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CHIPS AND sHAviMGs.

Two thieves worked for a half hour
and broke into n South Chester Penn
sylvania butcher shop and get one
nickel as their booty.
One of the squires of Oil City was
recently called upon to marry two
young people of that vicinity. He had
pronounced the usual question, "Do
you take this woman for your lawfully
welded wife, etc, when he was in
tcrruptcd by the groom with the
question, Say, squire, what in thun-
der else do you think | got you to
come here for?'
A Sunday school teacher was trying
to impress upon his pupils the care of
the Deity for all living things. great
or small, and getting to the peroration
of his address he said: "The Lord
who made tile mountain made the
little blades of grass. The Lord who
made the ocean made the pebbles on
the shore. The Lord who made me
made daisy" And then he wondered
why the class burst into laughter.
A firm on Maiden lane received the
following telegram one morning: "A
hhusuuito H. 4ltS a. A.. ncN
were unable to divine why the sender
of the message should have taken them
into her confidence respecting the oc-
currence. Personally they would have
been glad to know that all the mus
quitocs were i'll beyond hope of rccov-
cry. One of their clerks did not appear
that morning, however, and his
absence enabled them to put this con-
struction on the telegram: Amos
quite ILL.,"
A congregation which contemplates
building church in Allegheny, Pa,
held n meeting the other nigh to dis
cuss plans and to provide temporary
place of worship. After n discussion
more or less prolonged one brother
said: II think it would be well for us
10 hire Hannn hall, and make n mo-
tion to that Effect The motion was
promptly seconded, md then brother
who had not followed tho discussion
very closely nrose and said; ~ don't
know about this brethren. I'm afraid
Yot1 aQtlon = slthes pfepjpatat4 Who
b ~ Htan1E uAal}S
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If you are Il good siEht-seer, two months
will show you everything, Half Of that time
VIII suffice for the exhibits that arc Of great
est interest and il you know what to look
for and where 10 look, you can get sight of
all the rarest and richest displays in u week
or so,
To sec the fair quickly and well, determine
beforehand what exhibits you wish particu-
larly to see, and arrange them in Isis corre-
-ponding 10 the different buildings. Look
for these selected exhibits first and IN doing
so you will run acros- Inlny Others well worth
examining Iou viii not sec everything;
but you will see enough, and you wont uiss
anything you care particularly for.
Any practical plan Tor sight-7ccinE requires
copy of the L $ Official Directory, pre-
pared 10y the officers OF the Exposition for the
purpose OF describing the different exhibits
and telling where they may be foGnf.
This book, SEQ pages, Illustrated. will be
ready about the middle Of May. See adTer'
tiscmcut IN another column,
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Every one Ills own LIE rreser,er.

The children Of italian beGgmi are often
seen to be covered with tumurs and wens,
while otherwise they are perfectly healthy.
An inqulsitve surgeon has found the cause Of
the swelling. 1t is a trick Of the father and
mother to appeal the more strongly To the
charity Of the world Win m Instrument
like n hypodecmic syringe the skin Is pune
tured and the breath Is bioIn under IL, Caus-
ing IL to stand out like a tumor or rther ex.
crcsccucc In way that would deceive almost
any one
DR., Sylvester, an English physician, has
made practical use Of the discovery by con-
yerting a mans skin into a life prcservcr
His method is 10 puucturc the flesh Of the
cheek, from the inside of the mnGsh, until
the small holes reach 10 the outer skin. By
then closing the mouth and blowing hard
the checks ure filed with air, so that person
seems to have little balloon on each side Of
the face. Il Is almost Impossible 10 sink In
that condition, After leaving the water n
gentle pressure OF the hand forces out the
air and the cheek resumes its normal shape.
1t Is, therefore, possible for every man TO lie
his own llfe-prcseryer -Amcricu', Rfgister,
Paris
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at the offender, missed him, struck the
corner of the show window with his
head, dropped to the ground in a heap
and succumbed to the influences of the
occasion. Pete, who had been intent
ly watching the flight of the houses,
carts and ash boxes circling around
him while he held fast to a telegraph
post, thought Jeff had been knocked
down. Taking long breath and
squaring his shoulders he rushed Mt
the silent offender, but losing his
balence as he closed with him, he
threw out his arms, nnd seizinE him
around the neck, fell to the sidewalk,
grasping firmly the wooden Indian, for
such it was, that lay on top of hins.-
Exchange.
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What Did 1t.

The printer was kicking because
some one had been at his case rack
and had got things in all sorts of
confusion. I'D like to know" lie
said. with more or less profanity.
"who has been doing this?" "Circum-
stances" suggested the foreman
solemnly. circumstances nothing!n
snorted the printer. .'It's some son
of shooting-s tick I'd like to slug.
Circumstances hasn't got anything to
do with it." The foreman laid his
hand on his shoulder kindly. "You
seem to forget" he said in far away
tones. that circumstances alter
cases" And the printer bowed his
head and wept.-Detroit Free Press.
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Danger!

casiness q little above the diaphragm, and Just
below the right ribs, aggravated by lying on
th, right side, look OUT AS sure as fate, your
liver is d!sorderod Perhaps not seriously as
vt, but-fatnl hopatic abscc sses are not un-
common Hosteitcr's Stomach Buffers is The
precise remedy to regulate the liver, and pre-
vent its congestion and Inflammation, and to
disperse such minor indioia OF It's DE- sranremcnt
n yellowncss OF the skin and ball of the eye,
furred tongue, soprness OF the breath, nausea
on rising in the morning, isziness. sick he ID
ache and constipation. by relaxing tGc bowels
painlc>sly. 1t opens channel of exit for the
supsrfiuous bile, checks a tendency TO conges.
ticn and cngorFemeut of the liver, ut the Same
time giving gentle impetus to its seerettve
action. and Affords rcliei to the stomach, which
Is usually inactive, out OF order and oppressed
with wind whcn tho bowels are ccstivc. Use
the Bittcrs nso In fever and aguc, rheumatism
and Kidney troubles
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THE BED OF THE ATLANTIC.
4 wondrous Region of steep Mountains
and Broad PrairIe..

Proceeding westward from the Irish coast
the ocean bed deepens very gradually; In
fact, for the first two hundred and thirty
miles the gradient Is but six feet TO the mile.
In the next twenty miles huweyer, the fall |.
5000 feet, and so precipitUus is the sudden
descent that In many cases depths OF POO to
1000 fathons found IN very close prox-
unity TO the luD-fathon line. With the
depth OF 500 TO 9, 900 fathotns the sea bed In
this part of the Atlantic becomes slightly
undulatins plain, whose gradients are so light
that they show but little alteration Of depth
for ! 200 miles, says the Nautical Magazine
The extraordinary fatnes- Of these submarine
prarles renders the familiar simile of the basin
inappropriate. The hollow Of the Atlantic is
not strictly basin whose depth increases
regularly toward the center; 1t is rather
saucer or dlshlike one, 30 even is the contour
of It's bed
The greatest depth Ia the Atlantic has been
found some 100 les to the north of the Is
land Of St Thomhs, where soundings OF 1915
fathoms were obtained. The seas round
Great Britain can hardly be regarded as form
Ing part Of the Atlantic hollow They are
rather part OF the platform banks Of tue
European continent which the ocean has over
flowed. An elevation OF the sea-bed 100 faith
oms would suffice to lay bare the greatest
part Of the North sea and join England to
Denmark Holland, Belgium and France. A
deep channel Of water would run down the
west coast oil Norway, and WITH this major
i'y of the lords would be connected. A great
part Of the bay Of Biscay would disappear.
but Spain and Portugal are but little removed
from the Atlantic depression. The 100
fathom line approaches very near the west
coast, and suundngs OF / 900 fathoms can be
made within twenty miles OF Cape st. Vim
cent and much greater depths nave been
sounded at distances but little greater than
this from the western shores Of the lberlau
/ urnlusuln
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nenurcrard.s s,rn-d.

The sword of Gen. Beaurcgari be
quenthed to Charleston is an unusually
ornnte sabcr. with u fine Damascus
blade and an elaborate hilt wrought in
gold. The scabburd, which is OF gold,
isvcry handsomely ornamcntcd In low
relief. and on II is engraved the in.
scription: Brig. Gen. g. T. T.Bcaurcgard
from the ladies of New Orleans, May.
1885," Tho sword was sent TO Gen
Deauregard just after the fall of For,
Sumter, and was given to coplmemos at.
that event
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Atc.,moIor on wer.. In o.eece.

some interesting results have been obtained
from the researches OF the American School
Of Archaeology at Harnum. or Temple OF
lierp, situated between Argos and Mycens.
The excavations which arc being carried on
by about 200 workmeh, under the superin-
tcndeuce of Dr. Charles Waldsteln, have re-
yeaIed the site sud foundations Of the ancient
temple mentioned Wy Homer which was
burned down In the yeaT 423 B. c. plat
form OF poygonal pavement has been laid
bgrc. al,5yr which was found layer Of debris
containing fragments Of charrcd wood, melted
bronze and other Indications of confiagra-
tlon. Numerous rpccimeus of pottery OF so
called MyccnWan pIo'osG Gorinthlan and geo
metrlcal patterns have been obtained, lhere
aud flic other works of ar; found are all OF
tho gemotcst antiquity. and form a discovery
Of considerable Importance ANA value
LgUtT,U Ifiags
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METHOD IN WORK.
Three Rules for Saving Time and Econ
omizIn. Strength.

The secret Of getting through work is
method. Order It has been said, is Gods
first law; le, It be yours. Do not let your
work accumulate upon your hands. 1t ia not
work that kills, but arrears In work. work
put oil is work put on with heavy interest.
'Suiiiclcnt unto the day is the evil thereof.h
It becomes intOlerable II 1t be laid upon to-
morrow, says the Contemporary ReVie,r.
If may recommend you three rules for
saving time and economlzing strength they
shall be these: Answer letters; keep ap-
pOlutmcnts, make up your minds. lu the
Affairs of this life a decision is frequently
more important than "A right decision, One
man makes up his mind and acts, ii may be,
wrongfully but, If so, he finds out his mis-
take, corrccts aud retricycs Il, before an
other man acts at all 1t Is possible to waste
a great amount of tire by thinking, and still
more by talking, over actions. First thoughts
arc sometimes wiser than second and Gener-
ally wiser than third, lfyour time be rightly
ordered, you will not lack the opportunity Of
expanding your intcliccts by study.
1t is well TO take up some subject Though
with proper discrctlon), outside your school
work. There is virtue in doing something
that you need not do And whether your
subject be literature, art science or politics,
1t viii serve to brush the cobwehs from your
mind. You will not imagine that approve
The neglect Of defnite duties. do not forget
that the idea OF culture has occasionally been
put forward rs a cloak for simple Incidence
1t Is only duty thoroughly done which gives
the right Of going beyond the limits Of duty
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Engrnylng of Colnnhn.. Innilrr.

Some sharpcrs of Chicago have rcst.r-
rectcd the old scheme of atlvcrtisino
Uncle Snm's stamps rs fine steel en-.
cravings, and reports from rural New
England show that they are finding
plenty of victims. \ man living in
Spencer, Mass, saw an adv, ,r5isenent
that on the receipt of 81 an ele CANT en-.
craving of the "Lanliny of Columbus
would be sent. lie forwarded that
amount and received i'll return one os
tic Columbian a-cent stamps.
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a Printers story.

making oven" is process largely
practiced by newspaper compos!tors,
and is necessary when, to facilitate
rapid composition, the "copy" is cut
up and distributed among the hands
employed. Briefly explained, it cot
sists of making the last word OF
compo sito,''5 take" terminate line
Of type, the various takes when
closed up forming the entire article.
a good story is told of youth in an
English Office who was not vcrscd ID
the process, and consequently found
himself with less than half line to
finish with. Inquiry as to the best
way to proceed elected rem ark
from the overscer that the novice
might "add something" to fill the
line out 1t was a police report, and
the words requiring an addition were:
"Thc wound on his head was the size
Of half crown" The lucklcss comp
was some time before he could hit on
the additional words suggested. but
when these had been duly incorpor-
ated, the last sentence of his take
read thus: 1.-The wound on the mans
head was the size of two shillings and
sixpencc in coppers.n
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I,no,, r,r I,o,,,n,o

A woman with two children. after
dinner in n Texas rest !uraut, di.cov-
cred that she had lost h T. po .lsctbouk
The proprietor was in the act of hay
ing her arrested as Il fraud when n
man walked up and offered to pay the
bill. Both looked ut each other as
though they were acquainted, but
neither spoke. Once they had been
man and wife but had been divorced
nbout ten years AGO
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OF Course Not.

The day was warm one, and the
gentleman from kentucky was com
ing up from the spring at the foot Of
the hill with bucket in his hand.
''Ah, COLONEL inquired an Ohio
visitor sitting on the porch. "have
you something to drink in that pail ?"
"Oh, no." responded the colonel,
dts WATER
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A LONE MANiKIN
Encounters Drunken Man and Comes
Out First Re st.


Theirs was n hapless case, and as
they reeled along East Broadway in
New York city one night singing some
thing about "We-hic-six mugnif-
hic-cent bricks" the mild. diligent
club swinger slid around corner and
disappeared in the labyrinth of byways
of the Seventh Ward In time they
arrived in front of Justice Luber's ci-
gar store in Grand Street, when Pete
suggested to JEFF that he ask that big
fellow with the cigar in his mouth
what time it was.
jeff did SO, but the man 'ssilence ag-
gravated him, and he said: "You look
-hic-lilse n-hic--gentleman -hic--
but dam fl don't-hic think yer Il
slSin.'
The man deigncd no reply.
why in-hic-blazcs don't yer say
hic.suthin'? yer too-hic-proud!"
Failing to receive reply, Jeff lost
all patience, and aimed terrific blow
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rooms but also all the other necessary
buildings connected with farm
house, such us stalls, stables, pig
geries and fowl houses, are united
under one roof. The union necessi-
tates an immense building, which in
its outlines resembles . cathedral
with three nAves. Stately the house
certainly 10. It's straw roof Is more
than twioe the height Of the side walls
aA3 above ths gabls horses hends, the
enoiene esxea sisn, ere displayed
lsSaty esss4 {. esod = ~ I'D cs
g q
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Faculty of Weeping.

1t would be mistake to suppose
that the faculty of weeping" is mo.
nopolized by the children of Adam.
The reindeer, the chnmois and several
species of antelopes shed visible tears,
and the East 1ndin rhcsus monkey, in
fit of rage, will flush crimson and
use the back of his hand to rub tho
water out of his eyes. Laughter is II
more specific human function, for tho
grin of our Darwinian cousins is rather
a menace, analogous to the snarl of a
dog showing his teeth.
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German
Syrup"

My acquaintance with Boschee's
German Syrupwas made about four
teen years ago. l contracted q cold
which resulted in a hoarseness and
cough which disabled me from fill
Ing my pulpit for number of Sab
baths. After trying a physician,
without obtaining relief 1 saw the
advertisement of your remedy and
obtained bottle. Ireceived quick
and permanent help. I never hesi-
tate to tell my experience. Rev. w.
II. Haggerty, Martinsville, N. j. Q
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achievements, but of tight wire per
formers there are none save Caieedo.
Even on the tight rope and slack wire,
which Caiccdo smiles at as well enough
for amateurs, his feats are hardly du-
plicated. His wire is Il mere thread,
invisible when stationary, except from
very near the stage, and wholly SO even
to Caicedo, when vibrating, as it i,
most of the time. 1t is stretched tight
ly as a fiddle string some ten feet
above the stage. On this he per-
forms all the ordinary feats of
the ordinary performer. Dressed in
tights and carrying a balancing poe
he walks backward and forward,
dances, leaps, and turns somersaults,
But all this is preliminary. Later he
dons military uniform and heavy rid
ing boots, with high heels and immense
spurs, does ull the feats over again, and
adds others that are simply astound-
ing.
He marches across the wire with
giant strides, bounding in the air three
or four feet at n step. He jumps away
up in the air, coming down first on
one foot and then on the other. Then
he makes prodigious leaps - seven.
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ONE. OF HIS I-EAns

WE tt MS IEAI-.
eight feet and more-iato the air, and
lands lightly with both feet on the
wire. A peculiar thing is that as soot.
as he lands on the wire it stop,
dead, he stands as firmly am
steadily on it as though poised
on n granite pedestal. lie makes
a great bound, assisted by the
spring of the wire six or seven fee,
into the air and comes down sitting
sidewise on the wire. Then comes his
greatest feat. bounding up from the
sitting posture still higher sisyv AZ ,
nc turns n somersault high in the
air and comes down with his fee
firmly planted on the slender thread
of wire easily and with more gr &C
than many an acrobat lands on 4 m.
trcss. All this with clumsy. thic.-
soled, high-hcelcd, spu,rcd riding
boots on his feet. The boots haze
been investigated and found to be just
the ordinary kind
Caicedo is n South American, born
in Popnyan, Colombia. lie has spent
all his life in the circus ring. and was
an expert fancy rider and acrobat be-
fore he tried the tight wire. Ite prac-
ticed four hours n day for min, years
before he could do his fcats, and all
the time folks said he would never sue
ceed. After three years practice he
continually fell from the w.re, nd u. t.,
five he could just walk and dance with
balancing pole. He docs not know
now how he pres crves his balance, or
manages 10 come down just where the
wire is. He does so unconsciously.
He says, and truly, he cannot see the
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A Mexican Nliser.

The Mexican papers tell of miser
named Monecke, who recently died.
His relatives were unwilling that his
body should be inferred, ns he had tat
tooed his will over his chest with some
red pigment instead of using pen and
ink. The court dccreed that the re-
markable "human document" should
be copied and the representation duly
attested In the presence of witnesses.
This was done and the court has pro-
nounced the queer will genuine.
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istics are the ground floor, executed in
cut stone and plaster, the dark brown
timberworlx overhead, the arbors with
their wooden breast walls, the small
paned windows which slide sideways
and above all the immense straw roof
projecting far over the walls and
reaching on the left side al
most to the ground. 1t may
may also be noticed that a house of
this type slopes backward, so that ve-
hicles can drive slantingly over the
elevated barn floor. The living rooms
and bedrooms are on the first story,
and on the ground floor are the stalls
and stables. Above the first story is
the barn floor, with it's hay loft, and to
the left, where the roof hangs low
down, are placed the pig sly and man
rre heap, the latter being carefully
covered over. At the gable the roof
extends far enough to provide a sub
stantial cover for the upper arbor.
Against the warmest side wall gen
orally stands large hive of bees. In
winter, when the Black Forest lies
deep in snow and the brooks are frozen
over, such a louse is right warm and
comfortable.
The Upper Bavarian farm house
somewhat resembles n Swiss cottage.
The walls are of white plaster, the
window frames are ornamented with
colorcd scrolls, the shutters are painted
green, the balustrades of the nrbor are
ingcniously carved. the beamheads are
faced with frontal boards, decorated
with tufts, and the doors are orna-
mented with star shaped borders in
profile. The roof, which is rather
fiat, is constructed of shingles, and is
weighted with heavy rocks to protect
il against storms. The gable faces the
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WORLDS FAIR.

The U. s. Official Directory of tic CoIum.
blnn Exposition Is the Government reference
handbook, giving details OF the entire cxhibi-
tion. Accurate, comprehensive, illustrated;
800 pages; 100 large plioto-cngrarlngs. Price
only $3.50. Agents wanted evcrywhcr, In
Colorado, CnAs. WEsTLEY, KittroJse Build.
ing, Denver.
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A TERRIBLE LEAF.

wire. No one can ion i vibra.os !i';e
Il harp string. lie saws he Sos with
his feet. Just now he is making s2OC
a week and IL rcputatii n that W II be
worth very much NOR, soon-unles
every ones expeditions are realized
and he breaks his neck
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A Genuine Antique.

Mrs. De Iad-Thst old clock Is very
handsome and I'D like to have It, bu;
I'm afraid Il IL not such a genuine an,
tIque - Mrs, De Eich's.
btnre BOY pess hers 70?
~ Mr. n Fed-Dh. yeaA
sssg n yl-EA.s -
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Our Jsw-nroaklng Language.

Our language is phonetically so diff
iicult to foreigners that to lecture be-
fore an English-spealsing audience in
the English tongue gives them an
acute pain in the laws
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GERMANY AT CHICAGO
PEN PICTURES OF THE DEAD
FATHERLAND.
A Typical Teutonie village with Castles
and Town Hall-A Picture From the
Middle AEcs-Ancient Costumes and
Weapons.

T THE WORLDS
F q ir in Chicago
there Will be many
attractions, but 1t
may be questioned
il any one Of them
will have the power
to evoke such deep
admiration, su C h
tender recollections
and such profound
patriotism us will
be awakened by the
modal ~f n--1I fs~a
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rhe Ninth nay Of tn. Moon.

EMr. Glashisr, tks asronaut. asserts,
after long and patient investigation,
that the ninth day OF the moon 10 the
most rainy Of tho whole twsnty-eight,
and that IN the first and last weeks Of
tho mooa'a are tbs rainfall y lsee thaA
H. nyerafA The rncoe4e kspt b. NJ,
4lol IN - laot1a1e 4 e(lh q -
! I = ~! ! ! = ~ =
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WORLDS coLuMnIAS EXPOSITION

VIII be of value to the world by illustrating
The improvements in the mechanical arts and
eminent physicians will tell you that the prog
ress In medicinal agents, has been Of equal
Importance, aud as Il strengthening laxative
that Syrup Of Figs Is far in advance Of all
others.
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To THE EplroR ;--Plcasc inform your
readers TINT have II positive remedy for the
tiousand and one Ills which nrise from de-
an red female organs. Not prescription to
b f'cI, hut will send two bottles of my
r m, ,ly Free of all cost, for the medicine.
/. any lady, II shc Will send her Z. press and
r. o. address. ] ho d correspondence stricily
o c'niileptlal and forward my remedies In
pnin wrapper. DR.. J. s. Marchisi. Utica, N. Y.
II h an awful strain on . wonan's patience
V h,ss husband who .hiaks 10 tacws bow
. eonk
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wEsrpuAL1AS FARMHOUSE.

road and is surmounted by cross. In
the upper part of the boarding also is
generally engraved picture of Christ's
mnrtyrdom, for in Catholic Bavaria the
population is very religious.