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THE PEPPER aATE.

The women were not behind the men
in their sports, but had their game Of
football also BY the Pepper gate. The
story has come to US Of Mayor, busy
with the festivities at the Rood-eye,
while his daughter, taking advantage
Of the opportunity, ran away with her
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IarrREsr on TIVE pEposlTs.

on and after April 18th, 1892, the Peoples Ma
xionaa Bank OF Martinsburg, w. Va, will pay
Interest At the rate Of per cent per annum
on time certificates Of deposit,
BY order Board of Directors
4-sim. FRANK e. WILSON, Cashier.
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NEISs IGLEHART, OF Baltimore, the popular
IN mflIiner at Emmert & Fiery's last season,
has returned and will be glad to serve her
friends and patrons with the latest styles in
Spring Millinery.
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Fox Rent,
4 large hcvse and garden one mile from town
[e-SW. G. W. VANMETRE.
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EoR SALE.

new or nearly new Portable Saw Mill, 10
horse power. All complete. Price only $500
Easy terms. J.,H. BRISToR.
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NOR SALE CHEAl.
a irst class coal oil stove with burners and
q boiler. Enquire at FIERY SHOE STORE.
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WANTED.

A good nurse, one well educated. Entire
control 81 three children, aged three, two and
one year. Good wages Apply at THE WoRLD
once 4-Il-2w
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HHTILL run on at great bargain some odd
wv sizes in childrens shoes az
FIERY's SHOE STORE.
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AITLAsT.

"A n,
No more rusty tinware. have Antitrust TN
ware for sale. call and see for yourselves. j.
W. r. FIsHRR, corner West King and College
streets, near st. Clair Hotel.
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eral term for a large fish, and IL 10,
cludes In various writers sharks,
tunnies, whales, dolphins, and seals.
This white shark attains such a size
that IL has been known % weigh foul
tons and half. One that was ex.
hibited last century over Europe
weighed nearly two tons, and very
nearly re-enacted the part OF Jonah's
fish. A British war vessel was sail
ing In the Mediterranean when man
fell overheard. A huge shark In
stantly rose and the unlucky seaman
disappeared Within its mouth. The
captain fired gun at it from the
deck, and as the shot struck upon its
back II cast the man out again and he
was rescued by his companions. They
forthwith harpooned the fish, dried
him, and presented him to his in
tended. victim. ~
In the beginning of this century a
shark was taken at Surlnam, and in
it was discovered the body of woman
excepting the head. Instances are
recorded upon good authority OF
specimens being found in the same
sea; one with a sea calf in its stom-
ach as big as an OK, another with a
whole horse, and another with Two
tunnies and a man. That a man
could live there for a considerable
time seems by no means impossible.
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Life In China.

The singular conditions Of life at
Annoy, the metropolis OF the great
Chinese province Of Fukien, have
been the theme of an interesting re-
port of the United States Consul at
that city, Mr.. Bedloe. Annoy, which
is city of about a million people,
and the center of densely populated
region, is perhaps the cheapest place
in the world. Workingmen live and
support large families on fifteen cents
a day, and are said to be as happy as
workingmen anywhere.
The daily fare Of an Annoy work
ingman and its cost to him are about
as follows: One and half pounds OF
rice, costing three cents; one ounce
of meat, one ounce Of fish, two ounces
of shell-tish, one cent altogether;
one pound of cabbage or other vege-
table, one cent; fuel, salt and oil,
one cent; total, six cents.
This is much better fare than many
European laborers enjoy. In what
little time the Annoy workingman can
find from his toll, he flies kites, plays
shuttlecock, and INDUCES in mild
practical jokes. on his friends. He
goes to bed early, and worries about
nothing.
The wife and children Of the Chi
nese family gather driftwood, edible
sea-moss, shell-t fish, mushrooms and
dead branches. Some of the thing;
they pick up they barter for rice and
vegetables. Sometimes a woman and
her children provide in this way all
the food Of the family.
Small boys earn few copper coins
by marching in religious professions,
at funerals, wakes, exorcisms, we'd
dings and other ceremonies.
At eight years Of age boy begins
his life-calling, which usually is the
same as his fathers. Indeed, chill
dren in China begin to work as soop
as they can walk. A boy or girl four
years old will carry the baby piggy
back" half an hour at time, and
mind it from dawn to dusk.
The house is usually an indepen-
dent structure, small, and containing
two rooms-a living-room and bed.
room. The windows are small, high
and nearly blocked up with wooden,
iron or stone bars. The rent Of a
house of four or five rooms averages
five cents day.
One of the saddest things about
child life in China is the early en-.
enlargement Of gambling on the part
of the boys. On every street in the
daytime and early evening may be
seen groups Of children around ped
dler, gambling for cake, fruit, or a
small amount of money. Gambling
is the great curse Of the Chinese peo
pie, robbing the workingmen of their
savings and corrupting the politics OF
the country.
In spite of their hard work and
their few indulgences, Chinese chill.
dren manage to be happy on the
whole, as children will be the world
over.-Youth's Companion.
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other repeating rifles that have been
furnished him by German traders. It
Is known that he has large supply OF
ammunition and that it was landed In
Dahomey from two German ships.
The "unpleasantness," says the Chi
cago Herald, was caused by King Be-
hanZin's stupid conceit and overestima-
ton OF his power. He Is q splendid
illustration OF the old saw, "a little
learning is a dangerous thing" He is
fairly well educated for a savage, hav-
ing spent his earlier years In Paris and
there been taught to read and speak
French. Since his return to his native
jungles his vanity has assumed wonder
full proportions. He imagined himself
able to dictate his own terms to France
and utterly d!sregarded his former
agreements 10 respect the French pro-
tectorate at Porto Novo. When the
representative Of France sent messen-
gers to Abomey to expostulate with him,
asking that he desist from sending his
amalons on their slave-capturing raids
into French territory, he had the
audacity to cut off the heads of the mes
sengers and return them in a basket by
o Dahomeyan warrior, together with an
insulting letter in which tho French
honey would sweep the French forces
and their followers into the sea should
he so choose, and, furthermore, that
the raids would be continued at his
pleasure. 1t was this note, which was
sent to Paris, that caused France to
make up its mind that 1t was time to
assert its supremacy and teach this in
solent petty tyrant a lesson which he
would never forget.
Where 1t Ia n PI, sure o XIII an Torturc D.
The inhabitants OF Dahomey are GER
tainlv unique enough in their manners
and customs to warrant the profound
interest of the anthropologist, but the
chief interest the world takes In them
now is confined to tho hope that they
will not be allowed much longer TO
practice the awful enormities for which
they have become famous. To kill and
torture is to them the keenest pleasure.
The office of executioner Is a post OF
honor to which only the richest OF the
land dare aspire, and, as q matter oi
course, the wealthier the executionel
the better the opportunity for satisfy
ing his brutal instincts. There Is nc
doubt whatever that France VIII crush
the kingdom OF Dahomey, whether it bt
now or in the early future. but the
chances are that France may yet have
some very serious obstacles to over
come. With all their british in.
stincts the Dahomey negro Is fai
above the ordinary intelligence OF the
common African black. He will hgh'
until he falls and so will his sisters, To-
the amazons. or women warriors o
Dahomey, are world-famed. Besides
being warriors, the inhabitants OF thiI
kingdom are the best disciplined OF TIT
African tribes and proudly proclaim
themselves veterans Of the world; Thu
from having had innumerable conflict
with France, England and other ma
lions. AS their king insists on success
In battle or death to the survivors Il
case OF defeat, the Dahomey warrior
never confess defeat. but tight Will
they have breath left In them- Short.
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were led out before the King, who
sat in a chair OF state embellished
with skslls and jaw bones from for
mer sacrifices. A body of amazons
drew up behind the victims; the execu-
toner was a perfect giant in stature.
Armed with a large, crooked knife made
for such occasions, he had a large,
wooden trough placed near him; this he
pushed with his foot before the first
victim, then, bending the man forward,
he deliberately cut his throat, letting
the blood run into the wooden dish. He
then swung the knife and with mighty
blow completely severed an arm. This
performance was repeated with three OF
the victims, Tho fourth must have SUI
fered terribly. He was struck four times
without severing the vertebra column.
The butcher then put the bloody knife
in his mouth, and Selling the ears of the
wretched being, wrenched the head
from side to side, trying to screw it off,
amp finally having dislocated 1t, delib-
erately slashed away the flesh that still
connected the head with the trunk.
4 large Enclosure called the zun is the
pace where the headless corpses of the
victims are dragged; there were hum
dreds of human skeletons bleaching in
the sun and an equal number OF freshly
slaughtered victims. Such is life in
Dahomey. t
Many Of the laws of the country are
mere caprices OF the King. Here are
some specimens:
No one Is allowed to build hut more
than four tiers high.
No one is allowed to marry without
first submitting his intended to the
King, who, IL he pleases, keeps her for
himself and enlists her in the amazonian
guard.
No Dahoman woman is allowed to
leave the country.
No subject must wear shoes or ride in
a hammock.
No one is allowed to sit in chair In
public.
No goods landed at whydah can be
reshipped.
Such are a few OF the laws regulating
| the welfare OF Dahomey. The whole
civilized world will certainly be thank
full TO France for wiping out OF existence
both the King and his amazons.
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and a violation of the rights they in
volve means death to the depredator.
They do not appear on paper, nor are
they modelled in earthenware or
metal. They are traced in living
flesh by red-hot irons. and are read
by cowboys and ranch owners, from
the uplands of Wyoming to the river
valleys of Texas. Yet few east Of
the Missouri River have ever seen a
sample Of the designs or realize the
completeness Of their system.
The Identification Of cattle upon
the great Western plains, where
tens of thousands of long-horned
beasts roam throughout the year, I'M
fenced and unherded, would present
a serious aspect were it not for
branding. Only by that means is it
possible, in country where stock
raising Is carried on so extensively
that fencing the ranges is almost out
of the question, for owners to keep
any knowledge Of their possessions.
No more rigid system of identified
tion exists anywhere, and the owner
Of steer is almost as certain Of his
property when the animal has
strayed ahundred miles away as If the
home-ranch corral inclosed him. II
is not uncommon for Western Kan
sas cattleman to receive notice from
a friend in Nebraska or Wyoming,
saying that one Of his cattle has
strayed from home, and is in his
vicinity, the friend having looked uL
the animals brand in the herd book.
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How Woman Soldiers Are Made.


The recruiting of the amazonian army
is simple The king issues a decree
summoning every subject to present his
daughters, above a certain age, at court
upon an appointed day. Then he Sc
Iects the most promising of the best
families" and creates them officers,
while the lower orders are made
soldiers. The children OF slave par
ents become the slaves OF the ANA
IONS within the palace, and the re-
mainder are returned to their parents.
OF the selected many are given to de-
serving soldiers as wives, and every
three years a similar consumption OF the
daughters of the land Is made, while all
the children of amazonian women are
arDazons from birth. The amazons are
divided into three brigades, known as
the Kings company, the right and left
wings. Each of these has peculiar
head-dress by which the different brig
AIDES are distinguished. The King 8
brigade, sometimes called the fanti
company or center, wear their hair
shaved O la turban and bound with mar
row fillets, with alligators OF colored
cloth sewn on them. The right wing
have their heads shaven, leaving only a
solitary tuft or two, while the left wing
wear their hair loose, which gives them
a peculiarly savage aspect.
Each OF the three brigades Is divided
into four classes-the agbaraya, veter-
ans of the army, the bravest and strong
est of the corps, only called into action
on important occasions like the present.
They wear blue tunics with white cross
belts, and their fillets are of curious
shape. Their standards are OF the most
ferocious description, representing an
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A PATHETIC EPISODE.
How Two Brothers Died on a Western
Railroad.


Railroad.
Il have seen a great many men
killed." said Burke Mcmahon, at the
Southern. Il was with old Pap
Thomas at Chickamauga when his
corps stood like rock for the flower
of the Confederacy to beat and break
upon, and with Grant when he hurled
his columns at the impregnable
heights Of Vicksburg. have seen
commanding officers torn to pieces
with shell and beardless boys dead
on the battlefield with their moth
er's picture pressed to their cold lips,
but / never had anything affect me
like the death of couple of young
railroad men in Texas seven or eight
years ago.
Il was riding on the engine of a
fast passenger train, and at Waco the
engineer got orders to look out for a
brakeman who was missing from the
freight we were following. He was
supposed to have fallen between the
cars of his train. My brother is
breaking on that train. wonder If
it can be him?" said the fireman.
III keep up steam while you stand
on the pilot and watch out, replied
the engineer. The fireman took his
post in front and we'pulled out. We
had just got we'll under way when
the fireman gave the signal to stop.
The engineer applied the brakes.
They failed to respond, and we were
on a Down grade and could not stop.
The missing brakeman was lying on
the track, badly mangled, but con-
scious
ale raised his hand and frantlcally
slgnaled the train, but the great iron
machine went plunging down upon
him at a rate OF twenty miles an
hour. The fireman cast one despair
ing look at the engineer, then sprang
In front of the pilot and hurled his
wounded brother off the track. But
he was not quick enough to save him
self. The engine caught him and
crushed both legs off at the hips. AS
we picked him up he said, with a
quiet smile: Its no use, boys; I'm
done for. But / saved Ned We
laid them down in the baggage car
side by side. Ned put out a feeble
hand and clasped that of his brother.
1--we got my time, old fellow he
said. Here, too, Ned; we'll make
the run 10 the next world together,
was the response, and, holding each
other by the hand, they died without
another word. st. Louis Globe
Democrat.
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WHAT SWALLOWED JONAH
Perhaps 1t Was a white shark Instead of a
whale.

Whale.
There Is no argument valid upon a
premise of inherent impossibllity. 1t
used to be concluded beyond question
that there were no black swans, be-
cause it is impossible to conceive a
black swan. But one harmless and
unconscious black swan from the anti
podes put all the ingenious thinkers
To rout. Hume argued from his con-
ceptiOn of true induction that the
major premise must include all posi-
BILE cases. This he thought conclusive
against a great deal Of popular belief.
But what test have we OF the posi-
bic? 1t is harder to believe that we
have explored and classified the whole
field OF knowledge, than that a raven
Gus flsh-with no higher and no lower
thought in Its meager brain than a
plentiful dilner-should have swal-
lowed and then disgorged man. Be-
sides, we are not without evidence
that such pscine conduct is at least
possible. jonah was sailing in the
Mediterranein-right along its whole
length-fron Joppa, in Palestine, to
Tarshlsh, i'm Spain; and IL Is In this
very sea that even at the present day
a huge fish, the white shark, is found.
And not only this, but the bones OF a
much larger species now extinct. For
The word used in the Bible is gen
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How tho Tortoiseshsn Wont Down When
tho snale struck Her.


A young woman who was on the
North German-Lloyd steamer Saale
when she cut down the Norwegian
bark STortoiseshell on the evening OF
Aug. A, of the banks OF Newfound-
land, In writing to relatives In New
York, has this to say OF the accl-
dent:
"We were all at dinner when there
came thud and the ship stopped.
We had been moving very slowly, and
the shock stopped us, but not with
enough of "a jerk to spill the water In
the glasses or tip anything over. A
number OF people screamed and be-
gan running around. Somebody
looked out of port hole, apd then
told me to come, on deck and see the
other vessel sink.
at was magnificent sight. The
vessel had all sails set. When we
reached the upper deck all the men
had been rescued, so we could appre-
ciate the sight. The beautiful thing
acted as IL living. 1t leaned first to
one side and then TO the other, rock
ing like a creature In pain, and then
slowly righted itself, and, trembling
like an aspen, began to slip out OF
sight.
There was not sound on the
Saale except the 'hush-hush-hush' OF
! q little escaping steam. Slowly, and
yet, oh, so swiftly, the vessel sank
| into the water, which was blue as
sapphires and dimpled as il smiling.
The shipwrecked sailors removed
their caps and saluted, then remained
uncovered until the last bit Of masts
and rigging had disappeared, and not
a ripple on the surface of the water
betrayed their loss.
at was only four and half min
utes from the time OF the collision
until the last thread Of SAIL had dis
appeared, yet 1t seemed very long.
1t brought tears to the eyes OF mer
as well as women to see that beauti
full ship slip out Of sight as it did.
"But after it was all over, and the
Saale began to move again, the greater
number of us went back to the saloor
and demolished the Gefrorenes. Al
lives were sayed-except that Of ;
dog-so why mourn. OF course 1
the Tortoiseshell had hit us amid
ships the great probability is tina
everybody on both vessels would have
died. But then, the Tortoiseshel
didn't hit us amidships, and nobod,
| ed."-New York Sun.
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not drink till he talks foolishnessl
Does he not make my people drunk
Away Iwant none OF your God peo-
pie.
King Behanzin has revived the GUS
toms of human sacrifice with all the
Unsuitable bloodthirstiness Of his grand
father, Getete. A Frenchman says that
a few months ago he was led through
the Ness temple, where he counted over
twenty men suspended by their ankles
and knees to the crossbeam OF huge
gallows; all were stark naked and had
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uro TO blame for the detestation with
which the inhabitants regard them
Referring to a particularly obnoxious
missionary name1 Bernaskos. the King
Of Dahomey sold 20 messenger sent
TO intercede for the many people set
aside for sacrifice: You say that your
people abhor the thought of men being
sacrificed; that their religion teaches
them that this Is a crime. Now, we
have God man at whydah, and does
he set an example to my people such as
/ would wish them to follow Does he
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-11-10

honor Of having organized the fret bard
Of these feroclous creatures beIongs TO
AgajAh, the fourth king OF Dahomey.
Under the present king the enazons
have attained their highest degree Of
efficiency In discipline and numbers and
IN the most cruel savageness. The
members Of this unsexed army OF vlra-
goes are as conceitedly vain OF their
ABILITY to torture and cut the heads on
their victims as their more civilized
strong minded" sisters are OF their
manly qualities.
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before the commencement Of this war
several French civilians were captured
by the Dahomeyans and. strange 20 re-
late. given their liberty. These former
captives picked up great deal OF IN
formation concerning the habits and
customs OF this warllke tribe.
The most singular institution o. Da-
honey is me female army. or amAzons,
as they are called. IL Is somewhat nm.
certain when they were first introduced
as warriors, but II Is thought that The
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Lost His Idea.

Ralph Waldo Emerson, having
risen one night, unintentionally
aroused his wife, who inquired:
Are you sick, Valdez"
"Oh, no, my dear" was his reply,
"but I've got an idea. What's the
matter with these matches? / can't
make them ignite Let it go, now"
sighed the philosopher, ~my idea is
gone"
The next morning, upon arising,
Mrs. Emerson found all the teeth in
her comb broken out. This is sup
posed to have happened in the days
(or nights when matches came In
cards.
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been mutilated in horrible manner out
of respect to the memory of the kicg's
wives. One morning while he was in
captivity four wretches were killed be-
cause the King had had n bad dream.
The Frenchman was present at the
butchery so that he might be impressed
with the Kings power. The four men
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-11-10

THE Earrings are In cheerful frame
of mind because their liabilities, that
erstwisc threatened to be burden
some, have been reduced to e5, 045,-
900. In their serenity the man who
worries over the difficulty Of wrestling
from adjacent circumstances enough
to pay rent ought TO find CLEAN Of
com fort.
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CATTLE BRANDS.

Queer Hierogiyphics which Adorn the
Stock on the Western Prairies.
The prairies have series Of trade
marks as general and valuable as
those that decorate queensware. pot
terry, and editions de luxe. The en-
blems are conceived with much care,
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-11-10

A PARIS correspondent, who has
been testing the Pastcur anti-chol-
era virus, gloats over the presence
in his body OF thousands OF cholera
microbes taken from the dead bodies
OF cholera victims in SAXON, Asia.
He Is welcome to them all.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-11-10

CHILI's promptness in paying the
indemnity will doubtless secure her a
letter of recommendation from Uncle
Sam any time she feels like embark
ing in the accident insurance busi-
neSa
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-11-10

A PERFUMER who has been testing
California roses finds that they make
almost as good a perfume as the
cleanings Of petroleum reflncries and
coal bins. This may not sound like
high praise for California roses, but
L.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-11-10

EVERY day is little life, and our
whole life is but a day repeated.
Those, therefore, that dare lose a
day are dangerously prodlgal; those
that dare misSpend it are desperate.