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SWORD 2,000 YEARS OLD. vMMnted by *b« C«ar of Bowl* to Prto- V ident Johwon. I p Farmer, the county surveyor of Columbiana county, 0., who reeidea at iisbon has in his possession one of the t historical specimens in existence. n <, an old Damascus Made which, it it claimed, is over 8,000 years old. It is of " i- design and workmanship and was "X entirely by hand, the Irregularity of ’ lines proving more conclusively titan anything else its antiquity. Shortly after the assassination of Fresh dent Lincoln an unsuccessful attempt was made upon the life of the czar of Russia. A fleet of American warships was seflt-on cruise across the ocean and incidentally curried a message of oonnatulation to Russia's ruler from President Johnson. Assistant Secretary of the Navy Fox ac companied the squadron on board the jfiantonomoh, commanded by John J. Cornwell of Lisbon, O. Secretary Fox was presented with the sword by the czar tn person, as a token of his high esteem, ac companied by the following speech: “I present to you, sir, as the represent ative of one of the foremost and mightiest of modern nations, this saber, as a ma terial appreciation of your nation’s high regard for my welfare and safety. Through ages it has been treasured in the archives of my fathers as a semblance of the mighty races that swayed the destinies of future generations on the shores of the Mediter ranean; it was carried through scenes of carnage which marked the upbuilding of the powerful sovereignty of western Asia and has outlived the kingdoms it helped build.” The ancient treasure was accepted by the secretary, with an appropriate re sponse, and as the fleet steaiiipd Out of the Russian port he presented tbe sword to Commander Cornwell. While the fleet was off Toulon, France, Commander Cornwell died suddenly of heart failure. Tbe vessels pulled in at tbe port and a telegram was sent to Paris for a burial casket. A squad of marines under command of a lieutenant was sent on shore to receive the .casket from the train and convey it aboard the dead command er’s vessel. Tbe casket missed connections, but tbe sailors, who were unaware of tbe fact, bustled a casket which arrived on the train off to the ironclad. The fact that the box was quite heavy did not excite tbe suspicion of the sailors and after it bad been taken to the cabin the mate opened the cover. Consternation reigned on board when there was disclosed tbe body of a beautiful young lady, burled in a wealth of flowers. Tbe lid of the casket was hurriedly re stored to its place, and preparations were promptly made to return tbe body to the depot in Toulonz But tbe story of tbe al leged seizure had spread, creating intense excitement in the French port, and a city official was preparing to board the Ameri can Warship with a search warrant. Ex planations were made, but the mistake came near causing an International dis ruption. Tbe French newspapers characterized the actions of the American sailors in tbe most scathing terms, assuming that the taking of tbe body of the young lady was a prearranged plan. Commander Cornwell was burled at Toulon, and tbe old sword was given into hie widow’s keeping, and she in turn pre sented it to her brother-in-law, Mr. Farm er. Tbe blade is 88)4 inches long and 1 inch wide, tapering to a point. Tbe hilt is made of born, ornamented with twisted brass wire, and is as hard as adamant Tbe crosspieces are of leather, tipped with sheet brass. The scabbard is as interesting as the blade, being fashioned from wood, with a sheet brass covering. It was orna mented in crude style by indents of a pointed tool. Near the hilt, on the blade, are a number of odd characters resembling ancient Hebrew inscriptions.-—Philadel phia Times. Zola at Home. Zola’s great source of material enjoy ment is sumptuous furniture. His taste in this respect is Italian. French country houses are very simply furnished. The curtains, when there are curtains, are gen erally chintz. Zola’s place near Triel is an exception* The study, salon and din ing room there reminded me, so far as furniture went, of the staterooms at Isola Bella. The bedrock of Zola’s sensorium is Venetian. He has the instincts of the magniflco. This may seem discrepant with what I said about his presence being like St. Paul’s. But his mother was a French peasant She redeemed him from Italian trickiness and gave him his toughness and love of bard work. He has, in spite of bis nervousness,ltalian suavity. The agitation is only surface; down deep he is pococu rante. No task daunts him. He is as methodic as Anthony Trollope and writes whether in town or country so many pages and no more a day and then cycles, boats, gardens or chats with friends who come down to Triel to pass the afternoon. The house there was at first a one story road side cottage, with a room to right and left of tbe little halt Addition after addition have made it quite a big place. The gar den has been widened and lengthened down to the river, where there is a boat house. Zola is owner of an island facing his garden. The fine furniture greatly ties him down. It represents, with the villa, tbe interest of so much money that he thinks he Cannot afford to summer unless at Triel. The simplicity of La Salle de la Gomme at Ste. Pelagie will * a great change after Zola’s domestic sumptuoslties. Fortunate ly that prison is on a hill and tbe air and view extensive. “La Salle de la Gomme” means “the swell’s room.” Rochefort made there last week a charming halt In his feverishly busy life, and he wrote a preface—an exquisite gem of French liter ature—for tbe Caran d’Ache edition of Lafontalne’s “Fables.”—Paris Cor. Lon don Truth. A Story of Capoul. Alas, poor Paul Capoull His once over whelming popularity availed him little when he arrived in Paris to compete for the directorship of the Opera Oomique, and he has been obliged to return again to his admirers in America. Talking of Capoul, I heard a rather funny tale about him the other day. It was when be was at the height of his popularity, when coats and hats, shoes and socks were being named after him and half tbe men in Paris wore their hair a la Capoul. The celebrated tenor was traveling in the prov inces and went into a hairdresser’s shop in • ®° an tiy town to have his hair cut. What style would you like, sir?” said the “an as Capoul sat down. “Can’t you ■« how I Uke it cut?” said the singer, puffing with self importance. “A la Ca- P°M, my good man—a la Capoul, of course.- “Oh, indeed, sir?” returned the ®an; “but, if I rqight make so bold as to give you a word of advice, I should say, change it, sir. It may suit some people’s race, but it really isn’t at all becoming to you.’’-London Sketch. - / OF COURSE IT’S TRUE. This Story of the Lama Hone and tbe Young Doctor. “Ono reads in many stories about ani i mal intelligence that it would be hazard ous for a doubter to express his disbe lief in almost any gathering of men at tbe present day,’’ remarked Dr. W. W. Watkins. “A little instanoo came Within my own observation a number . es years ago when I was studying med icine and which convinced me that the members of the horse family at least ought to be credited with the possession of a very considerable quantity of rea soning power. It was the custom for the students at the medical institution at which I pursued my studies to wear a small badge upon their coats to dis tinguish them from others at the coL lege. A horse belonging to the estab lishment was used a great deal about the medical department, and the ani mal seemed to have a special preference for the embryo doctors more than for any other people about the establish ment “One day, while a number of us were gathered in a little knot upon a small campus in the rear of the college, the animal in question, which used to nip the grass in the location, came toward the group limping very badly. He came to a stop a dozen or more feet from the crowd and, carefully surveying the lot of us, finally made up his mind as to what he wanted to do and without any hesitation limped directly to my side, Whinnied, stuck his nose against my body and held up his left foreleg. Look ing down, I discovered a large nail im bedded in the frog of bis hoof. This had evidently caused the lameness. -1 then realised the interesting fact that the animal desired attendance. I ex tracted the nail with some difficulty, and the horse whimpered With relief and walked away. Bather curious as to why the beast had picked me out to at tend to his wqund, I glanced at the boys and found the solution to the prob lem. Not one of the group had his med ical badge upon his coat but myself. The horse had recognized the insignia, realized its significance and acted ac cordingly.”—New Orleans Times-Dem oorat. AFRAID OF THE HOODOO. Why the Street Car Conductor Would Not Cut the Pageant In Twain. A hearse crossed the track and the motoneer put on the brakes so suddenly that the car nearly stood on its nose. Then he sat down on the front seat to await the passing of the long string of carriages following the black draped vehicle. A fat man who had nearly been thrown over the front roil by the sud den stopping of tbe car snorted angrily: “Why don’t you cut across? I’ve got to catch a train. I can’t wait here all day.” “Can’t help it, boss. You’ll have to wait and catch another train. ” “Well, I’ll report you to the com pany. That procession will take five minutes in passing us. ” “Report away. I can’t help it if the procession takes 20 minutes. You couldn’t hire me to run this car across that funeral procession for the best job on the line. That’s the worst hoodoo a man could run up against.” “Bah!” said the fat man. “All right, boss. I know what I’m talking about. One of the best men on this line crossed a funeral procession soon after the trolley system was put in. A live wire dropped on the back of his neck and electrocuted him before he’d gone a block. A little while later another poor fellow cut across back of a hearse. He ran over three children in as many weeks. He quit the road as crazy as a loon. Now the conductor on that same car has lost every cent he had in the world, and his wife and child have died. Bah, yourself! I’d like to see you get off this oar and walk across in front of one of those carriages. I’ll bet you’d be oatchin your last train in this world pretty quick. Jest hop off and try it now. ” But the fat man only shifted uneasily about pn the hard car seat and waited silently until tbe last carriage bad passed. —New York Telegram. How Bees Embalm. Bees, says Horbis, can embalm as successfully as could tbe ancient Egyp tians. It often happens in damp weather that a slug or snail will enter a bee hive. This is, of course, to the unpro tected slug a case of sudden death. The bees fall upon him and sting him to death at once. But what to do with tbe carcass becomes a vital question. If left where it is, it will breed a regular pestilence. Now comes in tbe clever ness of the insects. They set to work and cover it with wax, and there you may see it lying embalmed just as the nations of old embalmed their dead. When it is a snail that is the intruder, be is, of course, unpenetrable to their sting, so they calmly cement his shell with wax to the bottom of the hive imprisonment for life, with no hope of pardon. Both Wrong. The Toronto Saturday Night tells of a man who kept a ferret being obliged to go into the country, leaving the cage with the ferret in charge of a neighbor till he should return. • JL- 'K. Tbe neighbor incautiously opened tbe cage door, and the ferret escaped, whereupon the owner brought a claim against him for damages. The following was the decision of tbe learned magistrate before whom the case was brought. “ Nodoubt, ” he said to the neighbor— “no doubt you were wrong to open the cage door, but”—turning to the owner, “you were wrong too. Why did you not clip the brute’s wings?” The Franks took their name from the francisques, or battleaxes, which they threw with deadly effect. Age is a matter of feeling, not of years.—George William Curtiz. A NEW GYPSY QUEEN. , The Coming Coronm.ua of Molly Fryer ■* Top«k>. A new queen will ba crownod by the Romany band on May 82 next at Topeka. This will be tbe second gypsy coronation ever held in the United Staten. On this occasion 800 gypsies of tbe Romany tribo will assemble at Topeka and hold elaborate ceremonies. Sixty of the gypsies have already arrived in Topeka and are making arrangements for the coronation. The queen to be, Molly Fryer, who learn ed only a week ago that she had fallen heir to the gypsy throne by tbe death of her mother in Austria, is in Topeka now and is at the gypsy camp north of the city. Her mother, Sophia Tryer, died several weeks ago in Austria, having ruled the Romany band for 69 years. Molly Fryer, being the next in line of succession, was chosen to be queen. As a queen must bo 80 years of age, the coronation will take place May 88, which is her birthday. There are 1,800 members of the Romany band in the United States, and between 800 and 1,000 will arrive in Topeka during the winter and take part in the coronation. It will be an elaborate feast. The corona tion ceremony will be performed by Father Metrovltcb, who is the high priest of the band. Tbe crown which was worn by the Med gypsy queen for so long is now being remodeled for its new possessor, and a cousin, Minnie Youngs, will bear It from Austria to Topeka and will formally place it on the young queen’s head. It is composed of Bohemian garnets and solid gold and is said to be beautiful. When remodeled, it will contain several sparkling diamonds. Three months ago MoUy Fryer was married at Belvidere, Illa, to Gustav Staokovltch, a young Aus tralian, who is a member of the bond. The English of his name is Stanley. He and his brother Louis and the latter’s wife travel together and camp some little dis tance from the main body of tbe band. They have better tents, wagons and fur nishffigs and live In better style. The Stanley brothers speak English fluently. Molly Fryer is a typical gypsy. Her skin is dark, her eyes a brilliant black, her fig ure graceful and her manner easy. She speaks 18 languages, but has not learned English well. Louis and Gustav Stanley are now mak ing the arrangements for the coronation of Mdlly Fryer. A large field will be pro cured, where the whole band will camp. In the midst of tbe camp a large tent will be erected, where the ceremonies will take place. Father Metrovltcb, who lives in Chicago, will come to Topeka early in May and will have.full charge of the cere monies. The Romany band now has adopt ed the Catholic faith, but they never at tend services In regular Cathelio churches. When a gypsy couple is to be married and the distance is too far for High Priest Metrovltcb, he sends word to a Catholic priest near to where the band is located and the ceremony is performed in the usual way. The Romany band dates its lineage back to the Pharaohs. For several hundred years the headquarters of the tribe havo been in Austria. Eight months age Molly, Fryer came to the United States and joined the band with which she now trav els. When the news came to Louis Stanley that Queen Sophia of the gypsy band had died, he set about notifying all the bands in the UniteiT'States. A conference was held, and Topeka was selected as the place at which the coronation should bo held. All the members of the Romany tribe of gypsies have now been notified of the con onation, and most of them are on their way overland to Topeka. The coronation of a queen among this people is the grand est event known to them. The exercises will extend through a week and the occa sion will be a round of pleasure and joy. At this time also the gypsy band will for mulate new rules. Queen Elect has already begun the making of her cor onation dress. It will be a gaudy affair of oriental style and made of rich material. Also she will wear many beads and neck laces which will be brought by tbe various bands, and she will be a queen charming to the Romany tribe.—Topeka Letter in Kansas City Star. A Washington Incident. There was an interchange of courtesies at a recent reception in which the wife of a former congressman and the wife of a bureau official were the principals. It was a crowded afternoon affair, and the ex congressman’s wisp was assisting the host ess in rec jiving the guests. When tbe wife of the bureau official was presented, the hostess said to tbe woman of the receiving party, “You know Mrs. Blank, don’t you?" “Certainly,” said the ex-congress man's wife, “I would know her anywhere by that pink dress.” The cheeks of the bureau official’s wife were suffused with a rosy glow, but she turned on her tormentor and said, “Probably if my husband had been mixed up in as many questionable transactions as yours, madam, it would not be necessary for me to wear my pink reception dress so often as to cause com ment.” Every Word rang out clear and sharp upon the ears of tbe astonished guests. Inasmuch as there bad been fre quent criticism of the ex-congressman for his connection with questionable transac tions the force of the bureau official’s wife’s retort can readily be imagined.— San Francisco Argonaut. A Po« Wrote of Her. Mrs. Cornelia Walter Richards, who re cently died at the age of 85, was the sister of tbe founder of the Boston Transcript and was the editor of that paper for *. time after the death of her brother. It was odn cerning her that Edgar Allan Poe wrote the following in The Broadway Journal in the autumn of 1845; “Our excellent friend, Major Noah, has suffered himself to be cajoled by that most beguiling of all beguiling little divinities, Miss Walter of The Transcript. We have been looking all over her article with tbe aid of a taper to see if we could discover a single syllable of truth in it—and really blush to acknowl edge that we cannot. The adorable crea ture has been telling a parcel of fibs about us byway of revenge for something that we did to Mr. Longfellow (who admires her very much) and for calling her'a pret ty little witch* into the bargain. ” An Impartial Judgment. “Which makes the better wife, a blond or a brunette?” asked a Chicago young man of one who had had some matrimoni al experience. “It’s about six of one to half a dozen of tbe other,” replied tbe experienced one. “I’ve married both kinds.’’—Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph. Strange Custom. In the Island of Guernsey it used to be tbe practice of the children on the last day. of the year to dress up a figure in the shape of a man and, after parading it through the parish, to bury it on tbe sea shore or in some retired spot. «**<*** - OLD TIME FLYCATCHING. PrimiUre Method es Getting Rid es the Troublesome Peeta. Newton M. Wilson, living one mile east of town, says a Scottsburg (Ind.) communication, has hanging in his barn an interesting keepsake in the shape of a flycatcher. It is not so curious in it •4f as it is in showing the primitive methods resorted to by the farmers in early days to rid themselves of flies. It is Simply two smooth walnut boards, perhaps 80 by 18 inches, beveled at one end and fastened together by two whang cords strung through matched holes. In the antebellum days people never thought of keeping flies out of the house; the problem was to dispose of them as they swarmed through the rooms, making life miserable generally. In fact, the use of netting to prevent their ingress is of comparatively recent origin, the invention cf this much need ed article dating back only 15 or 20 years. As everybody know*,'flies are excep tionally thick in farmhouses, even where screens are used, and when they are not they are almost intolerable. In the olden days the method most com monly employed in the country to de stroy the troublesome fly was the use at such instruments as the one described above. The boards were beveled and hung in such manner that by their weight they separated at the bottom, and thus hung in an inverted V shape. To attract the flies they were smeared with molasses on the inner surface. Thus prepared, they were suspended in convenient places about the house— in kitchen, hallway, porch, which gen erally served as the summer dining place, and especially in passageways. It was a common duty of every member of the household when passing one of those catchers to clap the boards togeth er, thus mashing the flies which had collected thereon. The cook clapped them in the kitchen, the hands as they passed to and from the house at meal times did likewise, the whole household clapped them together hundreds of times a day, and thousands of pestiferous flies met their doom.—St Louis Republic. TIP MARKS ON TRUNKS. The Luggage Signala Used by Hotel Em ployees Abroad. Travelers whom every day brings back from the continent say that this season, more than ever, gives plentiful example of the Freemasonry which ex ists among continental hotel employees. Usually on board the boats from Calais, Boulogne and Ostend notes axe compared by tourists who have covered the same ground and followed the same itinerary. ■ The results are significant of “eye open ing.” Some such colloquy as the fol lowing is often overheard: “My box and two portmanteaus were smashed fearfully by that villain of a porter at the Hotel des Bains, Villavilla, and my wife and I could get no attend ance. ’’ “That is curious, for we were treated by all the servants most beautifully. May I ask you a question? Did you tip the servants properly at the previous place, Hotel de Luxe, Lucerne?” “No; I confess it was an oversight, but what has that to do with the Villa villa hotel?” ‘ ‘ Everything. Look at the hotel labels on your luggage. All on lower right hand corner. That implies that you are mean and illiberal. Now look at mine. All the labels in the upper left hand corner. That signifies liberality—treat this person well—encourage him —your politeness will be rewarded. My friend’s bag here has a label stuck right in the middle, and that means, ‘A good fellow —will tip, but very exacting—not easi ly pleased. ’ ” —London Mail. Tired Locomotives. Locomotives, like human beings, have their ailments, many of which defy the skill of those deputed to look after them, says the Toronto Mail. We hear of tired razors, a simple complaint which vanishes after a brief period of repose, but locomotives are apt to be tray indisposition even after a day’s rest and much oiling of the various parte. Two good engines may be made on the most approved principle. They may each cost —as those of the Landon and Northwestern railway d0—£2,200, and yet one will exhibit from the first a hardihood of constitution altogether wanting in its companion. A first class locomotive of 800 horsepower, costing £2,000, is expected to travel during its life 200,000 miles, or, say, 18,000 miles per annum for 15 years, yet now and then an engine is found so impervious to the assaults of time a* to be able in its old age to do its daily work with all the zest, and vigor of a youngster. Au Ancient Pmyer. Old John Ward, who was pilloried by Pope in the “Dunciad,” and who actually stood in the pillory in the year 1727, when he was said to have been worth £200,000, was, nevertheless, a pious man. He had large estates in London and Essex and did not omit to pray for their welfare in the following manner: "O Lord, I beseech thee to preserve the two counties of Middlesex and Essex from fire and earthquake, and as I have a mortgage in Hertford shire I beg of thee likewise to have an eye of compassion on that county, and for the rest of the counties deal with them as thou pleasest I’’—Household Words. Unworthy. “That man Davis is clearly not fit to beafather.” “Why?” “His child is a week and a half old, and he hasn’t expressed the belief that it recognizes him. ” —Chicago News Glass bricks are made extensively in Germany. They are blown with a hol -4 "low center, containing rarefied air, and they are said to be as strong and dura ble as clay bricks. They freely admit light. - ' - ~ -. ' ■" y. AN OPEN LETTER To MOTHERS. WE ARE ASSERTING IN THE COURTS OUR RIGHT TO THE EXCLUSIVE USE OF THE WORD “C ASTORIA,” AND “ PITCHER’S CASTORIA,” AS OUR TRADE Mark. I t DR. SAMUEL PITCHER, qf Hyannis, Massachusetts, 908 the originator of ‘‘PITCHER’S CASTORIA,” the saw that has borne and does now s/tr*. m eo€r y bear the facsimile signature of wrapper. This is the original - PITCHER’S CASTORIA/ which has been used in the homes of the Mothers of America for over thirty years. LOOK CAREFULLY at the wrapper and see that it is the kind you have always bought ~~ on the and has the signature if wrap- per. No one has authority from me to use my name ex eept The Centaur Company of which Chas. H. Fletcher ts President. j , March 8,1897. &&****>-** Do Not Be Deceived. Do not endanger the life of your child by accepting a cheap substitute which some druggist irr 7 offer yo” (because he makes a few more pennies on it), the in gredients of which even he docs not know, “The Kind You Have Always Bought” • BEARS THE FAC-SIMILE SIGNATURE CF , Insist on Having The Kind That Never Failed lou. THE •EMYAMII COM FANY. 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