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a FINE SAMPLE OF NERVE.
Ihe Means BY which n Tutor Inspired Hfs
Pupils with Courage.

EH @. EHA1 SOAS8O a
An instance Of remarkable nerve CO.
CURED Q few years ago when the school
tor firemen in this city was established
and the men Of the fire department were
being trained in the use of the scaling
ladders and the fire nets. The man who
trained the firemen told the incident
without apparently thinking it ON act
much out of the common. '.
I'VE began to use the fro nets" no
said, from the first story windows
There is o knack in jumping into them
SO as not to get hurt. / led off by stand.
ing ON the window sill. telling the men
how to hold the net, and then jumping
into 1t. Each man in turn would come
mp and follow me in the jump. 1t was
very simple at that height, and also
from the second and third story win
dows. We went up q flight each day.
When we had all got used TO jumping
into the net from the fourth story, as l
found out Gfterward, the men thought
that would do 'We'll take the fifth to-
morrow. ! had said to them when we
quit that ni91t. They thought ! was a
little of, aud that ! was guying them.
So tho next day, when we got ready to
begin, and ] set eight Of them holding
the net, they got ervous. / saw that
when / said: Hold her strong, boys.
I'm going tocome down from the fifth.
I began 20 get afraid Of them as / went
upstairs Igot TO the fifth floor and peep
cd out of tho window to see il every
thing was MI right. The men were ell
in their places. I didn't dare to get
upon the window sill, as | had done on
the floors below. 1t might make them
nervous. So Just took one more peep
TO see If everything was still all right,
put Il hand ON the sill and vaulted
out. / canse,down all right, and every
man made the jump after me.
"Tha ness amt much good to the gen.
eral publc,p" continued the trainer,
.sbut You have no idea of how much
value they are to the discipline of the
force. Firsmen, you know, are mostly
married mon, with families, and it
takes nerve for a man to plunge into a
house full of flame and smoke when he
has a wife and children dependent upon
him, but the net gives him confidence
of safety. He knows now that if his re-
treat is cue off his comrades have the
net below. md that he knows how to
jump into itRafely even from the top of
q house. It's a great thing. New
York Herald
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X FOR A o
An Amusing Experience Of q Young Irish
-., Traveller I'm Client.

N-- - z - ."H
An Amusing Experience Of q Young Irish
Traveller I'm Ghent.
Mary years ago an Irish student, hav-
ing obtained a travelling scholarship at
Oxford, went abroad to see the world,
Of which he knew little. Crammed with
the classics, he had not the slightest
knowledge OF any modern language
a " English.
On landing at the sleepy town Cd
Ghent he put up nc an old many pas,
saged hotel ana safIied forth in the even.
ing to see the town. Shortly after Q
O'Clock he returned to the hotel through
streets ominously silent. He found the
doors shut and saw no signs of life
within. After making noise enough tc
rouse the seven sleepers" he heard the
sound Of some one moving within.
The door was stealthily unbarred,
and some one-whether man or woman
he could not tell-holding a dim oil
lamp reluctantly gave him admission.
Then, barring the door and mnttering
unintelligible sounds, the figure disap-
peared. The guest yelled for the waiter
ami was answered by mocking echo.
He CROPPED his way up the creakina
staircase and felt along the passage till
he came to an open door. Thinking ii
1.-THE door of his room, which he had left
open to guide him, he entered. A shrek
was heard, and a gruf voice called out
In French, who are you?'' He re-
treated and heard the door angrily shut
and bolted. g..
In a little finder box he had some ci-
gar fuses and a wax taper. He lighted
one OF the fuses, but before he could APP
ply the fame to the taper it went ont
After exhausting his stock of matches
and filing the passage with q strong
~sulphurous odor he was left in the dark
ness of despair.
He regaiced the staircase, descended
it and found his way to a subterranean
passage. There suddenly he heard a
piercing shrek and then a fall like
that of a carpetbag. A rushing OF many
feet was followed by o light.
The feet were those Of walters and
chambermaids. The fall was that OF a
plump English lady's maid. The bearer
of the light spoke English. and from
him the stranger learned the cause OF
his rescue.
The fruitless attempts to light his ta-
per had covered his fingers with phos-
phorus from the matches. His gestic-
ulations had rubbed the phosphorus
over his clothes, and in the dark pas
sage he glowed with unearthly light.
The iady's maids nerves were upset,
and she went into Mysteries. Having
explained these facts, the waiter showed
the guest to his room.-Philadelphia
Times
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sARcEY's FAMOUS DUEL.
THE Noted PnrIsian Critics Own Story of
the Encounter.

the Encounter.
At this moment appears q gentleman
whom oil Paris knows and almost all
Parisians edore-namely, Francisque
Sarcey. Knowing himself to be among
friends, he talked freely. For half o
century nearly our great critic has held
the pen, at frat timidly3r and now no
Yields it with unquestioned authority.
Like most Partisan celebrities, he was
born in the provinces, at Dourdan,
where his father kept n school after the
fall of the first Napoleon dissolved the
army i'll which the elder Sarcey had in
sisted on enlisting in spite of his excess
i've nearsightedness, transmitted to his
son. There Sarcey's parents toiled with
varying fortunes, and thence Francisqce
took his fight for Paris and walked
firmly in the footprints of the late Jules
Janin, who also devoted his life TO
dramatic criticism. He makes an idol of
the drama. He lives for his work. He re-
spectfully considers dramatic criticism
an art and not q trade, and perhaps for
that reason is the greatest critical au-
thority in France.
He told us Of his dueI with Hector
Pessard, the musical critic and comic
opera composer, who is a very charming
man, by the way. Sarcey, in 1866,
wrote a scathing attack ON Girardin'a
paper, La Liberte. Emile de Girardin
objected on principle to duels, SO the
editorial staff, considering their literary
style insulted by Sarcey, drew lots as tt
who would call him out and kill him ii
possible. The lot fell on Pessard. Now,
Pessard and Sarcey were great friends,
but 10 was necessary to obey the call Of
honor, so Pessard sent the challenge,
which Sarcey accepted with dignity.
The adversaries took off their coats and
vests and faced each other, swords in
hand, when, lol the four seconds took tc
squabbling over some detail. The dis
pute was long and ferocious, and the
two adversaries fell into conversation,
sword in hand.
.Quoth Pessard-I am frozen. Would
you mind if | put OF my coat?
Sarcey-A good idea. We can kill
each other later.
Pessard-Let me. tell you, my deal
Sarcey, how greatly l admire your tai
| ent.
Sarcey-I can say the same to you,
but why are we going to kill each other
Pessard-I don't quite know. Il
seems you grossly insulted me, and If
do not succeed in killing you that yor
must certainly Stay me in expiration.
Sarcey (meditatively)-I do not re
member having insulted you, but il you
say SO I suppose it is true.
In the meantime the four second
were quarreling furiously. One gentle
man was shaking his fist in his oppo
nent's face and another was brandish
ing his riding whip, whereupon Sarcey
suddenly burst out laughing and said:
"Come, Pessard, let US separate oul
seconds, and then, instead Of cutting
each others threats, we will go anC
have some breakfast"
Which was no sooner said than done,
and the two duelists have been fast
friends ever since. Paris Letter il
Philadelphia Telegraph.
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Limitations of Fame.

Invent into the office of a Texas edi-
tor one day. says Mr. Fred Pelham,
the Lyceum bureau man. ito see about
some corrections in the proof of o pro.
gramme / was having printed there.
This name, says /. lis Bret Harte, not
Bretelwaite. AL right. ! answered the
editor. But the name came back Bret.
harte. Again ! undertook 10 explain.
Bret 10 the first name, and Harte IL che
second, said |. Surely you have read
his books and know about Bret Harte,
the poet-author?' No. said the editor,
4 never heard of him before In all my
life, bat then you cant expect the edi-
tor OF q live daily in q busy town to
have time TO keep track OF every little
jimcroW poet that hobs upi' Chicago
Record.
Jr. Prices Cream Baling powdcs
Most Perfect Made.
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business and attention to it when in
hand; industry and the appearance of
industry AMI good native sense, with E.
aggressive and partisan temperament.
Fluency of speech, eloquence of diction
and genuine ~oratorical talent are use
full, but not essential" This partisan
and aggressive spirit, which is akin to
what Lord Bacon calls holiness Mi.
Doyle considers q particularly impor-
tant element of success. Men hire
lawyers, as the expression is among the
people, 10 attend TO their business and
to fight their battlas.-Fighe 0r~vrung.
and the lawyer who goes into D case
thoroughly imbned with the clients
feelings, believing CIR making believe
that he 10 certainly right and the other
party an unmitigated rascal. is sure to
please"
AS to the ethical side Of the law, MI.
Doyle admits that much may be said
pro and con. One OF the demoralizing
features of the profession liz that "a
lawyer cannot choose his cases" He
is sometimes on the wrong side, the
side of falsehood azsd injustice. and
when on the wrong side there is al.
most irresistible temptation to express
belief in the justice Of his cause, and
lawyers too often yield to it, thus Civ
ing some ground for the popular accu-
sation that lawyers lie for ~theirclients. y
After all, whether '.the law is o noble
and elevating profession depends
upon the There lis nothing in the
nature Of his profession whichcompels q
lawyer to be q rascal. 1t has it's temp
tations. but 50 has every other business.
Many hard Things have been said of
lawyers, but the account is nearly bal
anced by the complimentary things that
they have said Of themselves and of
their profession. Sir Edward Coke
speaks Of 1.-THE gladsome light OF juris-
prudence, /" and q lack of self apprecia-
tian is not in general one of the defects
of the disciples of the law. They have,
however, the consolation of knowing
that in spite of all the abuse to which
they have been subjected by satirical
writer's and poets they are not only uae-
full but essential members of society.
and that those who abuse them most are
generally the very first to rush TO the
lawyers to avenge or protect them In
their honr of need. Baltimore Sun.
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EXCURSIONS FOR SCHOOLS.
A Form Of Instruction Scarcely Yet known
In This Country.

A Form Of Instruction Scarcely Yet Known
In This Country.
Among tine methods of instruction
scarcely yet known in our country. but
long established in Germany, is the
school excursion. Indeed, while to the
uninitiated this measure may be regard
ed as no less than revolutionary, it is
nevertheless true that excursions from
two to three weeks in duration were un-
dertaken by Salzmann with the pupils
Of his school at Schnepfenthal, in Thur
ingia, when Washington was president
OF the United States. Since the close of
the last century the school excursion, in
one form or another, has been growing
in popularity in Germany, and today
it forms a regular feature of perhaps the
majority Of the elementary schools of
that conntry.
The school excursion offers the most
favorable opportunity for introducing
the child into many branches of knowl-
edge, for the reason that, by e of
outings, the pupil may be brought in
direct contact with various phases Of
nature and the works Of man. And in
deed the locality is exceptionally unfa-
vorable where iii abundance of material
may not be found for instructing the
child in geography, history and the
natural sciences.
In Germany this broad study of the
environment is recognized IS a distinct
branch OF knowledge. known as die
heimathskunde ~(hcmeologyl and as
such is included in the curriculum Of
the first three years Of the elementary
schools. DR.. J. ii. Rice III Forum.
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Evading the Card Tar.

The treasury department recently
ruled that packs of caSds known as t'old
maid" ''authors'' and similar games
which are played with cards other than
the regular pasteboards used In dupli-
cate WHIST euohre and occasionally
seven up and poker = not subject TO the
2 cent duty. Accordingly some wise
manufacturer has issued an 'sold maid"
pack. It consists Of a euchre deck, with
the addition of a card bearing the visage
OF q sour looking elderly female, snip
posed to be the old maid. Il merely
takes the place Of the joker and can be
used In the game or not, as the players
-Hlease. Star.
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We can save you 1-3 on your Clothing which in these
hard times is better than money. 1t is a God-send,
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Theta Orionis.

In the constellation of Orion there liz
q star known as Theta Orionis, which,
when viewed through a powerful tele-
scope, appears as q sextuple star. thus
presenting the magnificent panorama OF
seven stars revolving about each other.
1t 10 to be supposed that each of these
sums is sncircled by planets. and these
again by moons
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The Medical News says that even
sewage water d be converted into
pure drinking water by sand liberation
In alter basins at the rate OF 2.OO0. 600
gallDns per acre per day.
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Honesty I'm War.

The French marshal, Turenne, was a
great general, and his character bears
examination for nobility. He was a
great man. Many incidents which are
related of him show his modesty, gener-
osity and honesty as well as his courage
and military ability. A little story of
one of his German campaigns illustrates
his rare scrupulousness even in time Of
war.
The authorities of Frankfort believed,
from the movements of his army, that
he intended passing through their terri
tory. They sent a deputation to him
which offered him q large sum of money
If he would alter the direction Of his
march and leave Frankfort unmolested.
They were. surprised in more ways
than n by his answer. Gentlemen"
he said. ''my conscience will not per-
init me to accept yonr money, for I have
never intended to lead my army through
your town"-Youth's Companion.
One Way of Saving 5 Certs.
] heard a good story that brings out
Russell Sage's laying up for a rainy day
hobby. It GEMS that Russell seldom if
even misses the directors dinner, spread
every day in the Western Union build
ing, after which he is not averse to an
inexpensive cigar, and just here it is
not amiss TO suggest that Russell should
smoke tobies, which would furnish his
tobacco solace for the small sum of three
for five. which is just in his line.
While at the cigar stand, fishing around
his not at all fashionable costume for
the requisite coin, an acquaintance ar
rived and planked down Is cents for an
imported weed. The cunning old manip-
ulator Of the destinies Of Wall street
lambs saw annppportunity here to make
q turn In the cigar line. Producing q
dime, he laid il beside the acquaint-
ance's 10 cents and then suggested to
said acquaintance to order two for q
quarter. A. the brand the gentleman
wanted retailed for 10 cents straight or
two for . quarter the foxy Russell se-
cured O ID center for 10 cents. This Ia
q lesson In economy, so there's no use
saying anything about the other phase
of the deaL-Pittsburg Dispatch.
"##Ht Ah4i
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Revolution. All! surely it was bs-
canse the purest incense had Just
assembled to the throne Of God for
the expiation Of the crimes for
which poor France was then being
chastised.
The signal for the beating of the
drums to announce the end of this
execution was not given, and con-
sequently no drums were beaten.
The commandant in charge around
the scaffold was Captain Mace, of
the Veterans Of the National Guard.
This Mace bad been formely an
ironmonger, and had supplied goods
tothe Royal household. Now, dur
ing the preceding winter he had
been on duty in the Temple, and
was noticed by informers to have
shown some marks Of kindness and
respect to the prisoners. To pun
ish him, the terrorists lut him on
duty on this day Of the execution
of Madam Elisabeth of France. des-
pite his excuses and supplications.
The knife of the guillotine had just
severed the noble victims head. As
Mace was about to give the signal
to strike up the drums to announce
that all was now over, he suddenly
fell senseless to the ground and was
carried off in a dying condition.
And now the bystanders, who had
witnessed the horrible carnage like
gloomy spectators, were suddenly
seized, says a biographer, with an
indescribable fit of terror. The
fnries of the guillotine hung their
heads, and without the usual shouts
Of Pire Ia nation, r,re Ia Repu5ligue,
dispersed in all directions, leaving
the guards and muricrers alone on
the scene Of horror.
The sun, too, was fast setting
casting his last rays of
purple and gold upon the ghastly
river of blood, rs it flowed down
from the place Of execution to the
Seine, whose limpid waters protest
ed against the horrible crime by
refusing to mix or blend with the
holy, but foreign element.
The daughter of st. Louis had
gone to heaven!
J. M. E., q. s. Sp.
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Saint Maru's Beacon.
JOB aszxz1ss.
sUcH At
RANDBILLs,
CIRCULARS,
BLANKS,
BILL EzADs.
ExcJrKp WITH xEArxRss AND prsrA-cH.

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bills neatly executed and ~ City Prices.
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A QUEER FAMILY.-.s'If there is
a more curiously made human be-
ing anywhere than Peter Vending
Of Mount Nebo, Lebanon County.
Pa, ] would travel q good ways to
see him." said John Gilbert, the
travelling grocery man. "Peter
Vending never had tooth in his
head or hair upon 1t. There are
no pores to his skin, and conse-
quently he never perspired. In
warm weather he has frequently to
be drenched with water to give him
relief. In spite of this curious de-
feet in his organism Vending used
to be farm hand. and worked in
the harvest fields. Two of his bows
accompanied him, carrying pals Of
water, which they would douse over
him as he moved. This was so
much trouble that he quit farming
and became shoe maker, at which
occupation he has since worked.
In warm weather he works and
sleeps in his cellar.
"This queer physical makeup of
Peter Vending is hereditary. He
was one of 21 sons that were born
to bis father by one wife, and none
of them had an entire set Of teeth,
and few of them had hair on their
bodies. The grandmother on their
mothers side was toothless, hair
less and poreless, and so was a
brother of their mother. Peter
Vending had eight children, and
all the teeth they had among them
was 10. They we're very short of
hair, too, but their skin was ell
right as to pores.
"Yet this singular family was as
happy and contented as IL each one
had double set of teeth, more hair
than Buffalo Bill, and no father
without pores whom they had to
spend good deal of time sousing
with water. New York Sun.
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Irving W. Larimore, physical d.
rector of Y. M. q. A, Des Mcines.
Iowa, says he can conscientiously
recommend Chamberlain's Pain
Balm to athletes, gymnasts, bicy-
clists, foot ball players and the pro-
fession in general for bruises,
sprains and dislocations also for
soreness and stiffness of the mus
cles. When applied before the parts
become swollen it will affect a cure
in one half the time usually requir-
ed. For sale by W. r. GreenwelI,
Leonardtown, Md.
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FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER.

Messrs. Editor:-Please announce JAS.
II. BAILY, Of the 7th district, as q suita.
bic candidate for County Commissioners,
subject to the action OF the Democratic
primaries. 6TH DISTRICT.
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heln,ess c,rsa,,ro. o. - ~
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,,xn;ors ;ps n,;.yortrno .v.-tad h...
self al i ra,ataa hv an = ~ th.;.;,
ers in ..exbort;no the,o to have
confidence in God who rewards /,
penerous eacr;fce and ;mr,or;r, /,
of them to offer their life for tto
salvation Of their immortal souls
and that os France :,
Her ssaccomplices :" What a
farce In that r,nm Madam Eli
zabeth met for the frat time in ber
life. noble men and ladies and moor
people. none of whom she had ever
seen before or heard OF. Yet these
had been sentenced To death because
false witnesses had sworn tbev were
cher aceomplices',-ola landry
girls. milk women. servants. nell
NELL with mobiles and nrincos and
Roval convicts She kent ber so,f-
nossess;on to the last and had n
smile for all and never did sbe IN
tbelo.st ,afor 70 ,ho ;onou;rvof.bo
;udoss ,r tho monstro,s ;r;or;,v
If tho sentence. but snoke 70 ali
ber ",oeomn,;cas. ~ IN. ;,s,;ts
,norov God their E.,hor of,bo
meakn.ss Of the Lord .Jesus. their
Saviour and insnired them with an
r,l;m;toa oonfdar.o :, M.rv I'm
macu,.te tho mother of God and
the;r Mother now ard ,t tho borr
ot .h.;u ao..h rh.. ..
%, ho,r hod NOM .,rr.L 7, mos
sva o,o,ook IN tho oft.rnoor From
ronorts taLa, tbera and than wo
learn 4b,r, the o;.s was opa of those
mild and spnnv davs of snring ner.
fumed with the scent of a thonsapd
trees in bloom.
The cort which convevod Madam
El;zsb.tb of Franco .onto;ped he-
s;dos fo,r o.hor ..or;n;r.,s, oro
was the aoed sister Of CoppseIlor
Malesberbes who after a wears i'm.
prisonment. was gu,llotined a few
week,s before .Anril 22nd for the
scr;me,7 of n,eadiny the cause of
his Roval Master the King An
other was the Marcbioness de Crns.
sol: and two men standing in the
cart near the Roval Princess The
condemned victims had been able
n reooivo tho Last o;ds IF re,;o;or
bv ore of their number a Canon Of
Sons who hoard ,bo;r confessions
A,otbe- faithful o,d valiant nr;ost
Father do Sambrox m;vad with tho
crowd and fol,owaS tho co,teos n
tho s.arr,,d o;v;ro secret abSo,,
t;or ,o tba v;o,;ms .s tb.v foil
When the carts were being drawn
from the inner coprt of the palais
do Jus,;ce into the street the peo-
rla boote5 and sbo,ted after them
and tho old LADY IN hearing tbe
sbomipab,e names imnrecations
and vo,.ifTerations used bv the mob
nearlv sa;pted .Couraoe /" said
the nr;ncess ..it will he over soon
soon ,,s sha,, be In tho hosom of
God. where we shall End those we
lave >, This was = thongbtful ref
erence 70 the eruel execution OF
their ,,oor but idolized resnective
brotbars now in uaavan Madam
El;,oh.+h ~oro . .wl;.a drass A..
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Every
Family

shoaid provide against sudden at
tacks of illness by keeping con
staniiy on hand, ready for i'm
nledIate use. some well known
ana thoroughly tested
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Household
Remedy

whose efficacy can be relied upon
in cases of rheumatism, propSy,
Dyspepsia, ChiIls and Fever, Liver
and Kidney troubles, Scroi,iIa and
all blood diseases. Pre-esninent
for this purpose Is