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IN OLDEN TIMES.

Catherine de Medici paid about 80 for a
pair of gloves.
In Corinth, A. d. POI. twenty figs We're
sold for cents.
one Mummeius, during the reign of Au-
gustus, paid $3.50 for pigs head, stipulat-
ing that it was to be cut off just at the
shoulders, so it would look we'll in the
dish.
From the time of Alexander the Great
down to the time of Columbus, the aver
age price of wheat was 2Ss. q ton; from
ll5l to 1900 the price averaged four times
as much.
A gentleman of the court of Pepin had
wonderful pair of breeches that cost 500.
They were embroidered with gold and all
the figures were traced with chains of
small pearls.
Among the memoranda found on the
wall of drug store in Pompeii is an ac-
count of the sale of bottle of rose per-
fume, disposed of TO beauty of that city.
1t cost her 70 cents.
During the gold fever in Australia from
1852 to 1856, barley was worth shillings
per bushel; wheat, s shillings; tobacco
was shillings per pound; potatoes We're
ii shillings per hundred weight
About the year b. c. 900 edible serpents
were sold at the rate of twenty for 40
cents in the Egyptian markets. They
We're shipped to Rome. Italian vipers
were cheaper; twenty for 10 cents.
A pair of spectacles cost in the six
teenth century at least $3.50. 1t was fash
ionable to wear them, and the larger they
were the better they were supposed t)
support the dignity of the wearer.
In Rome during the days of Nerva, ap-
pies were 2 cents dozen; cherries were l
cent; walnuts, u cent; chestnuts, l cent;
cucumbers were sold at twenty for 16
cents; lettuce, at twenty heads for 30
cents, and artichokes at twenty for 70
cents.
In the second century of our era beef
was cents pound; mutton was little
cheaper; pork was II cents, and ham 20
cents; sausages were cents; venison was
II cents; sea fish commanded 2S cents,
and river fish II cents, while snails We're
cents a dozen.
In the papers of Queen Elizabeth there
Is Il memorandum of II shillings paid for
one of the ruffs she delighted to wear
The Setting sticks" by which the ruff
was made to stand out from the neck,
were shilllngs extra, making the total
cost 10 shillings, or nearly s..
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for over fifteen years, and still continues
to, although she is over 80 years of age.
The total number of additions to the
Presbyterian church by profession of faith
during the years 1892, 1893 and 1894 are re-
spectively 57,47S $3.50 and 1885; and the
whole number of candidates for the min
lstry during the same years are as fol-
lows: 1880, 1900 and 1,43i This gives an
increase in membership of about 30 per
cent, and in candidates for the ministry
about IA per cent.
Dr. A. T. Pierson, of New York city, con-
demns the parliament of religion in toto
in recent address. First and foremost
he places the blunder in teaching or in
ferring that there is salvation outside of
Christ. Then Christianity was made
quately represented, he thinks. A false
impression was made and left on many
who attended it, and 1t aided in spreading
false faiths. The liberality that it would
show turned out to be nothing more than
laXity. These positions the doctor sus-
tains by arguments and numberless quo.
tations.
Last Sunday the pastor of a church in
Winchester, o., preached on gambling
and to illustrate the tricks of expert play
ers, he took pack of cards to the pulpit
and shutfied them so neatly that the old
foggies began to nudge each other, and
when the pastor dexterously displayed
the three-card monte trick, the quickest
eye could not follow him and some were
so interested that they almost fell iff
their seats. He wound up by denouncing
gambling. 1t would be interesting to
learn how many packs of cards were sold
in that town during the week.
On Wednesday of last week a very
touching incident occurred in the Meth
odist church at Sheepshead Bay, N. Y,
where Boss McKane. who is now in Sing
Sing, used to worship. 1t was prayer
meeting night, and the superintendent of
the Sunday school, Mr.. Tredwell, con-
Quoted. At the close of the meeting he
asked some one to offer prayer. No one
responded, but after a few minutes IL
young girl, barely 13 years old, walked up
the aisle and the clear, childish voice was
heard to: God bless papa and mamma,
amen" 1t was Fannie McKane. She
arose and left the church. There were
but few dry eyes in the meeting.
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"Cheese 1t is n peevlsh elf,
1t digests all put Itself"
YOURS, FOR HEALTH:

YOURS, FOR FIEALTH:
Sulphur soap is good SOAP" for a
skin covered" with blackheads.
Goose grease, we'll rubbed into the feet.
relieves the pain and itching of frost
bite.
Sweet oil, when rubbed on the chest, is
n curative for coughs and colds, some
times; 1t also lessons the tendency to
catch more cold.
To ward off bunions, wear a shoe and
stocking a trine too long Paint the bun
ion with tincture of iodine night and
morning when 1t is painful.
BE sure you have the bowels freely
moved every day. Constipation is one of
the commonest causes of too much blood
in the head" it is responsible for bad
compilations, too.
Try compound tincture OF benzoin, !
ounce, mixed with 2 ounces of glycerine,
for the chapped hands. When the hands
are wiped they must be wiped dry-it is
the careless wiping of the hands that
causes them to CHAP"
Take one teaspoonful of the phosphate
of sodium in small teacupful of hot
water before breakfast every morning.
This Is an excellent remedy for the bad
taste" in the mouth in the morning."
The following remedy Is said to be often
helpful in the case of a hacking cough.
Take 10 drops of the tincture of dlgltals
in wineslassful of water after each
meal for three weeks. Stop one week
and take again for two weeks.
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England. In church near Nottingham,
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AMERICAN PLACE NAMES

Opelika means large swamp"
Omaha signifies "up the river"
Roanoke signifies "sea she'll"
Merrimac means swift water"
AIuskegon means plenty of fish.
Okeechobee means GRASSY like"
Usage signifies the Strong man."
Penobscot signifies "a rock place.
Oconee signifies "a water course"
Nebraska means shallow water"
Monadnock means the Spirits place"
Okeefinokee signifies "quivering lake"
Suwanee is a corruption of San Juanita.
Monocacy means creek of many bends, u
Port Royal bay was so called from its
size.
Piscataqua means good place to hunt
deer"
Lake Mohegan was named for an Indian
tribe.
Manitou is an Indian word, meaning
spirit"
Monongahela means "rlver without
islands,
Winnipiseogee Is the "beautiful lake OF
the highland"
Railway was once Rahwack, the name
of an Indian chief.
chlckahommy is an Indian word mean.
ing turkey lick"
Sheboygan means STREAM that comes
from the ground"
Passamaquoddy signifies good bay foI
catching haddock."
Esplrltu Santo, the name Of Texas bay
means, Holy Spirit"
Itasca is an Indian word, meaning
"source of the river"
Lehigh is a corruption of the Indian
word lechau, "a fork"
Oclslockonee, the name of Florida river
means ''yellow water"
Rappahannock was originally Toppa,
hammock, quick rising river."-St. Louis
GlobeDemocrat.
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The Crucial Test Had Been Omitte d.

From the Queenslander
"Your Highness," said the menial, "the
man with a bullet-proof shirt is in walt
ing in the anteroom."
"Show him in"
Meekly the inventor entered.
Has this garment been subjected to
every possible test?" inquired the poten-
tate.
at has, please Your Majesty"
"Er-has It been to the steam laundry?"
The inventor fell to the floor in swoon.
"Foiled again." said he as he fell.
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November Idyl.

The melancholia days of fall
Are coming through the rye,
And the frost is on the hobo
And the pumpkins in the pie.
The coal mans gorgeous chuckle
Is heard adown the street,
And eke the merry schoolboy
Can't get enough to eat.
indianapolis Journal.
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Evening Up.

From the Galveston News.
"rime at length makes all things even"
A sewing machine agent In the Indian
Territory has been held up.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1894-09-08

If the slang of tie streets is vulgar,
which is granted, what of the slang Ct
the drawing room? In how many draw
ing 0 is scme such remark as this
being made every Gay Of every year:
Thank you SO much, Hiss Moutno
renci; it was perfectly charming. 50
good of you! Sure you didn't mind?
Much too sweet of you, really" Is rG5
ti.is italicized, aGverbial, adjectiyal sort
Ct observation quite as much slang as
tie slang of the streets, which is not so
vulgar only because it is more idiotic?
Listen to the fashionable young lady Of
tie period, Lady Gwendolen We're de
We're, speaking in the ''smartest, " most
exclusive" house in town" 1T was
an awful lark! He's so frightfully
screaming, don't you know. Thought
| should have died-faet!" And young
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The slug and its habits and peculiari-
ties are well worth a little attention
from those who are fond of the unusual
and curicas things Of earth. A family,
upon moving into q house, remarked
that the cellar wa lined all over with
thin, shining tracks where some Shiny
creature had crawled. For a long time
the makers CT the tracks could not be
found, but were at last discovered un-
derneath a box in che corner where the
mice had carried some leaves and pieces
of vegetables. They were put into a
glass fruit jar and fed with leaves and
scraps Of vegetables. They seemed to eat
bat little, but were continually crawl
ing about the jar. At the slightest
soand they contracted into a length Of
not more than 21a inches, remaining
perfectly quiet fer a few minutes, when
they cautiously put out their feelers and
began to move. The head seemed to go
on, end the tail was still until the body
measured almost 6 inches, when grad
ually the entire length moved slowly
along. As it crawled up the side of the
lar the under side OF the body could be
clearly seen through the transparent
material. Its propulsive power seemed
to be q sort CT endless chain arrange
ment that ran lengthwise from head to
tail. This sing is as thick as ones little
finger. The longest specimen measured
t"if;e over 6 inches i'll length.-New
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cHc7IH'5 TWELFTH NoCTURNE.

Bc-c-A tie r.alrl OF being and OF pain.
Jrv-arl ard inward fits mycharmed SOUL,
CAPTIVE 10 the iaci2able control
OF nESic'a wonder worker. Livery strain
Oft IL. lila:en nurtrred harmony is rain
To tic Iarched f,:ebc of memory, & scroll
Erlerc0n are craven cabalas that roll
Floods of bevgilderias transport on the brain.
In joys whir pool I revel as l scar,
And from the ether heights whereto | climb
List The sound waves sweep back from Lethe's
shore
In lessening cadence toward the stand of
Time.
Deeply in the Circean fountsI dip
And with the wild winds mix in fellowship.
A season, end throughout my spirit runs
A Fang Of aVesome desolateness, lent
The sombeyress Of some dead e--7ament
OF cinerated V orlds and buried su.l.s.
And then the presence of long vanished ones
Soul fellows ere youths heritage was spent
Glides ~palpably a-EeW. am content.
My grasp 1nfinitude no longer shuns!
A moment, and q mighty sorrow, born
Of exaltation's excess. casts q pail;
Tears start as drops Of Natures grief at morn
Adown chameleon shafts of sunlight fall;
My being quivers meath the sweet duress
OF pain more joyous than earth's joyousness!
John Taiman in McClure's Magazine.
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INibo0ous 5rntiucl.
A ROUMANlAN SONG.

In the green garden sitteth on q bed
OF columbine q young and rosy maid,
Under the shade Of roses white and red.
A young man fingers as he passes by.
"Oh, fair, and over fair for such as l,
Art thou a maid, dear hearth is all his cry.
"or art thou some glad PEASANTS mated dove
Or a white goddess strayed from heavens
above?"
mo goddess l, nor any peasants love,
But q carnation in this garden sown,
A red ~carnation in this garden grown.
Youth, hast thou not some flower for thine
own"
NAY, none ! have" he said. THE dew am l.
1corne - pighttall when the leaves are dry,
And when | 30, carnati1n, thou shalt die"
Nora Hopper III New York Ledger.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1894-09-08
Luther's Wife.

Believing that "a good wife is of the
Lord, Martin Luther chose a good wom-
an-Catherine de Bora-a lady of noble
birth, q nun, and, if we may credit Hol-
bein's portrait, q very pretty woman
Better still, she was a faithful and af-
fectionate wife, though her temper was
not the sweetest and her tongue at times
could scold. Luther loved her dearly.
With him indeed reverence for woman
was at once a natural instinct and a
point of doctrine. He observed that
when the first woman was brought to
the first man to receive her name
he called her not wife, but mother
Eve, the mother Of all living''-a
word, hesays, more eloquent than ever
fell from the lips OF De:nosthenes. So
when Catherine frowned he smiled, when
she scolded he bantered. With the gen
tlest soothing he chided her anxieties,
and with the most self denying devotion
he sought to make her life happy. And
a happier home, it is said, than the
home Of Luther was not in hat land of
domestic tenderness. In ore of his let
tiers to his vile he says: The greatest
favor OF God is to have a good and pious
husband, to whom you can intruso your
all-yorr person aud even your life
whose children and yours are the same.
Catherine, you Lave a pious husband,
who loves you. You are an empress.
Thank God Tor it. And more playfully
he says another time: IF | We're going
to make love again, l would carve an
o1eGiant woman out of marble in de-
SPAR Of finding one in any other way"
He addresses her sometimes as My
Love Catherine" Catherine the
Queen" the Empress" the Doc
~tress," or as Catherine, the rich and
noble LADY Of Zeilsdorf," where they
had q cottage and few roods of ground
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Lord Adolphus Grandselgnear In reply:
He's a caution, but I've had a sickener
of the chap. He's all very we'll the first
time of asking, but / think he's q bit OF
a rotter, don't you know" Lady Gwen
dolen and Lord Adolphus continue in
this strain until the conversation finish
es. The one picture is no more over
drawn than the other. Put their CONVEX
sation and the busmen's in parallel col
umns and say which you prefer.-All
the Year Round.
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The bite Of q venonous snake may be
cured by inoculating the person bitten
with the blood of the reptile which in
fictcd the wound.
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A Very Sensitive Sick Man.

Representatives, is a quality which
often subjects those possessing it-per-
haps the phrase "a victim to it' better
expresses the idea-to a great deal OF
MISUNDERSTANDING endured simply be-
cause a peculiar sensitiveness in some
one direction prevents the utilizing OF
means directly at hand to prevent that
suffering. A resident of Lansdowne,
who may properly be said to be super
sensitive, when taken sick recently, for
a long time refused to have a physician
sent for. When pressed for a reason, he
at length explained by saying, well,
you see, it's been so long since l was
sick that I'm ashamed to look a ply
sician in the face. philadelphia Call.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-12-01
A Born Genius.

A noticeable fact in the case OF DR..
Holmes vas that his genius ripened
early. Some OF his best poetry, In.
GLIDING his most celebrated piece,
'The Last Leaf" was written when
q very young man. The germ Of the
AutOcrat papers appeared several
years before they we're seriously en-
tered upon for the public. His first
little volume OF poems was published
and widely read and admired before
ne seems TO have icipated a liter
airy career, and while he was closely
engaged Ia his profession as u physi.
clan. He was ready TO respond to
public calls, and as brilliant as at any
time In hi achievement, when he
had not reached the stage OF regard.
log himself as more than an amatuer
In literature. The more sustained
literary work OF his life began with
the publ cation OF the Atlantic
Month y. The public then Tor the
frat time fully recognized his versa
tility, and the call for his writings
was such that he had no choice but
u furnish them. We doubt IL any
writer who has lived was more stead
lily sat .siactory through So long a
period Certainly no American was
ever so often called upon to provide
literature for special occasions, and
In the more than half century 10
which he thus contributed, the In.
stance Is not known OF his disap
painting In the slightest degree, pub.
lie expectations boston Herald.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-12-01
The Retired burglar.

IL always was fond of little chill.
drcn," SAID the retired burglar, 'and
once served term on that account.
/ had gone into u house In the west.
ern part Of the state and rummaged
about down stairs, and finally got up
and got into u loom where there was
a man and his wife and a little baby,
all asleep The baby was In cradle
that stood at tho foot OF the bed: not
far from its cradle, standing apainst
the wall, was the bureau. | trans.
fcrred whatever there was OF value In
the bureau and then tured to the
baby: l couldn't helpit. turned my
light on the kid to look at him, and
II woke him up Hc stared at me u
little. and then he began to smile
and double up his lists ut me.
"Well, he looked so funny that
seemed to tickle him immense; he
threw up his legs and his arms, and
laughed more'n ever, and tried to say
something; all he could say was
GOo--O-0,' but that was enough.
You've heard Of women o. tired you
couldn't wake 'ein up firing u cannon
In the next room that would wake
up In a minute II the baby turned Ia
its cradle. Well, when this baby
said GOo--O-o---'i Its mother moi
only woke up instantly but she began
to get up before she was fairy
awake: and all the time she saw the
light long before 1 could dOuse IL
Then she screamed and ! made {
great break To- the door
"'l,ut the man got there before
did; and, besides being We y quick HI
was very able.bodicd and not tn
least bit afraid; in fact, he was ,
better man than ] was, and the up
shot OF this business was that ! go
four years and six months Just To-
stopping to chuck u little shaver IN
der the chin."-New York un.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-12-01
Unnecessary Scir.Dental.

There arc people who not only af.
ford to DO Indifferent 10 their per.
sonal comfort, but who seem to feel
positive pleasure In making them.
selves uncomfortable. They deny
themselves aggressively. They sit.
from choice, IN the coolest corner OF
the room they select the dricst nit
or cake or bread; they decline all the
small pleasures OF lite with an air OF
virtuouS resignation, US II they were
entitled to praise for their small sac.
rihces. Yet those who know them
best have scant respect for their
self-denial. In speaking OF one Of
these sclf.electcd ascetics, her sister
remarked, with u qu.zzical glance,
"You know, my dear Kate always
will be u martyr" is 1t wise to slight
the small comforts Of lifey or what
use Is unnecessary seif.denial either
to ones self or Others? The kindly
disposed like to feel that everyone
ABOUT them Is comfortable and at
ease. When Anne deliberately sits
in draughJ In order to be out OF the
way" or ca 8 JOhnny's sighted crust,
she Is hurting those who love her
more than she hurts herself, to say
nothing OF spelling Johnny; tor
martyr In the family makes the
younger members OF 1t taoughtless
aud selfish, and they quickly apprO'
pirate to themselves the comforts and
priv ilepes cast aside by their riRhtiul
possessOr. 1t is clearly right to scOrn
material advantages II they cost US
our peace OF mind; but II Is only
the part Of common sense to take
personal comfort when IT Is to be had
without such cost.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-12-01
A Moving Mountain.

A travelling mountain Is found ut
tho Cascades OF the Columbia. 1t Is
q triple peaked mass OF dark brown
basalt, six or eight niles In length
where 1t fronts the river, and rises to
the height OF almost 900 feet above
the water. That II Is In motion IL
the last thought that would be likely
to suggest it,elf to the mind OF any
one passing II, yet II Is "A well.estab-
lished fact that this entire mountain
Is moving slowly but steadily down
70 The river, as IL IL mad deliberate
purpose some time In the future TO
dam the Columbia and form a great
lake from the Cascades to the Dalles.
In Its forward and downward move.
ment the forest along the base OF the
ridge has become submerged In the
river. Large tree stumps can he
seen standing dead In the water on
this shore.
The railway engineers and brake.
Men lind thai the line OF railway
which skirts the foot OF the mountain
Is being continually forced out OF
place. At certain points the perma.
nent way and rails have been pushed
eight or ten feet out OF line in u few
years Biologists attribute this
strange phenomenon to the fact that
the ia.alt, which constitutes the
bulk OF the mountain, rests on u sub.
stratum Of conglom erate or OF soft
sandstone, which the deep swift
current OF the mighty river Is con-
stantly wearing away, or that this
SITTER subr0ck is OF itself yielding at
great depths to the enormous weight
Of the harder mineral above.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-12-01
THE CHAIRMAN MYSTERY.
A story Of Mistaken identity Involving the
Dead aud the Living.


~ have heard Of a great many
cases OF mistaken IDENTITY" said an
lstcr County lawyer. "but never Of
one quite as remarkable as that Of
John Dearnan Of Old Hurley, IN my
county leu years ago 'ohn Dear
man married katherine Crispcll, u
we,l.tu.du farmers daughter Soon
aiterward he took to drink, and In
time abused his wife shamefullv
FIVE years ago she determined to
have him arrested for iIl.treating
h r but he disappeared before she
carried out her intention.
"Mrs. learman heard nothing OF
her husband alter he went away, but
year or so later he read IN news
paper an account OF the discovery OF
the body Of a man In the Hudson
River near Newburgh. Th dcscrip-
ton of the drowned man was SO much
like that Of her m ssing husband that
she went to Newburg to see IL the
body was his she showed to the
Coroner, the physicians who had held
| the post. mortenl and to Others who
had seen the body a photograph of
her husband. and every one at once
pronou, ccd II that OF the dead man.
"Mrs. Dcarman had the body disin.
tered IN order that she might her
self see the face and make sure that
IT. was her husband. She recognized
the body nj once, ard the further
fact that the dead man had two front
teeth missing, just as her husband