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CURIOUS FACTS.
TTo BE Continued

A farm near Macduff, Scotland, has
been handed down from father to son for
800 years.
Fresno County, CAL, has hermit who
has lived there thirty years without seeing
the county seat.
There died not long ago in England a
woman aged ninety eight years, who had
recently cut three new teeth.
A dance given for the purpose of rails
! ing money with which to buy a hearse
was one of the recent events in Oxford
County, Me.
An eccentric old lady living near
Dresden, Tenn, has purchased her burial
robe. She is seventy years old and in
sists that she can't last much longer.
At Pottstown, Penn, there is family
of five women whose tastes are so differ
ent that they have established rule re-
quiring each one to do her own cooking.
A Meadville penn man is authority
for the statement that rooster, served at
his home the other day, had two fully
developed and perfectly formed wish
bones.
A farmer of Marlboro County, S. G.,
has gathered the phenomenal yield of
255 bushels of corn from one acre, says
an exchange. The acre may also be OF
phenomenal" size.
A bundle of spider webs not larger
than buckshot and weighing less than
one drachm would, if Strengthened out
and untangled, reach distance OF three
hundred and fifty miles.
The West Virginia mountains seem to
be full of game. A party in Randolph
County killed twelve deer few days
ago, and another party at the head OF
Greenbrier River killed fifteen.
A short time ago little Johnny Van
Adelan, of Harrisburg, Penn, became
the proud and happy owner of a toy air,
gun, and he has already killed hundred
sparrows and six rabbits with it.
With pair of crutches and a we'll
regulated cough tramp succeeded in
arouslng a great ueal OF sympathy a'
Chambersburg, Penn. He was finally
arrested for stealing a book, and as an
excuse he pleaded that he thought it was
q prayer-book.
1t is common thing to say that man
is ''sponge," but it is literally true OF
John Workhurst, of Montgomery County,
Ind. Workhurst has gradually turned
into a living sponge. He can be squeezed
into small lump. He absorbs water
readily, and can be wrung out perfectly
dry.
A young lady of Carlisle, Penn, re-
ceived a bill amounting to over SlOO that
tells little history. The bill came from
Tilted man, and in it she is charged with
twenty-five yards of silk dress goods, two
gold bracelets worth $40, one diamond
ring, hat and several other items. The
above named articles were presents from
him
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Where Toys Come From.

Wooden carved toys are chiefly made
in Germany and Switzerland, the cheaper
kinds in the neighborhood of Nurem-
berg, and the better qualities at Some
burg, in Thuringia, from which latter
place about twenty -four million articles,
valued at 9SO0,000, are annually ex-
ported. Large quantities of wooden
TOYS are also made in Saxony, where an
ingenious process Is in use for diminish
ing the labor involved in the production
of animals. A circular block of SOFT
wood is turned into ring OF such q
pattern that by slicing it vertically
representation of an animal (say an ele-
phant) is secured. Each rudimentary
figure is then trimmed by hand, the ears,
trunk, tusks and tail, all of which are
separately turned and sliced by the same
method, are inserted; and when the
animal has been painted and vanished it
is ready for use.
Clay marbles also come exclusively
from Saxony, being made from clay
not found elsewhere. The better qualities
come from Holland, where they are
made from fragments of alabaster and
other stones. Taw and alley, the com
mon names for the two qualities prin-
cipally used in this country, are abbre-
viations of tawny and alabaster.
A great ten days toy fair is annually
held at Leipsic, when more than six thou
sand merchants exhibit their goods IN
every available inch of space, even IN
the earrcts of the six-storied houses.
Marburg, in Hesscn, is chiefly occupied
with the manufacture of musical toys,
while Biberach, in Wu1temberg, is noted
for substantial metal articles, such as
carriages, locomotives, furniture, etc.
The speciality of Switzerland is wooden
cottages, models, etc. Some of the
large dealers do very we'll out OF the IN
dustry, but the actual toymakers in both
countries are miscrably paid, and find II
very hard, even by the most unremittlng
toll, to gain a subsistence from their em;
ployment, many of them being Obliged
to supplement their earnings by engag'
ing in outdoor labor during the summer
The productions of Holland are very
similar to those of Gernany.-Chaas'
bers's Journal.
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of intense interest. They could be made
as permanent buildings and remain il
stu for the edifcaton and instruction of
future generations. My suggestion is
that the Government supply certain
number of Indians to occupy these and
other similar ediices during the exposi-
tion, and devote themselves to aborigi-
nal occupations, such as weaving, arrJw
making, etc., the proceeds of their sales
to go to the general fund.
The pueblos are somewhat similar in
general design to the cave dw ellings, al
though more pretentious. Some pueblos
are, in fact, merely cave pLeblos. They
are very interesting, entirely American
and unique iu design and construction.
They far surpassed anything which our
own early settlers ever constructed, both
in size and beauty. Some of them
rivaled our Postoffice in size and gran
dcur. With many stories and nunberless
apartments these gigantic editices COM
prised cities in themselves whose popu-
lations numbered thousands. Built of
fine, perfect masonry in large circles or
squares, with no entrance on the ground.
floor, they formed fortresses of great
strength, into which the inhabitants, as
we'll as warlike assailants, were compelled
to enter by means of long ladders to the
upper stories. The beams of the floors
projected through the walls on the out
side and were of cedar. The walls with
in were smoothly finished in fine white
stucco. Communication was made from
floor to floor by means of trap doors,
through which, or similar apertures, the
smoke from the fireplaces rose, as there
were no chimneys. In these pueblos
were conducted all the occupations and
amusements and religious observances of
vast populations, who have left only
their dwellings, stone implements and
pottery behind them as memorials of
glorious and busy race.
So similar to the ancient pueblos are
those of the modern Zunis that they are
scarcely distinguishable from them. A
wonderful exhibit of Zuni industry can
be held in this building, for the means
are in the Governments possession, and
Mr.. Frank Cushing, of Zuni fame, might
be induced to contribute his inestimable
services to the making of this branch Of
the greatest value as an chronological ex-
hibit. That it would draw crowds to the
fair and prove paying investment is un-
questioned, and forms to me but minor
feature OF its Importance as an edueac>.
tional factor.
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Sugar and Hemp From Palms.

Some palm-trees furnish a sweetening
Juice. The most famous Of these is prob
ably the Areng, or sugar palm of Amboy.
ma, which grows in India and the archi!!
pelago. It is superb tree, with pinnate
leaves twenty-five long, and is as hand
some as it is useful. A number of species
belonging to different genera furnish q,
kind of hair of finer or coarser texture.
It is found in the fibrous sheaths of the
leaf-stalks and in the jagged edges of the
leaves. Gables made of the black, tough
fibres of the Arsng are preferred by the
coasting sailors of the Spanish colonies
on account of their elasticity and dur
ability; and they are, moreover, very fine:
The hemp palm of Japan and China is
available in the hands of the industrious
people of those countries for making the
finer brooms, light strings, and thousand,
articles of daily use. Palms of coarser
fibre, like the of Piaeaba Brazil, furnish
material for blinds, brushes, brooms, and
the rollers of mechanical sweepers, which
are much more durable than rollers fitted
with steel teeth. Popular Science
iMonthlu.
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"Out. I shall appear on the streets
as one-armed soldier. You must loan
me an old military dress"
"But where do you want to go?"
"To General Paul's hotel" said Ivan.
The old man gasped on hearing this,
and repeated:
"Gt neral Paul's hotel!"
"Yes; you say Lola Pulaski is there,
and if so l must see her."
"If you are bound to 60 out" said
Lance, who for some minutes had been
opening the lining of his inner coat,
and taking therefrom lot of paper
money, 1T will be better for you to
have some cash. Here are hundred
rubles. What, comrade! will YOU in
suit me by refusing?"
Ivan thankfully took the money,
and. bidding Lance and Maux good
night and warning them not to ven-
ture out till he saw them again, he
went down to the shop.
Here he WAS provided with sol
dier's tattered uniform, which he
donned with the ease of o man accus-
toned all his life to such attire.
He "made up" his face with the skill
of professional acton.
ne nau only one arm exposed, the
other being concealed on his breast.
George Nevski let him out by back
door that opened on a lane, after beg
ging him to be very, very careful.
Recent success made Ivan Berger
bold to the verge of recklessness, for
he walked straight to General Paul's,
and he stood and read, on O post be-
fore the door, the reward offered for
his own capture.
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These dwellings were reached by
their inmates by means of long ladders
and steps hewn in the limestone rock.
The walls are plastered with white ce,
menc, portions of which are decorated
with pictorial word writing and strange
hieroglyphics. In the debris upon the
floor is found pottery of fine texture,
delicate shape, thin, fragile and painted
in colors which are as bright as when 1t
was fresh from the potter's hands.
Stone implements and arrow heads exist
in large numbers. Workshops showing
evidences of continuous occupation
exist, and the ruins present the uu-
doubted proofs OF wealthy, busy race
having occupied them in the past. ON
the brow of the cliffs above stood the
wonderful round towers, rivalInG ID
construction the famous ones Of Ireland.
These towers were placed on the edge OF
the canyons and half circle ot wall was
built back of them for their defence.
They were probably the watch or signal
towers of that ancient race which
swarmed in this region years ago. Built
of the prevailing lime or sand stone,
they stand many of them to-day IN a
ruinous condition, but as interesting as
any Greek temple or English castle.
4 reproduction could be made of these
towers and dwellings at little expense
upon one of the bluffs which occur in
the grounds selected for the fair, and in
connection with the other objects prove
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CLIFF DWELLINGS.

disappearing under the plow; many
have seen cliff dwellings, while few
have visited the Mexican and Central
Ntnesican temples and palaces, yet the
mass of the people would be immensely
interested by correct reproduction of
those remains in such an accessible place
a the Worlds Fair.
There are more than dozen speci-
mems of ancient American structures
which could be selected for illustration,
each of which has various and beautiful
types. The following list comprises
those which are the most familiar and
easily reproduced.
1. The cliff dwellings of Arizona and
Colorado, of which there are several
types, including the analogous "round
towers"
2. The mounds, which are found all
through the central portion of the United
States in numerous distinct FORMS. in
cluding pyramids, squares, circles, ami
NAL forms and enclosures for various
purposes.
3. The pueblos Of New Mexico.
4. The Central American temples, pal
aces, pyramids, bridges and reservoirs.
5. The Natchez dwellings.
6. Other aboriginal dwellings and
structures of the Mohawks, Creeks, AL
gonquins, etc.
7. Esquimaux dwellings.
The cliff dwellings which are largely
found in section four, township thirty
six north, range seventeen west, New
Mexico division, Colorado, form one of
the most interesting archaeological feat
ures of the country. Lying as they do
in remote and not easily accessible
region they are but rarely visited and are
known only to the few. They are mar
vels of construction, mysterious and ro-
mantle in their isolation.
Ofteutimes perched so high up on the
cliffs that the eye scarcely distinguishes
them, they are the remains of race that,
if it has not perished entirely, only ex-
lists in fragmentary condition. A cliff
dwelling may be. generally described as a
cave, either natural or artificial, whose
entrance has been nearly walled up in a
manner showing much skill in masonry,
with windows and doors, the lintels of
which were of wood. Sometimes but
half the cave was thus enclosed, leaving
a sort of foyer, as it were, of the cave in
front, or at one side, as in the drawing.
Some of the dwellings have two stories,
several have four, while in the large
cave immense many-roomed buildings
exist which evince high state of culti-
vation. One building contained seventy
six rooms on the ground floor and as
many in two other stories.
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THApTER w


THE AUDACITY Of DESPERATION.
When Ivan saw Lance and Maux, he
took in the situation with rapidly
that surprised himself.
Indeed, at the moment he could not
help being amazed at his phenomenal
;oolness.
After leaving the cell, he planned to
reach the reception-room the first
chance, and then to make q break
through the front door, and depend
hpon his speed as q runner, and his
knowledge of the city, for escape.
But at sight Of the men who had be-
friended him, his purpose changed,
Ind, with the quickness Of lightning,
he hit upon another plan.
Another recorder sat behind the
ponderous book, in Lance's old place.
He had just got through writing
Gown description of the prisoners,
10th of whom had been captured in the
place where they got drunk, and, turn
ing to Ivan, lie said:
take Maux to cell seven, turnkey"
"Yes, Sir" replied Ivan, saluting,
and initiating the gruff tones of the
man whose character he was for the
6rst time assuming.
And take Lance to cell three
@Yes, sir"
Ivan opened the great oaken door,
with its rusty knobs, and the prison.
ers, looking gloomy and desperate,
followed him into the corridor.
well, Lot" said Maux, after they
had gone half the length OF the cor
ridor, and were out of hearing Of the
people in the reception-room, even if
the ponderous doors were opened; !;
you've got your wish at length, and
are going to lock me up"
and see here" joined in Lance
ARE You quite sure, Lot, that there
amt another prisoner in cell three?"
II know there's a prisoner there, "
growled Ivan, as he drew them into q
dusky angle in the corridor.
"And do you know who the prison
ers-by the mass, there should be two
of them!" exclaimed Lance, as it sud
denly dawned on his mind that Lola
Pulaski, as we'll as Ivan, should be in
cell three.
Lola Pulaski is gone," said Ivan.
"And who is in there?"
"Lot is the sole occupant of that
pleasant place at this moment" ="
AS Ivan spoke he raised the lamp to
his own face, lifted his hat and wig, and
the two men had to press their hands
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Expensive Fruits.

Here are few of the luxurles that were
to be found in New York markets about
Christmas time. Most of them were in
accessible except to those with pretty
deep purses, ,,.
strawberries, 81 cup. "a soup" is
equal to about onc-third of quartz :
Hot.horsc grapes, 81 pound.
NLandarins, so cents to 81. so dozen.
Grapefruit, $1.5O dozen.
Lady. apples, 81 cents to 81 dozen.
Hot-horse pineapples, $3.50 to Ss
each.
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GROUP OF MOUNDS.

the world, could be exhibited, a display
which would represent an industry which
in ancient times covered in its operations
district greater in extent than is now
included in the modern mining region.
Stone implements and other evidences
exist to support this assertion, and an
cient mines exist in localities not as yet
worked by the moderns.-NeD NmI
Herald. =
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Genius and insanity are sometimes
combined IN the same person or IN close
" connected members Of the same
family; but it is not easy to trace tne
connection between those mental con-
ditions and the sinful or criminal acts
that are apt to be committed by persons
so organized.
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CENTRAL AMERICAN STRUCTURE.
signs now in this country, which ought
to be placed upon exhibition at this time
where millions could view them. In this
interesting display there should also be
included comprehensive exhibit of tho
weapons, both of stone and copper, Of
the prehistoric Americans; the shell and
basket work, pottery, and hunting, fish
ing and industrial implements, fine coll
lections of which are in the Smithsonian
Institution at Washington. Models Of
the ancient mining works of Lake SUI
perior, the source of the copper which
supplied prehistoric. America, if not all
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EXPERIENCE in business teaches
man that too many debtors don't pay.
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Too Much Style.

Mr.. Ratte-"Tm going down to the
club, Awntie. Don't set up for me-
Auntie Ratte-'Grey, if you Know
how much I despise dude, you'd use
your appendage to steer by-not to walh
with. PUCK. - = = IL
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Or, '6fs'iiIT come, P1aa You see il be


Or, he'll come, Puss. You see if he
don't, sonthed Uncle Paul.
So, after ali, Buebell ives dressed in
the pink merinO dress, when her Twelfth
night guests gathered around her, and
Will Lords violin was discoursirg its
sweetest music, when Alex Avenel ar
rived with sleigh-lOad OF neigbbors
and friends.
Oh. you've got music ALREADY 2" said
he. Old gentleman here? Eh-why,
how
Oh, yes, I'm here, said Uncle Paul.
The telegram was a mistakel Who are
those two fellows prowling about the
supper room They came with you, l
believe
Mr. Avenel cleared his throat.
Walters, sir-two very reliable men
whom
NJ they're not roared Uncle Paul
They're prIsonerrl That's right, sheriff,
hold on to EN-
What do you mean? said Avenel, turn
ing mahogany color and starting back.
We shall need you, too, air, said the
sheriff with chuckle. Don't look so
rOuk aback. We've had our eye on you
this ong time. The Lndgeport police,
they've & t n rppresen alive here, end
there's re9uiaition from the Governor
Of New York. The Fielding silver would
have been nice finish up. wouldn't it.,
store you cut and run for Scotland ?
But we country constables amt quite as
big fools as you've calculated, sir
And had almost engaged myself TO
iim she gasped, clinging to Lan>s
tTm Oh. Gndfrpy. what shall do?
You can adjust ma,ters. said Godfrey,
-oemnly, by becoming quite engaged 10
me
Which she did then and thtre.-Shir
leg BroWne
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,couor AND THE TEMPERATURE.
LENT.

In an admirable editorial upon THE
Beginning of Lent" the Brooklyn EdgIt
says: .,o,;o,,;
cal seasons have lost their influence
upon American society. In Lent there
ia a perceptible quietude in the pas'lmee
of the people. THE sound of the music
is low" and the feet Of the dancers re
NOT so active as at other times. A solemn
stiffness seems to pervade the social IT.
mosphere. TO be broken only when the
Easter bells and spring blossoms
awaken both human beings and nature
to the renewed energy that precedes the
full life of summer. II.
Christianity, as a religion, deals WIN
the whole of human nature, not WI
one side or part of 1t. When OF
Paul speaks of keeping under the ood>
and bringing it into suoJection, ne
clearly means that the moral. splr'uA'
and intellectual powers snail acquire
government over the impulses OF passion
and the lusts of the flesh.
In this gra ual process OF regeneration
and euuanimity the Lenten fast mas Deeh
to MANY in past times and NAV he To-
many in the present day an efectual
helm. Christ while on earth was
healer of bodies as well as souls and one
of his chief evangelists was ~: Luxe,
''the beloved physician" We hear
much nowadays of the supposed oppo
sition between science and theology but
the truth is, that the science OF meul-
cine confirms the rule of practical Chris
tianity. "Change your diet" is oiten
the saving prescription OF the competent
physician, Change your way OF Nv
ing" Is the precept Of the Church which
she emphasis especially in the Len,en
parenthesis which begins to-day. he
form your habits" is the PLAIN meaning
of both precepte. Lent, like our
Sunday, gives needed rest and enables
the renewed man to awake at Easter TO
better work and higher endeaVors In the
battle of life. II is, moreover, not un
welcome even to the merely secular
mind, for it is the harbinger of spring,
the promissory note proclaimlng tnat
"they who SOW in tears shall reap in JOY
and he who now goeth on his way weep,
ing shall surely come again with Joy and
bring his sheaves with him." Lent IS
the quiet space suggested by the Chrls-
tian Church for the world to stop tx
cess of merriment and for each human
mind to look into itself and bind up the
sheaves of an immortal life OF purify
and virtue.
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HEART FAILURE.

.,,-.., -..,,,d >ror,.
"eAA 'e"''' '"'''o'
Gus Prostration the frouo'e WIN A"""
sanus'
Failure or weakness of heart actinnis be-
coming very prevalent disease. 1t is most
serious and danger condition to be in. and gradu-
ally runs into pRipIiatiOn, spasms or neural
gla of the heart total exhaustion OF nerve
power or death. At the first sign OF these
dread diseases every one hould Immediately
seek cure, and not wait until the fatal symp
toms point Enthusiastically to death.
The first symptoms may be very slight aud dp-
pdrentiy trivial But do NOT fail to heed them
tfyOu value your life. They often begin with
nervousness and ioedkness, a trembling or
strange faint feeling, icith tendency to giddi'
ness. AS the disease increases these symptoms
grow in intensity and will be accompanied by
dizziness swimming OF the heud flu terfng or pal
pftdtion in the left side OF thu chest sortness ri
breath sinking sensation with coldness OF the
feet and legs. There is often feeling OF appre'
hension or dnriety as Of Impending danger and a
tendency 10 droICsiness during the day and sleep
lessness at night
A little oUer rrertiOn, excitement or emotion
may bring on the attack at any time. Sudden
rising from a stopping or reclining position will
cause dizziness and rapidly climbing stairs will
make the heart palPiiate produce weariness
aud shortness of breath. In some cases therr
are pains in the region of the heart. but IN mosi
cases there is no p lin t0hdteuer.
lfyou are Effected by 'hese symptoms lose no
time in seeking for cure, for cure is not only
possible but sure, II you u.s. Or U reeneS Ner-
vura, the great AM wonderful discovery LOT heSrt
brain and nerves 1t Is purely 'egetaoie anu
harmless and its use offers the only sure nope
of curing these terrible diseases a"d AVERT