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HANNAH.
aeoefejtesor Neptuse.
Vow dkclplm of Dkaa;
By yosreeUm who bet oa races,
Or who drive a apaakiag spaa, a
Tmlr-ko, or tool a taadera.
Where would bo say homely Haaaahr
By yoar devotees of Browsing,
Wefcwy wUa eyed aad bombastic:
By yonr esoteric Baddhkt,
By year ahem so scholastic;
WsMrawoaU be my homely Haaaaa
By these females ao fantastic?
Where woald be say homely Hassan
By yoar Poetess of Passion,
With ber brow bedecked with Uurel:
By yoar demoiselles of fashion,
Or beside yoar woadrous beauties
Wboaurpaas the famed Circassian?
Where would be my homely Hannah
Were some couasess with ber castles,
Where of old her aoble fathers
Foagfet their feeds aad held their wassail
raia to make ma lord and master
Of herself aad all her vassals?
What thoagh all the salata and angel
That the paiater e'er depicted.
What though all the lovely demons
Who of witchcraft were convicted,
Were alive, and all to making
Ardeat love to me addicted?
I will tell you. Though beside that
Little woman I could scan a
Score of faces nay, a thousand
Fair as ever tempted man, a
Quean she'd sit enthroned within my
Heart, as alia does now, my Hannah 1
M. N. B. In Boston Globe.
THE GHOST DEAD BELL
It is dow many years since 1 was quartered
with my regiment in Vienna. Amongst the
neeaaintances which I formed there was a
yosag nobleman who was in the Imperial
Onard, the Baron Von Steingraff. He was
the sole descendant of an ancient Styrian
family tliat had lived for centuries in a castle
sear Salzburg.
A finer hearted fellow could not be found
la his imperial majesty's dominions, nor a
batter soldier in his army than Friedrich.
Frank and gay as a companion, he was a fa
vorite with his own box, and a good figure, to
say nothing of a good property, made him
not unacceptable with old mammas aad
young daughters. Friedrich, however, seemed
to be no marrying man, though he bad noth
mg sckogynistic in his nature. When our
friendship had grown into close intimacy 1
happened to banter him on the subject of
matrimony, but Friedrich assured me grave
ly that he had resolved never to marry.
"Not," said he, "that I have any disincli
nation to the matrimonial state, but Fate,
craeland inexorable, has forbidden me to
eater into it"
i stared at him in silent surprise. After a
moment he told me how, when a child, he
had met a Ziegeunerinn, or gypsy woman,
as be crossed a wood near the Schloss. She
had stopped him, looked into his hand and
said:
"Young Herr, when you go to marry a
wife, take heed. The way to God's altar lies
through Gods acre!"
"Weill" cried I, laughing, "that was a
safe prophecy. A man cannot well get to
the church door unless he walks through the
church yard!"
Friedrich shook hi3 head. "That was not
her meaning," said he, "but rather that I. or
she whom I shall wish to make my bride,
mast die on the bridal day. Therefore, dear
friend, 1 shall never marry. You may think
me superstitious and a fool, but there have
been stranger things known to our family I"
He shivered and turned pale, but just as 1
woald have questioned him, he laid his hand
ob my shoulder and added, "And now,
Haaptmann, let us never speak of this again I"
A year parsed by and was far away in tba
aorta of Germany, when I got a letter from
Voa 8teingraft It announced his coming
saarriage with a young lady of his own
country. "My destiny," he wrote, "what
ever it may be, I must work out I could not
resist my passion for my little Roeschen. 8a
come to me as soon as you can, and who
knows bat your happier interpretation of the
gypsy Is prophecy may be the true oner
I leagued heartily as I closed the letter.
The old story! Womans tongue had over
cease mans resolve pretty Roeschen bad
whipped the withered gypsy from the field I
Aad so saying, I packed for my journey and
the BMrrow found me en route.
At the close of a lovely autumn day I dro vj
aloag the road between Salzburg and St
Oflfea where it skirts the picturesque little
lake of Mondsee, so snugly embosomed is
aradpitoua hills clothed with pine and larch.
Hot far from this stood tbeschlossof my
friend, built close to the ruins of a suppressed
aseaastory, aad sheltered by the dark forest
ea whose tree tops the evening sun glinted
warmly. Thither I worked my way but
slowly for the approach was steep and cir
caitOBS and by the time 1 reached the en
trance and stood under the heavy arches o
the doorway, the sun had set and the great,
same mass of building was lying in gloom.
Thiagaveme a strange, unpleasant feeling,
which increase d as I stood knocking for many
aaaatss at the heavy open portal without re
saease from within.
Was I, then, not expected! And at thk
heart I shook off a sensation of nervousness
aeat loudly on the panoiiwg with my
Last aad with the heavy handle of ray
; wain.
was the sound of the slipping of bolts
faaer door, and with a sense of relief I
that, at last, my summons had ban
i the door opeaed aad before
la person who looked more like a
daman of the district, than
Bmaarvitorof aweQ ordered eatahliahaeat
aaahasIbelsBved'Friedrichstobe. He car
rial a lamp in his hand aad over it be re
aawasd aw suspiciously. I stated who I was,
aadaaaredhimtocondact me to his master.
laaafeBeaaaMBoreply, bat shaking his 01
aotioaed ma to follow. We
t the great hall aad entered a small
ay strange guide deposited
I left me without a word.
HAssraag welcome," I muttered, "from a
to his beat man," aad tasa I
ia which I stood alone
icasas weBallad with books rua
tha walls aad above them racks
gear. Aaaseritofca of CTqaMte
tae aressace, bat ao
I Bra glowed. OB the hearth, a few half
I legs my cold oa the troa dogs, aad
i the stream feeling of gloom aad nerw
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The Entire Building will be thrown open to the inspection of the
one of the largest and most complete assortments of
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members of a private syndicate of thirteen different large dry goods firms throughout this State and also connected yith member of the eastern
srodicate, gives us an advantage to buy direct from the Mills, thereby saving the commission and jobbers' profits, and therefore we can safely say
max we snail discount ail
region. The public generally is invited to attend our grand
opening day and be convinced of our statements. We
shall always quote the lowest market prices in Central
Nebraska, and whatever quotations we make in news
papers or otherwise, will always be found in our estab
lishment, and to make this day memorable in the history
or tne drygooas rraae
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ions of I860, of which our greatgrandfathers taught us. What the people want and expect of merchants at this age and day is reliable merchan
dise at honest as well as lowest possible prices, and we shall, without fail, supply the wants and demands of the people in DRY GOODS, CARPETS,
UPHOLSTERY, MILLINERY and DRESS-MAKING. ' . A
Trade with us and save at least 20 to 2 5 per cent. All goods marked in plain figures and strictly one price to alL
1 looked up rrora tae tuouum aearta. An
old serving man stood in the doorway. Bow
bsg respectfully, be entered the room and ia
a few words solred the mystery of my straage
reception. On the very day his master had
written me be was prostrated with a serious
ainemaadbe was now in the eighth day,
straggling with the delirium of fever. The
doctors of St Gilgen declared the case to be
hopeless, bat were in almost constant attend
ance. One had just left the young baron and
had said be would return, as the crisis would
occur that very night
1 need not say haw this intelligence affect
ed me. I determined, of course, to await the
issue and n-ked to be shown to Friedrich'
Ammher. In a few moments I stood by the
bedside of my dearest friend and looked
down on a poor, shattered being, with flushed
race, a burning lip and glased eye, tossing
and raving, whose band was unconscious of
my loving pressure, 'Whom ear turned from
my words of affection. I sit beside him for
hours. From time to time I could distinguish
words, through his mutterings, which told
how the bewildered spirit wrestled with hor
rible phantoms. With appalling incongra
ity be mingled the scenes of the bridal cham
ber and the charnel vault, now calling oa
his bride to wrap her grave clothes about
ber, now bidding the sexton pledge him a
skull of wine. Terrible as all this was to
hear and painful to see, I determined to
watch through the night, and the faithful
old butler begged to remain also. Indeed, I
feltj so nervous and distressed that I was
glad of his company. The doctor was to re
turn at midnight When it wanted but two
hours of that time, Friedrich, who had grad
ually ceased his raving, fell into a lethargic
stupor. I left the 'bedside and went to sit
by the fire. Old Elans threw oa a fresh log
and filled a glass with Hungarian wine from
a flask on the table. I noticed that the old
fellow's hand trembled and that his eyes
were full of tears. 1 spoke a few words of
comfort and he sobbed aloud:
"Alas! Herr Hauptmann, my mind mis
gives me sadly! I fear, every moment, that
I shall hear the dismal ringing of the ghost
dead bell!"
At this uncanny title 1 shivered. "Bat
what may that bef" I asked anxiously.
"Achl What an old fool I am. I forget
sometimes but forgive it!"
"But, Klaus," said L. "what did yon
meanf
Klaus bent toward me, his old face drawn
with fear. "The bell that rings oat the life
of every Von Steingraff," said he, with sup
pressed emotion.
I suppose I looked both startled and Inter
ested, and the old servant, glad of sympathy
and attention, continued in a hushed voice:
"Mayhap you observed the monastery near
the castle, sir, as you came op the drive!"
"Ay, Klaus, and a fine, old ruin it is, with
its bell tower still standing!"
"A ruin now, sir, but it was once a grand
and holy place with its lord abbot, aad
monks, and broad, rich lands. Well, sir, a
long time ago 1 don't know how many a
hundred years the Baron Steingraff of that
day who lived then in the old Schloss higher
up in the hills above the Krotensee had a
quarrel with the abbot The baron was a
fierce and haughty man that cared little for
church and priest, and the abbot was as
haughty in his way, so the feud grew dead
lier every day. At last the abbot swore on
the holy relics of St Wolfgang that be
would excommunicate the baron. And the
baron swore by the cross upon his sword hilt
that be would tear the frock off the abbots
back and drive him and his monks oat of the
monastery. The abbot was as good as his
word, and so, on the feast of the blamed
St Wolfgang, be and all his monks walked
in procession through the church op to the
high altar and the great book was opened
and the anathemas read, and then the bell
was tolled and the lighted candles extin
guished, and thus thebaic was excommuni
cated. "Weill The bell was still tolling, and the
priests were on their way. back down the
aisle when the shouts of the baron and his
wild men-at-arms, his jagersandholzknechts
rang si the walk and sledges and great pine
beams were battering at the gates.
Short work they made of it!
Oaeaaad fellow seised a splinter of wood
end lit it at the altar, and tbea he tred the
panels aad the roof and the dry wood was all
soon m ablaze. The baron, as if possessed by
an evil spirit, seised the bell rope and rang
out a w Jd peal of triumph. But the abbot
walked up to him, dressed in all his robes,
:nd, holding up his hands, cursed him in the
name of the Blessed Trinity, aad said:
" 'As the evil one peak that bell bow
through your hands, so shall he peal it when
be claims the soul as it passes from the body
of you and of yoar son and of your sons son,
inssscala, mw ulm iiih. amen.!
"So saying, the abbot called hk monksand
they went their way down to the Lake of
Aver. But the baron aad hk followers threw
themselves upon the holy men and tore the
frocks from their backs aad threw their
books into the lake. The baron then seised
the monastery lands and held them, too, for
aught was right in those days, aad he built
the present castle hard by the rams of the
monastery, lest the abbot aad hk retainers
should rally aad seek to regain their old pos
nasinaa; but they never did, for the abbot
weaaotoverloved in the coantry, aad the
baron was too powerful to be lightly med
dled with, so the BBoaks built them a aew
where the Church of 8t, Wolf-
now stands.
"Time passed on, aad the baron had well
sigh forgotten, that abbot or sooak had ever
dwelt withia the old blarkennd aMaaetery
walL
"Oae wild winters night thebaroa sat with
his retainers in the great hall driakmg aad
reveling, as was their wont Thawjadaowl
ed ia gnats fit ally, and ia the paasmaload
kaockiag was heard at the oaken door, the
very door by which yoa entered thk
Herr Haanrmaan, The Tharhatar,
opened the door, saw no one, thoagh the
mooa was that moamnt shhsaaj throagh the
drifts of the cloads. bat ae felt a cold blast
sweep actum hk face. So he seat the door
agaia,aad thoaght it asm have beta the
that had deceived him.
"The aextmcaaeat these ia the hall saw a
ia a black habit, with bis cowl nrawa
closely over hk head, eater aad walkap with-
oat a word to where the baron
Thea the SBonk threw back hk hood.
old withered face, ghastly pale bat
', gassd undaaatedoB taebaroa.
Paassnd sakenaaatr shoatsd thebaroa,
ia rage, Mog of an abbot, what
bnagsyoabere! TraadJeoBt the
aadssstheboaadsapoBhha.'
"The abbot raked fakakiBay an
hi a hollow aad selassa Take:
twenty years you aad l met. 1 am oa my
war tothaalasw. fallow me.'
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daring to hinder or to barm the holy man.
" 'Zura henkeri to the hangman with him,'
cried the baron, choking with rage, aad
spriaging after him. That moment the old
bell pealed oat with a wild clang from the
tower The baron ia hk haste tripped over
a stool aad fell to the groand. When they
lifted aim ap be was dead. Twas said he
died of a lit Maybe so. Bat that very
night oneof the holsknechts returning to the
village from the Riesea op the hOkwherebe
bad beea working, declared that as ho pained
the tower be heard -the old beU pealing and
aw a procession of ssoaks following a bier,
and disappearing within the rains. Next
morning tidings came that the old abbot had
died the day before at St Wolfgangs, bat
where or when he was buried nobody ever
knew."
Old Klaus ceased and sat looking in the
fire.
"A strange, wild tale!" I said, lightly, un
willing to confess myself moved by the story.
"Has the ghost ball ever been heard since
that time I"
Old Kkas shaddered. "Ay, sir," be an
swered gloomily, "whenever the soul passes
from the body of a Von 8teingraff, bat I am
not willing to believe that the evil one dare
claim the spirit of my dear, young master
one to good aad noble as he k!" and again
the cM servant fell to weeping.
"flush, Klaus, lest yoa disturb him," 1
said hastily, although a glance at my poor
Friedrich well nigh assured me that few
sounds woald disturb him more. Then 1
paced the room and oat into the hall and
down the stairs, for 1 beard the sound of
horses at the gates and I knew the physician
had coma I let him go ap alone, while I sat
for a few moments in the little chamber I
had been shown to on my arrival. I could
not take my mind from the story of the
ghost belL I am not naturally credulous,
but the shock I had received after the weari
ness of my journey of several days had, 1
suppose, told upon my nerves. I stole op
once more to the sick room. The physician
sat at she foot of the bed. Friedrich seemed
to be sleeping quietly. I hoped this might be
a good sign, but, to my inquiry, the old
physician shook hk head sadly:
"Tb the sleep that will wake only in
death," be answered sadly. "An hoar will
decide, bat be prepared for the worst I can
give but little hope."
Impelled by I know not what, I suddenly
asked:
"Doctor, what could have caused thk sad
den Illness! My friend has had the most
perfect health all hk life. He once told me
be bad never been ilL What could have
caused thk fever!"
"God alone can tell I" answered the physi
cian piously. "The young baron was with
me the day previous to hk illness, and bade
me gayly enough to dance at his wedding.
I never saw him looking better. He was on
horseback and rode swiftly out of St Gilgen,
reining up hk steed for an instant to throw
money to an old gypsy, who stood, her hand
outstretched, by the road. Always kind,"
added the good doctor, "always noble! 1
have known him thus as boy and man." And
the usually cold man of science brushed hk
hand across hk eyes,
I took hk other hand in my own and press
ed it warmly. Then I went to the chamber
below. Old Klaus crept afterme. He seemed
to cling to me for sympathy. I sat down by
the fire with a heavy heart I pondered on
the doctor's words. I found myself wonder
ing why I had pat the question to him, and
then I recalled, word for word, hk answer.
A sadden thoaght shot through my brain.
He had spoken of an old gypsy who stood,
with outstretched hand, by the roadside.
Another scene rose before me.
A fair haired lad with hk firm palm held
frankly oat a withered, old face bent over
it; and I seemed to bear the quavering voice
mattering the prophecy: " Young berr, take
heed to yoar wedding day 1 The way to God's
altar lies through Gods acre P
"Klaus!" I asked sharply, "when was yoar
master to have been tnarried!" for Friedrich
bad mentioned no day in hk letter "We
will talk over every thing when you come,"
he wrote.
"Ach, main herr! Bat to-morrow!"
1 seemed to tarn cold all over. To think
of other things I questioned Klaus concern
ing the young Roeschen, whose cop of happi
ness was so sooa to be dashed from her lips.
I learned that she was lovely and amiable
aad deeply enamored of ber haadsome lover.
Hk illness had been kept from her as long as
possible, and though she knew her marriage
most be postponed she dreamed, as yet, of
no change.
"Alas!" said Elans, "should my lord not
recover, I fear it will go hard with the sweet
young lady, for she loves him more than life.
Who knows bat there amy be two burials
rather than oae bridal I"
"The way to Gods altar lies throagh God's
acre!"
Would the words ever cease ringing hi my
ears! I shook myself impatiently. A coincidence-
aad ooiacideace"tbat was sill
Aad my grief had sorely unsettled my mind.
I picked up a book from one of the shelves
aad tried to read. Thesrards swam oa the
page. Not a sound was to be heard aave the
tickiag of the great clock la the halL I laid
down the book aad sighed. Jast then the
dock tolled the midnight hoar. The deep
beUstrack twelve times load aad clear, and
Bseohantrally I counted every stroke.
Midaight! A sadden thought the crisis!
Thea my poor Friedrich might, even now,
beinaaag the portal of ctorairyl
I was about to speak to Dans when I dis
covered that he slept, srhanated, on the
hearth.
"Go forbid," I cried aload, la my fear.
"Poor, faithful soul!" thoaght L "Rest
there a while yoa may awake to deepest
grief!" Fw I realised that he, mai my a If
bbe loss, wisa Vrssartca,
loved oa
folromaoswlssay aadaaaaad aadtyaad
by the slip
ping of a bolt 8aiaswnooae,aadlcoe
chsaal the soaads mast come from some other
sartofthegchlom. I wan about to tare aad
4ssssbbsb fiflWasV iSTisaswiMsBsSBSaVa WMsl ewfpaBaa Es9W
that Icy Blast sweep my face aad throat
I saramed my eyas to see
that whkh behest
alone late she great atone haft.
A. breath of eeldaJr aweat ary cheek. It
came from the aad of the hell down, there,
towardsheoatsrdoors. Iwaaakresdiatoagb
aad Ihumjh allh lis ill IimiiI Carmmly,
theuaaa iuiaaawjatbeeaeal CoaldKlaas,
sahkaaxkty,ave sorgatnm to close them
arsw aw doctor eatraacef I peered through
theTkteof aaadT skjatad atwhaa to ward the
n anna aeil wined a fan steps la that ilirr r
tka. AsIaWeo,IwmsBIheardaBMaVd
kaeckmgat the aartal I asanasd latently
aadafawaasmasat theaoaad was reseated
aii mil trnnria ata ii aw
ally accustomed to toe semi-darkness, ana i
perceived the massive doors swing iaward on
their great iron hinges, to admit a tall, dark
figure in hood and cloak.
'VA. priest!" I thought, instantly; then the
thought was succeeded by another. Fried
rich k not a Catholic! Wbo has summoned
him! Tne doctor, perhaps!" Andthenagain:
"Wbo has admitted himr I, myself, bad
seen thk dark figure pas through doors bolted
and barred! I had beard hk muffled knock
ing! I saw him, now, before me and yet of
a certainty I knew that none had bade him
enter nor bad any hand unclosed the gates to
give him entrance!
Smitten with a nameless fear I stood, or
rather leaned, against one of the stone pillars
for support Tho dark figure now moved
toward me down the halL Nearer, aearer it
came and I saw that I was right it was the
figure of a priest
As be passed close beside mo hk cowl fell
back and revealed an old, wrinkled, ashy face
in which were set two gleaming eyes black
and eviL He looked not to the right nor to
the left, but as he passed up the wide stab
be raked one thin, white hand above hk head
and the dark sleeve fell back and showed the
skinny, withered arm bare to the elbow.
I stood frosenwith terror to the spot I
know not for bow long when a harsh sound
smote upon my ear. It was followed byn
thrill scream, and old Klaus rushed from the
room and threw himself at my feet
"God have mercy upon us," be shrieked,
almost crazed with fright, "the Ghost Bell!"
Again came the harsh sound the clanging
of an iron bell! It smote cruelly upon my
shattered sense wild, fitful, irregular and,
God forgive me! not as human hand could
have rung it!
I flew up the stairs, Klaus close behind me.
In a moment 1 was in the baron s chamber.
The physician laid his cold hand on mine I
saw the truth written in his face.
"It is over," he mid. "He is dead!" Dub
lin University Magazine.
A YOUTHFUL GENIUS.
Only 18 Tears Old, bat He Has Dalit a
Locomotive.
It would be no very extravagant prophecy
to my that in the near future there will be
established somewhere a locomotive works
with the name of George Kilberg over the
door as proprietor. At the present time the
George Kilberg in question ka lad only 1?
years of age, but for all that be has built,
practically with hk own hands and with lit
tie assistance, a perfect working locomotive.
Thk k the more remarkable because be never
worked in a locomotive shop; be and his
brother Richard are employed in the iron
works of Vierling & McDowell, of Chicago,
but it k almost entirely building iron that
thk firm turns out, and young Kilberg could
have obtained no idea of steam engine build
ing from bis employment there.
Ever since young George knew what paper
and pencil meant and were used for be has
been drawing, and hk bent seemed to be ever
in the direction of mechanics. Hk mother
says of him that she never saw the time her
George would not rather draw a picture than
eat a pie. George's home k at 285 Twenty
sixth street, and it k a neighborhood where
he sees numberless engines passing and re
passing. With hk fancy for mechanics it is
no great wonder hk young mind turned to
them as the height of mechanical skill. A
locomotive never stopped where he could ex
amine it but he did so. and the time came
when, with an old bank book, he spent hk
leisure hours about the round house or at any
point where he could copy the various parts
of the machinery. These sketches he took
home, and from them made draughts drawn
to a perfect scale. He has had no more
schooling in draughting than that received
in the public schools, and yet hk work on
paper shows hk genius.
From the drawing the youthful mechanic
imbibed the desire to construct, and the loco
motive he has at hk home testifies to hk per
severance and to.hk ability. It k complete
in every detail, and, besides some lathe work
done for him by hk brother Richard and the
castings from the foundry, the patterns for
which he himself cut out of wood, no one has
put a band to tho construction. The locomo
tive which was built at the works of Vierling,
McDowell & Co. kof the mogul consolida
tion and of the latest design for road freight
engines. It k fully equipped with all the
necessary requirements for an engine of its
class and every part works perfectly, It
weighs when empty 300 pounds, 250 pounds
being on the drivers; k six feet six inches
long, and the gauge of the track k seven and
three-quarters. The driving wheels are six
inches in diameter and have chilled runs and
the cylindersare two and three-sixteenth inch
bore by three inch stroke. The boiler k made
of three-sixteenth wrought iron and carries
forty pounds working pressure to the square
inch. The safety valve k set to blow off at
forty-five. The pump, which k under the
engine, between the links, k worked by an
eccentric on the forward axle and k nine
sixteenth bore by one inch stroke.
A steam pipe beats the water before it
reaches the pump. The engine k fitted with
steam brakes, which are placed between the
middle and back driving wheels. There k
also a cylinder under tho cab which draws
up the brakes on the engine and tender. The
brakes on the engine and tender operate at
the same time. Under the working pressure
the brakes can be put ou with enough power
to skid the wheels on the engine and tender.
The bell rings by steam and k neatly finish
ed. The frame of the engine rests on solid
steel springs, connected with equalizing bars
from the front trucks to the back drivers,
thus allowing the model to run on very rough
raik without danger of springing from the
frame. The driving wheels, when raked
from the track, have made 1,060 revolutions
rpernunnto under a pressure of forty pounds
on the boiler. Tne locomotive burns od as
fuel.
The boy v has worked steadily for seven
months and the result proves how closely he
has watched the modek from which he
has worked. George says now that hk greet
desire k to get Into some locomotive shop
where be can put to nee the knowledge he
possesses Chicago Times.
CHINESE AND THEIR WAY
They Knew Better Than Aay Other ree
flm What Eeeateeay ssaaaa,
The CaineM are rre eminently econo
mical, whether it be in limiting the num
ber of wanbj, in preveatiBs; waste, or in
adjusting forces in anca a asaaaeras to
asaka a little represent a great aaaL The
aaiversal diet coaaiara of rice, beans,
millet, garden vegetables, aad iah, with
a little meat on high festivals. Waokv
foodiaatWBdasYca
atayUBaanlisfi wasaw.or bstok sobb
and of the latest styles and
BARBER 5 DA7KIH
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at leas than a penny a day foreacnaault,
and even in famine times thousands of
persons have been kept alive for months
on about a halfpenny a day each. This
implies the existence of a high degree of
culinary skill in the Chinese.- Their
modes of preparing food are thorough
and various. There is no waste; every
thing is made to do as much duty aspos
sible. What is left is the veriest trifle.
The physical condition of the Chinese
cat or dog. who has to live on the lear
ings of the family, shows this. They are
clearly kept on starvation allowances.
The Chinese are not extremely fastid
ious in regard to food; all is fish that
comes to their net, and most thingscome
there sooner or later. Certain disturb
ances of the human organization, due to
eating diseased meat, are well recog
nized among the people, but it is con
sidered better to eat the meat, the cheap
ness of which is certain, and run the risk
of the consequences, which are not quite
certain, than to buy dear meat, even
with the assurance of no evil results. In
deed, the meat of animals which hare
died of ordinary ailments is rather dear
er than that of those which have in an
epidemic, such as pleuro-pneumonia.
Another example of careful, calculating
economy is the construction of the cook
ing pots and boilers, the bottoms of
which arc as thin as possible, tliat the
coutents may boil all the sooner, for fuel
is scarce and dear, and consists generally
of nothing but the stalks and roots of the
crops, which make a rapid blaze and dis
appear. The business of gathering fuel
is committed to children, for one who
can do nothing else can at least pick up
straws and leaves and weeds. In autumn
and winter a vast army of fuel gatherers
spread over the land. Boys ascend trees
and beat them with clubs to shake all
the leaves; the very straws get no time
to show which way the wind blows be
fore they are annexed by some collector.
Similarly professional manure collect
ors swarm over all the roads of the coun
try. Chinese women carry this minute
economy into their dress. Nothing
comes amiss to them; if it is not used in
one place it is in another, where it ap
pears a thing of beauty. Foreign resi
dents who gave their cast off clothing to
Chinese may be assured the career of
usefulness of these garments is at last
about to commence. Chinese wheelbar
rows squeak for want of a few drops of
oil, but to people who have no nerves
the squeak is cheaper than' the oil. Simi
larly dirt is cheaper than hot water, and
so, as a rule, the people do not wash.
The motto "Cheaper than dirt," which
the soap dealer puts in his windows,
could not be made intelligible to the Chi
nese. To them tlio average foreigners
are mere soap wasters.
Scarcely any tool can be got ready
made, it is so much cheaper to buy the
parts and put them together for your
self, and as almost everybody takes this
view, ready made tools are not to be got.
Two rooms are dimly lighted with a sin
gle lamp deftly placed in a hole in the
dividing wall. Chinese, in fact, seem to
be capable of doing anything by means
of almost nothing. They will give you
an iron foundry on a minute scale of
completeness in a back yard, and will
make in an hour a cooking range, a
strong and perfect draught, out of a pile
of mud bricks, lasting indefinitely, op
erating perfectly and costing nothing.
The old woman who in her last moments
hobbled as near as possible to the family
graveyard in order to die so as to avoid
the expense of coffin bearers was Chi
nese. North China Herald.
SERVIA AND THE SWINEHERD.
Kates Aawat a Paawla Waw Are
Wltnoat a Written Hiateey.
Turkish rule in Servia was still a hideous
reality at the beginning of the present cen
tury, and there are many Servians still living
who can remember the impalement of their
felltw pmntrvnun nn th twJvhtB of RflL
grade. Twenty-seven years ago that city I
Turks, wbo still held tiiiawinnof thedtadel
It was in 1804 .that George Fttrovitch the
gloomy, stern peasant whom hk luanlijmaa
called "Kara George," or Black George, lad
Um villagers of Topola agakat the Talks, aad
liberty agaia dawned upon Servia. Batare
George, compelled to purehamRaaaVaa pro
tection at the price of a convention which
practically transformed Servia mtoaRas
siaa goverameat, was fleasttiil byhkfaith
lem ally aad led across the Save latoAastik,
leaving hk country a prey to thevi
of the Turks.
The final recovery of
dates from Palm Saaday, 1815,
ObnBOTich,theswiaebardc41skovo,setap
the h -i standard honosth aa oak mar
the church of hk native village, mtuoas, who
met with the asaal fate of all rulers lathe
Balkaa countries who incur the Jkalaaaars
of Russia, was obliged to aixLkmm m 18m
but-the Obreaovich dynasty aawahtlaai
took root La the country, aad, except for aa
interval of sjiteaa years, daring which Alex
ander Karageorgevich, the son of Black
George, occupied the throne, K has
Miilstoiieptsd poanaaon of the
The yoaag lung, Alexander L k the graat-
graadsoa of lhrem, brother oC-MUoeh, the
swiaaherd. It saast always be rtmamasrad,
to the credit of Servia, that ska worked oat
her deliverance under Mubsh nnaidad aad
alone, "Happy the people who have ao
history." Ia oae mass of the word the
Servians haveeno history, or at Isast ao
written record of areata worthy of that
name; aad yet It can hardly be said that
the retrospect ef the past k a happy ewe.
Afswcswoafcks praam red in tasaioaas
teries, some biographies of kings who ware
regarded as salata, and an essay on
history by Raich, are almost the only
vma soarces of. hktoryextaat.
written hi the Htarglcal laagaagi,
the popular tanattsavtioB
the popular love of aoag has made ap for she
The
tjetiiftrealesamk)
lbsliions, and our fecilitie for buying and
ot laoaatsm tasy torm a aanonai emo of
the highest interest, and vakse, thoroughly
iitiBgwahiB, untouched by extaraal kaVkmce,
aad coatawing at least the oatttaes of his
torical facta, wsBwaObrdtag a vivid afctare
of the life, the meaner, the ideas aad the
aspirations of fosater generatioas of the Ser
vian race. Composed sooa after
they aarrata, aad ia a style sakad to
the audiences of the day, they have amoh of
the fresh spoataaeous charm ef the "Mad"
aad the "Odyssey;" aad thoagh ae Servian
Bocaer has arkm to weld them, Mke the old
Greek rhapsodies, lato a harmonious whole,
they coatume to farnJah the amain, half
educated peasantry with a HfeHke aad fairly
connected idea of the heroes of olden time
aad their achievements. There are few
peasants who cannot recite half a dosea or
more of these primitive lays totaeaccom
paniment of the gonak, a kind of i ibs at i iagert
violin marls of sycamore wood aad pmysd
with aa arched bow. Every eveat at
vian lite which brings the people
the vfikge festival, the wemttag, the alava,
or patron aetata day furnishes oeinarioa far
the reefcatioa of the Baasse, as wall aa for
the daaciag of the holo. or aatioaal
The Fortnightly Revkw.
The
A young man who is credited by his
friends with being a good deal of a phil
osopher penned me up in a coroer today
and harangued me as follows:
"Did yoa aver. study the human laugh
an an index to human character? It is
3D infallible test, me boy. Did you ever
know a man who simpered and giggled
like a girl who wasn't a sneak in his
heart? And, on the contrary, did you
ever know a fellow who laughed squarely
out with a good honest roar wbo wasn't
the prince of good fellows?
"A shrill laugh is indicative of deceit,
and a deep chuckle proves sincerity and
good nature. By this I don't mean that
a man with a tenor voice can't laugh as
though he was honest, or one with a bass
voice cover his insincerity with a mere
bellow. It's the ring that talks. If the
laugh has no ring in it yon can pat the
fellow down as a half hearted cbsbvbo
matter if his laugh is loud enough to lift
the roof of the Auditorium. Stand
twenty men up in a row before ma and
do something to get them all laughing,
and HI separate the good fellows from
the Miss Nancies about as quickly as you
could get outside of a beefsteak after a
year's famine. See?"
I said I saw, and made -a successful
dive for liberty. Chicago Journal.
A Teach ef Nat
The district messenger boy comae in
for a vast amount of ridicule for his
slowness and abuse for hk shrewd obser
vations and ways, but he is a pretty
good lad, after all, if the following hap
pening in New York is any criterion:
"One day on Broadway," says aa ob
server, "I heard a boy's voice ring out
above the noisyroarof the vehicles, dear
and distinct, saying, 'Hold on, blind
man! stop still, blind mant wait till I
get to youP looking tar the owner of
the voice, I discovereaa slender but
agile messenger boy of 10 or If years,
threading hk way through a mass of ve
hicles to a spot just by the opposite oarb,
where a gray haired man was standing
as if riveted, with a look of mild despair
on his face. It needed only a glance to
see that the poor man had sightless eyes;
that be had become bewildered and was
likely to be run over: that the quick wit
ted messenger boy alone of all the vast
crowd bad seen the dilemma and had
rushed in to the assistance of the) unfor
tunate creature. As the lad brought the
blind man safely to the sidewalk I could
not help thinking that here was an ex
pression of that one touch of nature that
makes the whole world kia." Soldea
Days.
HrBsssaftae
A correspondent of The Forest and
Stream writes that lie recently observed
a very cunning and ingenious trick of a
crawfish (or crayfish) for catching flies.
"Sitting on the bank of a muddy pond,
or 'borrow nit, over tint sarface of
which many small flies were
about. I observed that the
to tne surface near tae water s
and, turning over on the side, the) tail
probably touching bottom, with claws
and legs 'spntdling about ia the water,
he assumed the exact samblsace of dead
(matures floating on the water. Ia a
few seconds flies would alight oa the ap
parently dead crawfish, and ae soon as
oae got into the proper' posstioti there
was a saddssi aad ussfcejttnasoae flip.
wwemat ma mawjsssamv mwsan amswvmBsmsmmmmwvmnw manage
when fish aad flies would diaapptsr to
gether under the water. Ia a few sec
onds more he would appear em the sur
face and go through the saaae suaaewver,
mith the same reauk. There were, per
haps, two or three dosea ef them la
sight at the same time, and all kulwatri-
ously engaged ia the fly catching game.
e BarraaM fa
"Hurrah! hurrahr shouted a
as tne orchestra at the
to pmy a selection. "You mast be ovist,1
said oasof thsaahars, rushing aptohim.
'Not muchlaumnV' said the iIwm,
"not waea that is played. I need to he
long to that regiaMat, aad ni shout for
the boys as long as the Almighty gives
ine breath."
"Your regiment. What dV you meaar
asked the usher, as the crowd waked to
hear the result of the distarbaace.
"That's what I mean,' said the v
nutting hia lager ea the
"There U is. Twelfth Masai That a my
regiment! The old Twelfth Maasacha
setts! We fought from Bull Kan to Five
Forks!"
It was oaly when bewai
that it waa a piece of charch
he woald coaseat to be 7uiet. Detroit
JoacaaL
dge
public with
Cash Only.
M a. I
ICaw Saltlee.
A recent issue of The Farmington
Register, of Oregon, contains a letter
from Andrew Salthe. Ibr head of the
Comr d'Alene Indiana, asking the saloon
men not to sell his people liquor. .He
says if aay of them are found drunk in
town he would like to have the city
marshals arrest them and send word to
him, and he will go and get them and
pat them In his jail. He ako talks to
the county clerk about estrays. and says
hk people lose many horses. He closes
by saying: "I want to he at peace with
all the whites, and woukl like to have
the whites use my people aa they useone
another. It is but a few years since
Saltiee rode at the head of the Cosur
d'Alene warriors and was asvage chief
bent on destroying the whites. Now he
rides around the country taking a fa
therly mterest ia his tribe aad keeping
them straight. He is thrifty aad well
to do. and rides into town in a comfort
able carriage behind a good pair of
Epoch.
The transition from long, lingering
and painful sickness to robust health
marks an epoch in the life of the indi
vidual. Such a resoarkable event ia
treasured in the memory of the agency
whereby the good health has keen at
tained is gratefully blessed. Hence it k
that so much ia heard in praise of Elec
tric Bitters. So many feel they owe
their restoration to health, to the use of
the great alterative and tonic. If you
are troubled with any disease of kidneys
liver or stomach of long or short stand
ing yoa will surely find relief by use of
Electric BJtters-SoW at 50c aad.fll a bot
tle at David Dowty's drug store.
Honey is a good servant but a danger
oas master.
Thoawaos of Dollars
ere spent every year by people of this
state for worthless inediciues for the
cure of throat anil lung diseases, when
we know that if they would only invest
II in SANTA ABIE, the new California
discovery for consumption and kindred
complaints, they would in this pleasant
remedy find relief. It is recommended
by ministers, physicians and public
speakers of tho Golden State. Sold and
guaranteed by Dowty & Becher at $1 a
bottle. Three for f50.
The most stubborn case of catarrh will
speedily succumb to CALIFORNIA
CAT-B-CUBE. Six months' treatment
forfl. Bymail.Sl.lO.
Nature never says that which wisdom
will contradict.
Their BaMaem Beommg.
Probably no one thing has caused
such a general revival of trade at David
Dowty's drug store as their giving away
to their customers of so many free trial
bottles of Dr. King's New Discovery for
consumption. Their trade ia simply
enormous in this very valuable article
from the fact that it always cures and
never disappoints. Coughs, colds,
asthma, bronchitis, croup, and all throat
and lung dieeasoo qkkly cured. Ton
can test it before buying by getting a
trial bottle free, large size $1. Every
bottle warranted.
A desire to resist oppression is im
planted in the nature of man.
Jhwa AaaBsssslVtsl CHI
The OBIOINAIi ABSBTxNE ODTi
HENT is only pat up in large two-ounce
tin boxes, and is an abaalate eare for
old sores, buns, wounds, chapped hands
and all kinds of skin eruptions. Will
positively cure all kinds of piles. Aak for
the ORIGINAL ABITINE OINTMENT
Sold by Dowty Becher at 25 cents per
box by mail 30 cents. marTy
They who have light in themselves,
will not revolve as satellites.
iBttea Sarely Cares.
To Tart Edrob Please inform yoar
readers that I have a. positive remedy
for the above named disease. By its
timely ase thousands of hopeless cases
have been permanently cnretL I shall
be glad to tend two bottles or tuy reme
dy raaa to anv of your readers who hvo
consumption if they ill send me their
express and post omce address. Respect
fully, T. A. Suxxw, M. C 181 Pearl
street. New York. 'My
We like to divide ourselves but we do
not like to be divided ourselves.
Baralen's Araka 8a ve.
The best salve in the world for cuts,
braises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever
sores, tetter, chapped hands, chilblains,
corns, and all skin eruptions, and posi
tively cures piles, or no pay required.
Itisgarantoed to give perfect satisfac
tion, or money refnaded. Price 25 cents
per box. For sale by David Dowty. 3
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