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SUNDAY MORNING.
REFUGE OF SLAVES
IN ANTE-BELLUM DAYS.
SCATTERED here ami there
throughout the states which
jSSt'S bor<ier on Mason's and Dix
ag?Sl on’s line are many relies of
i the famous "underground rail
road,” which furnished lleeing slaves
a means of escape to the next station
and thence onward until they reached
their ultimate destination and place of
refuge in Canada. One of these is
an old log house in West Virginia,
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Old Man Bentley.
which once connected with the cele
brated railroad,” and its mysterious
apartments are characteristic of the
stations along the route.
Hidden away in the hills is this
relic of slave days. The house was
kept in the 40's by John Mitchell, an
abolitionist, who made a practice of
sheltering negroes till they could be
passed along to the next station. The
building is two stories in height, with
an opening through the middle of the
lower story. The cellar takes up all
the space under one end, the rest
standing on solid ground. The mys
tery to-day is how the house could
over have concealed anybody. This
was explained by Bentley, one of the
present residents, who said the other
day, to a visitor who was examining
the premises:
"Look here,” pointing downward to
the broad, thick doorslll; "that sill
The Old Log House.
looks solid, don’t it, and it looks just
as if it were part of the long, bottom
siil log? Now look!”
Bentley stooped over nrnl removed a
couple of wooden pins on either side
PRIMEVAL PEOPLE OF AMERICA.
They Originated From a High Degree
of Civilization.
Tho primeval peoples of both North
md South America originated from a
rivtlization of high degree which occu
pied the subequatorlal belt some 10,-
1)00 years ago, while the glacial sheet
was still on. Population spread north
ward as the ice receded. Routes of
exodus diverging from the central
point of departure are plainly marked
by ruins and records. The subsequent
settlements in Mexico, Arizona, New
Mexico, Colorado, Utah aud California
indicate the successive stages of ad
vance, as well as the persistent strug
gle to maintain the ancient civilization
against reversion and catastrophes of
nature. The varying architecture of
the valleys, cliffs and mesas is an in
telligible expression of the exigencies
which stimulated the builders, contin
ues a writer In Harper's Magazine.
The gradual distribution of population
over the higher latitudes in after
years was supplemented by accretions
from Europe and northern Asia cen
turies before the coming of Columbus.
Wars and reprisals were the natural
and inevitable results of a mixed and
degenerating population with different
dialects. The mounds which cover the
mid-continental areas, isolated and in
groups, tell the story thereof. The
Korean immigration of the year 544,
historically cited, which led to the
founding of the Mexican empire iu
1325, was but au incidental contribu
tion to the growing population of
North America. So also were the very
much earlier migrations from Centra!
America across the Gulf of Mexico.
Period of Deepest Sleep.
The period of deepest sleep varies
from three o'clock to five. An hour or
two after going to bed you sleep very
soundly; then your slumber grows
gradually lighter, and it is easy enough
to waken you at one or two o’clock.
But when four o'clock conics you are
in such a state of somnolence that it
would take a great deal to waken you.
Important Archeological Discovery.
An important archeological discov
ery was recently made at the Roman
forum under the Via Sacra fronting
the temple of Antonius—a prehistoric
cemetery, which must have been the
last resting place of the Sabine shep
herds who lived on the northenr bank
of the morass destined to become the
which appeared to have been driven
into the heavy door casing to hold it
firmly in its place. After he had re
moved the pegs, Bentley touched one
end of the foot-thick siil with his foot
and the huge block settled down at
one end, disclosing an opening over a
foot in width and about twenty inches
in length.
"Now wait I ill I light a lantern," said
Bentley, lighting a piece of candle in
au old-time tin, perforated lantern.
“Take hoit of them pegs, they’re good
an’ strong, for 1 put new ones in only
’bout a year ago; they'll hold ye, an’
follcr me.”
The visitor did so. descending about
ten feet, when Ills feet touched solid
ground, and he found himself at the
narrow entrance to a cave or tunnel
twenty feet or more in length. The
walls of the cave were built of solid
logs, and the roof was composed of the
same material. Half a dozen pieces of
logs, two feet long, strewn about the
floor; a few pegs in the rotting oaken
walls; the crumbling remains of two
or three wooden hunks alongside the
•walls composed the furniture of the
underground cave.
"Here's one of the air holes, an'
here’s another,” said Bentley, indicat
ing two n opposite sides of the cave
one near the roof and the other abotil
two feet above the floor. "The ail
eum thro’ wooden pipes made out o
oak bo’ds 'bout six Inches wide. Thai
one,” pointing downward, “rums oul
on the crik-bank, under the roots oi
a big beech, an* t'other cums out in a
thicket of brush ’bout thirty yards
“Here's One of the Air Holes.”
from the house. Of course they're
rotted away now an’ caved In, but
they was all right when ole Mitchell
lived yer.”
Houses like Mitchell's, with tunnels
leading to places of safety, were com
mon throughout Ihe border .states in
slavery days. When the band of sher
iffs would come* in pursuit of the es
caping negroes with bloodhounds to
aid them, the people about the house
would resort to a clever expedient to
save whatever negroes were there.
When the news of an approaching
posse reached the house the negroes
would be led to the river and then
back to the house, their tracks on the
latter trip being obscured by vilely
smelling turpentine. There were twen
ty-seven stopping places between
Mitchell's and Ohio.
Mitchell was arrested al least half
a dozen times, but no direct evidence
against him was ever obtained.
Roman forum. It consists of rudely
constructed graves tenanted by frag
mentary skeletons, which must be
more than twenty-six centuries old,
and will surely prove an interesting
study to anthropologists. The bones,
especially the skulls, have been pho
tographed and then carefully collect
ed.
Our Power of Resistance.
Doctors tell us. in these days of
germ and toxins, that the thing that
counts most in a case is the “resist
ing power” of the patient. Some men
and women can pass through an epi
demic or even be inoculated with its
peculiar poison germs and yet shake
off infection, unharmed. Others ap
parently Just as healthy, succumb to
the first contact with disease, ar.d
sink under it in spite of the best nurs
ing. “Resisting power” is an individ
ual affair, and many surprises come to
doctor and nurses as the frail-looking
patient pulls through and the robust
seeming one dies. Medicines can only
aid the “resisting power”—they can
never take its place. It determines,
in the end. life o ' death in every case.
—Scottish American.
Siamese Dress and Jewels.
Now that ladies wear so many jew
els in the davtime a sequence of color
should he thought out. The Siamese
arrangement may, perhaps, afford sug
gestion*. in that country on Sunday
red silk with a parttre of rubies is
worn; Monday brings a silver and
white dress and a necklace of moon
stones; Tuesday is dedicated to light
red, with coral ornaments; Wednes
day is devoted to green, with emer
alds; Thursday sees a display of va
riegated colors, with cats' eyes; Fri
day the lady is arrayed in pale blue,
with flashing diamonds, and Saturday
the more somber, darker hue, with
sapphires to match.
Thrones Sold By Auction.
in l.ondon recently two ancient Ash
anti Coronation thrones, upholstered
in human skin, were offered for sale.
These are said to have been brought
from West Africa by a inilitaj'y of
ficer. The thrones are emblems of
Ashanti royalty, and without them the
successors of N'Kwanta and O'Finsu
cannot be crowned. TTie purchaser
incurs a certain responsibility in their
safe custody, and might well become
the victim of those amazing intrigues
which novelists have woven round Ihe
stolen sacred stones of the East.
THE BRUNSWICK -DAILY NEWS.
(sL\\&Talks About
Womankind^
Mloum* Sailor Suita For “ lirown-l'pit.
The blouse sailor suit, such as ihe
children wear, is also stylish for 'he
“grown-ups.” The novelty seeker may
use shepherds’ plaid in the construc
tion of her suit and be strictly up to
date at the same time. Scarlet, how
ever, is preferred by the faddists.
Fslerlne* Still Worn.
Pelerines are still worn, some of
the preltiest being made almost en
tirely of coarse lace over soft taffeta
in pale shades. The ruffle, the pelerine
and the smart t ape all seem very near
akin, and they have their uses as the
evenings grow chilly.
The favorite wraps of the moment,
however, are the thrt-c-i|uurter Guards*
anti Empire < oats In cloth of white and
pale shades, decorated With cm
broidery. Sonic of the dust cloaks art*
most elaborate, and chiefly cut in the
Japanese style.
Alexandra anti Her GoverMH.
Among the specially Invited guests
at the coronation in Westminster Ab
bey was Miss Knudson. the first gov
erness who taught Queen Alexandra
to speak English. Kite came from Co
penhagen expressly to witness the cor
onation of her former pupil. The
queen always visits Aliss Knudson
when she goes to Denmark, and a
pretty little story is told of how on
one occasion Her Majesty found the
aged lady engaged in putting her room
to rights and insisted on taking the
duster from her hand and completing
tlte dusting and the arrangement of
the room.
Newell I.etler Fail.
Tite newest stationery fad among
young women who are fond of imitat
ing the fashions of their grandmother*
is to use a large sheet of paper and fold
It over ami seal it without using an
envelope. This fashion no doubt is
quite romantic, but it lias its disadvan
tages to the receiver of the missive.
A young man the other day received
his first letter from the girl he had be
come engaged lo during ltis summer
vacation. It was a dainty affair of
creamy linen paper sealed with three
impressions of violet wax bearing a
monogram. After turning it over sev
eral times the young man ran his knife
along one side of it as he would open
an envelope. Then he cut open both
ends. That did not open it entirely,
so lie cut tile last fold. He then lmd a
collection of scraps of paper upon
which were closely written sentences
in a feminine hand. The young man
lias been spending his spare time since
trying to put together the scraps.—
Philadelphia Record.
How to Provnnt Sit'd Propoiinf.
Women arc constantly complaining
that eligible melt show a most uncom
promising desire to remain single in
stead of selecting a wife. It is, there
fore, a good tiling that tin? same coo
dltlons do not prevail In England ns In
some parts of China, or the probability
is that not one in a thousand would
ever take a woman "for better or for
worse.” lit those celestial regions, says
Woman's Life, the bridegroom-elect
has to submit to Is* dressed up by his
friends in any sort of costume they
like, and, thus habited, they accompany
hint in stale through flip streets of the
town. Perhaps in that part of the
world men are over anxious to lie mar
ried. and everything which can possi
bly lie done to induce them to remain
single until they arrive at a more ma
ture ago has to be resorted to. It is
another ease of all being fair in love
and war, and no doubt tin* Chinaman
who is shouting to-day, as he accom
panies ltis friend, knows fully well that
next week he may lie tin* bridegroom
elect, and so the punishment is robbed
of much of its terror.
Ilrovvn the Autumn Tint.
Before considering the beauties of
the autumnal tints and the glorious
new shades in gowns, all women be
fore purchasing their new frocks
should pay great attention and select
the color that suits them best. Golovs
nowadays can he most beautiful, for
some of the dyers have become artists.
In accordance with the laws of
nature, the modistio world takes a
decided fancy for the reds and browns
and glorious dead purple-blue shades,
which seem to suggest tlte fall of the
leaf. Brown is the autumnal tint, hut
in the wearing of this color you re
quire to be most careful. No woman
should attempt to wear brown unless
she belongs to the veritable chestnut
type. She who possesses russet brown,
flame-colored or Titian hair looks
eharmming iti brown. The darker
brunette, 100. with dark-brown eyes
and brilliant complexion, may also
look well clothed in this color. But
brown is disastrous to pale or very fair
types. It enhances the brunette com
plexion, and throws up the brown of
an eye, but it makes a very fair skin
look muddy, and detracts from the
beauty of the blonde's hair and eyes.—
New York Journal.
The GUI tu Athletics.
The girl who goes into athletics with
the haziest idea as to figures in their
relation to anything, is brottghhaip with
a round turn if‘ she indulges in her
propensity to get statements mixed.
When an inch or two, or even a frac
tion of au inch makes or breaks a
record in the breadth or height of a
jump, feet and inches take on au en
tirely fresh and large importance. She
had not thought befoi'e that a little
variation made such difference; but
when she finds that the difference
spells victory or defeat in the contest
for which she and her companions
have been training, she looks at a
measuring tape with anew respect.
She learns to know hi a practical
way what inaccuracy may mean in the
way of failure. Carelessness about
the point where she begins upon the
run that leads to the jump may involve
a wrong "take off;" the delay of a
second in starting from the mark iu a
race means falling Ifllud the other
runners. The schoolgirl who gains
even so much regard for accuracy as
this has scored a tremendous advan
tage over women in general.
Fftctd CoMTHriiinw StoskJnci*.
Stockings too small are soon wort*
into holes.
Cheap black stockings arc a delusion
and a snare.
Stockings too large make Ih> feet
tender.
Thin stockings should lie darned
with fine worsted.
Try tacking a piece of net—old veil
ing or plain net will do—across a,large
hole: then take the threads iti and out
through this.
A good plan to strengthen tlie
knees and heels ef/cliiidren's stockings
by darning them for some distance on
the wrong side when they are bought.
It saves stockings to wear them sys
tematically, each pail in turn.
As to washing stockings'
Don’t use soda; have tin* water mod
erately warm for both washing a rid
rinsing: dissolve your soap in the
water; don't rub it on the stockings.
Rinse lit Itard watei. Dry quickly in
the breeze and press with a warm iron.
Silk stockings should be washed in
tepid water with mild soap. Rinse
them in several waters Slotk them
well, and roll them in doth to dry. ;tf
ter pulling (item into shape.- Home
Chat.
For Tundrr Feet.
In n fashionable uptown cafe tliis
mottling a gentleman in homespun and
patent leather Oxfords appeared uu
happy
“What is the matter with you?”
asked a friend. “You appear ill.”
"I have a had attack of feet, and
each summer I am worse."
“What's 'feet?' ”
".Something that puts rheumatism
nut of business,” explained tlte young
man. “I liuy spider-web. open-work
black iish* hose, costing SI a pair, wear
low shoe, use faithfully till sorts of
foot powders and lotions, but obtain
only temporary relief. My feet burn
and swell so much that walking is a
torture and life a burden.”
“There tire so many prop]# lit* you,”
remarked the third man. a well known
Washington physician, "that anything
which will tend to alleviate their suf
fering ought to he received as a putilfl
benefit. You and the thousands lilts
you may be relieved and without medi
cine.
"Men who have tender feet think
that the thinner they can get then- lisle
thread host* the more relief they will
experience, but this is an error, as the
feet will burn like a furnace even in
black open work lisle gauze. While
black is the* fashionable color you can
afford to discard your low shoes and
wear tliin Imlhriggnn with high slices
if you have not the courage to sacrifice
siyle for comfort.
"Ladies can attain the same result if
they will cut tlte white feet off hose of
that color and sew them to the tops of
the fashionable black hose which arc
worn. When you hear a man say that
lie has 'spent hundreds of dollars on
ms feet and obtained no relief.’ tell him
what 1 have told you. and lit* will get
re asouahly well for nothing. All new
cotton undergarments, including hose,
should first be washed before worn.
The manufacturer's sizing is washed
out, nud they fell much more comfort
able.
” ‘Keel' is a complaint which : s really
serious to the patient, and by items
other appreciated. To obtain more
(linn temporary relief (lie black hose
must go on the part of those thus af
flicted." Washington Star.
Minings
!§®neSriops
Hip tucks adorning circular skil ls.
Plain little lawns boasting lace
yokes.
BHk dresses trimmed with cloth
strappings.
Suits of white taffeta, mohair and
the like in first place.
Suede belts, beautifully embroidered
iti gold and stiver thread.
Rows upon rows of machine stitch
mg in contrasting colors.
Entire shirred costumes, with broad
puffs left between clusters.
Any number of Erenclt dots on
dresses of various materials.
Parasols of white moire antique silk,
with either natural or white sticks.
Very long-handled club parasols,
with sticks of fancy polished bamboo.
Great quantities of outing liats itf a
variety of different forms and shapes.
Repousse lace flounces in all widths
and in setpra! shades of white aud
ecru. “
Shell combs, with set-iu ornaments
of metal of various kinds and also of
pearl.
A row of tucked diamonds in some
sheer material let in around skirts and
blouses.
Striking long coats of satin taffeta,
elaborately trimmed with lace and
other materials.
Cord embroideries adorning net.
These are preferably dyed tq the exact
shade of the dress.
Women's gymnasium suits of blue
flannel or serge, sometimes trimmed
with white braid, but at other times
left plain.
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Do Your l!rst.
No matter what the work before you,
Do your best;
On fortune’s page they’re sure to score you.
Do your best:
No matter bow the work detains you.
No matter how its dullness chains you,
No matter what the sum it gains you,
Do your best.
—Cleveland Plain-Dealer.
A Miniature Oak Tree.
If an acorn be suspended by a piece
of thread within half an inch of the
surface of some water contained in a
hyacinth glass, and so permitted to
remain without being disturbed, it will,
lu a few months, burst and throw a
root down into the water, and shoot
upwards its straight and tapering
stem, with beautiful little green leaves.
A young oak free growing in this
way is a very interesting object. A
chestnut may be treated in the same
manner. The water must be changed
sufficiently often to afford these trees
the necessary .quantity of nourishment
from the matter contained in it.—
Washington Star.
Tb# Electric Dancer*.
With the help of electricity in its
simplest form a great many tricks and
entertaining feats can he performed,
such as the following; Get a plain
sheet of glass about twelve inches long
by eight inches wide, and insert it
between two volumes, as shown iu il
lustration. The distance of the glass
from the table should be about three
inches. With the help of scissors cut
t number of small figures, such as
men, women, clowns, animals, etc., not
higher than one and one-lialf inches,
sut of different colored paper. Lay the
little figures flat on a line on the table
underneath the glass. Make a sort of
ball of woolen, or, better yet, silk
cloth, warm It a little and rub the snr-
THE ELECTRIC DANCERS.
face of the glass with it. You will
notlee immediately how the electric
ity obtained by this process enlivens
the little paper figures, how they stand
up and jump to the glass ceiling of
their little ballroom, to be repulsed
and fall back, only' to renew their
dance. If you stop rubbing, the funny
actions of the figures are continued for
a while: when the dance is ended the
touch of the hand on the glass is suf
ficient to enliven the figures again.—
New York Tribune.
Magic Apple.
The perfcrmcr shows an apple strung
on a piece of cord. He lets it slide
down the cord and suddenly stops it
half way dowu, so that it seems to
be floating in the air, until he gives it
permission to continue its journey.
There are different ways of doing this
trick, but they all depend upon the
same principle.
A curved packing needle is used in
conducting the cord through the apple,
making a curved channel. By holding
the cord loosely the apple can slide
down in consequence of its weight, but
as soon as the cord is stretched (this
living hardly perceptible) the apple is
brought to a standstill. When ihe cord
is relaxed the apple will continue its
supng motion.
Not®l To|-Splnnlc Derlc®.
To spin a top well, as every boy
knows, care must be used in winding
WINDING DP THE C'olll> IS UNNECESSARY
the string, as well as in throwing the
top. the tension of the cord having con
siderable to do with the speed of revo
lution. Now a Western inventor comes
forward with a top which, while It
makes use of the string, does not have
it wound on the top, as is necessary
with the old kind. The illustration
gives an idea of the device, which Is
used in connection with the cord to
give the top its rotary motion, and also
shows the manner of applying the
string and spinning wire. The latter
is formed with a loop at one end in
which one finger of the left hand is in
serted. while the opposite end of the
wire has a curved hook which sur
rounds the spindle on the top. At the
point of the long loop is a guide
through which the string feeds to the
top. To put the top in motion the
cord is given a single turn around the
spindle, the free, long end is inserted
in the guide, and the hook of the spin
ning wire is placed over the spindle un
derneath the cord. It is obvious that
a sudden and strong pull on the cord
and an equal resistance with the other
hand will hold the top stationary in a
vertical plane, while the rapidly mov
ing eord will give motion to the spindle
to rotate the top as the cord is drawn
through the guide. When the string
has passed through the guide there
is no further resistance and the top
drops of its own accord to the floor,
maintaining its motion for a great
length of time.—Philadelphia Record.
Learn How to Breathe.
It is possible to exercise one's whole
body, to keep it strong and well, sim
ply by breathing projjerly. Children
should be taught to breathe and to get
into the habit of filling the whole lung
space at each inhalation and of empty
ing it completely at each exhalation.
There is no better way of getting to
sleep soon after going to bed than by
breathing properly. Push away the pil
low and lie flat upon the back with the
muscles relaxed. Slowly draw in the
deepest breath possible, hold it for four
seconds, then slowly expel it until tbs
chest and abdomen have collapsed. Re
peat this until you are tired or fall
asleep. There are scores of ways of
varying this exercise. But this is the
essential. Of course it is assumed that
one sleeps with his bed room window*
open.—Philadelphia Times.
OCTOBER 26