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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, lipSfSir > rf ■—'**<**' 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. CHILDREN'S DEPARTMENT: \ i _ „ A wa. j-. _ >-£afc3 ‘ ""\ I j W # MV f pi 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