YOUTHS' DEPARTMENT. The Swallow* and the Clock—The Ook fboued SeiiMC—Ten Chritit mu Presents. Two newly married swallows, wltli the important business of building a nest on their minds, stopped to rest one morning on the hands of a great church clock in the town of Newark, N. J. Presently they noticed a little hole on its face Just large enough for a swallow to enter. They looked in and saw a lovely place for a nest among a collection of wheels that seemed perfectly quiet. There is a great difference, yen must know, in the movement of tha wheels of the great clocks. Some turn swiftly, while the larger ones move so slowly that, uuless they are watched for a long time, they seem to be stand ing still. The swallows thought it would be delicious to live in the clock. So they began to build. They carried hay and grass and cotton into the clock, and by night their nest was half finished. They slept in a neighbor ing tree, and in the morning flew back With fresh building materials. Something very strange had happen ed. The nest that they had partly bulit had nearly disappeared. They had to begin again. All that day they Worked hard. The next morning they found that the same cruel trick had been played on them. They now became very Indignant, and that night they perched on the hands of the clock, so as to be near in case any one should try to destroy their nest. In the course of the night the hands of the clock turned around and tumbled them off, but tn the morn ing they saw their nest bad only been slightly disturbed. They repaired the damage, finished their work and mov ed In that night. For two days they were very happy, but on the third day a man climbed in to the tower to see why the clock had stopped. lie found nearly a peck of straw and grass and cotton that had been drawn by the wheels into the in most recesses of the clock and had finally so clogged the wheels that they could move no more. Then he "found the nest that the swallows had made and threw it awny and stopped up the hole In the clock face. And so it happened that the swallows had to go and build a nest under the eaves after all. • A SelflHh Boy. The meanest boy in Greater New York stood on the curb the other day about five inches away from the sniff ing black noses of two tiny ponies. The boy was a typical District snail, and he wore a blue cap and was eating a big red apple. The ponies were black and diminutive. They were advertise ment ponies attached to a gorgeous wagon shaped and painted to represent a shirt. Their driver had gone to lunch, and all the normal sized horses on the block were chewing their mid day meal, but there was nothing In sight for the equine dwarfs until the boy in blue stopped at the stand on the corner and bought three red cheeked apples. Into his pocket he stuffed two and started to munch the third. Then he saw the black midgets standing in the gutter. He stopped to look at them, as every one else did. He came up closer and stood Just within five inches of the inquisitive noses that twitched with anxiety to get into that alluring pocket just on a level with them, but a few inches out of reach. When the apple was gone, he saunter ed off and didn't even leave the core!— New York Commercial Advertiser. The DOR Showed Senne. A big Newfoundland dog with a muz zle on lilm was following a boy near City Ilall park In New York recent ly, when a little bull terrier made a dash for him and got a death grip on one of the biJt fellow's ears. It was all done so quickly that the Newfound land's ear was being well chewed be fore lie hardly knew what struck him. He gave a howl and a snap at the little brute, but his muzzle would not allow him to open his Jaws, and the bull ter rier chewed away at his ear. All he could do was to turn tail and run, but the bull terrier did not lose his grip and went along too. They dashed through the crowd, past the fountain and out on the plaza, where the big fel low nearly ran over a pall of smoking tnr that was standing for a moment by the side of a workman who had stop ped to light his pipe. Quick as a flash the big dog stopped and threw Ills head as high in the air as he could. This dragged the little terrier well off his feet and nearly tore the ear from the head of the Newfoundland, but when the little brute came down he lit plump in the pall of tar. Ten CbrlfHman Present*. Ton Christmas presents, all new anil fine; Polly dropped the dolly, then there were 9. Nine Christmas presents, some small, some great; Baby tore the picture book, then there were 8. Eight Chritamas presents; Bob and Dick and Bcvan Together broke the rocking horse, then there were 7. Seven Christmas presents; Tommy, cutting sticks, Lost his shiny jackknife, then there were fl. Six Christmas presents; Jimmy went to drive; The wind blew his cap away, then there were 5. Five Cliristmas presents; through an open door The pusßy kitten ran away, then there were 4. Four Christmas presents, beautiful to see; The engine burst its boiler, then there were 3. Three Christmas presents; little sister Sue Overwound the music box, then there were 2. Two Christmas presents; Dicky went to run, Fell and smashed his watch glass, then then was 1. One Christmas present; with laughter and fun We ate up all the candy, then there was 0. There were ten Christmas presents when the d3 dawned bright. Not one of them WHS left on Christmas night, -llaniat Brewer Sterling in Yoalh'g Companion. PEOPLE OF THE DAY. General John W. Clous, deputy judge advocate general, a central figure in the Investigation of the hazing meth ods of the Military academy, is not a stranger to West Point. As professor of law he spent four years at the academy. His acquaint- ; ance with the post dates from an earli- j er period, however. lie was a member i of the band and lived a year in the old barracks near "Logtown." General Clous entered the army as a private j musician in the Ninth infantry on Feb. Vis) W GENERAL JOHN W. CLOUS. 2, 1557. In 18(51 he was promoted to corporal and quartermaster sergeant. In November, 18(52, he received a com- j mission as second lieutenant of the ! Sixth infantry and three years later became first lieutenant. lie was pro- j moted to captain in 18(57 and nearly 20 years later became a major in the judge advocate general's otlkf*. Lord Robert a. Lord Roberts, or "Hobs," as he is af fectionately spoken of in the army, is a wiry little man, quick in every move- j rnent, showing the nervous energy which possesses him. I lis deep, pierc- | ing eyes look into the other man's as if he would read his thoughts faster ! than his lips can frame the words. His gray mustache bristling over his mouth and his visored cap drawn slightly over his eyes give him a rath er pugnacious air. lie speaks in quick, short, incisive sentences, with 110 waste of words and demands that the officers ! who come by scores to report shall do ; the same. Clustered around the doorway of the I regency are a dozen officers waiting 1 for an entree to his cilice. He has been j calling tliem'in and sending them away i for over two hours already. Suddenly j he appears at the door, with a short : and pleasant "Good morning, gentle- j men." poses for the photographer wait- i iug for him and asks, "Whom do you ! represent?" exclaims "Thank you; I ( wish you success," and turns to the j officers, nods at one and walks back and forth with him on the garden path, while he explains some military neces sity. lie takes them up. one after an-, other, in this man her, constantly walk- ! ing, his brows knitted In thought, stop- ! ping just long enough to punctuate his I remarks by decisive and expressive j gestures of the hand. William Diu widdie in Harper's Weekly. Hi* Head lit Hanger. The powers that demand the execu tion of certain Chinese because of con nection with the Boxer uprising and massacres especially designate Prince j Tuan as one who shall pay forfeit with ! his life. Germany has spoken in posl- | five terms regarding Prince Tuan, as % M \ 1 PRINCE TUAN RANG YI. he was the head and front of tlite or ganized military forces of the Boxers, and the assassination of the German minister, Yon Ketteler, Is laid at his door. Prince Tuan has been reported surrendered, captured, dead, escaped and out of the country half a dozen times each during the past six weeks. Stanton'* Work Habits. Frank L. Stanton, the well known writer of verse, is the wonder and amazement of every body who has fol lowed his work. On one occasion Mr. Stanton had completed his work and \yns about to leave the office when he discovered that the three poems that were to constitute part of the column tltted well with the details of a north ern publisher's request. Taking them out from the copy which was ready to go to the'composing room, he mailed them north and in less than half an hour had written three substitutes, all of which were copied with unusual frequency. Some of the poet's negligence is shown in the way he preserves his work. The poems are cut out of The Constitution and put into cloth hags. When he was getting ready for his new book, "Comes One With a Vong," he went to these bags and found that the rats had gnawed in and had a "feast ol reason." 1 HIT BY AN EARTHQUAKE. now u linn Wen Treated by an Up heaval In Venezuela. ! Mrs. Clmrlcs Middlekauff of Hagers town, Md., is in receipt of a letter from , her son, Frank MitUllekauff, at Cara cas, Venezuela. Mr. Middlekauff de scribes the recent terrible earthquake | in Venezuela as follows: I "It is startling to see the earth roll ing like the sea. People cannot stand up. The llrst shock came at -1:45 o'clock ion Oct. 20. I was awakened. I got up aud was thrown back into bed. I got \ up again and was knocked to the floor. 1 filially succeeded in reaching the i street. There everything was coufu j sion, and buildings were falling on all I sides. j "For five nights I slept in the plaza. ! Everybody has been sleeping in the j parks since the first shock. Everybody lis sick and very nervous. It is de pressing to see people praying, expect j ing every moment to be killed. There ! have been from four to six shocks ev | cry day for live days. I "For three days the tremors were so j regular that a person could set a watch ;by them. They came at 2, 5 and 11 a. | in. and 4, 7:30 and 10:30 p. in. One ! shock would stop a watch, and the i succeeding shock would start it again. | "People are really going mad. Nearly all the towns along the coast are total wrecks. There are over 400 dead in I one small town along the coast. The | authorities cannot even estimate at this I time how many are killed and injured. The earth opened where the land was low, and that is the reason the coast j towus were most affected. I "The earthquake created terrible havoc in Caracas, though the city is j very highly elevated. The city is in ruins. About S0 buildings out of every 100 are wrecked. The large capitol is | split in four pieces. All the large churches have been demolished. What I have not fallen down will have to be torn down. Every place is closed up. Business of all kinds has been suspend ed. There were not many killed iu I Caracas, but many were injured, i "The trains cannot run to Caracas j over the mountains, therefore the mail j has to be taken to the coast by mules." —Baltimore Sun. Overorowdeil London. At the present moment, writes Sir Walter Besant in The Century, those parts of East London inhabited by the ' workingrnen of all kinds, from the re j spectable artisan in steady employment down to the casual baud and the chil ' drcn of the street, are suffering from | the dearth of houses. There are not * enough houses for the people; there are not enough single rooms for the fami lies which would gladly occupy them if they could. The rents of the lowest I tenements are going up higher and higher. The working people compete ! with one another for rooms. The laud j lord has only to put up his house or his | rooms in his house to the highest bid der. A room that used to be let for 4 shillings a week can now command 6, while the fine, or the sum paid on tak • ing the key, which was formerly a few | shillings, now runs up to a pound or even £2. | The houseless used to be considered ! the very poorest. Among tlieni now are families where the head is in good work. They are houseless because I there are no houses for them. The vast increase of population lias a good i deal to do with this. For instance, the | outlying suburb of East Hani, 20 years 1 ago a mere hamlet, with a few houses | and an old church in the fields, now numbers 90,000 people, all of the work ing class, while its neighbor, West Ilam, which 20 years ago consisted of two or three scattered hamlets, is now a great town of 270,000 people, all of the working class. 1* ilu> I.osl Pleiad Found? One of the most beautiful legends re lating to the stars is that of "the lost Pleiad." It would appear that in an cient times ordinary eyes saw distiuct | ly seven stars in the group of the Ple iades, although now only six are thus Visible. The lost Pleiad lias been a sub ject not only for poets, but for astrono mers, who have frequently discussed the question whether such a star ever really existed. Recently the question lias been revived, and the English as tronomer, Mr. W. T. Lynn, after de claring that there can scarcely be a doubt that in former times seven stars were clearly visible in the Pleiades, quotes approvingly the suggestion of Professor Pickering that the faint star known as Pleione is the lost Pleiad. This opinion is based on the peculiar ! appearance of the spectrum of Pleioue, which indicates that it may be an ir ! regularly variable star. The Gypmy Motli. I ! Because a Boston man forgot to close ' his window the state of Massachusetts , lias lost $3,000,000 aud is still losing $500,000 a year. The man was a silk grower. He sent to France for some gyp sy moths, which he intended to oxperi i mont on with a view to a new brand of 1 silk. One day lie sat at his table exani . : ining some of these motlis. when he i was called out of the room. He left the I window open, and the draft blew the j moths out. Two years later caterpillars ; j ate the leaves off every forest and fruit i tree for miles around. They were gyp sy motlis, and the state has spent over , $3,000,000 in lighting the pests. I ' Science'* Alarming Stride*. , I In a recent lecture Dr. Iloffhauer I claimed that the age of fishes cau lie I told by their scales. These show under the microscope stripes similar to the bands in the crosscut of a tree, which : indicate the age of the fish. We are now able to approximately state the age of horses, fishes and trees. Trem ? ble, oil, ladies, but that sonic scientist ' will make a discovery enabling a lay observer to determine the human age I at sight: Would life bo worth living j then?— Vienna Tageblalt. Dyspepsia Cure Digests what you eat. It, artificially digests the food aud aids Nature iu strengthening aud recon structing the exhausted digestive or gans. It is the latestdiscovereddigest aut-and tonic. No other preparation can approach It in efficiency. It in stantly relievesand permanently cures Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Heartburn, Flatulence, Sour Stomach, Nausea, Siclt Headache, Gastralgia.Crampsand all other results of imperfect digestion. PrlceSOc. ami SI. Larue size contains 214 times small size. Book all about dyspepsia mulleUf reo Prepared by E. C. DeWITT ft CO' CtUcaoo. Grover's City Drug Store. DePIERRO - BR0& O^YJBTE. Corner of Centre and Front Streets. Gibson, Dougherty, Kaufer Club, Rosenbluth's Velvet, of which we h tve EXCLUSIVE SALE IN TOWN. Mumm's Extra Dry Champagne, j Hennessy Brandy, Blackberry, Gins, Wines, Clarets, Cordials, Etc. | 11am and Schweitzer Cheese Sandwiches, Sardines, Etc. MEALS - AT - ALL - HOURS. POULTRY, FISH AND OYSTERS. CHEAP FOK CASH. j GEO. FISHER'S market. No. 0 Walnut street. Wm. Wehrman, "W a/tcDatmaA^er. Watches, from $4 to $25. Clocks, from $1 to SB. Centre street, below South. MISCELLANEOUS ADVERTISEMENTS* V]" OTIC 13 IS HEREBY GIVEN that an act x > will be introduced iu the present general assembly of Pennsylvania, the title of which is as follows: To repeal that portion of the fifth section of an act entitled: "A further supplement to an i 1 V'.'fhhwl, "Ati aet to organize the Middle Coal Held Poor District-," approved the sixth day oi March, or e thousand eight hundred and seventy-two, so far as the same relates to | h- judges oi election meetings at the poor house ot said district, certifying returns and issuing election certificates. The object of repealing the portion of said act is to accept the advantages given by the general act ot assembly, approved the twenty eight day of April A. I). MM, P. L. i:7. S. W. Gangwer, j \\illiamß. Lieb, -Directors. \N ilsou S. Campbell, 1 PLEASURE. January 21.—Fair of Young Men's C. T. A. It. Corps at Valines' opera house. Admission, r cents. February s.—Ball of Local Union No. 14'J'J, U. M. W. A., at Valines' opera house. Tickets, 50 cents. Persons who suffer from indigestion can not expect to livelong, because they can not eat the food required to nourish Liu' body and the products of the undi gested foods they do eat poison the blood. It is important to cure indiges tion as soon as possible, and the best method of doing this is to use the pre paration known as Kodol Dyspepsia Cure. It digests what you eat and re stores iiil the digestive organs to perfect health. (1 rover's City drug store. Funny Men In Cougremi. Congress always has its funny man. Sometimes there are two or three. The funny* man of this house is Private John Allen of Tupelo. lie has held the position for the past 10 or 12 years. Before him was Sunset Cox. whose heart was broken because the house would not take liiui seriously long enough to make him speaker. Allen , also has been handicapped by bis repu tation as a humorist. He is the ablest man In Mississippi and the best known, and yet be lias never been able to se cure an election to the senate. This is Allen's last congress, and so the place will be vacant soon. It will probably be tilled by Champ Clark. When Sena tor Mason of Illinois was in the house of representatives, his reputation was that of a humorist and nothing else.— ' Ainslee's Magazine. Tli** Ilen'H Gift to the Nation. Fairly reliable statistics show that 13.000.000.000 bens' eggs will have been laid in the United States during i the year 1000, a startling estimate tru ; ly. inasmuch as these eggs stood one on top of another, point to butt, would make a column 401,048 miles in alti tude. nearly twice the height of the moon from the earth when that orb is 1 soon overhead. The annual value of this product exceeds that of any min eral except coal and is greater even than that of our pig iron.—Boston ! I Transcript. Card Etiquette In Calling. If calling upon a married woman and you are also married, you should leave one of your own cards and two of your husband's; if you call upon a widow or , an unmarried woman, only one of your , husband's cards is left and, of course, , your own. , If an unmarried woman calls upon a married woman, only one of her own i i cards is left. When making an afternoon call and tea Is offered, it is not necessary to re | move one's gloves. i Cards tare left when departing in some receptacle kept for the purpose or usually prominently placed. Dainty Pillow Cover*. Brocades aud velvets as sofa pillow coyers have had n long day, but they are giving place this season to covering of fine.muslin, beautifully worked in raised band embroidery and borderedi with hemstitched frills. The pillows are covered first with' some bright Muted silk which har-i monizes with prevailing toues of the, ' room. j jpastKXisoooofXKXXsooooooooQj x There Is B | Only I p One Other Hat B g As Good R | As | B The Hawes, • g B R R And 8 R B B That's 8 5 8 p Another Hawes. ]\ 8 R | McMENAMIN'S J ji Gents' Furnishing, j; ;5 Hat and Shoe Store, p 86 South Centre Street. j| foooaocKKJoaoooooooooooooodf Sta e Kant Ktroudnburg, Pa. The Winter term of this popular institution for the training of teachers opens Jan. 2, IHUI. 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