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MYTH & M U R R A ".

Bulletin of Bargains
 FOR THIS WEEK. Mems Real French Balbriggan VESTS and DRAWERS
 50 Cents. The above will be found in some sizes less than half price. z 5 We have marked ev- cry size the same price, 34 to 46. Meas Fiae Striped Half Hose at sse, well
 worth 50e. Men's Seamless Half Hose Sc, we'll Worth 199e. Mea,s Seamless Half Hese 1Oc, we'll worth l5c. Meas Full.Fashiened English Hose 19e, well
 werth s5c. :. Mea's Suspenders in Fine Webs ls l-sc, well
 worth 25e. Mems Collars and Cuffs lOe, well worth s0c. Mems Sumner Merino Vests s5e, we'll worth
 s7 1.2e. Ladies' Jersey Vests, Fine Goods, 12c. Very Cheap. LADIES' STAINLESS BLACK
 HOSE,
 Warranted not to crock. The best Hose ever sold at 25c. in the country.
 S-ButtOn Length Mosquetaire Suede
 Gloves ln Fine Quality of Goods at $i.
 LOT OF
 Fine Lace Edgings Tn great assortment of patterns at 4c, Dc and Sc. Worth three times the money we ask for them. We have just received lotof l. Real French Purses Lined with white kid which we offer at 1ec and 25c. Worth from 5Oc to $1. Lot Fine Embroidered Handkerchiefs, at Sc, half-price.
 Lot Fine Pure Linen Handkerchiefs at 12c, would cost to land from Belfast to- day 8 per dozen. chlldren's Summer Vests At 1Oc. and 16c. Fine ass rtment of MEMS TIES at 25c, a bargain. WASH SILKS, Large assortment to close S7 1-2c. Best Printed SurahS In Black and Light Grounds at S73 cents. The above we offer as special values, and are worthy the attention of every purchaser.
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aapm EMS.

An auction sale of the farm of the late Homer Hall IS advertised in another column, Tuesday, 27th, p. m Also of the l.. E.
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ROCKVaLEEs

ROCKVaLLEs zRockwood Elder, grocers, on Tuesday afternoon made an assignment to Wm. w. Andross for the benefit of Gaeir creditors. They have been in business six months only but have heavy liabilities
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EsOR SALE-To be removed, Dwelling G House on School-st., near Main.
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INFRINGEMENT HILLS.

members of Congress and to Mr.. Cleve-
land when he was President and to Mr..
HARRISON, urging them to take some
steps toward the preservation OF Valley
Forge, but Beyond TIE bill introduced by
Senator Daniel VOORHEES,, of Indiana, to
have an appropriation of half million
set aside to purchase the grounds, the
bill, by the way, being lost in committee,
nothing has been done in the matter. l
would like to have the historical sanctlty
of the grounds preserved, and only the
Government can do so"
That the grounds are we'll worth pres
ervation there can be no doubt. Mr.. Car
ters tract embraces the famous forge,
after which the valley is named, and the
tract nov before the public for sale has
the famous spring from which Washing
ton drew his morning draught of the
pure sparkling fluid.
Near the spring is the spot where the
headquarters Of the greatest American
stood. In that camp, as every we'll In
formed American schoolboy knows, OF
ought to know, was passed the gloomiest
and saddcst period of the war for lnde,
pendencc. There it was that The patriot
army, ragged, half starved, disheart'
ened. without shoes or blankets or proper
clothing, slept at night during the whole
of that dreadful winter on the bare earth
and in the daytime; while providing fire
wood for their rude, comfortless huts,
left foot tracks OF blood on The frozer
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RECEPTION ROOM.

Residents in the neighborhood still
point out to visitors the place under an
old oak tree on the left bank of Valley
Creek, where Washington was discovered
bv Isaac Potts on his knees in prayer, his
cheeks wet with tears, bcseeching the
Almighty for guidance and victory 1or
The army intrusted to his command.
The Potts's residence, adjoining Wash
ington's headquarters, was recently pur.
chased by the Patriotic Order, Sons OF
America, and it has been converted into
national museum. The old mansion
was restored to its original style of archl-
lecture and some of the old furniture of
the Washington residence at Mount Yer
non placed within it. The museum also
contains a small arsenal of armorlal
relics of the Revolutionary War. The
village of Valley Forge covered the sight
of the artifcers' headquarters and gun
shops. The encumbrance upon this
property was entirely oblitcrated by vol
untary contributions of the Patriotic
Sons of America, aggregatiug $337O.sS,
during the Pennsylvania State camp term
Of 1856, and not one cent was taken
from the State camp treasury for this pur
pose, although due authority had been
i&yiven by the State Convention of 1856
TO make up 9 balance then due, but
which was Immediately thereafter made
up by the camps. A free title was there,
upon acquired by the Centennial and
Memorial Association. the male members
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Women Warriors.

Dahomey, on the west coast of Africa,
is again at war with European power,
and some of the famous Amazons or fe-
male soldiers of the King have been killed
in battle with Frances Sengalese
troops. The Kings regular army is
permanent establishment, all the soldiers
being enrolled for life or until incapacl.
tated for further service. For special
needs the regulars are REINFORCED by
large auxiliary bodies, but these irregular
troops are disbanded as soon as the par
ticular occasion that made them useful
has passed.
The Amazons belong to the regular
army, and they are recruited IN remark
ayle manner. If woman in Dahomey
has al acrid temper or fails to have chill
dren. or if her husband wants to get nd
of her, he honors himself by presenting
her to the King, who, if she has the re-
ouisite physical qualifications, turns her
over to his army officers to be drilled as
an Amazon.
The Amazons accompany the King on
all his expeditions, but they 90 no'
usually play very active role. They
guard the baggage and the camp, but are
not often taken into action if it can be
avoided. The garrison Of Aghome, the
Kings capital, is composed almost ex-
clusively OF Amazons. A recent visitor
to the capital says there were only thirty
male soldiers in the garrison. The
Amazons are also trained tofill the peace
full role of dancing girls. One 'f the big
sights of Dahomey is to see the Amazons
on gala days frantically brandlshinS
their weapons, uttering their war cries,
and going through their dances before
the King.
! Twenty-four years ago the Frenchman,
Beraud, estimated the number of the
Amazons at about 1860. Since then the
number has increased, and the German
traveller, Zoller, in 1885 was of the opin-
ion that there were at least 5000 of these
interesting females. 1t is not unlikely
that this estimate is too large, but it is
certain that there are great many OF
them. In view of the very peculiar quail
ifications that secure the admission or
most of them to the army, they are un-
doubtedly far from being an attractive
lot in apy sense of the word.-Nto York.
| Syu
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A Judges Hum0r.

In his address on Judge Usher, Hon.
A. l.. Williams related the following:
For the purpose of showing the char
acter of his humor, which sometimes
though not often-had caustic tone, l
will mention one anecdote. One OF the
brightest young men of the State, whose
untimely death We all deplored few
years ago, was the proprietor of a hotel.
He got into controversy with the judge,
and denounced him as "haughty and
fastidious." The judge wrote him
good-natured letter, in which, among
other things, he said: ~ do think l am
naughty, for I always ride in the smok-
ing car; and I know I am not tastldious,
for once stopped three days at your
hotel."- WASHINGTON Star.
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CURIOUS FACTS.


A bee raiser in Virginia says that his
bees have been making honey ever since
Christmas. !
Hotel keepers say the demand for hot
water as beverage il superseding the de-
mand for ice water.
In England all dogs have to be muz-
zled. A lot of thieves make business
of stealing the muzzles.
At Melbourne, Australia, on January
70, the thermometer registered 156 de-
grees in the open air at noon.
The Russian Car bought farm about
the size OF the State of Texas the other
iay. He is now the largest landowner
in the world.
Several recent cases of the grip in
Italy have been followed by lethargic
sleep which the doctors are unable to
overcome, and the patients lives are in
danger. /
The wettest place in the world is Cher
rapongee, in Assam. The average an
uual rainfall there is 610 inches:.t The
average annual rainfall of the world Is
thirty six inches.
At La Harpe, Ill.,, two lads, Clarence
BANTER and Sammy Matthews, engaged
in ga banana-eating contest" Clarence
ate sixteen, Sammy sixteen aud a-half.
Then the doctor was sent for. =
During the year 1889, no less than 1OS
persons loss their lives through gas IN
.he United States. This is greater
uumber of deaths than have been caused
by electricity during the last ten years.
The theme of the japanese national
anthem as recently rendered into Eng
lish is: "Oh, that the reign of our Em-
peror might continue for thousands and
thousands of years-until oyster shells
become rocks"
Near Cold Springs, N. c., lives re-
markable old lady. Her name is Mrs.
Phoebe Wilson, but far and wide she IS
known as "Granny Wilson" She 10 one
hundred and nine years old and has been
twice married.
There is in the Paris hospital called
the Hotel Dieu woman who can see two
different sets of objects at once and the
same time. While one eye is gazing alta
given point the other remains perfectly
| still, and vice versa.
A nest of mice was found ip Penob-
scot County (Me.) mans ovefcoat after ne
had hung it up in Bangor hotel. When
called on to explain the man said ne
hadn't put on the overcoat for two years
till he took it down to wear to Bangor
that morning.
In the Government of Kief, Russia,
there exist 10000 burial mounds, OF
which only 566 have been investigated.
These mounds are of three separate
types: the first kind belongs to the stone
age, the second to the Scythian, and the
third to the Slayonic.
A kind hearted woman at La Crosse,
Wis, bought five cords of wood and
three buck-saws and gave oil tramps o
chance to earn a meal. They stole the
saws and boys stole the wood, and one
day tramp entered her house, scared
her almost to death and stole her watch.
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Wood as Human Food.

Probably no modern science presents
wider field for speculation than that OF
chemistry, and more especially, perhaps,
that branch of the science which treats
of organic compounds. Since the day
when Wohler overthrew for ever the no.
tion that organic substances were exclu'
sively the products of the operation of
so o-called vital force by his discovery of
the synthesis of urea, great number of
bodies, hitherto only obtained in natures
laboratory, have been successfully built
up, as the result of careful and most
minute study of their exact nature. The
discovery of the preparation of substances
by artifce, more particularly the dyes,
has, as matter of course, influenced very
considerably home and foreign indus
tries. What shall be said, then, when
chemistry promises to solve hard prob
lens of political and social economy? In
an address delivered at Heidelberg by
no less an authority than Victor Meyer it
is announced 'that we may reasonably
hope that chemistry will teach us to make
the fibre of wood source of human
food" What an enormous stock of food,
then, will be found if this becomes pos
sible, in the wood of our forests or even
in grass and straw. The fibre of wood
consists essentially of celluliu. Can this
be made to change into starch? Starch
has exactly the same percentage compo-
sition, but, as every one knows, it differs
very much in its properties, and the ma
| turc of its molecule is probably much
more complex. Cellulin is of little or no
dietetic value, and it is not altered, like
starch. in boiling water. 1t readily
gives glucose when treated with strong
sulphuric acid, as is easily shown when
cotton wool, which is practically pure
cellulin, is merely immersed in it. Starch
gives the same product when boiled with
weak acid. The author further quotes
the researches of Hcllreigcl, which 60 to
show beyond dispute that certain plants
transform atmospheric nitrogen into al
bumen, and that this process can be im-
proved by suitable treatment. The pro-
luction, therefore, of starch from ceilu-
lin, together with the enforced increase
of albumen in plants, would, he adds, in
reality signify the abolishment of the
bread question. II must be borne in
mind, however, that theory, fascinating
and promising though it may be, is not
always capable of being followed up by a
practical ult.-London Globe.
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inc to restore the senseless man to life.
At last he succeeded. The stranger
opened his eyes and looked in bewil.
dered manner at the crowd Of curious
men and boys. But presently his eyes
lighted with intelligence and he asked in
a whisper:
"Was in time2'
"Yes, "said the surgeon.
"Thank God. killed Joseph Kendall
and this is my expiation. l am Joseph
Kendall's brother"
With great presence Of mind the ply
sician wrote the confession in his note
book and then read it aloud.
els that correct2" he asked:
The stranger nodded and his lips
moved, but they uttered no sound. He
died while the doctor was having one or
two reliable witnesses sign his confession.
Tile Epoth.
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cember. III. GEORGE WASHINGTON.
By His Excellencys command, Robert H.
Hickory Secretary

cember, 1771 GEORGE WASHINGTON
By His Excellency's command, Robert Il.
Hickory, Secretary
1t was because of such privati5ns as
few soldiers are called upon to go
through that such orders we're given out,
and out of their bitterness of want and
famine grew the savage byword, "No
bread, no soldier" that was forced from
the lips OF the famished, struggling
patriots who suffered for their countrys
independence.
The site of the camp is but few
yards south of the Schuylkill River, and
commands an extensive view OF the
lovely scenery along the course OF that
stream. The old stone mansion occu.
pied by Washington and his personal
staff fronts the station Of the Philadelphia
and Reading Railroad, and southwark
quarter of mile is the spot where Wash
ington's original headquarters stood.
the building now removed, occupied
by him in December, 177. Less
;han stones throw away is the bub-
bling spring, named after the famous
General, whose waters, unless Congress
,ional action intervenes, will be turned
into the plebeian beer. 1t is on the right
nank of Valley Creek. and on the other
ide of that. a step below, is the site ct
;he old Valley Forge, built in 1757, and
probably the oldest rolling mill in the
United States. A few hundred yards
southeast, extending in a zigzag line ap-
oroximately north and south for quarter
,f mile, are the remains of the old en-
:rencnmcnts and breastworks, still easily
listinguishable by the irregular and scat
,ered heaps Of stones and the uneven ele-
yations of the green sward. On the right
IF these remains are the foundations,
stones and decayed timbers Of Fort Wash
ncton. which served as the eastern bull
Hark of the camp, while southwest OF
his, a quarter of a mile further, is tho
headquarters of General Knox and the
officers of his command. A short dis
:ance below, on the other side of the val
lev creek, is the site Of Lafayette's head
quarters. The railroad station near
Washington's stone house, which was
hen owned by Isaac Potts, is four miles
.ast of Phrnixville, thirty-tive miles from
Philadelphia.
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The Human Hair.

In man, says DR.. Henry Gibbons, of
San Francisco, almost the whole OF the
body is covered with hair. Hair is de-
veloped in minute closed sacs before
birth. First hair is shed like first teeth.
The saying that Fright made his hair
stand on end" is net founded on imagl!
nation, but is physiological fact. The
poets, as far back as the author Of the
book Of Job, are full of references to this
phenomenon. In the lower animals the
muscles that erect the hair arc moro
highly developed than in man. The
manufacture of the hair takes place IN
the follicle. The hair has neither clrcu-
lation nor blood vessels. The finest
pointed needle is dull compared with
the point of hair. Hairs do not rise
perpendicularly from the crown of the
head, but at an acute angle. Blonde hair
is usually the finest. and black or red
the coarsest. A black haired girl aver
ages SS, 900 hairs and a blonde lao, 0O0.
A Michigander is on record who had a
beard 7 feet 81 inches long. When cut
frequently, hair grows at the rate of half
an inch a month. The statement that
hair grows after death has no scientific
foundation. A hair twenty inches long
can be stretched to twenty-four or twen.
ty-five inches. One of the dangerous
properties of the hair is that it encour-
ages sparking-electrical and of other
kinds. Hair absorbs moisture, as many
a lady who goes to party on toggy
night knows to her cost. A hair from tho
beard will sustain weight of six ounces.
A good head of hair, made into rope,
will sustain weight of nine or ten tons.
The hair can be preserved by good
shampooing once in ten days or two
weeks; this should be followed by Wig
orous brushing, to restore the oil lost IN
washing. The style of mems hats and
the coustancy with which they wear
them are responsible for much badness.
Hair, like everything else, flourishes best
when it has plenty Of air and sunshine.
Gray hair is often hereditary peculiar
ity, and is not necessarily a sign of old
age. Gray hair developing slowly is the
result of the hair follicle failing to secure
coloring pigments.
The chances of failure for blonde in
the matrimonial market are as three to
two in favor OF her dark haired sister,
The Teutonic races seem to be losing
their fair haired characteristics. PeroX-
ide of hydrogen (ameolinel is the most
recent preparation for producing beautl-
| full blonde hair and is harmless.
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VALLEY FORGE.
THE HISTORIC HEADQUARTERS
OF GENERAL WASHINGTON.
A Hai1owcd Spot III Danger of DeHe-
crat;cn--The Grounds and Head
quarters Describcd-An Old
Mansion Restored.

In patriotic circles the announcement at
that large tract of land in Valley Forge
is to be sold, with the probability thai d
brewery or distillcry will be erected nh
The spot; hallowed as few places in the
Union arc, has excited much attention;
and strenuous efforts are being made TO
save the famous old ground.
This tract comprises the entire site o.
cupied by General George Washington
and the Continental Army during the
winter of ]777-S. Itcovers 100 acres Of
beautiful land, broken up here and there
with abrupt wooded hills, and the whole
locality is rich in patriotic mementos.
The property belongs to Mr.. J. B. Car
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ground, hallowing the very soil by the
severity and hcroism of their sufferings
There is an order sent at that trying
time to J. Lacey Darlington, Sr., of West
Chester, great grandfather of General j..
Lacey Darlington, "by His Excellency
George Washington, General and Com
mander-in Chief of the forces of the
United States of America:'
BY virtue Of the power to me specially
given, hereby enjoin and require all per.
sons residing within ten miles of my head,
quarters to thrash one half of their grain by
February !, and the other half by the lst
day of March next ensuing, on pain, i'll casa
of failure, of all that shall remain in sheaves
IL :: y being seized by the commissioners
and quartermasters of the army and paid
FOR as straw.
Given under my hand a. Headquarters,
near the Valley Fo rye, this 10th day OF De
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Four Very Old People.

The village of DATA, on the island OF
Lesbos, has woman said to be 13S years
old. who still has the complete use OF all
her senses. The same island contains three
other inhabitants who are said to have
passed their hundrcdth birthday, lsmail
Apa, 13O years old; Khalil Apa, in his
10th year. and Aschik Bahia, aged ll5.
All three of these ccntenarians, it is said,
earn their living by daily work.
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Jumbo's trunk must be cut of before
his friends arrive. 1t must be cut off be-
low the tusk, as shown in Fig. ., and
then as many trunks as there are to be
guests are shaped by it and laid in a
basket ready for the fun. Jumbo Is
pinned upon a sheet, which. is hung
smoothly upon the wall. Every one
present is then blindfolded and given a
trunk to pin on. Fast grows the fun,
sud how keenly the little folks enjoy it!
All, one of the gown up people has taken
the BOBBY prize by pinning the trunk
upon one of the elephants hind feet.
There poor Jumbo stands, with trunks
pinned all over his body-everywhere
but where the trunk grew.-St. LOUIS
Post Dispatch.
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~
of which association are all earnest men,
bern of the Order of Pennsylvania. An
appropriation from Pennsylvania State
was received in 1887, and the interior
and exterior of the headquarters was at
once completely repaired and restored to
their original condition, and nearly $4,000
vas expended in this work of restoration
and Improvement. The building at that
time began to show evidences of decay !;
it had also been used as tenant house.
This has been discontinued, and the as
sociation has made it its aim to furnish it
thoroughly with furniture and relics of
the Revolutionary period, much of which
has been gathered and put in place. A
ianitor has charge of the headquarters
and occupies lodge adjoining with his
family.
Congress will he memorialized by the
Womens Christian Temperance Union of
Philadelphia to preserve the historic
grounds and heirloons, and that associa-
tion is taking active steps to interest
members in the purchase and preserva-
tioa of the ground from the hands of the
land grabber and boomer, and to judge
from the active interest taken in the mat
ter, the indications arc that no brewery
will watt the odor of hops over the
famous ground stained with the blood OF
the nations martyrs.
Valley Forge may yet be national
park, and one of greater. historic and ma
tional interest than even the Yellowstone
Park. 1t lies entirely with Congress
whether the next generation will go t."
, Valley Forge to drink beer Or view the
spot where Independence blcd and sui
fered,-New York Herald,
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FIG. 1. OUTLINE FOR JUMBO.

To draw an elephant ten times as largo
as the one pictured, first work off a space
ten times as large as that illustrated and
divide it into squares, making eighty
squares on the length and sixty on the
width of it. Then estimate the increased
size of each portion of the animal, re-
membering that the length, which is now
bounded by one square, will be extended
through ten squares, and proceed to
draw. You can mark the squares on
heavy, light colored mapping paper;
over this spread your drawing paper.
Fo. the drawing use a heavy pencil, a
crayon CT charcoal.