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The Malta.

At present there seems almost nm.
doubleday, q recrudescence Of maf.
Otry in Sicily itself. The trouble il
that il a man be once q Maiote he il
always a Ms6ote. Many are drawn
into the league in youth, unconscious
Of its true nature; but KNOWLEDGE
brings no withdrawal, but onlv
stronger allegiance. And even those
outside the actual membership are
tinctured with its spirit. All the pop-
u~lation of Sicily, the rural population.
at any rate, is largely dominated by
Ma6ote principles. It is, for exam
pie, o doctrine of the Malta that one
must never give testimony injurious
TO his neighbor, however guilty that
neighbor may be. This doctrine is
practically universal, both in theory
and practice, among the Sicilian peas.
antry. And SO it comes to pass that
brigands are sheltered and defended.
often beyond the reach of Justice, and
often by the very people who have
suffered in property from their
marsudings. Add to this the fact that
''the truth is only told in the COMES.
sional' is the most popular of Siciliau
proverbs, and the almost insuperable
difficulties in the way of suppfessing
~outlawry by Judicial processes may be
perceived.
The testimony of italian writer's
gives the darkest of views OF these
outlaws. The Malta, says Bonfadini.
sis not q secret society exactly, but
the development and perfection of
usurped authority, directed to every
evil end; it is the solidarity, instiuc-
tive, brutal, selfish, which unites, as
against the State, the laws and the
regular institutions. all the individ-
uals and all the social Glasses who de.
sire to draw their subsistence and com.
fort, not from labor, but from vic.
lence, fraud and intimidation" Fran.
chetti defines it as ''the unionpf PEG.
pie of every rank, Of every profession.
Of every sort, who, without any ap.
parenk bond, continuous and regular,
are always united for their mutual in.
terests without any consideration of
law, justice or public order; it is a
medieval sentiment of him who be.
lieves that he can provide for the
custody Of his person and property by
his own powers and personal influence,
independent of the action of the
authorities and the law. New York
Mail and Expresss
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Grim HiahIanders.

My father had 40 end Of anecdotes
about our ancestors, parts Of which
remember, though I was only a school
room child Of under fourteen when I
heard him relating them. ! was. how
ever, old enough to feel keenly interest
ed In them. One story that impressed
me very much was related to account
for the origin of the Clan Mcintyre.
A party Of MacdoneHs on one occasion
were out in q boat, when a knot of
wood sprGng up, causing q serious
leak; whe: eupon one Of the party stuck
In his finger to MI the hole. and then
cut It of with his dirk, thus saving the
life Of the whole party. From this cir
cumstancc his descendants were called
the Macintyres, or Sons Of the Car
oenter.
Another story which I heard my faith
er tell relates to the bloody hand which
appears in our coat Of arms. A doubt
having arisen as to which of two broth
ers a certain estate belonged, It was
agreed that he whose flesh and blood
should first touch the property was to
be regarded as the rightful owner. Ac-
cordingly, the two young men started
In two boats for the land in question.
One Of them, seeing that he was losing
the race, when nea the shore pulled
put HIS dirk, cut off his hand, and
threw 1t on land, thus establishing his
right to the property, as his flesh and
blood had touched 1t irst-Blackwood's
LMagaZine.
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4 Silly Tazrnnn

The Prince Of Wales is responsible
Tor q good many things which con-
travene the csnops Of good taste and
1 coed morals, but none Of the fashions
he has set IL more open to oritinism
than that Of the elbow styis Of hand
shaking. It is said tAat this fashion
had its origin in the circumstanos that
the Prince, being afflicted with q boil
somewhere in his anatomy, wasunabis
to indulge himself In q genuine.
honest hand-clasp, snd 40 resortsd to
the gentle vibration Of the elbow and
dainty touch Of the fneer-tips which
has now become 20 common among
ultra@csddish folk. The boil, although
painful and annoying, ia generally
supposed TO serve q useful purpose in
relieving the system of unhealthy
humors. 1t was never known before
to have in it the core of a social func-
ton. Even Job, who perhaps was
rel richer in the matter OF boils than
in camels and cattle, never pretended
that his affection was meant to suggest
the fashions for his pathizing friends.
But Job, though one OF the great men
of his time, was not a Prince or heir
apparent, and could hardly be ex-
pected to assume the attributes OF
sovereignty, even as to the pettiest
usages of society. Only q prince OF
the realm could do that. Frank
Leslie's Weekly.
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loses Many Valuable Old Papers,
The famous old newspaper and maya.
zine depository of Edward NJ. Budd,
better known as Back Number Budd,'
In the Ravenswood part of Long Island
City, burnedrecently. Budd did a thriv.
ing business for years at Broadway
and Twenty-second street. The depos-
itory was back Of his home at No. 721
Vernon avenue, Long island City. Both
structures were two stories high and
of wood. The depository was 60x25
feet. In 1t were stored several thou.
sand tons of old newspapers and peri.
odlcals. He fled more than 200 papers
in 1t every day. Mr.. Budd claimed to
have the greatest collection In the coun-
try, and boosted that he could lay his
hand qSSsany paper Or periodical from
1888 to date. 1as fire played sad havoc
with the collection, but Mr.. Budd
hopes to save a good deal.
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The obsequiousness Of interiors. who
hope to advance themselves by being
exceeding. polite to their masters
sometimes take queer forms.
A certain chief Of a Government
bureau was invited, with others, to
dine at a table Of the member Of the
Cabinet who was at the time his supe
Tor.
During the dinner the bureau CHIEF,
who happened to be placed between a
door and a window and who had said
lothing at all, began to neeze
"Are You taking cold, Mr.. B.f' asked
he member Of the Cabinet
81 believe I have that honor and pleas
ure, sirr' answered the other, bowling
very respectfully.
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substitutes a Finger for 4 Nose,

Fred Darcy, a boy eighteen years
old. isatst- Mary'sH Hospital, Rochester,
N. Z, recovering from the first stage
Of apeculiar surgical operation. When
young, necrosis of the nasal bones de-
stroyed his nose, leaving an unsightly
depression. Doctor John o. Rowe, q
Rochester specialist, undertook to pro.
vide an artificial nose. He has done
so by amputating the third finger OF
the left hand at the first Joint and
taking the bone OF the middle finger
for the bridge of the artificial nose.
The skin Of the face was raised and the
finger put In place and stitched to the
tissue above the nose. In order to
secure circulation and maintain life in
the finger the hand has been bound to
the face for q week, but will DO re-
leased on Sunday by on amputation ct
the fingers second Joint, after which
new nostrils will be established in con-
nection with the old. Doctor Rowe
has had one case OF the kind befdre.-
Chicago Record
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Sitting a horses nostrils Is still prac-
decd In some parts OF the world, as In
Persia, Mongolia, and even in Northern
Africa; and ponies with ALT noshils are
often seer In the Himalayas and In AZ
ghanistan. This mutilation Is resorted
10 In the erroneous belief that the horse
san inhale more air when going at q
fast pace, and also that It prevents
peighing-a disqualification OF much
Importance during war. or when 1t Is
desirable to travel M silently as possi.
Die. 1t was practiced In Hungary not
ong ago, II we are to accept as evil
hence the copy of a finished sketch Of q
aorse's head, by the celebrated Zof-
tani given In Col. Hamilton's work on
horses. It is rather surprising that the
fashion was not renewed In England,
Tor two or three centuries ago. to pre-
vent q horse neighing, 1t was recon-
mended to tie q wooden band around
he tongue. Markham says:
III either when you are in service In
the wars and would not be discovered,
or when upon any other occasion you
would not have your horse to neigh or
make q noise, you shall take o lyste
(band Of wooden cloth, and tye It fast
In many folds about the middle Of your
horses tongue, and believe It, SO long
as the tongue is 81 tyed. so long the
horse can by no means neigh or make
any extraordinary noise with his voice,
as hath often been tried and approved
IT,"
A very barbarous and useless opera.
ton for the prevention Of stumbling in
horses was fashionable toward the end
Of the seventeenth and beginning Of the
eighteenth centuries. this was the ex-
posture Of the tendon Of a muscle that
assists In dilating the ~nostrlls, and
twisting It round two Or three times,
when 1t Is divided. "fn doing this you
shall see the horse bring his hinder legs
to his fore legs almost when you have
thus pulled and turned the sinew two
or three times" Such a statement VIII
give some idea of the pain the animal
experienced during the senseless opera
ion.-The Nineteenth Century.
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HAD REVENGE.
Jersey College Students Get Ewes
with n Circus.

Jersey College Students Get Ever
with a circus.
A circus went to New Brunswick, N.
J., Wednesday. It stopped at Prince
ton the day before. and several stu
dents were taken In by the gamblers
following the circus. Wednesday night
a body Of students from Princeton went
to New Brunswick, and while the road
show tried to give an entertainment
the students tried to stop It Then there
was a double circus, says the New York
Tribune. The students purpose was to
flick" the gamblers, but upon the an
nouncement of their determination the
gamblers made themselves scarce. The
Princeton men secured the cooperation
of some Rutgers collegians, and then
projected to stop the circus, as they
had failed to find the gamblers to
vreak vengeance on them.
Every performer was numerically
guyed, and at no time was 1t possible
to hear, so loud and steady yer class
calls, cat calls and mechanical devices
for making noise. The animals shown
were made almost frantic by the noise.
A buffalo at one point made for the
seats, but was captured before he did
any damage. When the trick mule waa
brought on one Of the students hurled
a giant torpedo under him, and the muls
dashed from the tent Ffre-crackera
were used with effect when horses or
elephants were brought In. Finally q
cowboy became angry, and threat
ened to lasso the leader Of the students.
The leader stood up and dared the cow.
boy to do so. The students shed their
coats and the cowboy retreated. The
concert after the performance was to
cost extra money, but It did not, for the
students stayed and refused TO pay or
let any one else pay.
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COST d a oouN1sv LIVING.


Five H,nA~ed Doilars There In az
Much ss eI.5ooin the CITY
1t is hard to make a farmer believe
that $500 a year on a farm VIII go as
far to support a family as VIII three
times that u in the city. But " =
true. Let me give you some figures IN
support of this statement, writes = cor
respondent of the Massacnuseto
Ploughman. .
In 1873 l was . single man living IN
a Western city, receiving q saiary ..
three times ave hundred l was MOI
extravagant. At the end or o year
and a half / had two hundred ooiiars
in money. and had added about tnree
hundred dollars worth of books 10 my
! library. In 1886 I was living n a New
Hampshire village. My family con-
sisted Of four persons. I had a nne
garden, raised my own vegetables anu
| fruit, and fatted a pig on the waste
My household expenses were $o4a,.1'
I kept no servant. Add rent, $2oo,
making $S94.77. kept a driving horse
at an expense Of $3.50. Fifteen hundred
dollars would lot pay these bills ana
the personal expenses OF four persons
In 1894, on the farm, the family con-
sisted of eight persons, three OF them
children. The housekeeping expenses
groceries, coal, meat, butter-l DO mol
make butter-and all household Incl
dentals) have amounted to $3S469. Thf
rest of the living rent, etc, Is 70 "
tredlted to the farm.
AS to Injuries, like driving horses, l
take my family to church or out to ride
in a good-looking but not over-stylsh
carriage, with q span Of general pur-
pose" horses that cannot go beyond
eight miles an hour, but which l an
not ashamed of.
If banks break and business goes to
smash, I have enough in the cellar and
storerooms to save my family from
narration.
Personal expenses have been so ridio
ulously small that / do not care e
give them, lest city friends should b
incredulous. But this I will tell you,
that on an income of $500 l have paid
SooO, interest,", taxes, lnsurance, wages
Of two men, extra help. grain for three
horses, eight head Of cattle, thirty hens,
several pigs. marketing and all incl
dental expenses for the year 1894, and
am receiving six per cent interest on
$500 worth Of labor put into a house
built the dull winter of q year ago. 1t
is fair to put this In, because this labor
had to be fed out Of the general eT
penses.
Now, deduct $500 interest from the
$500, and the question comes, How
large a house "a q man rent, how fine
a carriage can he keep, how many ser.
wants can he employ, on an income of
$1,000 within Ave miles Of the State
House, to say nothing of such luxurief
as cows, pigs, chickens and a big play
ground for his chi1dren7
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WISE woRrs.


Taste is the microscope of the judg-
ment.
A quiet conscience makes one SO
serene.
If poverty make man groan, b,
yawns In ~opulenca.
After crosses and losses men grow
humber and wiser.
Ill humor Is but the inward feeling
Of our own want Of merit.
Since we cannot get what we like,
let Ia like what we can get.
Hope warps Judgment in council,
but quickens energy in action.
He who can conceal his Joys L
greater than he who can hide his griefs
Every thought which genius ant
piety throw into the world alters the
world.
The highest reach of human science
is the scientific recognition of human
ignorance.
The soul without imagination Il
wSat an observatory would be without
a telescope.
Wrong ever builds on quicksands,
but the right to the firm centre lays it
moveless base.
Those who have but little to attend
to + great takers. The less mer
think the nor they talk.
The cheerful live longest in years,
and afterward in our regards. Cheer
tulness is the offshoot Of goodness.
Good temper, like q sunny day,
sheds brightness over everything; it L
the s~weetener Of toll and the soothe1
Of disquietude.
Our yesterdays follow us; they
constitute q life and they give
character and force and meaning to
rur present deeds
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BATTLES.

Notes by an Officer Who Was In a Re-
cent Eight Of Ironclads.
Capt. McGifin In the New York Mai
and Express: A layman has no con
ception Of the awful nature Of battle
In modern naval vessels. Even the
cruisers have steel sides, and the all
Of the inclosed spaces is very confined,
The din made by the impact ofa heavy
~pro1ectils against the metal sides Is
awful beyond description l wore cot
ton IN my ears, but in spite Of that ]
am stu deaf from that cause The en-.
~gineers In the Chen Yuen stuck to their
work even when the temperature Of the
engine-rooms was above 200 Fahren-
heit. The skin of our Hands and arms
was actually roasted off, and every
man was blinded for life, the sight be
ug actually scared out.
Late In the action, after my hair had
been burned off and my eyes so i'm
paired by injected blood that I could
only see out Of one Of them, and then
only by lifting the lid with my fingers,
I was DESTROYS of seeing how the enemy
was delivering his fire. AS I grouped
my way around the protected deck a
t00-pound shell pierced the armor about
eighteen inches in front of my hand.
In a second my hand touching the steel
was so burned that part Of the skin
was left upon the armor. That shows
how intense is the heat engendered by
the impact of a shot, and how rapidly
he steel conducts that heat.
One shell struck an open gun-shield
Of the Chen Yuen early in the action,
and glancing thence, passed through
the open port. Seven gunners were
killed and fifteen wounded by that
shot Early In the fight the Maxim gun
In Dur foretop was silenced. The holes
pierced by a shell could be seen from
the deck. After the fight we found the
officer and men on duty there oil dead
and frightfully mangled. That n
shell had wrought the havoc.
The detonations Of the heav,, cannon
and the impact Of hostile p~rojectiles
produce conclusions that actually rend
the clothing OF. The Chinese soldiers
deserve all credit for their courage and
obedience In that action. No duty was
too difficult or dangerous. when the
Jhen Yuen's f~orecastle was ablaze from
lap shells ! ordered several officers to
cross the shell-swept place to fight the
are. They shirked that duty. but when
I called upon the men to volunteer to
follow me they did n promptly, and the
ship was saved. It was while on this
duty that a shell passing between my
legs threw me aloft and let me down
upon the deck with such violence that
[ became unconscious and was out Of
the fight. All Of the officers, however,
were not towards. On my ship were
who had been educated In this
country. and they were as brave and de-
voted as men could be. Others, how
ever. were in the safest place they
could find amidships.
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SOLDIERS.
rhe Stops Taken by France to Guard
Against Invasion.

The Steps Taken by France to Guard
Against Invasion.
In 1888 France, to guard against an
INVASION by italian troops in case Of
war with that country, or, indeed, with
any member of the triple alliance. Of
which Italy Is a member, organized
twelve mountain jaeger battalions to
serve on the Alpine frontier. During
the summer the troops are actively en-
ploycd in their special districts OF de-
.ense and in winter the bulk Of them are
Withdrawn to garrisons in the valleys.
Small detachments consisting Of n
officer, a doctor, two s~ergeants, four
corporals and about 30 men are Left In
the stations near the various noun
tain passes and here at q height OF
1000 or 10000 feet above the level or
the sea they spend the dreary winter.
When the warm weather sets in
about May-the various Alpine detach-
ments leave their winter quarters for
their particular strategic section OF de-
fence. Each party consisting OF a
mountain lager battalion, a mountain
battery and a pioneer train. Divers
military exercises are then ~pracdced-
field antics, artillery and rife drill,
forced marches, intelligence service,
reconnoitering, making roads, sham
lights and the like. Throughout the
summer maneuvers the physical strain
on the endurance Of the troops is In
creased very gradually, the most diff
cult exercise being left for the last,
when the men are more Injured to hard
ships. Alpine troops are bound to be
active, sure-footed and accustomed to
hardships, for they often vancouver In
a most awkward and perilous country,
where nerve and Judgment alone an
ave them from accident.
For those who remain during the win
ter months It is exceedingly severe.
Sometimes some are buried in ava
lunches Of snow. sometimes men meet
their death by falling over precipices.
The cold is intense, ranging from is
to 80 degrees below zero. and In his
Arctic weather the soldiers are employ.
ed keeping roads open and tunneling
through snow that sometimes buries
the roads to the depth Of scores Of feet
The barracks are surrounded by stone
walls to protect them from ayaianches
and the various huts are connected by
covered ways. II anyone tried to walk
from one hut to another In the open
during a snowstorm his clothes would
freeze stiff from head to foot with .
thick layer Of frost
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Hood,c Ollie are t~asteless, mild, efec
hhOOd . 4 tiiS tive, All druggists, 2bc
BILL HEALEY's BUFFALos.
He ParaIyzed n Bostonians and Maae
Lot of Money. -

He PRraiyzed the B~ostonians and Mauo
Lot Of Money. -----
"Old Bill Healey, he used to liv,
over in China"
What started the conversation wal
o buffalo coat-an old one in a Lewis
ton hotel, with the hair worn dowr
to the hide.
.'Time was when them was cheap.
said the bystanders. 'Now, they'r'
as expensive as the best"
"Old Bill Healey," said the othe
man, trying to edge into the CONVEX
sation.
"a buffalo robe IN them days,
said the other man, ''could be bough
for 81 and up'ards or down'ards 70
that matter. They was plenty. The
vas"
.'Old Bill Hcaley, he lived over il
China"
1t was no use stopping him now
and he was given the pole from star
to finish.
Old Bill was a drover and he was
rich man for them parts in them days
/ suppose he was worth $3.50, 900 ant
he always carried a good slice of it IL
his trousers pocket.
"Well, speaking of buffalo robes re
minds me Of agood story. Bill Healel
went to Brighton once with a load o.
cattle-fat cattle and good as yor
ever see. Old Bill sold 'em and went
into Boston and wandered down or
the wharves and by the depots to SEE
what he could find. Well, he struck
there Just as they was about to bid
of a cargo of buffalo robes. They
were In bales and there was a pile Of
'etn, a big pile OF 'em. Old Bill was
a slouchy looking old fellow, didn't
look as though he had a dollar, and
as he slipped into the party of buyers
he noticed a very elegant lot of gen
tlemen with tall hats and canes and
white chokers.
''The terms of the sale were this:
The bidder could take one bale OF
ten bales or the whole cargo. Well,
Bill began to bid. He was in it kind
of quietly and when he bid them Bos-
ton fellows just turned their eye
glasses on him, and looked him over.
"A common person. said they. tHe
can't be buying many Of Them So
when old Bill bid a little over 'em
they quietly withdrew, thinking he
wouldn't take many and that they
could gobble the lot In this way,
you see, the lot fell to Bill.
"tHow many bales?' said the auo
tioneer.
"'The hull lot, said Bill
"sWhatt shrieked they.
"sDo you know, sir, that the terms
Of this sale are cash and that it means
a good many thousand dollars?' said
the auctloneer.
81 You count out your burned bales
and I'll count you out the cash. and
old Bill pulled out a roll as big as your
hat and them Boston men were par
alyzed.'
"Well, sir, them buffalo robes came
to China, Me-, and Wateryille, and
were sold for So a pair. Farmers
came from hundreds Of miles to buy
them. Old Bill made a stack OF money
on them and to-day In Waterville or
China or other Kennebec towns, you
can sec buffalo robes whose history,
you will be told, traces back to the
lot that Bill Healev brought to China,
Maine is full Of en-" - Lewiston
Journal.
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ONE ENJOYS

Both the method and results when
Syrup Of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acts
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys-
tenn efectually, dispeis colds,s head
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. . Syrup Of Figs is the
only remedy Of its kind ever pro-
duced, pleasing to the taste and ac-
ceptable to the stomach, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances, its
many excellent qualities commend it
to all and have made It the most
popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale in 30
cent bottles by all leading drug
gists. Amy reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro-
cure 1t promptly for any one who
wishes to try it Do not accept any
substitute. :
CALIFORNIA re syrup co.
SAN FRANCISCO. oAt.
LOUISVILLE, ~. hEw r0Rk. NJ
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Good Reason.

It Is by no means an uncommon thina
to see. on the closed doors Of a shop,
the announcement that the circum-
stance is in consequence of the death
OF the proprietor or q member Of the
urn.
It vas left to a German who KEEP,
q cobblers shop in a Western town to
reverse the order Of things. On the
occasion Of his daughters marriage a
large piece Of paper was tackled on his
barred door; across the paper struggled
hese words;
This Store is close on the Account O.
some Fun In the Family"