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ESTABLISHED 1850.
DALTON, GA., THURSDAY, NGEMBER 27, 1890.
SlGHTLHSS
_ Active Business Life of a Chicago
51,6 Man Who Is Wholly Blind-
The wonder of West Harrison street is
blind man, William F. Buschick, who
v °es at 1115; where he conducts a retail
Sar and confectionery store. A casual
Server would not be apt to discover
that the storekeeper is totally blind from
the manner in which he moves around
“d shows off bis goods. Mr. Buschick
teens his own accounts, waits on the
enstomers, takes in money and hands
t change as deftly as any saleswoman
? “down town store. He seldom ifiakes
mistakes in handling coin, and if any
body were mean enough to try it would
not bean easy matter to pass counter
feit coins on him. _
His sense of feelmg is keen, and per
haps more so as a result of the absence
of shdit. He hands out any brand of
risrars asked for, and his sensitive finger
tins li'dit upon the right brand of chew-
inl gum without any fumbling. His
° which are not concealed from view,
Jg ^ beautiful dark blue, and a stranger
ioolong into them would not guess that
they were so utterly useless.
Hr. Buschick buys all his stock, going
down town on the street cars and about
the crowded streets of the business sec
tion of the south side without a guide.
He never loses his bearings. When
ready to return home he waits quietly
beside a peanut stand and asks the ven
der to tell him when a Harrison street
car comes. This car passes his store, and
he intuitively knows when it is opposite
his home.
He jumps from the car while it'is in
motion. He walks about his store and
tnms sharp corners without mishap.
He can walk straight to a door and grasp
the knob without fumbling it, or trip
down stairs as lively and as gracefully
as a young woman, and never makes a
miscalculation when reaching the last
step. He is a candy maker and makes
all the candy he sells.
As is usual in cases of blindness, the
loss of this man’s vision has quickened his
sense of feeling and hearing. When his
eyes went out of business their available
assets appear to have been transferred to
his ears and finger tips. His ability to
locate objects by sound is wonderful.
This was demonstrated one night when
a burglar broke into his store. The rob
ber left hastily with a leaden bullet in
his anatomy, as spots on the floor proved
the next morning. The blind man
handles a revolver cleverly and shoots
accurately for one so heavily handi
capped, locating the object to be aimed
at by sound.—Chicago Tribune. -
Not Altogether Modem.
The opinion held by many people who
have never had their attention especially
turned to the work of Jean Jacques
Rousseau is not that he was a benefactor
of his kind, but in reality' be was one of
the first apostles of the modem methods
of education, and it is only after all this
lapse of years that his ideas have come
to be widely adopted. It is he who once
said that we came into the world igno
rant, but with capacity; that education
a at birth; that we learn incredibly
^-"t ycars;; and -- '•
impressions should he of the best an<
should be presented in the right order;
that the first cry of a child is a request,
the second a command; that destruct
iveness in a child is not cruelty, but
activity; that the sin of children is their
weakness; that strength brings about
virtue, and lie who can do all things
will never do wrong things.
This -we see to be undoubtedly good
reasoning in the light thrown on the
subject of late years, and understand
ing now how greatly our children are
affected by wbat they see us to be we com
prehend more fully what Thales meant
when he said that men must live in the
consciousness that all around them is
filled with gods, an.d that this should
keep them more ch;iste than if they were
in the holiest of temples.—Harper’s Ba
zar.
King Alfonso’s Democratic Ways.
'Whenever tlie king sees a grandee or
gentleman whom he knows he calls them
by their Christian names, or their sur
names without their title, a custom al
ways reproved by his governess. “Eh!
Xiqnenal” exclaimed the king one day,
as the ex-minister passed. The govern
ess, who knew that the count’s father
was dead, and that the son had inherit
ed the title, observed, “Sire, permit me
to remind your majesty that the person
whom you do the honor to address is the
Dnke of Bivona.” The king burst ont
hughing and exclaimed: “The Duke of
Bivona! This is nice! But I know that
1 ^ifiuena! Are you not Xiquena?” he
. addressing the count. “Yes,
are, i( “P° y°n see,” the little king went
°n. this woman has a mania for giving
People new names. Doesn't she pretend
t Jnaniio” (an officer of the royal
Piard much loved by the king) “is the
arquis of Soto Mayor?” “Indeed, sire,
e 15 ’ aud you will permit me to remind
joiir majesty that he should be so ad-
e.tssed,- replied the governess. “Don’t
^ stupri,’ was the monarch’s answer:
- ni 5 is Junanito, and the- other is
•kquena.'-Corriere de Napole.
A Strange Wager Sn Vienna.
A curious wager is at present occupy
ing the attention of such widely sepa
rated classes as our young noblemen and
the Association of Hotel and Restaurant
Waiters in Vienna. Several of the
younger scions of the highest Austrian
aristocracy, who were accustomed to
dine m an old hotel of high repute in the
Karnthner strasse, took exception to the
practice of the waiters, most of whom
have seen twenty or thirty years’ serv
ice, m dressing their mustaches in just
the .same fashion as the “noble swells”
they had to serve. One of the high bom
customers accordingly laid a wager with
some of his friends, which was immedi
ately accepted, that within a given time
the objectionable adornment should dis
appear from the upper lips of the waiters
in all the fashionable hotels and restau
rants in Vienna, otherwise the proposer
himself was to shave off his own embel
lishment for a given period.
In order to effect his purpose the latter
commenced by trying to persuade the
hotel keeper in the Karnthner strasse to
forbid all his servants wearing mus
taches on penalty of losing his aristo-
cratac customers. In this case he succeed
ed, but the waiters, who were mostly
married men, one after another gave
nqtice to leave their places. They were
at once replaced by younger men, who
for a consideration submitted to the im
posed humiliation. The same thing hap
pened in a number of other hotels and
restaurants, and the wager was nearly
won by the layer when the proprietor of
the Hotel Imperial, the first' hotel in Vi
enna, flatly refused to comply with the
whim of the Vienna jeunesse doree,
whom he told outright that if they de
serted his house he should readily find
better customers.
The case was also taken up, “as mat
ter of right and honor,” by the Associa
tion of Waiters, which threatened to ex
pel from the society any member degrad
ing himself by humoring aristocratic
caprice in this matter. Thus the matter
stands at the present moment. The bet
appears likely to be lost, and then will
come the triumph of the waiters, who
expect soon to have the satisfaction of
seeing their would be dictator instead of
themselves going about with shaven lip.
—Cor. London Standard.
TERMS, $1.50 A YEAR.
A Corner in Pump:
“Just look at that, will you?jdd the
keeper of one of the large produ stands
as a
One on Mr. Depew.
They say that when Mr. Depew came
recently from Europe the usual swarm
of yam spinners gathered nightly in the
smoking room to tell stories and chat
about things in general. Every soul
save one in the party kept big end np.
The exceptional member of the party
did not laugh or indicate by even a
twinkle of the eyes any interest in the
funniest jokes, and was as silent as a
door knob at the best stories. This con
duct began to nettle Mr. Depew and the
other spirits, and when the final seance
came around they had lost all patience
with the reticent and unresponsive stran
ger. Mr. Depew was selected to bring
him to terms. They were all comfort
ably seated and in came the stranger.
“See here, my dear sir,” said Mr. De
pew, “won’t you tell a story?” “I never
told one in my life.” “Sing a song?”
:’t sinK'.” “Know any jokes?’ per-
AGW Identified by a Photograph.
.. , , 18 f 3,1 * 1 he a haunted house is
■west of a 111516 weeper of one of the la
^ is said in Center market to arenoi
owner and fo/th*+ gh ° St ° f i ts former Party of a dozen boys trooped
a withibigpmapkm
visited everv Tno-hT^h bousellas is the way it has been for ten d
persons ^ week by Bet 1 have sold acarload to 1
Thev sav that in w ^ ® e . ein » tbe ghost, want big ones, too. The com
.boit 12 o'clock at ““ *° m “ t
wnr fr T r tl “ T “Wl»tdotherdowithu,«
occupied the house' tt “S*’' 1 Tber< ’ ‘'jf'**? 1
ago and vacated it™, „„„„ , .craze over it. Nearly every dy who
•bf the supposed ghost rel^a^hrilf^ ?°«' 58 310112 here doin S her <ps mar-
story of hSLr’e thnlhng keting says, ‘Send me np a pfpkin, a
at Sbe ff 9 ab ° Ut a Week hite SKS my httle boy Want f coimt
horrified’ to seethe f nd Wa ! thought at first it was jfc-o’-lan-
what she fhrmcrht 6 V? * md hands of terns they wanted them for, sih as we
an extent t&t she SS? wSn“^e' ““ {hCT8 “ “ “■“es*
related her story to her husband he
laughed her to scorn, but a few days ago
she induced him to go np stairs at a
stated hour and see if he could see the
supernatural being. He complied with
her request, and was amazed to see the
same face and hands, which had every
indication of a human being.
The supposed ghost resembled an old
man, and as the house was owned and
occupied by Jacob Anderson, who died
a. few years since, a great many people
for a pony going on. The cjd guess
ing the nearest to the correct 0 f
seeds in a giant pumpkin eibited in
one of their windows gets thdony, and
these boys are hunting a feifacts on
the seed question. ’Tisn’t abad idea,
but it keeps ns produce hhj hustling
for big pumpkins.”—Washingjn Post.
thought it was probably his ghost. Ac
cordingly Mrs. Mier, who is a stranger
m this place, visited Mrs. John Golds-
borough, who is a daughter of the late
Jacob Anderson. An album was given
her containing Anderson’s photograph,
which she quickly recognized on sight.
Mrs. Mier never saw Anderson, and the
moment she looked at his picture she
recognized it as being an exact likeness
of the face she saw in the old Anderson
house.
The people don’t - take much stock in
spook business, hut Mrs. Mieris and
other people’s stories, who are accredit
ed with seeing the one spoken of, are
certainly increasing the belief in this
vicinity that there are such visitations.
Mrs. Mier is an intelligent lady.—Cor.
Pittsburg Dispatch.
The Watermelon Loaded with Wasp$.
There was a funny occurrence on
Pratt street wharf Wednesday. A sailor
on an oyster pungy which had been
cruising abont the oyster grounds qff
Mogothy river landed with a dilapidated
looking watermelon under his right arm.
The mariner entered a nearby saloon
and laid the .piece of fruit down.
It being a little late in the season for
melons a crowd gathered around to look
at the sailor’s find, and several of them
emphatically expressed doubts as to the
soundness of the melon. The sailor, in
nocent of what was inside of it, said to
prove the melon was in good shape he
would plug it before carrying it to his
best girl, to whom he intended to pre
sent it. He did so, and upon extracting
a piece of the rind abont 100 wasps flew
ont and made things lively about the
place.
It seems that the melon was somewhat
overripe, and while lying neglected in
its bed a family of wasps had bored a
% Floral Fashions.
The-chrysanthemum is ip te ascend
ant, and very soon everyhon flat or
room will be illumined ay ill splendid
bloom. This is one of the eff< fcs of tak
ing Japanese art into our be >m. We
have learned the decorative 1 sson a-Tid
profited, for it would seem a lowerless
autumn were we to be
this perfect hit of na
And another floral idea
from Japan, one which
the more fragile create
house. Dwarfed trees,
gnome like plants, set
porcelain pots of that
invention, will he used
and house decoration
are employing them in
and no doubt in time
here, superseding the
plants and palm, and
note of vernal oddity
tasteful owner of a w
—Boston Herald.
spriv i now of
egeoration.
ajfc> arrived
|ds ft r to rival
off lie green-
ig<4 stunted,
the artistic
id of art and
>r dinner table
Already they
ibndon houses,
ley will appear
rubber
[iving that one
prized by the
imposed room.
Lightning Kill Birds.
A singular story is told by a head
gamekeeper in Prussia! Silesia. A few
weeks ago one of liii under keepers
found in the tract of i hooting country
under his charge a cov< y of partridges,
two old birds and fifteei young ones, all
lying dead. They wire huddled np
close together within the space of a
square yard, hut were too decomposed
to show any reliable signs of the cause
of their death. Poison was at first sus
pected, as the spot was close to some
peasants’ allotment, but a careful ex
amination of the ground revealed the
fact that the birds had been struck by
lightning. The flash had struck a httle
mound a short distance away, and then
coursed along the ground, and the grass
surrounding the spot where the par
tridges lay had a burned and yellow ap
pearance.—Exchange.
bWjAs lW-Tu‘ A w- V&-, fix- J-T2X - IMIV;
“““ “A ”'?£§! place with several of the insects settling
the stranger stammered and h^tete , dow n ^ facej a^. in his hurry he
and finally made it known tlmt he knew over an ItaIian fruit .stand, fell
in erf rvno /^rirmTulTTITTl. < ‘(xlVG it tO US. , - , i
just one conundrum. “Give it to ns,
said Mr. Depew and the others in chorus.
“What is the difference between a tur
key and me?” solemnly asked the stranger.
“Give it np,” said Chairman Depew.
“The difference between a turkey and
me,” mildly said the stranger, “is that
they usually stuff the bird with chest
nuts after death. T am alive.”—Illus
trated American.
on a cat, which was nearly crushed to
death, and nearly knocked two police
men into the dock. The restaurant man
put out his gas and left his dogs to fight
the wasps.—Baltimore Herald.
Doable Cabbed Engines.
At the Delaware, Lackawanna and
Western Railroad company’s shops at
Utica eighty men, mostly skilled me
chanics, are employed. At the present
time they are working on a peculiar
locomotive known as the culm burner.
The engine is qneerly shaped, having
two cabs, one for the engineer and one
for the fireman. Unde?;, the boiler and
firebox the machine has six large driving
wheels. The weight of these great
mogul engines is between thirty-five and
sixty tons each. They are made to haul
heavy freight trains. The machinery is
so arranged, that the steam is never ex-
hansted. They are valuable also for the
reason that their fuel is the refuse coal
from the mines, which could not other
wise he used without a great loss.—Al
bany Argus.
The Perils of Youth.
Bow few have any material sympathy
1 .v°utli at that period when
AVW?is® y vith reluctant feet
Tli eiL 11C >r,, °k :in( l river meet.”
decree 1 * ulRetl f °i v.'ai'd by Nature’s stern
1 j, ussume the powers and duties
■ ■ • -°od and womanhood. And
of
vovum r t j le m ost critical point in the
thefamr • f man ble- Then it is that
reaches!? 1 ' °. .Mattered, nervous system
opDortnn:* crisis and ignorance seizes its
ill-health**''flant the seed of future
quack;“ ise - r ?’- Then is tbe
This ; 0 Se *i l,res bis victim and his purse.
* s ls the nrraci™, j
exDerimto^ ,° ccas ion when the hand of
perieiico ■? s , 10u . 1( i take the hand of inex-
rock „„', lu lr uide its feet to the solid
appfoJ.1, ‘ t le , further shore. At the
y fc ars of ti • 1,ullei 'ty and during the first
ar e wp»i™ • new °rder of being, there
Hoarder tendencies that should he
the power gainst, a medicine that has
°f the boHv° strengthen the various parts
trol to ho a . t° regulate and give con-
' anous functions is essential at
fre quenHn7“ uu , B J
tlle eminent 1 ?' Sucb a medicine ha§
Ky g j VPn l if*'- John Bull, of Louisville,
br - Bui rc c tlle w °rld. It is known as
Be hnnrio Sarsaparilla. Don’t fall into
remedy of 01 quacks, but demand this
ll is evn Ji° Ur druggist. Take no other.
Ca, 'ry von is needed and will
r °bust health^ tllrou S b to strength and
CXed Q uestion Settled.
.flower? What ’ 1
t s your choice of a national
Ton, ro d. And yours?
I’ve a-S e f m g on his crutches)—Well,
dis-w*' to think it should be a railway
* • i T> . .n - j -*
Cbild Suicides.
The Medical and Surgical Reporter is
authority for the statement that from
Jan. 1 to Sept. 1, 1890, 62 children—46
boys and 16 girls—committed suicide in
Berlin. Of this number 24 had attained
the age of 15,14 their 14th year, 9 their
13th, while 7 were only 12 years of age
and 1 had not attained the age of 7. In
most of the cases the immediate cause
for the act remains a secret, but it is
supposed to have been due to exceptional
severity on tbe part of servants or teach-
Tbe Trouble with a Pipe
The rise in cigars is producing a resort
to the pipe. The smoker will prpbabiy
reconcile himself to the differe* a, but
the one behind the smoker will lament
the change. When you smell a cigar
yon smell that cigar only'
yon smell that cigar only. When a.pipe
favors yon it gives you not only itself
but a feeling reminiscence of all its pred
ecessors.—Exchange.
to
Respectable poverty.
Miss Baqne Bey—I understood yon
say, mamma, that the Emersons were
wealthy. „
Mrs. Baqne Bey—Are they not.
Miss B. B.—I should say not. Every
body at church today had on new fall
spectacles, except Miss Emersom She
wore her summer glasses.—Cape Cod
Item.
A Turtle Stops a Cotton Mill.
The Barnard mill was stopped for an
hour or so Monday. The machinery
was all right, but a curious mud turtle
had wandered up the feeding pipe oft
engine, causing a cessation of work
Fall River Globe.
A rug valued at $5,000 washoughtin
It was about thirteen
worth more than its weight in silk,
lffie Guide—This is the Giants' cflam
Mr. Shortstopple—You ought to see
their quarters up at the Polo grounds in
Speculation Over Burns.
The strange story, told on good author
ity, of the ruins of a great fortified city,
built of dressed granite blocks, found on
the Mashonaland plateau, in South
Africa, has' given rise to a great deal of
curious speculation, for its history is
wholly unknown. Many of the walls
are completely covered by the dense
jungle, and very old trees grow on the
top of the ruins. If the city or fert was
built by natives it must have been in
remote periods of time, when there was
a higher civilization than now, hut it is
just possible that the fort was con
structed under the direction of early
Portuguese explorers and by the aid of
cheap slave labor.
Only a superficial view has been made
of the mins, but light may be thrown
on the mystery when the houses them
selves have been explored. Light is be
ing rapidly turned on the Dark Conti
nent, and the stories that come from it
are as interesting as those sent to Europe
from this country 300 to 400 years ago.
Then, however, the news was not wide
ly disseminated. Now every one who
chooses can learn from day to day what
is going on in Africa as in other parts of
She world.—Exchange.
One Man Against a Pack of Wolves.
Andrew Phillipot, a farmer living
near Salhsaw, I. T., set out to visit a
sick neighbor half a mile distant Friday
night, and while passing through a lone
ly woods on his return home was at
tacked by a pack of wolves. He was
unarmed, but seized a large stick, and as
the wolves came closer and closer he
kept them at bay while he hallooed for
help. A big wolf sprang at hun, hut he
beat it off, wounding it, and made a
break for a tree. The wolves followed,
snarling and snapping at his heels.
A <ra.in Phillipot drove them hack and
ran to another tree. 111 , tb5 ? . way be
succeeded in getting in sight of his house,
and his cries brought assistance- The
rescue was timely, as Philhpot grated
from exhaustion just as Help reached
him.—Cor. Dallas News.
Wants His Presents Back.
William Slioneman has applied to the
police of Lincoln, Neb., for
covering $45 worth of presents he had
riven Carrie Straber, his late betrothed.
Miss Straber is a tall, .handsome young
woman, who Shoneman says had
ISSU to meet lmn at tbe Barton
depot Thursday night and run off to
Omaha to get married. He was there,
but she wasn’t, and he says refused to
have anything more to do with him. He
therefore wants his presents.—Cor. Omar
ha World-Herald.
Oh, this ringing in.the ,
Oh this humming in the head.
TTawkincblowing, snuffing, gasping,
Watering’ eyes and throat a ' r ?fS- 1
Health Impaired and comfortfled,
Tin I would that I were dead.
What folly to suffer with catarrhal
troubles, when the worst cases of chronic
catarrh in the head are relieved and cured
by the mild, cleansing and healing prop
erties of Dr. Sage’s Catarrh, Remedy. It
flamed passsages, and perfects a
cure.
Money That Will Not Be Paid.
■capture and COnViction - dURu—
row. There is a standing reward offered
by the postoffice department for the cap
ture and conviction of any one robbing
the mails. This is the reward that ap
plied to Rube Burrow. But it will not
he paid because there was no convic
tion, nor has proof been established in
court that Rube Burrow robbed the
mails. The department officers know he
dicb, but they never pay a reward with
out legal proof and conviction. Thus
the capturers of Rube Burrow will fail
to get $1,000 of the $7,500 reward on the
head of the noted outlaw.—Atlanta Con
stitution.
The Paris Bull Bing.
The arena of the Rue Pergolese, Paris,
where bull fights take place every Sun
day and Wednesday, was several days
ago the scene of an accident which will
probably prove fatal. It was recently
thought that greater interest would be
given to the spectaole by the addition of
negroes stimulating the bull with point
ed cudgels during the fight. One of
these men was so seriously gored by an
infuriated hull that he was carried out
of the arena and conveyed to his lodg
ings.—Pall Mall Gazette.
Mme. Artoud, of Paris, died recently,
and as not a stiver of her money could
he found in the hands of her agents her
heirs began a search for it in the furni
ture of her home. After ripping np
everything they examined a plaster bust
of the Venus of Milo, and there was the
treasure, amounting to a considerable
fortune. The base of the statue was
covered over underneath with oilcloth,
and when the covering was removed ont
tumbled a choice collection of bank
notes, bonds, securities and obligations.
Emperor Napoleon during the three
years before Waterloo offered large re
wards for the recovery of a pocketbook
he had lost at the crossing of Beresina.
After the lapse of more than three-quar
ters of a century it has been discovered
in the possession of a Russian lady, who
received it as a. souvenir from Count Fe
lix Ledoehovsffy •
Veteran seahen agree that the iceberg
crop of the pas] summer exceeded that
of any previois year during the latter
half of the Nineteenth century. Their
theory is that fie whole mountain chains
of Arctic icemnst have been set adrift
by the unprecedented mildness of the
last winter.
For catarrl snuff np considerable salt
and water fran the hollow of the hand
every morion. Salt and water used as
a gargle just 1 iforegoing to bed strength
ens the throafand helps to prevent bron
chial trouble]. It is also excellent for
sore throat.
A cap wifi a telephone attachment
has been sup lied to the Italian garrison
artillery in farder to enable the ceim-
manders of kun detachments to com
municate wfh the officers commanding
the battery < fort.
Prince M rimilian, nephew of the
Grand Duk of Baden, will shortly be
betrothed t< Princess Victoria Louisa of
Schleswig - iolstein - Souderbourg - Au-
gnstenborg, i granddaughter of Queen
Viqtoria. 1
of
they say tli winter advertisements
houses will re d somewhat in this style
erties ot or. . .. houses will re cl somewnai m mis styie.
purifies the fori bre^h, in ? A large and e] ;antly furnished house for
cause of oiren , , —- lasting rent, in easy < stance of a druggist who
sells Dr. Bril’S Cough Syrup.
An Eaten Ont Town.
On the occasion of the visit of Presi
dent Harrison to Topeka, Kan., the ho
tels, restaurants and boarding houses
were overrun by the great crowd. Peo
ple'clamored for food as the crowd clam
ors to get into a circus, and guards were
placed at the dining room doors to keep
back those who corid not be at once ac
commodated. A gentleman who had
tried every public place found at a late
hour in the afternoon a restaurant in an
ont of the way place. He went in and
asked if he corid he fed. The proprietor
said he had been eaten out.
“Pll give you a dollar for a glass of
milk and piece of pie,” said the stran
ger.
“Ain’t got no milk and ain’t got no
pie,” replied the hungry proprietor.
“What’s that in that showcase—isn’t
that pie?’ asked the stranger, pointing
out a pumpkin pie. The proprietor look
ed at it in a languid manner and an
swered: “That’s all we have left for my
family. If I sell that they won’t get
anything.”
“I’ll give you a dollar for the pie,”
said the hungry stranger, growing des
perate.
The proprietor took out the pie and
was in the act of handing it over when
his jaw opened and about half the pie
disappeared, the other half being handed
over to the stranger, who refused it.
“Sell it for a quarter,” said the pie
man, realizing now that his chance was
growing smaller. But the stranger re
fused the rugged moiety and went away
sorrowful and as hungry as when he
came.—Chicago Tribune.
Sleep for Scliool Children.
We aU know how much greater is the
need of children for sleep than of grown
persons, and how necessary for their
good it is to he able fully to satisfy this
need, but how great it is generally at
any particular age of the child is very
hard to define exactly. The amount
varies under different climatic condi
tions. In Sweden we consider a sleep of
eleven or twelve hours necessary for the
younger school children and of at least
eight or nine hours for the older ones.
Yet the investigations have shown that
this requirement lacks much of being
met in aH the classes through the whole
school. Boys in the higher classes get
but little more than seven hours in bed,
and as that is the average it is easy to
perceive that many of them must con
tent themselves with still less sleep.
It is also evident from the investiga
tions that the sleeping time is diminished
with the increase of the working hours
from class to class, so that pupils of the
same age enjoy less according as they
are higher in their classes. It thus ap
pears constantly that in schools of rela
tively longer hours of work the sleeping
time of the pupils is correspondingly
shorter. In short, the prolongation ot
the working hours takes place-for the
most part at the cost of the time for
sleep.—Professor Axel Key in Popular
Science.
Number Both Doors.
The golden rule, “Do unto others as
yon would have them do unto yon,” is
violated in a petty fashion In New York
to put the numbers on properly, with
the result that strangers in search of a
particular residence wander np and
down the semi-lighted street cursing
volubly. This absolute neglect of the
law, however, is not as irritating as the
practice of painting the name on the
outer door and omitting it over the inner
door. Until 10 o’clock the greater num
ber of storm doors stand open.
The light from the hall chandelier
illuminates the inner transom, but the^
outer one is a dull blank, on which noth
ing can be read. Yon stare at what you
know are figures, finding yourself utterly
unable to distinguish them, and yon are
reduced to the ignominious course of
ringing the bell and asking what the
number is, which invariably produces
on the face of the servant who appears
an expression of a conviction not flatter
ing to your sobriety. Good Christians
there be who put the number on both
transoms—may their homes' be exalted
and their examples imitated!—New York
Telegram.
The Swiss President.
Under the Swiss system the president
of the confederacy has no more author
ity than a member of the cabinet. The
head of the government is a council
elected by the parliament. This council
selects a chairman from its members,
who thus becomes president of the re
public, and assumes a cabinet portfolio,
usually that of foreign affairs. He is
clothed with no powers of appointment
to office. His co-members of the cabi
net, even the judges of the supreme
court, are all elected. He can serve but
a single year; hence his time and tal
ents, instead of being devoted to filling
offices and seeking a re-election, are
given to the service of his country. He
is helped in his efforts for pure and eco
nomical government by a corps of trained
statesmen.—S. H. M. Byers in Harper’s.
Business.
The scholar is always ready to pick up
_ thought, mid a horn man of business
is ever on the lookout for a trade.
A good natured coachman overtook a
tired looking peddler, and offered him a
lift to the next town. At the end of the
ride the peddler, by way of emphasizing
his thanks, offered.the coachman the
pick of his wares, but the proffer was de
clined.
‘Well, then," insisted the enterprising
pack carrier, “if you won’t take a pres
ent don’t you want to buy something?”—
Exchange.
Specimen Cases.
S. H. Clifford, New Cassel, Wis., was
troubled with neuralgia and rheumatism,
his stomach was disordered, his liver was
affected to an alarming degree, appetite
fell away, and he was terribly reduced in
flesh and strength. Three bottles of
Electric Bitters cured him.
Edward Shepherd, Harrisburg, HI., had
c running sore on his leg of eight years’
standing. Used three bottles of Electric
Bitters and seven boxes of Buckleris Ar
nica Salve, and his leg is sound and well.
John Speaker, Catawba, O., had five large
fever sores on his leg, doctors said he was
incurable. One bottle Electric Bitters
and one box Bucklen’s Arnica Salve cured
him entirely. Sold by S. J. McKmght,
Druggist.
Mr. Skelton, of Hart county, Ga.,
owns a hog 14 months old and weighing
525 pounds. I f is 7 feet 7 inches long, and
its back “is almost as broadas a bam
doac.” —
A farmer in 'Van Buren, Pa., owns
three apple orchards. On one tree this
year were fifteen bushels. All the oth-
Men wtul Horses Fall 110 Feet.
James Wilson and*John Martin, redd
ing near EdwardsvOle, went to New Al
bany recently to procure a coffin in
which to bury James Routh. On their
return from the city the heavy rain
storm came np, and the sky became so
dark that they were unable to see the
road ahead of them, and they trusted to
their horses to take them safely along
the dangerous highway.
At the point where the storm overtook
them the road winds around the high
hills, and in many places passes near
high precipices. The rain was pouring
down in torrents, and it was only when
the lightning flashed they were enabled
to see the road at all.
Suddenly there was a brilliant flash of
lightning, followed by a deafening peal
of thunder, which stunned the men and
seemed to stagger the horses. Before
they corid recover from the shock the
horses and. wagon fell over a precipice,
and all went down a distance of 110 feet.
Some men who were passing jieard the
cries of distress and went to their assist-
They found the men and the
horses and wagon in a deep hollow,
more than one hundred feet below where
the road passes the top of the precipice.
Wilson was almost unconscious, while
his companion lay near him bruised mid
bleeding. One of the horses was dead
and the other so badly crippled that it
had to he killed. The wagon and the
coffin were both smashed to pieces.
The men were gotten ont of the place
and taken to their homes. Wilson is the
most seriously injured, and it is thought
he cannot live. Martin’s injuries are of
a serious nature, and his recovery is a
matter of considerable doubt.—Louis
ville Commercial.
What It Costs to Live in a Hotel.
The hoarding house habit seems to be
continually on the decrease in New York
and new restaurants spring np in every
direction. As soon as a new hotel with
gorgeous appointments is opened hun
dreds of the curious in matters gastro
nomic go thither to dine. As soon as a
fashionable ten story apartment house
is opened there are scores of families
eager to pay high rates for its shelter.
The hotels this season are unusually
crowded and prices for permanent lodg
ing are enormous. A man of my ac
quaintance recently asked the proprietor
of a well known hotel on Fifth avenue
what would he the price per week to
himself and his family—four persons in
all—for a moderate sized suite of rooms.
The price named was nearly $200 a
week. That was an old established
house, however. The new ones are
charging less for the purpose of having
all apartments occupied before May 1,
when new contracts with lodgers will be
made.—New York Star.
The Browning Society Still Lives.
The flyaway squibs on the decline of
Boston interest in Browning that have
appeared in certain papers—chiefly in
the funny columns—corid not be better
refuted, if they were worthy of refuta
tion at all, than by the gathering of
Browning lovers at the Hotel Brunswick.
Over 150 members'of the Boston Brown-
in nr. jftmnfay . -on rarv—jrtfrQ-f lyyf «»—uunn.
meeting of the society after its summer
recess, and had an interesting and en
thusiastic meeting. There was a brief
business meeting at which eight new
members were elected.
. The society has taken up for its enter
tainment and study this winter the
great poet’s longest and most elaborate
work, “The Ring and the Rook.”—Bos
ton Advertiser.
Exorcising a Gliost vritlx Holy Water.
For some time there has been a great
deal of regarding a haunted house
which stands on the Oregonia and Har-
veysbnrg pike, about eight miles from
Morrow, O. The house is the property
of Dan Gallagher, who is one of the
noted characters of Warren county.
The fame of the ghost rapping in the
house spread far and near, and investi
gating parties were organized, which sat
np to meet the ghost. The rappings in
variably occurred shortly before mid
night, and continued several minutes.
Some of the boldest of the investigators
rushed out to the window, but corid see
nothing. The tapping, however, would
at once cease on their approach.
Finally Gallagher declared that he
would fix the ghost. He secured a ves
sel containing holy water from the
church at Oregonia, and the ghost was
exorcised in the-presence of many curi
ous spectators; several of whom had
come from a distance.
The scene was-a most dramatic one.
Dan approached the window and re
moved bis hat, which was the signal for
the others to uncover. Sprinkling the
window profusely with the holy water
Dan in tragic tones thus addressed the
inx! It,-! a visitor:
“If yon are a bad spirit depart hence
and never return. If you are a good
spirit come forth and show yourself.”
Several minutes of profound silence
elapsed, but there was no response. Dan
again sprinkled the window and repeated
his invocation. Still no ghost appeared,
and it is said that no more tappings have
disturbed the rest of the Fries family,
and the ghost or mischievous neighbor
has certainly stopped rapping.—Cor.
Philadelphia Press.
A Race Between Two Great States.
Ten years ago Kansas and Nebraska
entered on a race for supremacy. It
is not over yet, for Nebraska — and
perhaps Kansas — has yet broad lands
awaiting the settler’s plow; hut we are
enabled by the recent census to note
the results so far. It was not an equal
contest, for Kansas had many advan
tages; she had already in 1880 more than
twice the population of Nebraska—996,-
096 to 452,402—and she was almost the
best advertised state in the union. How
does the comparison stand now?
Kansas’ population today is 1,423,485;
increase, 427,389, or 42 10-11 per cent.
The population of Nebraska is now 1,056,-
793; increase, 604,391, or 133} per cent.
And still we grow.
Ten years ago Kansas stood twentieth
of the states of the Union in population;
today she is in the same rank, or at most
nineteenth. Ten years ago Nebraska,
with her less than half million popula
tion, stood thirtieth in the list. Since
then she has distanced three of her com
petitors, and now stands twenty-seventh.
—Lincoln Journal.
Provisions for a Lons Trip.
“Have -yon any mince pie?” he said,
bustling np to the proprietor of a Nas
sau street restaurant and letting his au
tumn tinted nose harmonize with the
cranberry tarts.
“Certainly, sir.”
“Little early, isn’t it, for mince?”
Tast’yeax,"are they?”
The Pulpit and the Stage.
Rev. F. M. Shrout, Pastor United Breth
ren Church, Bine Mound, Kan., says: “I
feel it my duty to tell what wonders Dr.
King’s New Discovery has done for me.
My lungs were badly diseased, and my
parishioneers thought I could live only a
few weeks. I took five bottles of Dr.
King’s New Discovery and am sound and
well, gaining 26 pounds in weight.”
Arthur Love, Manager Love’s Funny
Folks Combination, writes: “After a thor
ough trial and convincing evidence, I am
confident Dr. King’s New Discovery for
Consumption beats ’em all, and cures
when everything else fails. The greatest-
kindness I can do my manf thousand
friends is to urge them to try it.” Free
trial bottles at S. J. McKnight’s Drug
Store. Regular size, 50c. and $1.00.
A Queer 3lark Going.
A historical curiosity of the oldest
railway in Germany is about to be rele
gated to oblivion. When the Numberg-
Farth line, the first railway on German
soil, replaced the old Thum and Taxis
yellow post, a yellow stripe was painted
on every car, and for fifty-five years it
has remained a unique reminder of the
ante-railway age. The Bavarian gov
ernment, however, has just ordered that
this stripe he painted out, in order that
the Nurnberg-Fnrth cars may conform
in appearance with all other railway
cars in Bavaria.—Berlin Letter.
Left Hand Thunder’s Swell Wedding.
A wedding that developed considera
ble interest among the Sioux took place
at Lower Brule agency Oct. 27. Chief
Left Hand Thunder and a belle of the
Sioux nation were united in marriage by
a white clergyman. Representatives of
various bands' from all portions of the
big reservation were present, and the
feast given after the ceremony was the
grandest thing of the kind ever indulged
in by the noble red man. Left Hand
Thunder is wealthy, and entertained his
visitors royally.—Cor. St. Paul Globe.
Bird Dog and Bird Disappear.
While some quail hunters were gun
ning near Edinburgh, Ind., training some
young setter pups a large gray eagle
pounced down upon one of them, for
which the owner had paid $100, fasten
ing its talons in the dog’s back and soar
ing away with its prize. The owner of
the dog fired two or three shots at the
“noble bird,” but without avail.—Cin
cinnati Enquirer.
Eighteen thousand acres of land, heav
ily timbered with hemlock and other
hard woods, the last of the famous Penn
sylvania hemlock belt, has been con
veyed by J. K. P. Hall, Ridgway, to
Andrew Kari, of St, Mary’s; Sampson
Short, of North East, and S. S. Bulbs.
Clean, N. Y. The purchase price was
$360,000. This land lies in the vicinity
of St. Mary’s and Johnsonburg. Three
railroads run into it.
i have been an invalid since my six
teenth year, until five months ago, I
began a use of Dr. Bril’s Sarsaparilla.*
Now at the age of twenty-three I feel
myself, for the first time in my life, a
man filled with health and ambition. I
want you to publish this, although I do
not sign my true name.—James Smith,
Lexington, Ky.-
“Of course not,” answered the propri
etor indignantly.
“Well, you do me np a whole pie. I'm
going to start for Omaha at 5 o’clock
and I want a stayer for the trip. You
see,” he added, leaning confidentially on
the cake rack, “when I went west last
year I eat half a mince pie before 1
started. Well, sir, I never seen any
thing stand by yer like it. Couldn’t eat
a mouthful of anything till I got to St.
Louis. This year Fm buyiri a whole
pie, and 1 reckon she’ll see me clean into
the state of Nebraska.”—New York
Tribune.
They Jnst Stepped Off tbe Train.
A tragedy happened on an east bound
Texas Pacific train abont two miles east
of Paris Sunday afternoon. Among the
passengers on the train were two ne
groes seeking employment as cotton
pickers. They had never been on a train
before, and seeing a great deal of cotton
in the fields they were passing desired
to get off and hunt work. So they
walked ont on the platform and jumped
off. The train was stopped and hacked
down to where they were lying. One
was crashed and the other was badly
injured.—San Antonio Express.
Aluminum in Search of a Name.
To end the long dispute which has
been waged with reference to the right
designation of the metal which is now
assuming such importance, it is urged
that the largest producers in the world
favor the form ahimtnnm, which also
has the advantage of greater brevity,
and that therefore foreign scientific
journals and scientific men should fol
low the example of American journals
and call it once for all aluminum.—New
York Commercial Advertiser.
Steamship and Whale In Collision
The steamship Queensmore. Capt.
Trenery, has arrived from Liverpool
with a general cargo. On Saturday,
Oct. 25, the Queensmore paralyzed a big
whale. Capt. Trenery tided to steer out
of the way, hut the whale was too close
on and the ship gave it a stunning glanc
ing blow. The whale did not move, and
the water soon became stained with
blood.—Baltimore American.
One of the shortest names in the coun
try is possessed by Mr. Ye, who is secre
tary of the Corean legation at Washing
ton. Mr. Ye has jnst been made happy
by the arrival at his home of a little
daughter, and' the rihild hM been chris
tened “Washon Ye,” which in English
means “Washington.” This child is the
first bom of the Corean nationality in
this country.
The revenue cotter Rush, late from a
northern Pacific tour, brought home a
walrus skin over fourteen feet long. It
was captured by some junior officers on
Walrus island, and wQl he sent to the'
Smithsonian institution at Washington,
where, after being properly prepared, it
will form one of the Alaskan exhibits at
the World’s Fair.
There are 20,000,000 acres of unsur-
veyed land in the state of Washington,
and Tench of that great extent of coun
try is almost impenetrable,' being cov
ered with a magnificent growth of the
finest krnrl of timber. Surveyors have
literally to cat their way every foot, be
cause of the thick underbrush.
“There was an old man of Tol
lived on rice, gruel and sago,” he
headache so bad. After he used a
of Salvation Oil, he could eat roast
and plum pudi
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