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A Burglar's Fruitless Work. HE BLOWS OPEN THE WRONG SAFE AND MISSES GETTING $10,000. Mrs. George App is a wealthy widow residing back of Macnngie, Lehigh Go., Pa. She had some large real estate transactions recently, and several days ago placed $10,000, the proceeds of an ore mine sale, in an Allentown Bank. A few days ago, she was called upon by a well-dressed elderly gentleman who represented himself as a New York lawyer who had come to pay her over a large sum of money in a furnace sale made by her deoeasod husband ten months before. She had bu&ness let¬ ters from the same lawyer before, but had never met him, He represents himself as an old friend of Mr. App and he was invited to remain over night. He said that he would pay over the money in the morning. Daring the night the house was shaken by an ex¬ plosion, and the man was heard running through the house cursing his bad luck. No one was in the building except Mrs. App and the female servants, and they were too badly scared to investigate until morning, when it was found that the stranger had blown open the family safe and taken some valuable papers. But the money was safe in the Allen¬ town Bank. The stranger left behind him a wig showing that he Was dis¬ guised. He fled du r ing the ni ght A Nobleman In the Workhouse. Theodore von Spreckelson, a German nobleman, was arraigned in a police court, at Chicago, charged with im¬ proper conduct. Ten years ago he was known in good society, having the usual prestige of a wealthy German. He went to California and engaged in growing .a large vineyard. Then he returned to Chicago and opened a large winehouse, but it did not pay, and after a few mouths he lost his capital. Then he ob¬ tained a position in a large mercantile house#.but betrayed the trust confided in 1 him andjiecame a’d&faulter. After¬ ward he married a wealthy widow, but they did not live happily together and the disappointed man appeared to lose pride and manhood and rapidly sank to the level of a common tramp. He *«s a man of brilliant education and ability. The Justice imposed a fine, and Yon Spreckelson will for a time associate with the cosmopolitan society at the workhouse. A young couple who went to a Methodist church iu Selby, England, to be married, found to their great disap¬ pointment that the ceremony could not be performed until two days afterward, owing to the neglect of the Registrar in not forwarding the required notice in time. The young couple had taken and furnished a house, the wedding break¬ fast was prepared, and all their friends, many of whom had oome long dis¬ tances, were present. The mortifica¬ tion was increased when, after two days the bride-elect and the bridesmaids at¬ tended the chapel and the bridegroom failed to appear. When the minister, sympathizing with the young woman, drove to the residence of the young man, he found that he had disappeared, leaving word that he had changed hi* mind and would not many Billed by ms Own Gbb. Sett Hoover, of Hanging Book, P^. eame in from dock .hooting on Tue. d^HeUidh, gnnon e hed in i, “Why don’t yon hang your guu up ^^t^toTnder^^ngitup yourself,” said Hoover. He was stand ing opposite the bed combing his hair, Mrs. Hoover took hold of the gun, and in drawing it off the bed the hammei and Cttgnt was in raised. the bed When clothe. released to .omc it »T fell j ^d the gnn di.cWged The l<»d rnek Hoover under the arm, killing him instantly. i What a Sponge Is. . "It is only the skeleton of a sponge chat is commonly used in removing dirt,” Prof. Bickmore says. “ A sub stance that in the animal sponge is an ulagous to the fieger nails of the human hand. portions The sponges the world, are foui^l *U.«*d m van- in OU8 of masses below the surfaoe «.f the water, Theyouthful sponge first makes its ap pear&nce on the outer border of the adt.lt in th9 form of a cell, whion gradually increases in size and complexity until it bursts through the maternal tissue and floats at freedom through the ocean. It is very minute, and for a time has an independent life. It is sowing its wild oats, so to speak, but as it increases in size it atUtches itself to its more ma tnre brothers and sisters and develops with them into adult form. Sponges are gathered by means of grappling hooks. They are floated to inoiosed portions of the sea, where they are left until the exposure of the sun and the wash of the r a leaves nothing but th skeleton.” Jigging for Tomcoa. Along the coast of Long Islaud Sound are plenty of tomcods, called in Con necticut frostfish, which run up the Thames and other small rivers and gather under the ice. The fisherman who knows their habits takes to a hole in the ice two sticks each as long as hir. arm, a fish hook, a string and a bunch of oak leaves. The oak leaves he ties ou the end of one stiek and the fish hook on the end of the other. Theu he plunges the oak leaves a foot under water and waves them gently to and fro. Boon frostfiBh gather about the leaves, when the fisherman lowers the stick Witt the fish hook and yanks them out The absentees are not missed, and u, e 7 fish hang uaug around muxiu the bush k u OU y as long -I*, as if * waved. The s^vt is called Jigging for tomcoti. . FURTHER* COMMENT UNNECESSARY. A Washington hotel keeper was Doast ing of the amouut of money he had made during inauguration week. “What do you think of that ?” he said, turning to a stranger. The stranger lifted his shoulders, but made no reply. “Don’t you think that's doing pretty well persisted the hotel man. “My wife’s a rnnnin’ a boardin’ hooee in New Orleans,” said the stranger sea tentiously, and then the Washington man was silent. Nottoway County, Virgin, -he re¬ gion inhabited by the first settlers, and made interesting by reminiscences of Capt. John Smith and Pocahontas, fast returning to its primeval condition. “In twenty years it will be a wilder¬ ness,” prophesies a visitor. The reai dents are old and sad. The yonng have gone to more promising regions. Deer browse where cattle fed, and the oak and pine cover great plantations where the negro once cultivated corn and to¬ bacco. A MOTHER'S POEM ON BABY. A young mother sends ns a poem upon “Baby.” It is oertainly a gem. The only fault we have to find with it is that of sacrificing melody to hard sense. The third stanza is a striking instance of this: Doxerjdoodle-nm dinUe-umdon, >« -—— a 1^/^the^ma^ ttL m^! ing —” “The man ought to be hanged who would strike a lady with the rheumatism,” interrupted a voice from I the other side of the table. The person who lud tt. .ttj to WI looked «onnd, became confused and collapsed. Tbs iotcrrnptkm --«-dto thrt it knocked the rest of the talc oat of km head. • f AmiYiran War Materials II . . formally 1 j is denied in the House of Commons that contracts for cartridge* have been awarded to an American firm. But this is a topic on which Asyiiala are 1 to beei,woted. and thaw familiar with the methods of this peculiar trade will | isteuce not bo the of these first to contracts credit them. might The be de- ex J nice, for instauoe, if they had been dis charged ; and if war material in mid to au agent 5f a government, it is clear— for the purposes of a denial—that it is not sold to the government itself. Some times such a cargo is actually shipped unmarked and unpaid for, the title pass ing only when it safely may. There is nothing improbable iu the size of the alleged order, 150,000,000 cartrides, al¬ though it certainly id a large one. In 1877, it will be recalled, three cargoes of exclusively war material were shipped hence within a fortnight or so. The Lotus, # for instance, of 2,152 tons bur j den, took 70,000 rifles, 10,000,000 cart ridges, 15,000,000 shell*., 15,000,000 bul \ lets and 50,000,000 wads, the whole ! valued at $1,709,100. Altogether, the war supplies sent from the United States were estimated at $15,000,000 tc 820,000,000 in value. It might be thought a risky trade, but there is little risk in “cash at sight,” and those were the terms even Turkey satisfied when she was utterly bankrupt for pur¬ poses of peace. Those who think war is now improbable because of Russia’s lack of cash will do well not to push that theory too far. Ware may stop from the exhaustion of a treasury, but that has Hot been a sufficient reason for prevent¬ ing wars.— N. Y. Time a. The War Question. _ P , Sampanlla _ Hunter , then .. offered ~ , thefollowmgr^ouUou: k ? ’ “ d “ f af > gle ^ Eng ^ and an’ <!e Arabs, ^ de Bym- ^» ^ goout lfttt offer Ao^ou Y* queried the President, as he looked from the paper to Sarsaparilla and back, “^ eB » ’ “ Y ; ,u ^nipathize with de Arab, do J ou ' bau * * *A.uy pertickler reason V ‘‘ A werr * S' 8 ** rK ““ n - Bah - De am Boekin « *° » bolisb “ lBTOr y lu England. > , “ d P» m «“ ' nl •***?.^, thut ..... ^ md, « 61 Watkmablw- ™“."° d * e P tered his heel , ou the hot <tove without realizing it. Brother Gardner finally said: “Giveadam Jones and Pick lee Smith will take de Professor to the aunty-room an* rub de back of his neck with a cold brick. If dat doan, effect a cure we*ll send him to de idiot asylum .!** The Professor acted like one who had been knocked down by a brick house, and after the rubbing process above re¬ ferred to had been completed he ex¬ plained that the resolution had been drawn up by a tin peddler, who bad promised him a new tin pan lo present it.— Lim r-KHn Cfu h . _____ The Duke of Buckingham, who has no heir to his dukedom has just mar¬ ried the daughter of a Sootoh baronet. He is 63. A firm at Albany, Go., is selling large quantities of bacon at the rate of a pound of meat for a pooiid of cotton next fail wSk”*of AnetSfii’ T Jl«£ trU^ On’ Mond“ tte pre^i . Sp ,.ofc walk another jard, and gave up all S^V^e. and 1 ^bave m-tch.’ no^b^n troubled since, won my Potatoes never grow larger than marble* »■ Greenland. r»*r*-'e “Pie»<*a*t Pevaauvc I’e’tru." JggW Permanent Profit; Pro Potent; Producing pharmacuu* Patrooi/iru Pun* Procure Pleatr. Winch 178<i there have been sold to private persons 402 of the islands along the coast of Maine. They range in sine '“^ra l.OOrt to *o*mi « 8he site on man. And when formed fiio l&Mie*iQI" if air *^S!JcS‘“id SSStotj IfodidS* a know, so sho said: W. O. man (double £%£ you '"ami sapping her strength. For all female weak ness - Dr.RV.Piciue’s “Favorite prescription’’ toSS? S pamphlet stamps for to World’s Dispensary Medical Association. Buffalo. N. The Rood of the Petuuiu. grandiflora is worth #500 an ounce. Thk purest, sweetest and bent Cod Liver Oil in the world, manufactured from fresh, healthy lutely livers upon the seashore. It is abso¬ pure and sweet Patients who have once taken it prefer it to all others. Physi¬ cians have decided it superior to any of the other oils in market. Made by Caswell. Hazard &Co., New York. Chapped hands, face, pimple* and rough .jin cured bv using Juniper Tar Soaft, made by Caswell, Hazard & Co., New York. Prom B. F. Liepsuer, troubled A, M. Catarrh Red Bank, N. J. I have been with so badly for several years D at it seriously remedy affected my voice. I tried I)r.-’s without the slightest relie*'. One bottle of Ely’s Cream Bairn did tho work. My voice is fully restored and my head feels better than for years. In regard to Ely’s Cream Balm for Ca¬ tarrh, my answer is, I can recommend it es the best remody I ever used.— Dr. J. 8. Vaughan, Dentist, Muskegon, Mich. See edv’t. An Item of Interest.— “Beeson’s Aro¬ matic Alum Sulphur Soap” softens prevents, and beautifies cure* and heals hands. skin diseases, by Druggists, by face and 25c or mail. Address William Dreyaoppel, Phila¬ delphia. Pa._ _ , , Use the great specific tor “cold in head* and catarrh —Dr. Kago’s Catarrh Remedy. Theyellow'tulip is a great favorite for the dinner table and is worth 25 cents a bud. Heart Paine. Palpitation, Dropav ‘al Swellings, Dirtiness, cured by Indigestion, Headache, Sleeplessness “Wells’ He alth llano wc _ for offloe in There are 3t),OUO applications Kentucky alone._ “Ruch* Pntba.” Quick, complete cure, alt Kidney, Bladder mm Urinary Diseases. (jjatarr4 Scalding, Irritation, Stone, Gravel, ot bladder. |L Drug In England the New Testament can be bought for a penny. _ "Hough «n Halo” Clears out rats, mice, roaches, gophers. flies, ants, 15a bedbugs, Druggists. skunks, chipmunks, The _ American families has average size of decreased one-tenth sinee 1850. "Hough on C'ornfi,” Complete Ask for Wells’ "Rough on Corn*” warts, 15a cure. Hard or soft; corns, bunion* _ _ The steeples in Chinese Cities are on pawn hso ps instead of on churches •a&m mm m 8 Ug MB r m sSSrC tel# ? Bon Throol/HwelUngv ntM, sad Spr*!«, otkcrnlso BraW Bur.., BmMo, Ftm* sad iekw. FUkrCMttsbocU.. At DnuttUU vftfPrr- fi Dmint . Dinotios, (all lasnsaM. cTKiV THE CHARl/CH A. BaiUn.nx, MA. R. U. 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