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CALLowAY's BEACH. WEST RIVER. MD
" Large airy rooms. salt water. bathing, nshins
boating &c. Firstclass table-fresh vesetahles oys
tiers. crabs. milk. &c. Post office handy steanie,
Emma Giles three times week from Baltimore and
Mrs. N. +. o.. Galloway'sP o.. Nd. sul5-2w'
CTRAsBURG. VA. EXCELLENT BOARD AMI
- rooms; me chslybeete spring: large ward: clos.
70 station. telegrAeph once. &c. terms per wk e. 30
$40; per mo-. e25 TO s3o. A. p. McINfURFF Prop.
y<SIm
THE CARLETON, SPRING LARE, y. J-sPE
4 cfal rates for August elevator. gas. artesiaI
water, electric bells.
au19-2w l. & HINESoN
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this city II fuu, and there Ii no obstruction of
any kind to its freight service except by law
portation on the lines Of this company during
the past two days has not been due to
classification or Q strike on the part Of the
company's employees. 1t has simply been owing
TO the fact that the properly constituted authori-
ties Of the city and county have been unable to
furnish protection to those who are in the COM
pAnys service and who sought to continue in
the performance Of their duties.
In conclusion, / would say that ! am not
aware Of any difference grievance now exist
ing between this company and its employees.
For the above reasons IL seems to me inap-
propriate and unnecessary to consent to the
arbitration you suggest.
HOSPITALS MAKING aEADY.
Preparations Of a suggestive character were
made yesterday at the Fitch Hospital in
Buffalo. Over twenty cots. with bedding
have been furnished, together with several field
stretchers. These arrangements have been
made In view of the danger Of riot and blood
shed in<he city. There viii be tonight accom-
mediation at the Fitch for forty wounded men
and women, and even more II necessary. Several
doctors have signifed their intention of assist
ing the Fitch surgeons should the necessity
arise. An ambulance from the Fitch will report
1t headquarters for service and will remain at
the Williams street crossing all night Another
ambulance and two wagons prepared for the re-
ception Of the wounded viii be held in reserve
ct the hospital
sAYs TIE rnoors AlR NOT NEEDED.
Gand Master Sweeney Of the Switchmen'l
Mutual Aid Association said in an inter view:
''Ths idss Of bringing in 10000 troops il the
ranksst kind Of nonsense. There are Just SOC
switchmsn out and they are . hw-ahiding LOT
Of nsn who would cheerfully protect the CON-
paniss' property II the companies would pay
them for 1t. They do not want the taxpayers
Of Erie county TO pay for wstchmsn for any
corporation or company.
1T y probably costing Erie county fully
elg,000 for every day that the militia are out,
cad BY this new order u 1000 troops ere
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sannrIng fhe circIe.

The origin of the problem squaring
the circle is almost lost in the mists
of antiquity, but there is record of
am attempted quadrature in Egypt
500 years before the exodus of the
Jews. There is also claim, accord
ing to Hone, that the problem was
solved by discovery of Hippocrates,
the geometrician of Chios-not the
physician 500 B. G. Now, the eff
forts of Hippocrates were devoted to-
ward converting circle into cres-
cent, because he had found that the
area of a figure produced by drawing
two perpen. 4c,ilar radii in circle is
exactly equal to the triangle formed
by the line OF junction. This is the
famous theorem of the Tunes of
Hppocrate and is, like glauber's
salts out of the philosophers stone.
an example of the useful results
which sometimes follow a search for
the unatts--nable All the World
Round
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French silks.

The total production of manufac-
tured silk in the world per annum is
estimated at a value of 964, ,O0o. 600
and of this at least cps, ,OOO, 600 is pro
duced in France. The French con
sumption of raw silk In 1890 was not
much under 10000 600 pounds. the
value of which is reckoned at from
e10, ,000, 900 to e12, ,O0O, 600. Taking in
the value of wool, cotton and other
fiber IN mixed fabrics of the silk fac
tories, the total VIII amount to about
R16, 900, 600.
The great Importance of this indus
try to the wealth and power of
France is evident. About one-eighth
of the raw silk is native grown, tho
remainder imported from Italy and
from the east Much of the amount
of home grown silk depends on the
healthiness of the mulberry forests
One year when disease attacked the
trees the silk product fell to below
$50. 600 pounds Leisure Hour.
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Ynnthfnl nenlle.-


One of our school commissioners
inspected a down town public school
the other day and examined several
girls.
Commissioner Now / viii ask YOU
to tell me the parts of speech of some
words you have just read. What
part of speech is Mary AnnY
Little Girl-Noun, sir.
Commissioner What kind of
noun2
Little Girl-Common noun.
Commissioner-Pray, why do YOU
call Mary Ann common noun9
Little Girl Because there are so
many Mary AIMS, sir.
The commissioner smiled. and OBJ
served to the teacher that the answer
ought to pass.
On another occasion the commits
sioner inquired:
You say that all the rivers flow
into the sea. Why, then, does not
the sea become too full and overflow
with all the waters from all the
riversgn
piled:
Because the fishes drink the
water, sir. "-C Comic.
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shakespeare as He Is PLAYED.

Shakespeare is an English poet
whose plays are generally performed
In German or Italian. He has often
been translated, and sometimes adapt
ed, he has even had the misfortune
of being erected in bronze not far
from the Boulevard Malesherbes. He
Is chiefly known In France for the
love which NJ. Porel, the manager Of
the Odeon, bears him. His works
are in the libraries of all men and
women of the world, but they are
also to be had atsales. uncut and lust
like new. Special features Shake
speare has been much worried by
Voltaire, but is very much patronized
by M. Bergerat.-Paris Figaro.
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swlndIe. on the Easily DeIua.a.


The class of lawyers who used to
gather revenue from the deluded
heirs to imaginary estates in England
seem to have been turning their atten-
ton to New York city as a more profit
able field The old colonial grants Of
land and ancient transfers by lease and
otherwise enable them to raise a cloud
of dust over the title to property which
has become of vast value, and to lead
the supposed heirs of owners of a hun
dred years ago to imagine that they can
recover many millions if they viii asses
themselves for legal expenses.
The claimants of the Edwards estate
dream of 500, 900, 600 or so on lower
Broadway. and western parson Laws
claim to modest 500. OOO, 600 on the
Harlem flats, these being only samples
of the preposterous claims which the
lawyers WHO pocket the assessments
encourage.
1t is sad to think of the eager hopes
that are excited, the constantly disap-
pointed expectations and the worri-
ment that are caused by this class OF
pestiferous hunters for flaws IN ancient
titles out of which they derive a reve-
nue. by the mere process of exciting
the cupidity of heirs whose real claims.
if any ever existed. were long ago cut
of by adverse possession New York
Epoch
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FAILURE OF A SCHEME.
What Philadelphia Girl Lost Throue
Her Lovers Duplicity-


What Philadelphia Girl Lost Through
Her Lovers DuplicEty-
An extensive dealer in holiday
goods, whose bargains daily attract
crowds on Chestnut street. for some
time exhibited prominently in his
show window a pair of handsome
bracelets bearing an attractive price
mark The bracelets were of an odd
design and would have received due
notice without the placard stating
their value. but the peculiar romance
connected with them has hitherto
been guarded secret between three
men.
Some weeks ago. when they were
lying in a case in the store, their un-
usual pattern caught the fancy of a
young man of taste, but of limited
means. who had entered to purchase
a present for his up town girl. In
quiring their cost, he was surprised
and delighted to find that it had been
fixed by the enterprising proprietor
at a most reasonable figure.
Not contented with an immediate
purchase, the gentleman. aided and
abetted by an employee of the jewel
ry department, entered into a oues-
tionable scheme to deceive the up
town girl
The next day the bracelets appeared
in the window, prominently marked
to sell at ten times the price offered
inside, and for two weeks they staid
there. Half the girls in town saw
and admired them, and as the design
ing young man had expected. his girl
shared in this general praise.
A few days ago he concluded that
their value had been suitably inn
pressed upon her and he walked into
the store to make his purchase.
eI'll take those bracelets now, If
you please he said to the affable
clerk. Il think you said they were
S1.9
THAT was the figure said the
clerk, with significant emphasis on
the second word.
Was the figure, y echoed the young
man. Isn't that the figure nowl"
No.
1T isn'tR Why nots'' he demanded.
Because wealthy lady purchased
them this afternoon at the price
marked in thewindow. She said
What she said will never be known.
for the designing young man was
staring hard at him, with no signs of
comprehending the words he spoke.
''C-can l duplicate thema" he
asked in broken voice.
mo. said the salesman cheerful
ly- They We're an odd pair sent to
us by mistake. Is there anything
else you would like today7''
The young man slowly shook his
head, and when the clerk returned
from waiting on another customer
the victim of too heroic assurance
was drifting toward the door. -Phila-
delphia Times.
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The paper had something he
didn't like and he was going to see
the editor about it and thump the
stufling out of him, so be said. At
the foot Of the stairs leading to the
den he found small boy, who
blocked his way.
"Is the editor in21 he inquired
roughly.
"Yes, sir, replied the boy politely.
"Can ! see him2s
rs pose so. sir.
We'll, l want to. Do go up
this way27
Air you Mr. Johnson27 inquired
the boy with evident personal in
terest.
"Yes, am
~The same that the paper gave it
to you in the neck?"
"Yes. What's that TO your"
Nothing much, Mr.. johnson,
but I'm Your friend.
NO, you don't say2r said the
visitor sarcastically surveying him.
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why TaII nats Are In pemand.

Il wouldn't be surprised if the tall
girl has a great deal to do with boom
ing our high hat trade, a Broadway
halter said. 1T must be, for none
of my tall customers has asked for a
higher hat. Those who have worn
felts and Derby crowns still wear
them, but have observed steady
change from low to high tops form my
short customers. / think sometimes
that the tall girl is responsible for
this change, because five foot six
customer came in here not long ago
and asked for my highest hat. He
had good pair of shoulders and could
carry it well, but he had always
worna low hat. 1 asked him why
he changed oh, I've changed girls.
and the new one is about half an
inch taller. than /. If get a high
hat it viii even us up when we ap-
pear on the street New York
Sun.
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An officer swallowed fish bone.
1t was a large one. and after st1ug-
Cling to draw it out the officer fell
back in his chair, turned black In
the face and appeared to be in great
danger and, indeed, was so. Every
one looked aghast, not knowing what
to do. The doctor alone preserved
his presence of mind From the op-
posite side of the table he saw what
had happened. Not moment must
be lost.
Spring across the table, with one
hand he opened the mouth of the
unfortunate officer, with the other
he seized his cue and ram1ned it
down his ,hroat. Away went fish
bone and every other obstruction.
The young officer finished his dinner,
having practically experienced the
use of ue.-Dundas of Fingast.
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A Monopoly of funerals.

One great company has monopoly
of Paris funerals, the idea that has
led to its establishment being that
enough money might be made out of
the costly funerals to permit of a
great many for little or nothing. The
funerals are divided into ten classes.
The first six only are remunerative.
They vary from 5000 francs to 1O0.-
600 francs. The eighth class costs
twenty two francs; the ninth, eight
francs, and the tensh is free. There
are about 35, COO annual free inter
ments- There is talk, however, of
abolishing the monopoly. Chicago
Herald
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mIsAoLe OF THE BATTLEFIELD.


Garvcious Endurance OF n Soldier yvound-
ed In the Wilderness
Elisha Hall was a man of marvel
Gus endurance and one of the bravest
Eoldiers of our late war. His expert
cnces seem almost like a romance.
and yet the facts are vouched for by
eyewitnesses- He enlisted in Com
pany K, Seventeenth Maine, a regi-
ment that was in many of the Sc
verest engagements of the war.
1t IS fact worthy of note that
after the lapse of a quarter of CEN
tuTy eight members of his own COM
pahy were present at his burial who
had supposed him dead twenty-five
years ago.
The facts in the case are these: On
the afternoon of the first day of the
battle of the Wilderness the lower
part of his left jaw was shot away.
making frightful wound. A mem
her Of his company. Mr.. W. S. Rand,
who now lives Ia Auburn, helped
HIM 70 the rear. where. after doing
what he et nd for him, he left him.
never expecting to see him alive
again. For three days he lay there
before receiving any further care.
When at last the fighting ceased
the Union forces had advanced and
the enemy were in possession of the
field where our dead and wounded
lay. They turned the wounded pris-
oners over to the Union surgeons.
MIR. Hall with the others was carried
to the field hospital, and there for
three days more he remained before
anything was done for his wound.
His case was considered hopeless and
the surgeons, whose hands were more
than full, gave their attention to
saving those who were less severely
injured.
On the sixth day Mr.. Eall told a
story which enlisted the attention of
the surgeon. 1t was about a man
who was very slow to learn; he could
not master the mysteries of the drill.
The captain put him in the s'awk-
ward squad and taught him by
count-one, two; one, two. When
they went into battle one day and
were repulsed and turned to run, this
man threw away his musket and ex-
claimed, There, captainl Where is
your one, too, now2"
The doctor, when he heard the
story, declared that he would dress
his wounds, for man who in his
condition could tell such a story. must
live. For fourteen days nothing
passed his lips save coffee. A friend,
comrade, who recognized him by
an old scar ON his face, did what he
could to minister to him in the i'm
provised hospital, which had few CON
veniences.
At fredericksburg he was given
can of corned beef. This was the
first solid food he had received from
the day he was wounded. He could
not masticate it. He managed, how
ever, to swallow it bit by bit. He
lived, but the man who entered his
country's service strong, robust.
weighing $50 pounds, came home
broken down, to suffer more or less
for the remainder of his life. His
death was no doubt due indirectly to
the wound he received ON the 5th
day of May, 1864 This wound inter
fered with the proper mastication of
his food. This induced chronic stom-
ach trouble, which assumed a some
what acute form In his last sickness.
Lewiston Journal.
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She Wants Her Father.
A Losr cuILp.

am trying to find my father. I
am told that his name is James
e Bailey. l have no recollection
of him, nor do l remember that L
ever looked upon the face of a rela-
tive. My mother died fifteen years
ago in Boon county, Ia, when
was only one year old.
Shortly after my mothers death
| was adopted by neighbor named
Morgan. When I was about 8 years
old we removed to Nebraska, and at
this time father seems to have lost
track Of me. understand that he
endeavored to find me, but was
basely led by an interested party to
believe that he had died. l have
only recently learned that the Nor
gans were not my parents. / am
passing my days among strangers.
They are nothing TO me; am noth-
to them.
The thoughts make me homesicIx
and lonely and sad. 1 believe my
own dear father is living somewhere
in this wide world, and if he is I
mean to find him. You can assist
me, if you will; but can offer no
reward at present except my grati-
tude and my blessing.
If you are unable to give mo any
Information regarding my father,
please help me to publish and cir
culate this notice and oblige
Sincerly yours,
RErA RAfI.RY
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An Extra charge.

1t was dear, gushing girl who
went to have her portrait taken.
The photographer is one of those
marble hearted creatures whose only
object in life is to get ON with his
work She chirped and chattered
and made him visibly weary.
Now, she said, after numerous
remarks, ingenious but malapropos.
l want you to make my picture
pretty, won't your
Certainly" he replied, in cold
commercial tones. ssThatu be seven
shillings and sixpence extra. LON
don Iit-Bits.
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Same Thing.

Il see, he began as he entered the
Office of plumber, .sthat some one
has invented cutoff or valve or
syphon by which a water pipe is pre-
vented from freezing, no matter how
much exposed
YES !" softly replied the plumber.
Good thing7''
Very likely
Come into general user"
ssYes.p
When it does you plumbers VIII
have to take back seat, eh7"
No. Takes two pounds of solder
Just the same, and we get in three
hours extra work f'-Detroit Free
Press.
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Good Night,


Good night. dear friendi say good night to
Across the emoonbcams, tremulous and white.
bridging all space between rs il may be-
Lean low, sweet friend, It is tho last good
night
For, lying mute upon my couch and still,
The fever flush evanished from my face,
fheard them whisper softly, ..,Tis His win;
Angels will give her happier resting placel-
And so, from sight of tears that fall like rain.
And sound of sobbing smothered close and
low,
turned my white face to the window pane.
To say Good night to thee before go.
TIE conflict with the pillows dark and high:
Aid yet, IL / could touch thy hand. my friend
think it would be easier to die
If could feel. through all the quiet waves
of my deep hair, thy tender breath a-thrill,
could go down to the place OF graves
With eyes a-shine and pale lips smiling still:
Grit may be that IL. through all the strife
And pain of parting, should hear thy call,
l should come surging back to sweet. sweet
life,
Andknow no mystery of death at all.
1t may not be. Good night. dear friend. good
night
And when You see the violets again.
And hear, through boughs with swollen buds
The gentle falling of the April rain.
Remember her whose young life held thy
name
With all things holy. in its outward flight,
To hear again her low Good night, good night
Hester A. Benedict.
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A4Iur was JIM
Widest boy in all the village.
Up to every wicked lark.
Happy nj a chance to piilago
Melon patches in the dark
Seemed tarnal mischief breeder,
For In every wicked whim
Put your hand upon the leader
Thar was Jim.
He was eighteen when the summons
Come for Union volunteers.
An the liIn'a and the t'|00.|I|I.'a
An the 1aIr'1@||s .1ttIs
|iI1I Us Will cxcIIcf11nI dance. sir.
Even old mon. staid and Drim;
Aud among the fust TO answer
Thar was jim
One day when the ginerT wanted
Volunteers to charge n place
Where the rebel banners Haunted
Impudently in our face,
Seemed as though the cannon's bellers
Had no skerishness for him.
For among the foremost fellers-
Thar was Jim.
How we cheered 'em at the startin
On that fearful charge they made.
For IL seemed that death was sartin
In that fearful ambuscade.
Once the smoke riz up a-showin
Them as Up the hill they clim',
An ahead and still a-goin
Thar was jim
Git thar2 Wal. yer just a-shoutin.
Nothin could have stopped them men.
Each one seemed a howlin demon
Chargin on a fiery PEN
Purity tough when next found him.
For with face all black and grim,
Dead, with dead men all around him
Thar was Jim.
Captain Jack Crawford.
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What a Question for an Inland,

Mother, said child of six years,
do you think when go to heaven
that if l am a good little girl and
play all the morning with the an
gels / may have soma fun in the
afternoon and play with the devilf'
London T,1ltll
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It = Friendship That Has No
tntef|. Ion. ee This Story Shows
Dta<-oI| ones md Elder White had
lived on |1jpining farms for over
thirty I0|t5 and never a word of
dispute |t passed between them.
Their Ntons. piows. drags. hoes,
Iakes 4i|| other utensils were used
IN coini1|I They had lots side by
side IN the graveyard. and more than
once tl.eF had loaned and borrowed
chairs for 4 funeral Two brothers
would not have agreed as well as
these two men did in politics, religion
and an else One afternoon as the
elder was moving his dooryard the
deacon ts|Ue over to trade newspa-
pers with him. and they sat down
under 1'Ic'I'' tree to talk Pretty
soon Al game q stranger who an
nounce4 ne was d surveyor. and
be asI;e s 6i,l1 want the line
That doesn't make it right. re-
piled the surveyor.
/. Il guess that line is right on the
spot, said the deacon
The surveyor wanted a job. and he
kept talking and talking, and finally
offered to run the line SO cheap that
the elder said:
I'VE might do it jest to hunt up
the old landmarks "
well, I'm willin to pay my sheer, =
replied the deacon.
After the stranger had seen their
deeds and dug out the old stakes as a
starting point he got down to bust
ness, and in about half an hour he
announced that the line fence was
four feet over on the deacon.
Il allus suspected it. said the dea-
con, but ! didn't keer about them
four feet.
And I've knowed fur over twenty
years that you was over five feet on
to me" reried the elder. st had
the line run that time you went to
Ohio. but didn't want to say nuth-
in"
I'll warrant my work to be cor
rect, said the surveyor.
Cant be. replied the elder.
He oI-ter know his, bizness,'' put
in the deacon.
WHAT Dye claim that I'm four
feet on to your"
I've allus suspected.
wall. 'tain't so, and I'll bet the
farm 'tain'tl You've bin havin five
feet of my land all this timei"
ttHan'f 500 II fbof NOV
But kim
might as well call me liarp
IF anybody lies faint mein
"Of course notl It's me, Is'posei
Elderg I'll git right off your landr'
And you kin stay off till you git
some senseir
''Sensei I've got more sense in my
little finger than you have in your
whole bodyr
cit off hain't no use for land
stealerslr
Nor ], either, and don't you rile
me or I'll lay hands on your
''Come and layl"
II would if you wasn't sich an old
mani Don't you never dare to speak
to me again I've just found out
what a snake in the grass you are I"
Speak to you'll I'd see you dyin
fustl Go home and pay yer honest
debtsi"
And the surveyor shouldered his
instrument and went off down the
highway softly singing, ssAIl Is Peace
Over There He had accomplished
his mission Detroit Free Press.