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VOL XIV, NO. 4fi
MOUNT HOLLY, BURLINGTON COUNTY, N. J„ TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1893.
ESTABLISHED 18T9
PENNSYLVAN I A KAILROAD.
The standard railway of America. Protect
ed by the inter-locking switch and block sig
nal system.
Trains leave Mount Holly as follows:
For Philadelphia, 5.30, 6.00, 6.42, 7.10, 8 oo
8.57, 0.15. 11.20 a. M., 12.57, 2.30, 4.24, 5.05, 6.19
8.37, 10.50 p. m.
On {Sundays. 8.30 a. m.. 12.05, 5.20, 7.50 r. >i
For Pemberton, 7.35, 9.20, a. m., 1.37
3.32, 4.52, 0.00, 7.1*3,7.33, p. M. Sundays, 10.2:
а. m., 0.05 p. M.
For Brown’s-Mills-in-the-Pines, 7.85,0.20, a. m.
3.32, 4.52, r. m. Sundays, 10.23 w.
For Burlington, Horde n low n. Trim ton and New
York, 9.05, 10.50 a. m., 2.50, 4..38, 5.\5 p. m
For Lewistowu, Columbus, Kinkora, etc.
1.37, p. m. On Sundays, (>.o.» p. m.
For Lntnoerton, Medford, Marlton and Hud
doiiticld 9.35 \. m.
For Vincentown. 12.30, 0.00 r. m.
For Touts River, Island Heights, etc., 9.26
a m., 4.52 p. m
For Trenton and New York, via Pembertoi
and Kinkora, 1.37, i*. m. Sundays, 6.05
P. M.
For liightstown, 7. 35 a. m., 1.37,6.00 p. m. Or
Sundays 7.05 r. m.
For Asbury Park, Mondays and * Saturdays
only, 9.26, a. m.
For Tuckerton, 9.26 a. m., 1.52 r. m.
For Beach Haven 4.52 r. m.
I'rains leave for Mount Holly as follows:
From Philadelphia, 6.30, 7.50, 8.30, 10.00,
11.20 A. M., 12.30 2.30, 4.00, 4.30, 5.10,
б. 10, 6.30,8.00, 10.30, 11.45 p. m. On Sundays,
9.15 A. M., 1.00, 5. i0, 10.30 P. m.
From New York, via Trenton and Burlington
8.00,9.30 a. M., 1.00,4.00,5.00 P. M.
From Trenton, 7.41,9.25,11.10 a. m., 2.58,5.20,
7.00 P. m.
From Burlington, 8.31,10.06,11.53 a. m.,3.32,5.45
7.40 p. m.
From Brown’s-Mills-in the-Pities, 8.20, a. m.
12.25, 5.45 P. M. Sundays, 4.50.
from Pemberton, (north) 6.25, 7.35, 8.32, 8.5o
A. m. 12.19, 1.07, 8.17 p. m. On Sundays, *.0CJ
a. m., ,
From Pemberton (south), 8.36 a. m., 12.40, 4..8I
6.00 p. m. On Sundays, 5.03. p. m.
Front Vincentown, 6.5o a. m., 1.32 r. m.
From llightslow n, via Burlington ,11.02 a . m.
7.60 r. m.
F roin M ed ford, 11.55 \. m .
From Long Branch, 1.55 p. m., on Monday and
Saturdays only.
From Asbury Park, 5.20 p. m. 2.12 p. m. on
Mondays and Saturdays only.
From Toms River, 7.48 a . m., 4.12 r. m.
From Island Heights, 7.35, a. m., 4.38 p. m.
S. M. Pbkvost, J. R. Wood,
General Manager. Gen. Pass. Agent.
MEDFORO, M ARLION, AN 1> PI11 LA
DELPH1A.
Leave Medford lot Philadelphia at 6.58, 10.07,
A. M., 2.13, 5.24. P. M. Sunday, 8.01, A. M.,
3.50, P. M.
Leave Marlton for Philadelphia at 7.15, 10.20,
A. M., 2.35, 5.35, P. M. Sunday, 8.14, A. M.,
4.05, P. M.
Leave Philadelphia, Market Street, for Med
ford and Marlton at 7, 10 50, A. 51., 3, 5.30,
P. M. Sunday, 8.45, A M., 5.30, P. M.
Leave Marlton lor Medlord, 8.11, 11.40, A. M .
3.59,6 22, P. M. Sunday,9.47. A. M.,6.23, 1 . M.
For further particulars apply to the ticket
agent at the station.
TUCKEHTON K4ILROAI).
Leave Mount Holly for Tuckerton 9.26 a. m ,
4.52 p. m., daily except Sunday. Beach
Haven, 4.52 P. M; no connections in morn
ings.
Leave Beach Haven for Tuckerton, 6.45 a.
ui., datly except Sunday, and 7.10 p. m. on
Saturdays only.
Leave Tuckerton for Beach Haven, 5.50 p. in.
daily except Sunday, and 5.20 a. m. on Mon
Leave Beach Haven for Mount Holiy, 6.45 a.
m., daily except Sunday.
Leave Tuckerton lor Mount Holly, 7.03 a. in.,
3.20 p. m., daily except Sunday.
Mount Holly ■»o»t OfBee.
MAILS LEAVE AS FOLLOWS :
New York anil East.
Pemberton ami Hlghtltown —
Vi n ceii town.
Trenton.
Barden town.
Foreign..
West.
Atlantic City.
Medford.
Philadelphia.
Burlington.
Camden.
La in berton..
am. a.m. p.m. p.m_
6.50 8.115j 1.50'7.40
G 50 8.05 1.50j7.40
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0.50 8.05 1.50 7*40
8.50 8.05 1.50
8.50 8.05 1.50
8.05 1.50
18.05 1.50
8.06
8.05
8.05
18.05
40
7.40
7.40
7.40
1.50,7.40
1.50 7.40
1.50 7.40
MA IL8 ARRIVE AND READY FOR DISTRIBUTION :
New York and East
Pemberton..
Vincentown.
Hightstown .
Trenton.
Bordentown.
Foreign.
West.
Atlantic City.
Medford.
Philadelohia.
Burlington.
Camden .
Lomberton ..
am. a.m.
7.45 9.15
17.45
7.45
.45
7.45
7.45
7.15
.45
0.15
0.15
9 15
3.00
8.00
11.15
11.15
11.15
11.15
5 00 S.iiU S.oo
5.00 9 00
11.15
3.001
J.Oo
8.00
3.00
3.00
5.00
5.00
5.0
G.30
«>30
G.30
3.00
3.00
5.00|H.30
5.00
5.00
5.01.
4.U»
5.0»
SkOi
9.00
9.00
9.00
9.00
9.00
9.00
9.00
9.00
9.00
0 4MIEL A. ATKINSON,
^ATTORNEY AT LAW, SOLICITOR AN1)
MASTER IN CHANCERY.
No. 109 Main SI., Opposile Washington House,
Mount Holly, N. J.
QIUKLEH II. HLOAN,
fire and life insurance.
office in Arcade Building, Mount Holly, N. J
QIIARI.ES EWAN MERRITT,
attorney and counsellor at law.
Mam Street, Opposite Arcade,
Mount Holly, N. J.
[ SURVEYOR AND CONVEYANCER,
COMMISSIONER OF DEEDS,
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE,
Cedar Run. Ocean County, N. J.
S
(AII KI. CA1.EY, M. D.
HOMIBOPATHIC PHYSICIAN,
Garden Street, oearCherry Street, Mourn
Owrtoi: Hoc’b8: 7 to » A. 1 to * T. M„ 6 8 to r m
QEOB^E W. * AAUEttYEfiM, M. 1>
^lomocoryatliistf
Garden St. near Buttonwood, Mount Holly
f Until 9 a. m.
OrricB Horae:ti to 8 r. m.
t. 1 to i v. M.
■ IKK, LIFE AN1> ACCIDENT INSUIl
X ANCK.
lte)table Companies and lowest rates. Cor
simndenee solicited.
SAMUEL A. ATKINSON,
General Insurance Agent,
lOS Main Street, Mount Holly, N.J.
^JIIAS. HAKKEK, M. D., D. D. 8.
DENTAL OFFICE AND LAB0BAT0RV
No. I 37 MAIN STREET.
( Cor. Main A Union Sts.,)
Mount Holly, ff.
First-Class Work. Reasonable Prices
WILLIAM H. CLINE,
FURNISHING UNDERTAKER,
VINCENTOWN, N.J.
Orders by Telegraph will be promptly at
tended to.
|> K. LIPPI N«’4I IT,
GENERAL AUCTIONEER,
MEDFORD, N. J.
.Special Attention paid to sales ol icolestate,
stoc k, tanning Utensils, «*tc.
^ DOKON,
WATCHMAKER AND JtWELER,
NO.H4 MAIN STREET, MOUNT HOLLY.
Keep* i In- best .assortment ol W atchcft,
(Chains. Rings, and Spectacles in Jlur
iitiglon County. ..... ,
Also, a lull line of Silver and Plated
W are
Mount Holly Academy,
A BOARDING and DAY SCHOOL
—roK—
Boys and Young Mon.
Apply lor our catalogue,
pu liculur* and reference*.
Kiev. .1 A M KH .1. COAI.K,
which contains full
A. M.. (Princeton),
1* i lnclpal
no! .Nv COLLEGE PREPARATORY
Boarding and Day School for Young Ladies.
OpciiKM-ptcmljcr IHUi. Fits for every col
i«il** IlfM IiiHtroction. Five department**
Primary. Junior. Coilrf/e 1‘reparator}/. Arad
emic, and /' it (JiciitutUe., uitd ji
MUSICAL CONSERVATORY.
With the very best ItiBti uctlon and eonnerya
torytnel hod*. Class Instruction conceded U
be the newt. 'tuition in piano and voice tx
beginner* (In cluase* ot tour) only at cent*
per ICHHon lor the very beat instruction, till
nour l»N|(inn. For admission, circulars, oata
lost new, Ac- .apply to the Principal, (J. CO l TON
KIMKAI.L, I >. D.. HW IIIgh Street, opp. eouri
bouse, Mount Holly, N..I 2H-8uu
HAVE YOUR FAINTING
DON K 11Y
Samuel L. Bullock.
Uuhi material" nlway« used. Pure colors
best White l.«iid amt /.Inc amt I’nre I,Insect
Oil All kinds ol painting done| *fgn, Orna
mental, Frescoing, OiHlnlng, Oalcimfntilg
mazing. Ac. Work solicited 'mm nil .ironml
None but competent unci experienced met
employed, and all work guaranteed. All or
deni Should be left hi my residence, Ifnloi
•treet. or T. M. Bullock’s store, U rden gtree
Mount Uollv
1
FORTIFY YOURSELF BETIMES
j This season—if ever—people
j want their dollars to count. The
j “Yates” #10 and $12 suits are
full ot value—they were made to
meet dull times. For the same
reason some eight or nine hun
dred finer ones were cut away
(down in price.
A. C. YATES & GO.
Oor. 13th & Chestnut St.
PHILADELPHIA.
BARRINGTON’S PHARMACY
(Miller’s Old Stand)
42 Main Street.
At this store will be found the largest and
most complete stock of
4ti;|u|i'l< l ln| I I I i I I I I I in i i I I I i i i i I i i i I i • rj
: Drugs, Medicines
and Chemicals.:
"i i iii 11111 11 111 •wan n i n niiri mi*
All the Patent and Proprietary Medicines at
lowest cut rates.
Miller's Diarrhoea Mixture, Cholera Mixture
Rheumatic Remedy ana Worm Destroyer
and all the standard remedies of the lute
Louis Miller have been improved and are
specially recommended.
We also carry a large stock of Toilet and
Fancy Articles, Toilet Soaps, best Hand
kerchief Extract.
We give special attention to our Prescription
Department. Prescriptions compounded
at all hours.
OUR SODA WATER SEE* MV
pure, sound, fresh fruit used in making our
Syrups. ICE CREAM SODA a specialty.
E. D. PRICKITT,
30 Main street.
OUR SODA WATER
=L00KS RIGHT
= TASTES RIGHT
-is RIGHT
It is pure, delicate and refreshing:.
The best apparatus, the choicest
flavors. Even those wlio do not or
dinarily drink soda water like it.
Try a glass of our Red Orange Ice,
made from the Juice Of red oranges.
Just now we are selling Insect Powder .‘10c
lb.; Tar Camphoric lb.; Gum Camphor, 65c lb.
The greatest care given to the Prescription
Department.
ELMER D. PRICKITT,
.{0 Main street. Mount Holly, branch Store
at Lumberton N. J
T
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R
INE.
SPELTEIMNE
GREAT DANDRUFF CURE
AND SKIN PURIFIER.
Absoluti ly oaves Dandruff,
Baldness, and Rusty Hair. Also
Eruptions on the face, Eczema,
&c.
AW lllCAli MMi-r-i Aiuitijn.
Large bottle B Cents. All Imigglsts.
CLOWN Laboratory Co,. Elizabeth, N. J.
Mrs, Mary E. O'Fallon
of Piqua, ()., says the Phy
sicians arc Astonished,
and look at her like one
Raised fromjhe Dead
Long and Terrible Illness
from Blood Poisoning
Completely Cured by Hood's
Sarsaparilla,
Mrs. Man' E. O’Fallon, a very intelligent
lady of Piqua, Ohio, was poisoned while as
sisting physicians at an autopsy 5 years ago,
and soon terrible ulcerw broke out on her
head, arms, tongue and throat. Her hair all
came out. She weighed but 78 lbs., and saw
no prospect of help. At last she began to
take Hood’s Sarsaparilla and at once im
proved; could soon get out of bed and walk.
She says: “ I became perfectly cured by
Hood’s Sarsaparilla
and am now a well woman. I weigh 128 lbs.,
eat well and do the work for a large family.
My case seems a wonderful recovery and
physicians look at me in astonishment, as
almost like one raised from the dead.”
HOOD’S PILLS should be in every family
medicine chest. Once used, always preferred.
A NARROW ESCAPE!
How it Happened.
The following remarkable event in a Indy’s
life will interest the reader: “Fora long time I
had a terrible pain at my heart, which flut
tered almost incessantly. Iliad no appetite
and could not sleep. I would be compelled
to sit up in bed and belch gas from my stom
ach until I thought every minute would bo
my last. There was a feeling of oppression
about my heart, and I was afraid to draw a
full breath. I couldn’t sweep a room with
out silting down and resting: but, thank
God, by the help of New Heart Cure all that
is past and I feel like another woman. Be
fore using the New Heart Cure I had taken
different so-called remedies and been treated
by doctors without any benefit until 1 was
both discouraged and disgusted. My husband
bought me a bottle of Dr. Miles’ New Heart
Cure, and am happy to say I never regretted
It, as 1 now have a splendid appetite and
sleep well. I weighed 125 pounds when I be
fan taking the remedy, and now I weigh 13054.
ts effect in my case has been truly marvel
ous. It far surpasses any oilier medicine I
have ever taken or any benefit l ever re
ceived from physicians.”—Mrs. Harry Starr,
Pottsvi 1 le. Pa.. October 12,1892.
Dr. Miles’ New Heart Cure is sold on a posi
tive guarantee by all druggists, or by the Dr.
Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind., on receipt of
price, $1per bottle, six bottles$5, express pre
paid. This great discovery by an eminent
specialist in heart disease, contains neither
opiates nor dangerous drugs.
rnm, copper a.\ i» sheet-iron
I WARE MANUFACTORY.
The subscriber, thank ml Tor tne past lib
eral putronage o' the public, announces that
he Is still engaged in the manufacture ot
Stoves, Heaters, Ranges, Tinware, Etc.
A lull variety ol wliieli will beBept con
itantly on hand or made to order at the shortest
notice.
7in Hoofing, Spouting, Plumbing, Gat and
Steam Pitting
Promptly attended to bv experienced work
men
W. J. BRANNIN,
MAIN STREET, MOUNT HOLEY,N.
Adjoining 8t. Andrew’s churcl
|.i D. PKICKITT h is a new soda water np
Hi* para Mis. the finest and most, complete in
jown. and his soda water is delicious. Try
his chocolate cretin and red orange ice*
What is
Castoria is Dr. Samuel Pitcher’s prescription for Infants
and Children. It contains neither Opium, Morphine nor
other Narcotic substance. It is a harmless substitute
for Paregoric, Drops, Soothing Syrups, and Castor Oil.
It is Pleasant. Its guarantee is thirty years’ use by
Millions of Mothers. Castoria destroys Worms and allays
feverishness. Castoria prevents vomiting Sour Curd,
cures Diarrhoea and Wind Colic. Castoria relieves
teething troubles, cures constipation and ilatulency.
Castoria assimilates the food, regulates the stomach
and bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep. Cas
toria is the Children’s Panacea—the Mother’s Friend.
I
Castoria.
“Castorla Is an excellent medicine for chil
dren. Mothers have repeatedly told mo of its
good effect upon their children.”
Dr. Q. C. Orooot),
Lowell, Mass.
•* Caster!a is the bent remedy for children of
which I am acquainted. I hope the day is not
far distant w hen mothers wil 1 consider the real
Interest of their children, and use Castoria in
stead of thevariousquack nostrums which are
destroying their loved ones, by forcing opium,
morphine, soothing syrup ami other hurtful
ageuts down their throats, thereby sending
them to premature graves.”
Dr. J. F. Kiwchrloe,
Conway, Ark.
Castoria.
•* Castoria is so wel 1 adnptcd to children that
f recommend it as superior to any prescription
known to me.”
IT. A. Archer, M. D.,
111 So. Oxford St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
44 Our physicians in the children's depart
ment liuve spoken highly of their experi
ence in their outside practice with Castoria,
and although we only have among our
medical supplies what is known as regular
products, yet we are free to confess that the
merits of Castoria has won us to look with
favor upon it.”
United Hospital and Dispensary,
Boston, Mass.
Allen C. Smith, /Yes.,
The Centaur Company, TT Murray Street, Now York City,
ItTastes
Gooa -
One reason why cicwf s nnmlsion oi i
wegian Cod Liver Oil and Ilypopl ■ sphites
and Soda has had such a large sale is hoc;
“Almost as palatable ; s milk;” but the best
that its curative properties are unequalled,
the cough, supplies the waste of tissues,
flesh and builds up the entire system.
ure JNor
of Lime
uise it is
reason is
It cures
produces
Hrotl'fi Kinulslon cures Coughs,
Colds, Consumption, Scrofula,
and all Anaemic and Wasting
Diseases. Provonts wasting in
Children. Almo>t n« palatable as
milk. Get only the genuine. Pre
pared byHeott 4, Howno, ObemiatH, New
York. Sold by all Druggists.
i
BURNING DRIFTWOOD.
Far more than all I dared to dream.
Unsought before my door I see
On wings of fire and steeds of steam
The world’s great wonders come to me!
And all her signs, unmarked before.
Of love to seek and power to save—
The righting of the wronged and poor.
The man evolving from the slave.
And life, no longer chance or fate.
Safe in the gracious fatherhood,
I fold o’er wearied hands and wait.
In full assurance of the good.
And well the waiting time must be.
Though brief or long its granted days.
If Faith and Hope and Charity
Sit by my evening he&rthfire'a blaze.
And with them, friends from heaven have
spared.
Whose love my heart has comforted.
And, sharing all mv joys, has shared
My tender memories of the dead.
Dear souls, who left us lonely here,
Bound on their last long voyage, to whom
We day by day are drawing near.
Where every bark lias sailing room.
I know' the solemn monotone
Of waters calling unto ine.
£ know' from whence the airs have blown
That whisper of the Eternal Sea.
-Whittier.
BUILDING A DRAMA.
An Interentiiig Account of How tlie Heal
Article Is Constructed.
A real drama is constructed and not
written. It is built up as a house is
erected by the bricklayer and stonema
son, and the words are only the bricks
and stones and have the same relative
value to the design of the playwright as
these to the designs of the architect. The
architect has the structure in existence
and clearly wrought out before the first
stone is laid, and the drama of the true
playwright is in existence before a word
is written. Words there must be, just
as there must be bricks, but as the latter
can be carted from the kiln at current
prices in any quantity, so can the former
be brought to the playwright from the
dictionary by any purveyor of sentences
at current prices.
The rare man who constructs a good
play can hire men by the regiment to
write the lines. But the dialogue, the
epigram, the repartee, the brilliant
speech such as we find in Congreve and
in Sheridan, is not this an essential?
the reader will ask. Let us not put the
cart before the horse. It is the situa
tions that produce the dialogues. It is
not the dialogues that produce the situa
tions. Given a situation that calls for
a smart, brisk, snappy, witty exchange
of words, and the words will come. We
see this in real life, and the stage copies
real life. Even in so simple a situation
as when a couple of cartmen get their
wheels locked on Broadway on a muddy
day and a policeman comes up to sepa
rate them, you will hear a good deal of
smart though coarse dialogue. Such
dialogue and all dialogue that grows out
of any situation (and no dialogue worth
listening to grows out of anything else)
is interesting in proportion as the situa
tion is interesting.
Without situation to call forth an in
terchange of language suitable to the oc
casion, and especially such situation as
of itself interests the audience and causes
each member of it to ask himself what
the characters will say next, a lot of
well dressed people might stand or sit
around on the stage and fire off epigrams
at each other, and the audience would
yawn.
Dramas, so called, written in perfect
accordance with syntax, witty here and
there and always elegant, pour in upon
the manager and are repeated with the
utmost energy and dispatch because they
are nothing but sermons or essays in
three or four chapters called acts. Their
authors stylo them dramas because they
are not dramatic. They divide them
into acts because they involve no action
and subdivide them into scenes because
where nothing is done nothing can be
seen. I may remark in passing that the
old fashioned shifting of scenes during
an act is now only put into plays by nov
ices who have not studied the modern
stage.—W. II. Crane in North American
Review.
—*—
How Gravitation Varies.
That changes involving the displace
ment of immense masses are going on
within the earth is one of the suggested
explanations of some observations re
cently announced in France. It has been
found at the Parc St. Maur observatory
that the force of gravitation, or the
weight of bodies, undergoes daily varia
tions. These are rendered sensible by
placing in the earth a tube containing a
column of mercury balanced by the pres
sure of hydrogen contained in a closed
vessel connected with the tube and reg
istering by means of photography the al
terations in the level of the mercury.
After all corrections have been made
for the effect of changes of temi>erature
it appears that certain sudden variations
in the level of the mercury are only to
be'explained on the theory that they
are due to change in gravitation. These
variations last from 15 minutes to an
hour. They are of course very small,
amounting at a maximum to only one
twentieth of a millimeter, but they may
imply very great displacements of mat
ter in the interior of the globe.
It has been suggested that similar ex
periments should be conducted in the
neighborhood of active volcanoes, where
liquefied rock is moving beneath the sur
face, and other disturbances of the strata
of the earth are taking place.
Such facts as these present to the im
agination a very formidable picture of
the gigantic commotions that accom
pany the slow cooling and contraction of
the globe, on whose hardened crust we
rear our edifices, wondering, when some
of them are occasionally shaken down
by earthquakes, at the instability of a
planet that is apparently so solid.—
Youth’s Companion.
The Ugliness of Trousers.
Trousers apiiear to have been intro
duced into Rome at a comparatively late
period and as a part of the military uni
form. They are worn by the Roman
soldiers represented on Trajan’s column
as well as by barbarians. The Greeks
had never adopted them. With their in
stinctive sense of beauty they had recog
nized that these are the-ouly garments
that cannot possibly be made graceful.
A sleeve may become a part of the dra
pery of a figure. A trousers leg is more
obstinate in its ugliness. If tight, it
bags at the knees on the third wearing.
Yet this is perhaps its least objectiona
ble shupe. If somewhat loose, it takes
[Kitty and meaningless folds. Some ori
ental natious have tried to diRguise it as
a skirt, but the result is not entirely sat
isfactory. If the trousers do not appear
to give freedom to the leg, they have lost
their principal merit. Compromise,
which is the life of politics, is the death
of art, which should always struggle uft
er an ideal. So thought the Greeks when
they entirely renounced for themselves
the barbarous pantaloons.—Scribner’s.
The* l.»rge»t l)«nnw.
Bumo of tlie large t <1oiiioh in ttio world
are the Pantheon at Koine, 142 feet di
ameter, 148 high; Baths of Caracalla,
Romo, 118 feet diameter. 116 feet high;
St. Sophia, Constantinople, 115 feet di
ameter, 201 feet high; Ht. Maria della
Fure, Florence, 180 feet diameter, 810
feet high; St. Peter’s, Route, 189 feet di
nmeter, 880 feet high: St. Paul’s, Lou
don, 113 feet diameter, 215 feet high
A Substitute Watch Crystal.
Did you ever smash your watch crys
tal just when you could not possibly re
place it? When it happens again, shake
out the broken glass, open the little rim
thut holds it—the bezel—lay over the
face a piece of tissue paper and shut the
bezel. This will save the hands from
catching iu tilings and not interfere with
the going.—Northwest Magazine.
A Fastidious Dog.
Gentleman (after throwing a piece of
cntlet to ids dog)—Hullo! Closer won’t
eat that meat, fa it possible that the sa
gacious animal knows that his mistreat
Booked it herself?—Bohalk.
RUNAWAY TROLLEYS.
Wet Leaven Convert a Kail way Track In
Newark Into a Toboggan Slide.
West Kinney street hill is one of the
steepest in Newark, N. J. The Rapid
Transit company has a double track trol
ley road upon it. In the storm of a few
nights ago there was much trouble be
cause the wet leaves in the street made
the wheels slip on the rails, and confi
dence begotten by continued dry weather
had induced the motormen to let their
sand boxes become empty.
The company has had several bad slips
upon this part of the road, and so put
derailing switchmen at the curves at the
foot of the hill where the cars turn into
Washington street. A switchman is sta
tioned there to throw runaway cars
across Washington street over the cob
blestones. He was on duty on Friday
night when ear 84 got loose at the top of
the hill near-High street and come thnn
dei-ing down the decline with the gongs
at both ends clanging. The car was well
filled with men and women, who were
badly frightened, but were prevented
from jumping off by the conductor and
motorman. The switchman did his duty,
and the car rumbled off the rails over
I the rough pavement and came to a stand
j safely.
Among the passengers was a woman
who had started down town with her
baby to do some shopping. She was so
badly scared that, giving up her trip,
she concluded to go back home on the
next car, which came along quickly.
This was car 11, and it ran almost to
High street, where it stopped and began
to move slowly backward. The brakes
were applied, but would not hold, and
the car was soon under full headway.
Everybody aboard except two men and
the conductor and motorman seemed to
be crazed with fright.
They feared that this car would collide
with the one already derailed. The wo
man covered the infant's head with a
shawl and crouched over it to protect it
when the crash came. It was a lively
dash of short duration and ended in a
jolting over the oobbiestones, when the
car brought np alongside of the first one
derailed.
The tracks were sanded thoroughly
after that, but it was not until two other
cars had tobogganned down the grade
after the first two were removed. The
motormen say that fallen leaves are
worse than snow or ice on the tracks.
COUNTESS CLANCARTY.
Some of the Interesting Events In This
Famous Woman's Career.
The Countess of Clanearty gave birth
to a daughter a few days ago. The
countoss was formerly Belle Bilton, a
music hall singer. She married the pres
ent Earl of Clanearty in 1889, when he
was Lord Dunlo. He sued her for di
vorce in 18C0, but the jury decided
against him. After the verdict he be
came reconciled to her.
The oountess presented her liege lord
on Dec. 87, 1891, with twin boys, one of
whom bears the title of Lord Dunlo. The
English society papers shortly afterward
reported that the same evening she tele
graphed to a friend in Upper Hare park,
London: “Nothing succeeds like success.
Double bill tonight. Pantomime not in
it” (referring to the Drury Lane panto
mime in which she had taken a leading
part a year before).
In December of the following year the
countess was again heard from, but this
time she had come a cropper while hunt
ing with the hounds in County Galway,
where the earl had estates giving him
some $65,000 a year. While taking a
hedge her horse struck against that of a
huntsman, the result being that she was
thrown anil sustained severe injuries to
her arm. The countess was said at the
time to be very fond of following the
hounds, taking great pride in her hunt
ing horses.
Of late the countess has become an
artist of no mean talent. In the Conti
nental gallery there is a picture of a
"Tiger’s Head” which is said to be avery
fair example ef her work. She is said
to excel, however, as an amateur carica
turist.—London Piccadilly.
Tlie Uuron‘h Weapons.
Copenhagen, in addition to the czar,
has another visitor who is much dis
oussed. He is Baron von Fircks, the
husband of a beautiful Hungarian wom
an who is a circus rider. The baron
goes about, accompanied by wolves,
monkeys, a wonderfully tame lion and a
herculean negro. The other day the
baron thought a Danish officer paid too
much attention to the baroness. There
| was a quarrel. A challenge resulted,
and a sword duel was arranged. When
the officer and his seconds arrived at the
dueling ground, they found the negro,
who reported that his master was un
well, and he would represent him. The
negro whistled, and the wolf began snif
fing the offloor’s legs. The party dis
persed.
Next day the baron took offense at a
friend in his study. He lectured him a
long time, and then opened the door and
admitted the lion, while the baron him
self walked out. The animal growled
every time the man moved. The tete-a
tete lasted six hours.—European Letter.
Aerated W ater.
The old trouble about water looking
like milk has perplexed the citizens of
West Kuoxville, Ry., according to the
local pajiers. The water is so full of mi
nute bubbles of air that it has the same
milky appearance that the water in some
of the tanks of Pullman cars has when
compressed air is employed to lift it Into
the basins. The water becomes clear in
a few minutes, and the citizens are prob
ably to be congratulated on having a
well aerated supply.—Engineering Rec
ord.
Waylaid the Wrong Woman.
Mrs. G. W. Barnes, a lady living 10
miles from Pierre, was waylaid yester
day. A fellow had watched her draw a
large sum from the bank and expected
to make a good haul. She picked up a
board and knocked him senseless from
his horse and then proceeded deliberate
ly on her way. The fellow was serious
ly injured.—Minneapolis Tribune.
A Living Man’s Monument Disfigured.
Some rascally iconoclast has disfig
ured the famous statue of Andrew J.
Libby in the Oakland cemetery by break
ing off the nose. Mr. Libby is still in
the flesh—indeed, is very much so—and
there would be another nasal breakage
if he could lay hold of the mischief doer.
Mr. Libby, a wealthy farmer, well
! known to the state fair goers, carried
j out an eccentric idea in having this
duplicate of himself erected in the fuiui
j ly lot several years ago at an expense
of (13,500 and has always been as lunch
attached to it as if it were a sort of twin
I brother.—Lewiston Journal.
Heroic Work by a Nervaut Girl.
The heroism of a servant girl saved a
| span of valuable horses for John Moser
! of Perkiomenville. The large bam on
the farm was set on fire, and the men,
when they discovered the flames, feared
■ to enter the stables te release the horses
and four head of cattle. The daring
i girl, however, dashed into the burning
j building and freed the plunging horses
and was burned on the hands and face,
t though not seriously. She was greatly
I cheered by the men who watohed the
brave deed. The barn was destroyed.—
j Philadelphia Record.
Older Than Me Wua.
“1 say, boy,” remarked a tourist to a
youngster, “what’s the name of that hill
yonder?"
“Dunno,” replied the lad briefly.
"Don't know? Lived liereall your life,
I’ll warrant, and don't know the name of
that little hill? Well, 1 am surprised,”
continued the pilgrim.
“No, I dunno its name," replied the
lad, stung by the criticism. “Anyhow,”
ho qpptinned, “the hill was here before I
corn'd.”—New York Herald.
' EQUAL TO THE OCCASION.
kow » n»ld I,i>\ »• r Won the Day and Also
Won His Girl From Her Father.
He was a mild young fellow, and, as
his sweetheart imagined, without much
force of character, as he kept putting
the “ask papa” day off indefinitely. So
the young woman prompted him to be
hire he was right and go ahead.
“You see, papa has a great deal of
bluff and bluster, but when you come
tight down to it he is perfectly safe.
Only you must show him that you have
plenty of courage—real grit. That’s what
he likes.”
“All right. Suppose you ask him to
Itep in now. I may as well get my hand
In if that is the way it works.”
"But, dearest, he is awful big and
ttrong. yon know.”
“Ob, if it comes to personal violence I
Will defend myself with the furniture,
trot him in.”
“And you won’t let him put you off?”
“Not a bit.”
“Then I’ll tell him you want to see
him.”
There were two chances of escape for
the young man—one byway of the door,
the other by the window—but he did not
avail himself of either.
When the father strode into the room
with his best knock-down-and-drag-out
air, the youth rose indifferently to meet
him.
“Well, well, -what’s all this about? 1
understand you want to see me. Well,
look at me now and be quick about it,”
growled the pater.
“H’m. Can’t say as you’re much to
look at, Mr.-. I merely wished to
mention to you that Miss Clara has en
gaged herself to me with my consent,
and I propose to fill my part of the con
tract to the letter.”
“IdiotI Idiot! My daughter”
“Take care, old man. Call me as many
names as you please, but refer to my fu
ture wife with proper respect.”
“Get out of this house, you”
“Certainly. As soon as my wife that
Is to be can conveniently pack up her
belongings we will go.”
"Why, you impudent”
“Oh, keep cool; keep cool. I could
bold you out of the window with one
band and call for the police with the
other. I was champion hitter and slug
ger at college. Look at that muscle,”
and he clinched a No. 7 hand into a for
midable fist.
“X never was so
“Nor I. Call it quits. I want your
daughter, and I don’t care a continental
for your money or your blessing. We
can begin the world without either,
just as other young fools have done.
This is business, sir, business.”
The father felt his own head to see if
he was going to have an apoplectic fit,
then answered grimly:
“All right; I like your style. I should
have said ‘yes’ anyway if you had given
tne time, but you took me by surprise. I
may say I was never so surprised in my
life.”
“Nor I,” assented the lover as he sunk
almost fainting into a chair, “but I’m a
business man, and don’t you forget it. I
don’t stand any foolishness either in
love or war,” and he wiped the cold
perspiration off his forehead with a
nervous hand.
He had won the day and the girl too.
—Million.
Practical Philanthropy.
An excellent steward of this world’s
goods is Augustus Hemenway, a retired
farmer of Canton, Mass. He invited all
the public school teachers of that town,
26 in number, to take a 10 days’ trip to
the World’s fair at his expense.
This is practical philanthropy of a
kind that warms the heart and increases
confidence in the goodness of human
nature. It is an easy matter to advise
every one to visit the exposition, but
there are thousands of people anxious to
follow the advice who are confronted
with the perplexing and discouraging
problem of ways and means. Underpaid
schoolteachers, struggling clergymen,
men and women to whom the expendi
ture of $100 for an outing means serious
sacrifices for the remainder of the year,
may be found in all parts of the coun
try, longing to go to Chicago, but re
strained by financial considerations.
They are not suffering or destitute; they
simply can not afford to indulge in the
luxury of a trip to the fair. To this
class, intelligent and appreciative, a
friend like Mr. Hemenway is a friend
indeed.—Rochester Democrat.
Looking; at Things.
When Mr. Hudson was in Patagonia,
he fell in with a gambler, who told him
that always after the first few rounds of
the game he knew some of the cards as
they were dealt. He recognized them
by a difference so slight that another
man could not detect it even when it was
pointed out to him.
Mr. Hudson is an ornithologist, and
he says that this same pretematurally
sharp eyed man was greatly surprised
when he was told that half a dozen kinds
of sparrows were feeding and singing
about the house. He had never seen any
difference in them, he said. In size, color,
shape and actions they were all alike,
and they all sang and twittered alike, so
far as he had ever noticed.—Youth’s
Companion.
ltiiHBian Oil Kings.
The wealthy Russian oil kings, the
Nobel brothers, who have driven Ameri
can oil out of eastern Europe, have no
lack of crude petroleum, for the firm it
self is said to own 50 oil wells near Baku,
and several are plugged down, not being
wanted at present. One of these mon
ster wells has suddenly spouted 80,000,
000 gallons to the surface, and not long
ago the great Droojba fountain rose to
the height of 300 feet and ejected the oil
At the rate of 8,000 tons a day.—London
Tit-Bits.
Can't l ;wr an Eiigll.ti Sparrow.
A sparrow has built its nest and laid
four eggs inside a gong at lsleworth
railway station. The gong has a cir
cumference of 81 inches, is sounded up
ward of ISO times every day, and when
It is rung the alarm can be heard 600
furds away.—St. James Gazette.
Kentucky Leads.
The Kentucky Register, published at
Richmond, Ky., furnishos the following
surprising item of news:
“Mrs. William Cook has given birth to
a 10 pound hoy. She is 08 and her hus
band 78 years old. They have named the
baby Grover Cleveland Cook, and the lit
tle one has brothers who are grandfa
thers.”
Richmond, Ky., is the home of ex
Governor J. D. McCreary and is also the
birthplace of that warworn veteran of
Democracy, Colonel William M. Old
ham, now of Denison, Tex. The colo
nel’s joy cannot bo concealed, and he
proclaims the glad tidings of the remark
able birth on every occasion and swears
on the Democratic Bible that Kentucky,
and especially the blue grass region,
leads not only in great men ami beauti
ful women, but also in 10 pound babies.
He declares further that the blue grass
region has ever been famous for extraor
dinary events, but he thinks this last
event has broken the record by long
odds.—Exchange. _
Tlie Gallows riant.
During the middle ages the botanists, or
old “herbalists,” gave currency to many
curious stories concerning the growth,
form, etc., of mandrake or May apple,
which finally resulted in its being given
the name of “gallows plant.” The pseudo
scientists of that time declared that man
drake would grow in no other place ex
cept upon which some terrible crime had
been committed. The roots were for
merly supposed to bear a strong resem
blance to the human form and are fig
ured in the old “Herbftls” which lie be
fore me as 1 write, even distinguished as
to sex, the female of the plant having
long hair; the male, heavy beard.—St.
Louis Republic.
SHREWD BARNEY BIGLIN.
It Wan Politics For Him Not to Know Ex
Judge Dittenhoefer.
Most of the stories worth printing
about the famous Chicago convention of
1880 have been published, but here is one
that seems to be new: Ex-Judge Ditten
hoefer was in Chicago working against
Grant and a third term. Bernard Big
lin was there in the interest of Grant.
Both were old personal friends. The
night before the balloting began Biglin
and two others were appointed a com
mittee to look after several southern
delegations, among them l>eing the Ken
tucky delegation.
When Biglin and his associates ar
rived at the Kentucky headquarters, they
found that Dittenhoefer had got ahead
of them. He had the floor and was de
livering a strong speech against Grant,
saying, among other things, that Grant
could not carry New York. Biglin saw
that Dittenhoefer’s remarks were having
great weight, and he realized that he
was no match for him as a talker. What
to do to break the force of Dittenhoefer’s
speech was the problem that confronted
Biglin. This was the method he se
lected. In the midst of Dittenhoefer's
peroration Biglin called out in loud
voice, “Who is that man?”
“Why, he is ex-Judge Dittenhoefer of
New York,” said a member of the Ken
tucky delegation.
“Oh, no; that’s not Judge Dittenhoe
fer,” said 3iglin. “I know Judge Ditten
hoefer well. This man may pretend to
be Dittenhoefer to strangers, but he
knows better than to try to work any
such racket with New Yorkers. I tell
you he’s a fraud.”
Biglin’s remarks made a sensation.
Suspicious glances were cast at Ditten
hoefer by members of the Kentucky del
egation. The former got red in the face
and walked up to Biglin. “Barney,” he
said, holding out his hand, “that’s a
pretty good joke of yours, not to know
me.”
“Joke,” shouted Biglin in contempt.
“It's no joke, I can tell yon. I will just
bet you $20 that you are not Judge Dit
tenhoefer of New York.” Biglin flour
ished a $20 bill in Dittenhoefer’s face.
Of course he had to accept the chal
lenge. The money was put up in the
hands of a member of the delegation.
Dittenhoefer hurried away to get some
one to identify him. When he returned,
Biglin had disappeared, likewise the
stakeholder. After the convention Dit
tenhoefer met Biglin in the hotel corri
dor. “What did yon mean,” he said,
“by saying you did not know me that
night at the Kentucky headquarters?”
“What did you mean,” said Biglin,
“by saying that Grant could not carry
New York?”
“That was politics,” answered Ditten
hoefer.
“Well,” said Biglin, “it was politics
my not knowing you.”
Dittenhoefer and Biglin are still
friends.—New York Press.
What He Helped At.
The congressman was telling stories.
“It was on me once,” he said. “I had
a friend who was dry as a humorist, but
not always dry as a drinker, and when’
he was full he did foolish things. One
of these was to buy a jackass for $500,
and when he sobered up and knew what
he had done he sold him back to the
original seller for $400. Naturally the
loss of $100 made him sore, and he did
not like to be twitted about it. One day
l saw him on a mule waiting in front of
a store, and I spoke to him. He was
just full enough to be serious.
“ ‘Hello,’ I said, and he responded with
a nod.
“ ‘You are a judge of that sort of ani
mal you are riding, aren’t yon?’
“ ‘I don’t know that I am particularly
so,’ he said earnestly.
“ ‘I thought you were in the business.’
“ ‘No, I ain’t.”
“ ‘Didn’t yon buy a jack for $500 not
long ago?’
“The crowd that had gathered gig
gled, and he looked moro serious than
ever.
“ ‘Yes I did,’ he answered solemnly.
“ ‘What did you do with him?’ I asked,
with a wink at the crowd to be ready.
“He looked at mo solemnly.
“ ‘I helped elect him to congress,’ he
said, without a smile, and the howl that
went up made me seek shelter in the
nearest place that could be found.”—
Detroit Free Press.
Human Imitation)* of Vegetables.
Referring to the fact that the human
head is sometimes facetiously and ir
reverently spoken of as “a cocoanut,”
the Boston Transcript remarks that sci
entists have recently discovered a re
markable resemblance between the shell
of the fruit and the shell of the human
brain. Then it quotes a French scien
tific periodical to prove that there is a
wonderful likeness between other hu
man organs and vegetable products.
For example, the meat of the English
walnut is a close copy of the form and
convolutions of the brain; plums and
cherries are like the eye; almonds are
shaped like the nose; the ear is brought
to mind by an opened oyster and shell;
in a mammoth squash the entire body
may be traced; the open hand is found
in growing scrub willow and celery, and
the' heart is seen in the German turnip
and the eggplant.
The Katydid's Song.
Everybody is familiar with the music
of the katydid. It is the male that has
the voice. At the base of each wing
cover is a thin membraneous plate. He
elevates the wing covers and rubs the
two plates together. If you could rub
your shoulder blades together, you could
imitate the operation very nicely.—
Washington Star.
Long WIih1«u.
Overheard at the Salle des Capuoines
during the delivery of a lecture by the
famous X.:
"How full he is of his subject!” said
one of the hearers.
“Yes, 1ft how slow he is in emptying
himself!” was the reply.— Intransigeant
Illustre.
Following Instructions.
“Now, dear,” Bhe said as she stopped
at the depot gate, “you will see that
everything goes right about the house,
won’t you?”
“Yes, indeed,” he answered.
“You will do everything just as I
would if I were there?”
“I will,” he replied earnestly. ‘Til
discharge the servant girl every morn
ing before I go down town.”—Washing
ton Star._
A HI* Pouted Clirl.
A collector of rarities at Keokuk, la.,
is the owner of an insole made for the
shoes of the young Rainbow (Mo.) giant
ess. At the time these shoes were made
—in the spring of 18U1- the girl was only
17 years old, but even then she had a
foot that would make “Big Foot Janu
ary of Ohio” envious. The insole is Uty
Inches long and broad.—St. Louis Re
j public.
Ingenious Ants.
The green ants of Australia make nests
i by bending leaves together and uniting
[ them with a kind of natural glue. Cook j
saw hundreds at a time on one leaf
drawing it to ihe ground, while an equal
j number waited to receive, hold and fas
ten it.—Philadelphia Press.
Bather Natural.
A man of not overbright intellect
swallowed some false teeth. Then he
bolted his food whole, thinking that the
teeth would masticate it when It got be
low. He is now getting suspicious as to
whether his policy was right.—Truth.
Hind Indeed.
i Collector (angrily)—Do you intend to
par this bill next week or never, sir?
i Trotter—Well, since you offer me a
•hoioe, I say never. Really very kind of
[ rou. Good day.—Truth.
nris useless to regret.
Wo've don© the best wo could, my dear.
There’s nothing to regret.
We*vs taught the children many truth*
On which our hearts were set.
And if against our old time ways
They foolishly protest
W# never need regret, my dear.
That we have done our best.
There’s many a plan that’s come to naught.
There’s many a light gone out.
And disappointments, griefs and cares
Have hedged us roundabout.
And many a sad mistake we’ve made
Throughout our lives, and yet
We’ve done the very beat wo could—
’Tis us less to regret.
For out of evil good has come,
And out of darkness light,
And all wrongdoing In this w’orld
Some day will be set right.
And though we have not reached the height
Attained by others, yet
"We’ve done the best we could, my dear—
’Tis useless to regret.
We’ve tried to live like honest folks,
To do our duty well,
'Gainst evil things to take our stand,
In goodness to excel.
So Judge yourself not harshly, dear,
Nor at misfortunes fret.
We’ve done the best we could, and so
’Tis useless to regret.
—Eagle and County Cork Advertiser.
COULDN'T FOOL"THE ROOSTtR.
The Farmer Tried to Stop Hl» Crowing,
but It Didn’t Work.
When Charlie Trifles went out into the
country foT his health, he put up at
Farmer Ellery Cranberrymarsh’s place.
Farmer Ellery was something of a poul
try fancier and had one of those big,
melodious, gamy cockerels of Buff Co
chin extraction, with a voice that was a
cross between the blowing of a geyser
and the sound of a three tined whistle on
a boiler factory. About 8 o’clock every
morning the rooster would arise on his
perch, and standing on his tiptoes make
all the hens sick by letting go his voice
like the sound of many waters.
It also broke up Charlie Trifles’ slum
bers, and he was unable to woo them
back by cigarettes or philosophy. He
made considerable complaint to Uncle
Ellery, and the old gentleman hunted
over his poultrybook and read as fol
lows:
‘‘There is one simple device by which
a rooster can be reduced to complete
and acceptable silence. The bird can
not crow unless he is able to stand erect
and raise his head to the fullest extent.
Now if a plank, or even a lath, be placed
above his perch so that he oannot gain
an upright position, he cannot possibly
lift up his voice.”
Here was the solution, and Uncle El
lery arranged laths above all the perches.
In the early dawn before milking time
Uncle Ellery crept out to the hennery to
see how the device worked. The cock
had just awakened and was trying to get
up to turn his lungs loose in his usual mat
utinal vociferation, but he was unable
to raise his head. A hen opened one eye,
and seeing hia dilemma smiled and
dropped off to sleep again. Uncle El
lery chuckled.
But the rooster was not to be foiled.
Recognizing his dilemma, he dropped off
the perch to the floor, got a good grip
on an adjacent crack in the boards so as
to take up the recoil of the crow, raised
himself up on tiptoe and let out his
lungs in a way that pulled Charlie Trifles
out of bed and drove him to cigarettes.
Then after a satisfied “cut, cut, oor
r-r-r-r,” the rooster kicked a hen or two
off the roost and dropped off into a con
tented slumber.—Minneapolis Journal.
An Escape In the Sky.
Once in awhile a meteor plunging in
to the atmosphere of the earth is neither
consumed by the heat developed through
friction nor precipitated upon the surface
of the globe, but pursues its way out
into open space again.
Its brief career within human ken may
be compared to that of a comet traveling
in a parabolic orbit, which, as if yielding
to a headlong curiosity, almost plunges
into the sun and then hastens away
again, never to return.
In July, 1892, one of these escaping
meteors was seen in Austria and Italy.
Careful computations based upon the
observations which were made in vari
ous places have shown that it was visi
ble along a track in the upper air about
680 miles in length. When at its nearest
point to the earth, it was elevated 42
miles above the surface.
From this point it receded from the
earth, its elevation when last seen being
no less than 98 miles.
Although the resistance of the atmos
phere was not sufficient to destroy the
motion of this strange visitor, which con
tented itself with so brief a glimpse of
our globe, yet it carried the effects of
that resistance out into space with it
and can never shake them off.
No matter what its previous course
may have been, the retardation that it
suffered during its passage through the
air sufficed to turn it into a different di
rection and to send it along another
path than that which it had been-follow
ing.—Youth’s Companion.
Instantaneous Photography.
A recent improvement in photography
enables the artist to overoome to a con
siderable extent the difficulty of preserv
ing the natural expression of the sitter
during the necessary period of exposure.
It seems that, notwithstanding this pe
riod has been greatly shortened in vari
ous ways, particularly by the adoption
to such an extent of the magnesium light,
with its unique advantages, nervousness
is so prevalent among those who sit be
fore the camera that the operator has
still found the interval too prolonged for
the perfect accomplishment of his work.
Herr Haag of Stuttgart claims to meet
and overcome the trouble in question by
means of a change in the management
of the magnesium light, making for this
purpose what are called lightning car
tridges, which cause a tremendous de
velopment of luminosity and are set
alight in one-tenth of a second by means
of electricity. The so called natural
photographs taken by this process are
said to preserve the mental expression
and momentary play of the features with
extraordinary clearness and exactitude,
but the operation requires so much skill
and practice that it is said to be carried
on only by a single photographer in Ber
lin.—Berlin Letter.
The Vanity of Sparrow*.
A correspondent informs the London
Spectator that his daughter writes to
him from Bangalore that she is “obliged
to cover up her looking glass with a
towel, for the sparrows come in, sit on
the frame and tap at themselves, making
on both glass and dressing table a horrid
mess. At first the towel kept them
away, but they were always on the
watch, and if any one threw back the
towel they would be there in a minute.
But now they hold back the towel with
one claw, hold themselves on with the
other and peck away at their images.”
Men In Petticoat*.
It will probably be a matter of sur
prise to the general reader to learn that
the petticoat was first worn exclusively
by men. In the reign of King Henry
VII the dress of the English was so fan
tastic and absurd that it was difficult to
distinguish one sex from the other. In
the inventory of Henry V appears a
“petticoat of red damask, with open
lleeves.” There is no mention of a
(roman's petticoat before the Tudor pe
dod.—Exchange.
The S'»t W»« Hungry.
A young lady bookkeeper employed in
an office at South Manchester, Conn.,
has been in the habit for some time past
of giving the office cat a piece of meat
for its lunch every day. Precaution is
taken to lay a piece of paper under the
meat to avoid greasing the floor. The
other day at lunch hour, when there was
no meat, pussy bogged for some in her
most intelligent fashion, and at last go
ing to the wastebasket dragged forth
her regular paper table cloth and laid it
Kny for tho moat.—Philadelphia
>r.
BACKED HER CLAIM.
Settler** Squelched a Man Who Tried to
Cheat a Brave Woman.
A characteristic incident of border
life occurred here the other day. At the
time of the rush one of the choicest avail
able lots in the heart of the intended
towns was taken by a young lady from
Kansas named Blake. She held it for a
few hours until the worst of the rush
was over, placing her stakes at the four
corners, when she left it temporarily to
go to a nearby restaurant to get some
thing to eat.
When she returned, less than half an
hour afterward, what was her surprise
to see her lot in the possession of a big,
rough looking fellow named Jim Dunn,
Whose reputation was not of the best.
Dunn had torn down Miss Blake’s hand
kerchief, which she had placed at one
corner of the lot, and also pulled out all
her stakes. W ith a spade he had dug a
shallow trench, outlining a cellar. With
this “improvement” he triumphantly
announced himself the owner, turning a
deaf ear to all Miss Blake’s entreaties.
The young lady cried and made com
plaint to other settlers, but in the bustle
of the moment no one gave heed to her.
She did not give up, however, but pa
tiently bided her time, meanwhile ob
taining the names of people who had
seen her originally claim the lot.
Finally she enlisted the sympathy of a
number of stalwart men, perhaps 30 all
told, and to them she told her story and
showed the proofs of her title to the lot.
The men waited to hear no more. The
little mob marched to Jim Dunn’s place
opposite the public square, where he had
already erected a small shanty, and cov
ering him with their revolvers told him
in plain terms that he was a sneak thief
and a coward and to “git.”
Jim remonstrated a moment, but the
determined attitude of the crowd told
him that he would either have to “git”
or he would be shot. Therefore he “got,”
and Miss Blake took possession once
more of her property, benefiting by her
temporary dispossession in having a
ready built habitation at her disposal.
As Dunn showed a disposition to make
trouble, he was given two hours to leave
town, and he lost no time in going.—
Pawnee (O. T.) Letter.
REWARD FOR A SNAKE.
The Superintendent of the Philadelphia
Zoo Offers 8100 For a Specimen.
A new snake has been discovered by
reedbird hunters down in the Neck, and
all the small boys and many men are
searching ni ht and day for a specimen
in order that they can secure the $100
offered by Superintendent Brown of the
Zoo for the capture of the first reptile of
the species.
The snakes at the Zoo are fed on frogs,
and last week Mr. Brown learned from
the collectors that a snake about 6 feet
long with a horn on the end of its tail
had been playing havoc with the frogs
down in the Neck and had made the
frog market very tight. The hunters
say that the snake has a way of gather
ing in a whole frog family' at a gulp, and
it was in this way that the new snake
was discovered.
On Tuesday last James Martin, who
lives near the end of Twelfth street, was
out in the swamp with his gun and dog.
He had good luck, and his pockets were
filled With fat reed birds and a brace of
plover. He started home, but his atten
tion was arrested by a peculiar noise,
and his dog “stood” as if there was game
in sight. Nothing appedite, but the dog
seemed to be transfixed. Martin inves
tigated and found about a dozen frogs
on a small hummock in the swamp and
a large snake was grabbing them right
and left. Martin says that the snake
had a very large mouth, was fully 5 feet
long, and that there was a horn on the
end of his tail which he used to kill the
frogs. After striking the frogs he would
proceed to eat them. Martin was so
dumfounded at the unusual spectacle
that he forgot he had his gun with him,
and the snake wriggled off.
Superintenuent Brown says he will pav
$100 to the person who brings him ,
snake that comes anywhere near being
like the one described by Martin.—Phil
adelohia Press.
Enforcing: the Antitrust Law.
Circuit Attorney William Zaebritz
Tuesday filed 208 suits in the circuit
court against corporations that have
failed to comply with the antitrust law
framed and passed April 2, 1891. This
law requires all corporations to file affi
davits once a year, stating that the firm
is in nowise onnected with a trust or
pool. Severa. suits of the same nature
were brought last year, but the delin
quents came to time, and they were dis
missed.
Mr. Zachritz said to a reporter last
night in regard to the cases that they
would be pushed against every violator
this time. “I cannot see,” said Mr.
Zachritz, “why corporations should not
be made to comply with the law the
same as individuals. The penalty is a
fine of not less than $50 and not moi
than $1,000. Each delinquent can be
brought forward and fined each month
for delinquency. The law must be com
plied with."—St. Louis Republic.
Two Famous* Prisons.
Two famous prisons are soon to bo
demolished. They are the Roquette,
near Pere la Chaise cemetery, and St.
Pelagie. The former is the spot where
the guillotine is erected whenever ther
is an execution in Paris. It was there
that the archbishop of Paris and his
brother hostages were shot by order of
the commune in 1871. There are still
legible words which he wrote on the
iron grating of his cell:
“O Crux Ave Spes Unica.”—Paris Let
ter. '_
88,600 For the Loss of Three Toes.
Bookbinder Timothy C. Commerford
was thrown from an Atlantic avenue
car in Brooklyn on Oct. 11 through the
alleged negligence of the conductor. One
of the wheels passed over his left foot
and cut off three of his toes. He sued
the oompany for $20,000, and a jury in
the city court gave him $8,500.—Brook
lyn Eagle.
The Prince Consort*# Will.
One of the morning papers, in a some
what high flown notice of the late Kir
Arnold White, states that the “myste
ries” connected with the will of t ie
prince consort “were locked in his fai h
ful bosom.” There were no “mystori s”
in connection with the prince consort’s
will except that the queen, to whom t lie
whole of the prince’s property was be
queathed, would not allow the will to lie
proved in the ordinary form, nor ha.* it
ever been deposited at Somerset Hou e
—London Truth.
Peculiarities of Phrasing.
New York—Who stole my hat?
Philadelphia—Who stole me hat?
Boston — Who has appropriated my
hat?
Chicago — Who swiped my hat? —
Brooklyn Hfe,..
IIla “Turnout.”
Clerkley—Isn't this earlier than your
usual time for going home?
Berkley—Yes, but my wife said if I
came out by the 8:45 she’d meet me with
the carriage.
“I didn’t know you kept a horse and
carriage.”
“Eer—er—it's a baby and carriage.”—
Boston Globe.
Submarine Cables of the World.
There an: 1,108 submarine rabies in exist
sure, of which 888 belong to private com
panies and 880 are owned or leased by gov
ernments. The total length is 101,895
miles, the former class having 144,743 miles
and the latter 10,052 miles. Fifty-four of
these cables belong to the state in France,
the length being 3,979 miles, and Germany
owns 40 cables, having a total length of
8,025 miles. There are 14 Anglo-French
cables, 10 Auglo-Belgian, 8 Auglo-Outeh
and 13 Anglo-German.—New York Even
ing Sun.