalist who was sentenced last November for a year's imprisonment for writing a libelous article against a public official was elected to tho Chamber of Deputies by a Paris constituency. As a Deputy's liberty is inviolable during the session of Parliament tho roleaso from prison of this new Socialist member must follow. Frobably few readers are awaro of the fact that modern industry .has al ready got .a foothold in tho Arotic regions, and that mines aro worked on a largo scale and a railroad reg ularly operated in such high latitudes. This is tho case in Swodeu, whero tho Lulea-Gellivnro Railroad, built for the purpose of carrying iron oro from tho Gellivare mines to tho seaport at Lulea, extend fifty miles above the Arctic circle and enjoys the distinc tion of boing tho first railroad to open up the frigid zone. Towns in Florida havo a great boon in tho so-called puviug clay fouud near Bartow in tho State and clsc whero further South. It is not solely clay, but a combination of sand, clny and oxido of iron. It breaks up under the pick when dug, and needs no other preparation to bo put upon tho sandy streets of Floridian towns. It is laid on several inches deep, wet, and then rolled. Tho result is a hard, smooth surface, that resists tho wear of traffic. Railway companies in Florida havo used tho material for tho approaches to stations and for crossings. Tho Philadelphia Record quotes a traveler in Japan as saying that, in spite of their advance in civilization, tho Japaneso retain much of their primitive simplicity. They always loaves their shoes at tho door of a house when they enter and walk inside in their stocking feet. When tho first railroad was started from Yokohama to Tokio all tho Japanese gentlemen wcro crazy to ride. They hurried to tho station, kicked thoir shoes off on tho platform, and entered tho train. When they arrived at Tokio they engorly looked around tho platform for their shoes, and great consterna tion prevailed when these shoes were nowhere to bo found. Tho American Agriculturist says i "Poultry is attracting increasing At tention all over the country. For the labor and capital invested, it is be yond question the most profitable branch of agriculture. It has reoeived less attention and encouragement than almost any other industry. Tho time has coino for every State board of ngriculturo to havo a special poul try commissioner to look out for the interost of this industry, stamp out poultry diseases, aid and improve tho poultry shows, hunt out tho best lecturers on poultry topics for farm ers' institutes, aid in tho improvement of breeds and methods, eto. The large attendance and splendid array of birds at tho principal poultry ex hibitions thus far held this winter, further emphasize theso remarks. Surely it is timo for th American hen te have her innings." SNOW SONG. If a bo.ly moet u body Coining through tho snow, Must a body groet a body If he will or no? Flakes like crystal flowers falling, Voices sweet of childrou, calling- Children calling, blithely calling, through tho snow. If a body moot a body Coming through tho snow, Should u body greet a body With a smile, oho ! Looking liko great birds ot feather, • Merry ghosts of stormy weather- Fleeting, flitting, floelng ghosts of stormy weather. If you moot a weather prophot Coming through the snow, lie is always sure to mention "Ha ! I told you so!" ITow tho snow came by his order, He, tho watcher and tho warder Of cloud-regions whore frost legions storms j bestow. If a body moot a body Coming through tho snow Must a body greet a body Lover, friend or foe? 'Tis a timo of mirth an I singing, And tho bells aro softly ringing, Ooftly chiming through tho carnival of snow! —lsadoro Baker. TIHIOUGFA CAT, BY HARRIS GREENWOOD. fIT wnsa beautiful, sun- Bhiuy day wliou 1 resolved to cast off the cares of business for a week and to mako un excursion, onfoot, into the country. I rejoiced fU fts * reflected ua the delights of fresh air YMO lUK ' beautiful $1 va eceDury ' BO,w to koarfc of tho city mau " 'I 1 ho result of my exalted frame of mind was that I extended my tour a iittle farther than I at first intended. On tho fourth day I was surprised by a storm, aud sought rofugo under the shadow of an overhanging lock; but darkness came on so rapidly that I had tho agreeable prospect of passing the night in tho open. I also noticed that 1 had lost my way, for I suddenly eamo to an unknown path; and it scorned to mo that it would bo worse to turn backwards than to proceed. I listened attentively, hoping to hear the barking of dogs that might indi cate the proximity of some human habitation, but in vain. After follow ing the path for a few moinouts it seemed that I saw a light glimmering through the darkness, aud I immedi ately continued in that direction. I had to ford a small stream, and then Found myself in front of a house. Aroused by tho barking of a dog,some one camo out. Replying to his inquiry or to who was there, I explained that I had lost my way, and was greeted by a cordial invitation to coino in, which I did. As I entered I was confronted by two people, who were gazing at 1110 attentively. One wan a young man, with strongly marked features, and the other a sweetly pretty young wo man. I explained to them that I would ho satisfied with tho most sim ple food and bed, if they would take mo in for tho night. "You are heartily welcome," tho young man roplied, "my wifo and I will endeavor to make you comfort able." Ho then introduced himself by name, and informed mo that ho was tho owner of tho little farm and mill, after which ho provided me with dry clothes, and when I re-entered tho room I found that his wifo had meanwhile prepared a good suppor. They both seemed pleased to havo me as a guest, and I certainly felt very contontod as I leant back and enjoyed a smoke with my host. While wo were talking, n largo white cat jumped unceremoniously on his knee, but so clumsily that I looked at it more at tentively, and saw that ono of its logs was far shorter than tho other. "Has sho been a soldier and wounded in the war?" I asked, laugh ing. "Not exactly," ho roturnod, smil ing, as ho gently stroked tho cat's fur, "but she lost part of her login u light for booty; she is, in fact, the founder of our fortuno." I looked at him in astonishment. "It's a fact," said he, nodding his head and taking his wife's hand. "Now that you have arroused my curiosity, you must gratify it." "It's a long story," ho roplied. "However, if you uro willing to remain up another half hour I'll tell it to you. I am the son of a well-to-do farmer, whoso property was situated about three miles' distance from here. As tho only child, 1 was tho heir to the farm ; but ono misfortune after auotber seemed to pursue Our land was inunda ted by a llood, two horses died in ono week, diseaso broko out among our cattle, and to celipso all, my father became involved in a lawsuit, in which Jbe obstinately rofused to yield an inch. Mortgugos had to bo taken 11 p, and at my futhcr's death I found things so deeply involved that wo surrendered everything to our creditors. I was serving in tho hus sars. My only aunt, .with whom 1 I had becomo better acquainted at my father's funeral, always reproached him for his fondness for litigation, and this had caused soino dissension liotween them. But to mo sho had always been friendly. I knew she was well-to-do, and my father had often eomplainod about her penuriousuoss, as she had refused oven to lend him $lO. I was somewhat astonished and pained to find that sho deolinod to help mo to a respectable position, telling mo I should learn to paddle my own canoo. After her fashion, perhaps, she was good to me. She sent mo a birthday present regularly, and when I introduced my chosen bride to her (hero ho looked at his wife fondly) sho approved my choice, but stipulated that wo wait fivo years before marrying. & Tho time passed by faster than I expected, and I was, I can assuro you, happy when four had gono by, and as the end of my probationary term drew near I reminded my aunt of this. She replied that she was happy be cause I had homo tho trial so satis factorily, and promised on our wed ding day to givo mo S3OOO to buy a farm with. You can imagino how de lighted I was. I could bavo-embraccd tho whole world indiscriminately, and little did I think that my aunt would bo absent at the timo of tho happy event. Meanwhile, 'reckoning my chickens boforo they were hatched,' 1 looked round everywhere for a suit able piece of property. Of course, tho rumor was soon set afloat that old Miss Jenkins must bo very well off, as sho was contemplating the purchase of a homo for licr nephew. You shall hear how disastrous this rumor was to provo for me. ' '1 had just decided upon a place which I thoaght would suit, and had returned to my quarters, when a messenger hurriedly handed mo a largo ofllcial lookiug letter. I toro it open with trembling lis mis, and found that it contained tho news that tho previous night my aunt had been murdered, her house set on fire, and it was sur mised that sho had also been robbed. I immediately informed my be trothed, and tlieu proceeded to be stow the last honors duo my aunt. Such a dreary journey I hope never again to take in my life. Abide from a sad feeling, all my hopes of hap pinesß and success were now shattered —destroyed at one blow, liko a card house. When I reached tho placo \ found tho house half burnt; the ruins were still smouldering, but practically tho placo was completely destroyed. By order of tho court, uutil an ex amination could bo* made, everything had been left as it was found, and as I wandered disconsolately around, I tried to form some idea of tho scene of tho murder, which appeared not to have taken place in tho bedroom, although my aunt must already have retired. In tho hallway tracos of blood wero still visible. Her body was fouud in tho sitting-room, and the theory was that, hearing a noise, sho had risen to see what it was, had been foully murdered, and her body then dragged into tho adjoining room, while the murderer sot liro to tho house, hoping thereby to conceal every trace of his crime. "However, the criminal had miscal culated, for tho sitting-room was only half burnt, clearly showing tho traces of the murderer's mode of entrance. Tho old desk was broken open and tho contents rilled; the collee-servico was still stundiugon the table, but, strange to say, the brown pewter pot was not to bo found, and near the wall lay the largo Maltese cat, its spino broken by a powerful blow from an axe. "You can imugiuo how dreary life now seemed to mo ; I know that Ella would remain truo to mc, even under these adverso circumstances, and wo both understood that tho day of our marriage must bo indefinitely post poned ; that I virtually would havo to begin life over again. "I sought and, through somo influ ence,""obtained a place as warden in tho largo prison at W—. But, oh! how different from tho pleasant country life I had dreamed of! Instead of being the owner of a pretty little home, with a loving wife always at my tide, I was com pelled to pace those gloomy walls, day and night, and witness crime and misery daily. Only the hopo of sooner or later finding some more congenial ooeuputiou niudo my situation at all endurable. And yet I am glad to have undergone tho experience, bitter as it was, for otherwise 1 should not now bo sitting hero comfortably, within my own littlo home. But the chaugo carno in a very unexpected manner. "One night—it was a rainy, bluster ing, autumn night—l was making my last round of inspection, when I sud denly heard a loud and plaintive cry. At lirst I thought it was tho wail of an infant, and opened tho window at tho cud of tho hall, from beneath which tho cry seemed to come. In a dark corner of the yard I saw something white. At tho samo timo I heard a socond cry, more plaintive than tho lirst, and recognized it as that of a cat in pain. As I always had been fond of animals, I ran down to the court-yard, and there I found that tho superintendent's cat, whose soft, fur I had so often admired and caressed, had been caught iu a fox-trap belonging to tho superintendent, and which, in some unknown maimer, had been sot. Tho poor animal had been stupid enough stretch out its right foot for tho piece of meat, and tho trap naturally closed liko a vise, crushing the paw and mak ing tho unlucky animal danco and howl with pain. "I released her and looked at the broken limb. Setting it again was out of the question, tho bono being severed completely and tlio muscles torn asunder ; it 111141 to bo amputated. I carried tho animal to my room and performed the operation as well as I could—l've always boon somothing of a 'vet.' —and bound it up as well as I knew how. Bat probubly tho irons woro rusty, or dirty, or had been tainted by the decomposition of dead auimals previously caught in tho trap ; at any rate, it proved to bo a very ob stiuato wound ; it suppurated ; more particles of tho bone broko off, and tho poor animal suffered terribly. I arranged a basket for her in tho woodshed, where tho superintend ent's children and I looked after her comforts; and there sho lav for two month?. I could not keep her in my room, as bhe moaned day and night, and when the pain was very violont. shrieked liko a child. "These incessant noises, strango to say, had a remarkable effect on my future. In the row of colls opposite the woodshed long term criminals woro imprisoned, and in ono of theso was a follow by tho name of Sander son, who was convicted for highway robbery aud condemned to ten years' imprisonment. A few days after tho cat's uccident this prisoner sent an urgent request to tho superintendent, bogging that tho cat bo removed from tho woodshed, as he had a great aver sion to a cat's cry, aud was conse quently unable to sleep at night. His request might havo been granted had there been any other place to keep tho animal, but such was not tho case. "A few days later ho asked to bo permitted to attend communion on the following Sunday, although he had always stubbornly refused to do so previously. "Tho prison chaplain, an experi enced man, wrote to hiin and told him plainly he could seo that something was on his conscience, aud that he would never obtain rest until he con fessed his sins aud cudcavorod, by true repentance, to obtain absolution for them. At first tho man stoutly denied that ho had committed auy other crimo than that for which he was sentenced ; but tho preacher—no mean judge of human nature—per sisted, and ho linally confessed that ho had murdered au old womau, aud that her cat had lamented so pitifully that he killed it with a blow, breaking its spine. For a long time ho could not euddro tko cry of a cat, but tho im pression had begun to wear off, when the ono in tho court-yard, by ifcs in cessant shrieks, brought back to his mind all tho events of that terrible night. "He had been tortured by roinorso aud was uuablo to sleep quietly for fivo nights. "Then ho proceeded to give tho do tails of tho crime. lie had rifled tho desk of its contents, and stuffed all tho documeuts and bonds into the brown coffeo pot. Ho then set flro to tho house and dopartcd, carrying tho pot with him. It was easy enough to make his escape unporceived, as the houso stood at somo little distance from tho town. Ho inado his way to a little wood close by, and there, at tho foot of a mighty oak, past which a small stream flowed, ho buried tho treasures under ono of tho knarled roots. As ho pro ceeded through tho wood, after resting an hour, ho was suddeuly seized from behind by somo one, who criod, "I've got you at last!" "Of course, tho murderer thought his crime had already been discovered, and fought with the energy of des pair. Ho would probably havo es caped, had uot a second man joined tho first— whom he had wounded—and tho two overpowered and secured him. Tho simple explanation was that a gamekeeper had been searching for some timo for a determined poach er, and whon ho saw Sanderson sneak ing about ho thought it was tho man he was Kuurcbttig for. "When the murderer was brought to justice ho was afraid to protest his innocence too emphatically lost it should set tho police on tho right track, and as ho had already been locked up for poaching several times, tho judge sentenced him to ton years' imprisonment. of the man's story was verified by tho police commissioners, who found tho treasure in tho old coffeo pot at tho place ho had de scribed. After a few necessary for malities tho papers wero handed to me, audi came into possession of tho property with which I bought this laud. Before leaving W—, however, I begged the superintendent to givo mo tho white cat that had been the in direct menus of restoring mo to my inheritance. 1 shall always care for tho dear old boast till her death." I could not refrain from stroking the big cat, which lay purring and blinking contentedly ou her master's knee. My hosts showed mo tho great est hospitality, and I parted with them next day with regret. However, my first uncoremonioud visit was the pre cursor of many more, aud I now couut this charming couple amoug my best friends. —Home and Country. A Talc of Two Countries. An interesting case was heard in tho Circuit Court at Ashland, two natives of Switzerland being tho opposing parties. Shortly boforo Woutz, tho defendant, came to America, a mur der occurred. 11c read a description of the murder iu a newspaper, and threo men wero arrcstod and after ward acquitted. Wontz claims that shortly alter tho murder ho saw threo men, whom ho believed to bo tho mur derers. After emigrating to America he settled in Ashlaud County, and fouu 1 among his neighbors auother Swiss, whom ho declared was ouo of the three men. Tho latter brought suit for &500 damages, lie swore that ho was 100 miles from tho scouo of tho mur der when it occurred. Tho jury brought in a verdict of six cents dam ages. —Milwaukee Wisconsin. A Curious Occupation. Liverpool boasts a womau who can earn a good living by readiug char acter from old gloves. This curious occupation is called "inaiiicology," and all that auybo ly has to do who wishes to givo it a trial is to dispatch a pair of cast-off gloves, together with a few postago stamps, to the enter prising "manicologiut," who will for ward in return a full nnd particular account of tho sender's character, dis position, aud "prospects in life," as disclosed by tho gloves.—Now York Times. MURDER OF EM IN PASfIA. IHE STORY FROM THE LTP3 OP THOSE WHO KILLED HIM. United States Agent Moliuii Captures the Assassins urKl Cleverly Ex- tracts a Confession From Them. THE details of tho murder of Emiu Pasha, whoso death stirred tho whole civilized world, aro first made public in tho Century. Tho story is told by It. Dorsoy Mohun, United States agent in the Congo Free State. Two of the murderers of Emiu were discovered by Mr. Mohun's sergeant, who had boon a member of Stanley's expedition for the relief of Emiu. They were arrested, and a confession was skilfully drawn from them by Mr. Mohuu. Tho murderers were hanged last May, Tho leading points in their confession nre us follows: Ismailia began by stating that ho had been in the service of Emin Pasha, having been loaned to lfim by Said to take cbargo of his caravan ou the march from tho Unyoro. I asked him if ho had been well treated ou tho road, and if he had any cause of com plaint to make against Emin Pushu. He answered that ho had nono; that he had always been treated with tho greatest kindness, and that the Pasha had frequently given him piocos of cloth for himself and for his three women ; that he liked tho Pasha very much, and had no feeling of hatred against hiui. Mamba broke in, saying that ho also liked the Pasha, and that ho was very sorry he had died. Mamba then turned to me aud said : "I did not want to help to kill tho Pasha; but I know that Kibougo was a much bigger chief than my master Said, und that if I did not obey ho would probably kill me; so I told Ismailia that 1 would do us I was ordered." Ismailin, continuing, said: "I thou went back to Kinoua's, anil on tho veranda of tho chiefs house Euiin Pasha was seated, surrounded by a few of his soldiers. lie was writing at his tuble, and many birds and bugs were scattored around. Theso ho had caught coming from tho Aruwimi. Tho first letter, which Mamba had brought, was in front of him, and he was laughing, and scorned in cheerful spirits at tho thought of leaving next morning for Kibouge. Kinena came up with a fow men who were carrying guns. Kinena had iu his hand tho letter which I had givon him. 110 stopped near tho Pasha, aud bogan reading to himself. When he had lin ished lio said: 'Pasha, as you aro go ing to leave to-morrow morning for a twelve days' march, don't you think you had better send your mon into tho plantations, aud get bananas, manioc, and peanuts for the long march which you have boforo you? Tell your men to get all they wish; and I hopo that you won't think of. paying 1110 for them, as it is my presr ent to you, and is in return for tho many little things which you have given mo and my women since you have been my guest.' Tho Pasha looked up, and thanked Kinena very much. Ho then told one of his order lies to have tho bugler call tho men, which was done. "Wheu they arrivod, Kincna said: •Tell the mou to loavo their arms ou tho side of the veranda, because if they go into tho plantations oarrying guns, the women working there will become frightened and run away.' Thereupon Emin's men, numbering thirty or forty, placed their guns on the veranda, and departed. The plan tations were an hour's walk from the house. During tho time it took tho men to go to the plantations Kineua talked to tho Emiu, expressing his re gret at his departure. Mamba and I were standing next to tho Pasha, and at a sign from tho chief we seized him by tho arms as ho was sitting in hi 9 chair. Ho turned and asked what we meant. Kinona looked at him, and said: 'Pasha, you havo got to die!' Emiu turned, and exclaimed rather angrily: 'Wlmt do you moan? Is this a joke? What do you mean by seizing mo in this manner? What are you talking about my dying for? Who arc you that you can give orders for a mau to die?' Kincna replied: 'I do not givo tho orders. I rocoivo them from Kibongo, who is my chief; and when Kibongo gives an order to me I obey it.' "Three of Kiuena's men enmo and assisted us iu holding Emin, who was struggling to free himself and to- get at his revolver lying on tho tablo; but his efforts wero fruitless, and wo forced him back into his chair. Then Emin told Kincna that it was all a mistake, as ho had just a letter from Kibougo that morning saying that ho should havo safd conduct to his vil lage, aud that tho letter wa3 ou his tablo iu frout of him. Kmena re plied : 'Pasha, you read Arabic, don't you?' •' ' Yes.' " ' Tlion read this,' holding the sec ond letter close to Einln's eyes, us the Push i was nearly bliii 1. "Emm read the letter, and saw that it was true. Drawing a long breath, he tinned and said: 'Well, you may kill me, but don't think that I am the only white man in this couutry. There are many others who will bo willing to avenge my death ; and let mo tell you that iu less than two yoars from now thero won't be au Arab left in the entire country now held by your pooplo.'" I asked lsmailia if Emin showed any signs of fear, aud ho said that he Showed none; but when ho spoke of having care takeu of his daughter, two years of age, he trembled slightly. "What did he say about his child, lsmailia?" I askod. "He said: 'My child is not bad ;sbe is good. Send her to Said ben Abodi at Kibonge, and ask him to look out for her.'" Ismailia continued: "At ft sign from Kinenn, the Pasha was lifted out of his chair and thrown flat on his back. Ono man held each leg, one man euch arm, and I held his head, whilo Mam ba cut his throat." Mamba here put in a vigorous pro test, saying ho had not cut his throat. Bat Isinailia stuck to his statement, and swore thot it was Mamba who ha l acted as executioner. Mamba said it was another slave, but that ho had stood by and watched the murder be ing oommittrd; and a wrangle ensued between the two, Ismailia accusing and Mamba denying. I this cou tinuo a few moments; but as no in formation of importance resulted, I stopped them both, and then told Is mailia to continue, for I should as sume that Mamba had held the knife. Mamba looked rather discouraged at this declaration, but said nothing; aud T firmly believe that it was ho who beheaded Emin. Ismailia then 6ftid: "Eaiin made no effort at resistance. His head was drawn back until the skin across his throat was tight, aud with oue move ment of tho knifo Mamba cut his head half off. Tho blood spurted over us and tho Pasha was dead. We held t him for a few moments; then we arose, and left tho body where it was. Afterward Mamba severed tho head from the body, and Kiucna had it packed in a small box and sent on to Kibongc, to show that his orders had been obeyed." Tho reason, it appears to me, for Kibonge's having sent tho head to Nyangwo was that he desired to show Muuio-Mohara, who had almost as much intluonce as Tippoo Tib, that ho (Kibonge) was as big a chief in his own country, and could kill a white man as well as Munie-Moharn, who had ordered the destruction of Ho<l ister's expedition. 4 Tug ol War In the Pampas. Tho pampas are tho great plains of South America which extcud from Patagonia to tho ftaliviau frontier. They cover an area of 600,000 square miles. Tho southern portion forms a great desert, dotted her 3 aud there with sand pools and marshes. The northern portion is occupied by tho vast unexplored territory of the Gran Chaco. The salient features of the northern and northwestern parts of this huge territory are plains furnish ing magnificent pasture lands. Thoso plains aro interspersed with denso timber forests, lagoons and rivers. Tho growths of olovcr, thistles and pampas grass uro most romarkable. On thoso huge plains millions of cattle roam, which are attended by many thousands of cowboys, who herd them mounted on their sturdy mustangs. This wild, nomadic lifo is arduous in tho extreme, but oven the luzy cow boy has his holiday. One of their diversons is a tug of war between two cowboys, or guuehos, as they are called. Each is mounted on a power ful horse of the country, tho high horns of tho so-called Mexican sad dles are counectcd by a lasso or raw hide. Both horses are urged in op llsito directions by their drivers with whip and spur. The gauchos and In dians applaud and niako bets, the lasso tightens, theu there is a sound of straining of tho saddle girths. If they h >ld, one of the horHes is pulled up on his hind legs, while his fore legs paw the air. Au instant more ami ho is down, whilo tho rider extri cates himself as best ho can. The gauchos seldom stay for any length of time iu ono place; thoy aro very lazy and only work when they seo fit. Many of them come from the Argen tine Republic. The Typical American Face. It may be worth while to add that once when I said, "How unlike each other aro our American faces, yet how quickly wo rocognizo auy one of them among European faces! —I wish 1 knew why," a foreign friond re plied that who could tell mo why. "Tho typical American mouth," she said, "is inoro sensitivo than that of other races, and tho chin is slenderer; but tho main peculiarities aro the shapo and setting of the eyes, and especially tho modeling of tho cheek bones. You havo high cheek bones, but they are narrow, whilo when thoy are high in other races thoy aro broad and fiat, a3 with tho Japanese, or square, as with tho Scandinavians." 1 am afraid she thought that we all looked a little foxy; but a fox's face lias beauty, and shows a keen sense of humor as well as its own sort of cleverness; and besides, every ono knows that it is merely a mask.— Century. The Moon a Pioeo of the Earth. When tho earth was youug, accord ing to the testimony of our most no tod astronomers, it turned with such amaz ing rapidity that the day was only about three hours long. Tho entire globo was a liquid then, aud as it spun around at that fearful rate of speed tho sun, causing ever-increasing tides upon its surface, at last pulled it asunder! Tho smaller portion be came the planet which wo now call tho moon. Tho distance of this moon from tho earth has been gradually in creasing over since, and tho time will surely come when it will uot look larger thau a tenth-magnitude star to the people of tho earth.—St. Louis Republic. A Hen That Slugs. Miss Addie Bauin, tho pretty young daughter of Cuptum Simon Baum, at Buxley, Ga., has a singing hen that : attracts great attention from the traveling public. Miss Baum plays whilo the hon iu on tho top of the piano. Sho tells tho hen to sing. The hen sings with expression, keoping 1 correct time and varying its tones to correspond with the piano. The hen i is a musical freak.—Atlanta Consti- I tution. THE MERRY SIDE OF LIFE. STORIES THAT ARE TOLD BY THE FUNNY MEN OF THE PRESS. Maud Muller Up to Date—-A Good Trait—The Grace of Experience— Not a Truth-Teller, Etc., Etc. Maud Mailer, on a summer's day, Stuffed the manger full of hay. Her hat was thore, but not the rako, For that was but a poet's fake. Slapping the old cow on tho side, Bho laughed until sho ulmost cried. "Just think, old bossy," crlod tho inald, •'l'm having a pair of bloomers made." —Minneapolis Times. NOT A TRUTH-TELLER, Blinker—"Who wroto 'Man wants but little hero below?' " Botts—"l don't know. Borne awful liar,"—Philadelphia Life. A NATURAL QUESTION. Sho—"Tho subscriptions, you know, aro entirely voluntary." He—"Yes; I wonder how much we'll have to give?"— Puck. MORTAL IMPERFECTION. He —"Jape called mo a perfect id iot. You dou't think that, do you?" Mary—"No. Nothing human is perfect."—Detroit .Free Press. AN AVERAGE WOMAN. Littlo Girl—"Does your mother talk much about woman's rightß?" k Littlo Boy—"No; she jus' has 'era without any talkin'."—Good News. NOT A GOOD IDEA. A Friend—"if you love her, old fellow, why don't yon marry her?" •Bachelor Doctor—"Marry her? Why, sho is 0110 of my host patients." —Life. TLIE GRACE CF EXPERIENCE. Ho—"How well Miss Elderberry carries her age." Bho—"But, then, 8110 has become so accustomed to it, you know."—Bos ton Transcript. A GOOD TRAIT. Bobbins —"Higbee has one redeem ing trait." Mack—"What ii it?" Bobbins—"Ho takes his watch out of pawn occasionally."—Philadelphia Life. PATRIOTIC. Mr. Awtliuw Anglo--"Yon Ameri cans have no patriotic airs such as wo have." Mr. Amcr E. Kan--"Haven't oh? What is tho matter with Uncle Bam as a National him?"- -Truth. TIIE DULLEST SPOT. Jack—"Miserly has been studying it up, and ho says tho sense of touch is dullest on the back." Dick—"Strike him for $lO an! Sco if you don't strike a duller point than that." —Detroit Free Press. HIS NERVES GAVE TIIE LIE. Jimson —"I can never put confi dence in tno word of Gimblo again." Weed—"Why?" Jimson—"Because ho told mo that the chap who plays tho cornet in tho fourth lioor back is a composer."— Life. UNEQUALLY DIVIDED. Mrs Uptou (from beneath tho com fortable blankets) — "Oh, you uoodn't growl! Wo all have our ups and downs in this life." Upton—"Yes; but the ups with this kid last two hours, and tho downs only last five miuutes!"—Puck. A CHANCE FOR IT. Nurse (to doctor, who has just boon called iu) —"It appears to bo a very complicated case, doctor. Can you make anything out of it?" Doctor—"Well, between you and mo, I think I cuu make a couple of hundred out of it."—Puck. HOW TO EXPRESS IT. "I'm so sorry supper isn't ready," said Mrs. Dinsmore to her husband when he came in. "I attended tho mooting of tho sowing circle this after noon, and I couldn't get away." "Hemmed in, wero you?" asked her husband. —Detroit Free Press. NOT THAT KIND OF A MACHINE. Clerk—"Mr. Brown, of Brown Brothers, waut3 to know if he can see you at the telephone?" Broker Braart—"Tell him it is hardly possible for him to 6eo me, but he may bo able to hear mo talk. This is a telephone service, not a kin etosoope."—Truth. THE INTRODUCTION. First Gentleman (just introduced) "By tho bye, I did not quite catch your name." • Becond Gcntloinan— "My name is v. Wilkius, I didn't hear yours either." * "My name is Bilkins. What is tho name of tho gentleman who intro duced us?" "Give it up. Never saw him bo fore."—New York Weekly. THE HISTORY OF LITTLE TOMMY'S CASE. 6.30 a. m. —Tommy arises. 6.35—H0 complains of a headache. 7—Quite sick, but able to eat a hearty breakfast. 7.3o—Getting worso very rapidly. B—Ho develops signs of fever. B.ls—Complications of toothache and sore throat. 8.45—1ie foars ho will die., I 9 (school time) —High fever, aches all over, and sobbing with pain. , | 9.ls—Little Tommy is out in the ( yard wrestling merrily with tho neigh bor's boy.—Chicago Record.
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