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WOOD AND COAL.

GEORGE CREyELISE- OFFICE AND YARD 1872
~ liIH 81 " harf Zoo, y l4th st-Ion9 WOod-IIne
"a Ter cord. OAK, -; HICKORY. So Sawed Split
Pine. SO per cord Oak g.. HICKORY. IS 10 n2g I'M.
Coal AND Woop
We have tISt Tscs.ved larre Tot OF Bakers PINE
MOOD Also, fresh mined coal. of superior ouaIity
for domestic I'll " which offer at lowest narke,
rates.
Tie attention Of consumers respectfully invited TO
an Inspection o. our stock
STEPHENSON & BRO.
mls 9TH st wharf and 18th ST. and Pa ave
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The snaawurnsssu.

The subcommittee OF the finance committee an.
pointed TO district the city for collection purposes
VIII meet to night
Mr. HOFFMAN. secretary OF the committed
said to-day that II WAS probable that Instead OF
dis rcing the city the different Glasses OF the nus
iness mel would be divided into groups and sSme
one appointed 10 canvas each class
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A PACKAGE CONTAINING S, 800 MIssING.-A pack
age containing s. $780, from the Merchants National
bank OF indianapolis, to United States Urea surer
Wyman. disappeared last Tuesday night while en-
route from Adams express Office 10 the depot, at
Indianapolis. IL Is not thought that the money
was stolen, but got mixed up with other packages
and went In wrong direction, and viii DE recov-
arpn
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Funeral OF Mr.. Russell Hancock.

ST. LOUIS, January 2-General W. 8. Hancock
accompanied by Lieutenant Barber and Mr. Mich
olaS Gwynne, father OF Mrs. Russell Hancock, ar
rived here this morning. The body Of Russell Han
COCK mad already arrived, and Was at the
southern hotel At 1870 pm. the body was
taken to the Church Of the Messiah Unitarian
Where the funeral ceremonies were conducted by
the Kew Dr. Eliot, chancellor OF Washington uni
VerSty, after which the funeral cortege proceeded
10 beiiefontaIne cemetery, where the remains
were placed In the family vault. Gen. Hancoc>
gone since the news OF his sons death reached nim
MRS Hancock was TOO i'll 10 make the journey from
New York.
There were eight pail bearers personal friends Of
tne deceased in this city. Gen. Hancock will prob
ably return to New York Tonight
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BOSTON, January Am order has been given for
a gold medal upon one side OF which VIII appear q
medallion or Wendell Phillips, with the dates OF his
Boston. 10 be presented TO George William Curtis,
1or his memorable eulogy upon Mr. Phillips, deliv-
ered In this city IN April last. Mr.. Curtis has been
advised Of this action, and has acknowledged the
receipt OF the communication in touching and
characteristic note.
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A Quaint London Custom.

A recent issue of the London Netcs
says: Last evening. 4 accordance
with a time honored .ustom, the an
nual "Lion" sermon was preached at
st. Katherine Cree, Leadenhall street,
by the Rev. DR.. Whittemore The ori-
gin of this service dates back some
two and a half centuries ago, when,
according to tradition, Sl John Gayer.
who was at one time Lord Mayor of
London, left sum of money for the
purpose of concentrating his re
markable escape from death while
jOurneying in Arabia or some other
Eastern country.
While travelling on this particular
occasion Sir John was unexpectedly
confronted by a lion. Having ne
weapon near at hand, the knight fell
on his knees in prayer, and, according
to the legend, the king of beasts. hav-
ing taken quiet survey of the worthy
knight, suddenly turned and walked
off in another direction, leaving him
unharmed. Sir John Gayer, on rising
from his devotion, vowed to commem-
crate his uulooked-for escape. and
made a bequest for instituting a ser,
vice to be held on the anniversary of
his adventure, which is said to have
taken place on the 10Th of October.
The lion sermon from that time has
therefore been annually preached on
this date at ST. Katherine Cree. Last
night the rector founded his = -
on a l,assaese sra,s7 .bas7,f3i aA1As1eA'4s-
part of the 4th verse. "Showing tC
the generations to come the praises Of
the Lord. and His strength and His
wonderful works that lie hath done
There was large congregation, ant
at the conclusion of the service ar
offertory was taken on behalf of th'
choir funds.
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Cut His Own Leg on.

A good number of years ago people
were startled by report respecting a
Young man in the western part OF wnat
was then Upper Canada. ic went 10
tbc woods one winter morning to fell
timber. During the day he felled tree
which lodged. lie attempted to fell an
other on the first one TO bring it down,
but did not succeed. lie went up to
one of the leaning trees to attempt to
lisodge them, when suddenly the upper
tree fell and caught the young mans
foot between the two, at the same time
throwing him over backward so that his
shoulders just touched the snow. He
was alone, for in the bush his voice
could not reach his friends and it being
a cold day he soon must perish. But he
was a man of strong will and was equal
to the occasion. He took his knife
from his pocket and cut the flesh around
the bone of the imprisoned leg. AS he
came to an artery he held it until the
cold CONCEALED the b'ood and then pro
ceeded. If he felt his strength begin
nlng to fail he bathed his face with
snow. When he had the bone barred he
reached his axe, and with one blow sew
cred it and was free lie crawled out Of
the woods and across a field to the road.
where q passing team took him home.
That young man, said Mr.. Dougall, q.
c., of this city, was alterward a member
Of the Dominion cabinet. cabinet min
istcr, and is now known as Mr.. Justice
O'Connor. who s on the bench at the
Belleville assizes. -Beieottle Ontario.
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Ten In Rricks.

The Hunnias (IIimalayan natives J
drink tea which comes from China in
small packets, made up of the large
leaves, small branches, seeds, etc,
forming a mass reduced to the small.
est possible size by pressure, and rem
dered sometimes still more compact by
a slight addition of sleeps blood. The
Hunnas travel great distances, living
only on tea and what the Hindus call
S,.ttoo-that is -four made from
roasted beans or peas. TG
nrepare the tea, they boil the
the leaves for some hours--all night
in fact, if they are in camp--in asmall
earthern pot; then they pour out the
infusion into large basin full of hot
water, adding some salt and clarified
butter (ghee), if they happen to have
it, All these naturally make kind
of soup, and the natives can live on II
several months and undergo severe
fatigue without taking any other nour'
ishment
"The method adopted by the Mon
gols and other tartar tribes for the
preparation of tea in bricks is" says
Johnston in his Chemistry of Common
Life, 'it is believed, that which ex-
tracts from the leaves the greatest pos
sible amount Of nourishment They
scrape the tea into fine powder and
boil it in the alkaline water OF the ,
steppes, adding some fat and salt, al
ter which they pour off the liquid
i leaving the deposit. They drink
twenty, even forty, glasses OF this
liquor in the day, mixing in it some
honey and butter, with little roas,
meat; but with only little milk in
stead of the meat they can subsisi
many weeks with this drink for sole
sustance. - Chambers Journal.
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The WindmiIIs of Holland.

The most conspicuous and familiar
object in Holland is the windmill,
writes a COhHier-Jott1nGJ correspond
ent. Thousands of these structures
are scattered throughout the entire
country, including towns, farm m-houses
and hills. They are used for grist-
mills, saw mills and for all manufact-
uring purposes, but principally for the
purpose of pumping water from the
low lands into the canals that form
drains to the sea- Many of these mills
are of immense size, their arms or sails
measuring as much as sixty feet. They
present a solemn look by day and
most weird look by night.
In my opinion one Of these out-or-
the way windmills at the dead hour of
midnight offers the best field on this
earth for ghost hunting. If you can
not find ghosts here, then you need
look no farther, in the certain belief
that none are to be found anywhere
The number and sight of these wind,
mills suggest the three impossibilities
with which l have met in my travels
first. to be out of sight of a China
man in San Francisco; second, to be
out of sight of windmill in Holland
and third. to be out of sight of a priest
in Rome. These may be set down as
the three impossibilities of travel in
these places.
Another peculiar and universal sight
in Holland is the fact that all the
houses and buildings are covered with
red pottery or corrugated tillng. Thus
the tops of all structures, from huts to
palaces. are bright red. This style of
roofing has now extended throughout
Belgium and most of Germany and
Switzerland, because it is more con-
venient and cheaper than wood or
other metal. The great scarcity of
timber in these countries make wood
roofing an jmpossibility.
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The Pilgrim Fathers.

The following is list of the male
passengers who landed at Plymouth
just 225 years ago. The names have
not been published for many years
and will be new to this generation
Mr.. Isaac Allerton, John All IN, Joh.
Allerton, William Bradford, William
Brewster, John Ellington, Peter
Brown, Richard BTitterage, Mr. John
Carver, Francis Cook James Chiffon,
John Crackston, Richard Clarke.
Edward Doty, Francis Eaton, Thomas
English, Mr.. Samuel Fuller, Moses
Gletcher, John Goodman. Richard
Gardiner, John Rowland, Stephen
Hopkins, Edward Leister, CHRISTOPHER
Martin William Mullins. Edmu.d
Margeson, Degony Priest, Thoma
Rogers, John Rigdal-, Ctptain le
Standish, George Soule. Edward lilly,
John Tilly, Thomas Tinker, J ohn Tur-
ner, Edward Winslow William White,
Richard Warren, Thtmas Williams
Gilbert Winslow and lifteen servants,
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A bit Of soap rubbed on the hinges OF
doors will prevent them from creaking.
If your pet canary has fits, put. drop
Of spirits Of nitre into the water the bird
drinks.
pieces Of cheese cloth make the very
hest kind OF busters. Cut them ana
hem them.
The wings OF turkeys, geese and
chickens are good to wash and clean
windows, as they leave no dust or hnt'
as cloth.
To brighten the inside Of coffee or
teanot I'M with water, add small piece
Of soap and let it boil about forty -hye
minutes.
stovepipcs may DC cleaned by putting
E.,ns Of zinc on the coas ~ hot hre,
:, :, - ~ /, oc gbonsAand Il can be good
1fnust not stew and simmer and simmer
and stew, but be heated through as
quickly as possible and sent to the table
at once.
When velvet gets pushed from pres
sure. hold the parts owe: basin of hot
water, with the lining Of the dress next
the water. The pile will soon rise and
resume its former beauty.
Matches should never be left where
rats or nice can get hod Of them. There
is nothing better to the taste OF rat
than PHOSPHORUS. Those animals viii
eat it if they can get it. A box oil
matches is almost certain to be set on
fire if a rat gets at it.
The rubber rings used to assist in
keeping the air from fruit cans some
times becomes so dry and brittle as to
be almost useless They can be restored
to a normal condition. usually, by letting
them lie in water in which you have put
a little ammonia. Mix in this proper
ton one part ammonia and two parts
water. Sometimes they do not need to
lie in this more than five minutes, but
frequently half hour is needed to re-
store their elasticity.
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National Flags.


The present beautiful tricolor of
France which succeeded the white field
with golden lilies, was formed by the
combinatiod of the colors of the city of
Paris, rcd and blue, with the white of
the house of Bourbon What is now
called the "union" of the British fiag
once consisted only of the cross of ST.
Genrge Then the cross of st. An
drew was added to it, and finally the
cross of st. Patrick, and as the first
and last are of the same shape, the
last change could only be denoted by
the addition of the narrow white line
to the edge of the cross of st. George,
which can be seen byclosely examining
the union of Britain's banner. Many
people fancy that the present German
flag has some relations to the German
liberty flag" of black, red and gold
horizontal stripes, adopted by the
German revolutionists, which in turn
fancifully connected with the Holy
roman empire. AS lacl the Ger-
man flag is simply the flag of the
North German Confederation, which
was a combination of the black and
white of Prussia with the red and
white of the Hanseatic league. The
blue in the American flag came from
the English Wings. whose colors were
blue and buff The Wings were the
friends of the struggling colonies be-
fore the Revolution. The Wings were
allied with the Protestant cause in
Germany and got their colors from
Sweden. Blue and buff, with dash
of red in the union to signify the coali.
tion with Norway, still form the
Swedish tiag.-CultiOGtor.
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The Dewdrop.

From the night clouds bosom. cool ! fall
Adown the darkness roaming; -
Igladden tic hearts Of the flowers all
Anod in the purple cleaning,
quiver and shake
As the night winds wake :
The flowers TO their swayng;
catch the first CLEAN
OF the moons bright beam
Adown the mountain playing.
watch the stars peep,
And the moon from her sleep
: Wake the nightingale sad to her singing;
revei, dance,
At the moons pure glance,
And the planets above mo swinging.
hold in my heart
=, 7qess Z H. IcC
glow, gleam, Z.
As afre seem,
And my myriad hues deliver;
Till, when in the east,
The days high priest
Arises in his glory,
rise IN a mist
10 my home, sun kissed,
Above the mountains hoary.
--PHtsbuyg Dispatch.
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NO. 49,.

Some days ago, says the London
Telegraph, letter appeared in con-
temporary, calling attention to the
employment of women in collisries-
not in the mines, of course, since that
is illegal, but on the bank and at the
pits mouth. Large numbers of
80 /. ~ sn ,s,uIp ol'u
3 -, ng iso,pleda,d "'u'dzo l.,a"1 anT
ID. spal Sulea $! '''rol
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A German paper says that forty part,
of paper pulp. ten parts of water, one
part Of gciatine and one part of bichro
mate Of potash, with ten parts of phos
phorescent powder. will make paper
which will shine in the dark and which
will be suitable for labels, signs, etc.
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90 anything. But she did NOT
one told the porter rather shortly that
'ne did not want any supper, and then.
as soon as the man had disappeared.
burst into tears. When the young
man returned in about fifteen minutes
with a stray crumb on his mustaehe
ana an aroma of coffee clinging to his
clothes. he noticed that his TRAVELLING
companion eyes were red, and that she
looked generally disconsolate.
Does not like travelling by herself.
and feels lonely" was his inward com,
ment, as be settled himself in his seat
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of America, says that while passenger from
New York on board ship going around Cape
Horn, in the early days of emigration to Cal
Ifornia, he learned that one of the officers of
the vessel had cured himself, during tho voy-
age, of an obstinate disease by the use Of
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Ayers Sarsaparilla.

Since then Mr. LELAND has recommended
AYERS SARsAPARILLA in many similar
cases, and he has never yet heard of its fail
ure TO effect radical cure.
Some years ago ono of Mr.. LELAND's fam
laborers bruised his leg, Owing TO the bad
state of his blood, an ugly scrofulous swelling
or lump appeared on the injured limb Hor-
rible itching of the skin, with burning and
Aarting pains through the lump, made life
almost intolerable. The leg became enor-
mously enlarged, and running ulcers formed,
diseharging great quantities of extremely
~eifeasiye matter. No treatment was of any
avail until the man, by Mr.. LELAND's direc-
tion, was supplied with AYERS SARsAPA-
RIILA, which allayed the pain and irritation,
healed the sores, removed the swelling, and
completely restored the limb to use.
Mr.. LELAND has personally used
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1885-11-27

wni'o IA QUO aAvO ,..----t
it unsexes the female .aborer by com
pelling her to wear the garb of, and
become almost indistinguishable from
her male comrade.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1885-11-27

The Lewiston, Me-, Journal warns
people who are going to New Orleans
this winter of the fate of a Maine
man who went down last January and
undertook to order dinner in a French
restaurant. lie could not speak
French. aud tried to give his order on
the kindergarten plan. He drew
what he called mushroom on a
card and handed it to the waiter
with cabalistic signs. The waiter
brought him an umbrella.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1885-11-27

A grain ranch in California has
been visited by correspondent and
described as sample of the farms of
the region. The house. standing un-
der broad nut trees. is plain, partly of
logs boarded over, but roomy and com
Portable in that climate, though it
would be thought rough and rickety
for an Eastern farmer. "The parlor
has brussels carpet, piano, hairclolh
furniture and pictures; the family
room and guest chamber have heavy,
good carpets and old-fashiOned ma
hogany, dating years ahead of any
art period The family live well,
taking three newspapers and maga-
zine for the children. The wife has
her silk gowns and gold watch, her
gilt china and solid silverware; but
the ranch is seven miles from any vii
lage, and she has not been off the place
for five years or had visitor in that
time"
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1885-11-27

Sportsmen should be careful not to
eat from meat of animals which have
been much tortured by dogs during
the death agony. DR.. Delmars of the
National Society of Microscopists, in
examining samples of the meat the
eating of which had killed several per-
sons in Momence, H., found changes
which were clearly attributable to a
frenzied condition of the animals from
which 1t was taken. The Doctors
opinions upon the subject were formed
after careful microscopical Pxamina-
tions of hundreds of samples of meat
from cattle slaughtered in Chicago
while they were in a frenzied condi-
tion from fright.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1885-11-27

The Imperial Canal in China is the
longest and largest in the world. 1t
is over 1000 miles long. The Erie
canal, in this country, is $500 miles
long; the Ohio Canal. Cleveland to
Portsmouth, 1872; the Miami and Erie
Cincinnati to Toledo, 291; tie Wabash
nd Erie, Evansville to the Ohio line,
374. The largest hip canal in Eur pc
is the great North Holland Canal, com
-pleted in 1925, l25 feet wide at the
water surface, 81 feet wide at IN
bott~m, and has a depth of % fee:
it extends from Amsterdam to tn
Holder, 81 miles. The Caledonia Cana
in Scotland has a total length of 81
miles, including three lakes. The
Suez Canal is So miles long, of which
&c miles are actual canal.
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The Russian admiralty have under
consideration a proposal to construct
an electric boat. Its length is to be
about 100 feet and its width twenty
feet The electrical power is to be
stored in fifty accumulators, which, it
is calculated, will suffice for four
hours. It's mean speed will be nine
knots. In the forepart a lighting ap-
paratus of 5000 candle power is to be
placed. It is especially intended for
action against hostile torpedoes.
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What is the matter, Blanche?"
"'BlancheP thought the young
man. "IIer name is as pretty as her
self"
ut was tear stained, dlsconsolate
face that was raised toward her faith
er's as she said:
"Why, papa. as soon rs l left Phila-
delphia l found that l had lost my
pocket book. l had not a cent of mon
ey. and, oh, l am so hungry This
gentleman has package of cakes and
-and-I am ashamed to tell you |
tried to st--st-steal cake while he
was asleep, but he woke up. Then l
tried again when he was away. Then
you came in, and-and-I am so glad
to see you. And do apologize to this
gentleman for me. And-and try and
get me something to eat, won't you?"
"Here are some cakes at Miss Ar
gents disposal, said the young man,
with mischievous smile.
BY the time the train reached Pitts
burg the bankers daughter and the
young wholesale jeweler were excel
lent friends. He is now pretty con-
stant visitor at the Argent residence,
he and Blanche always find plenty to
say to each other in rather low voice,
the subject of their tete- a tete being
invariably the beauty of the scenery in
the vicinity of Horseshoe bend.
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Ayers Sarsaparilla

for Rheumatism, with entire success and,
after careful observation, declares that, in
MS belief, there is no medicine in the world
equal to it for the cure of Liver Disorders
Gout, the effects of high living, San
Rheum, Sores, Eruptions. and all fhs
various forms of blood diseases.
We have Mr. LELAND's permission to invite
all who may desire further evidence in regard
to the extraordinary curative powers of
AYERS SARsAPARTLLA to see him person
ally either at bis mammoth Ocean Hotel.
Long Branch, or at the popular Leland Hotel,
Broadway, 9th and 2sth Streets, New York.
Mr.. LELAND's extensive knowledge OF the
good done by this unequalled eradicator OF
blood poisons enables him to give inquirers
much valuable information.
PREPARED BY
Dr.. J.C. & Co. Lowell, Mass.
Sold by all Druggists; 81, six bottles for sx
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TOPICS OF THE DAY.

Don't "go west, young man." but
south. Read this from the Palatka
Fla. Herald; "Two-thirds of the
wealth Of the town is to
be inherited by young girls with
orange groves. Their fathers have no
sons and no poor relations. These
groves will average an income of
$4,000 clear of all expenses" ss4o uc
~, = ,oouos 10 uo!l!soo !" -
n Jsuo!ss!''''"Oo .s,us slp 20 ll,,,'s uoi;'p W
:. -, ,ssa ,,sss ss 3 ..s.a ~. !, .sI..s .ss
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Two signs in the window of deal
er in surgical appliances in New York
read; "Old Style Leg" and "New
Style Leg" They show that there is
fashion in artificial legs. The old
style leg consisted of short wooden
stump and socket, which was to be
fastened to tie remaining portion of
the member by stout broad strap.
1t was of the same style usually ex-
hibited in picture books and on the
comic opera stage. The new style leg
was fiesh-colored-copy a human leg
and foot, light and apparently as com
Portable as cripple would require.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1885-11-27

Argentine is the only country in
South America where photographers
are not permitted to sell pictures of
local beauties. In Chilli, Peru,
Uruguay. and other countries you can
find photographs of society bellies on
sale at all the news stands and pic
ture stores, like those of actresses with
us, and the measure of girls popu-
larity is estimated by the number sold
but in Argentine no photographer dare
let print of one of his clients go ou
of his hands.