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I he North Citizem. 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 'tGw£E9&&