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Circumstantial.

The Springfield Union tells a story Of
the late George W. Stearns. He was de-
Tending young fellow for larceny, the
evidence against whom was only cir
cumstantial. Stearns urged that circum-
stantial evidence ought never to convict
a man. why" said the counsel,
"when l was boy I remember play
mate of mine who, while his parents
were absent, went to the pantry and
nearly devoured big custard pie before
he thought of the paternal strap. When
he did. he looked around for some means
of hiding the traces of his guilt. He
saw the family cat in the corner, and
taking puss by the neck, and carefully
smearing her paws with the custard,
took the guilty cat out into the back
yard and shot her. As the shotgun rang
out the boy observed to me with a
chuckle, There goes one more victim of
circumstantial evidence " The jury
disagreed.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1896-05-16
A Bows Compliment.

1t was at Narragansett hotel, where
Mrs. Yznaga, the mother of the Ouch
ess Cf Manchester and Lady Lister-Kaye,
was spending the summer. There was
fi;e usual crowd Of children in the
house, who We're all gathered in their
. own particular parlor one rainy day
playing a game the dramatis persona
of which included queen.
$50 the queen went and stayed at a
boarding house," said one child, con-
tinuing her majcsty's adventures. An
other, with more definite idea of the
habits Of royalty, expostulated. "Queens
don't go to boarding houses" she said.
Mrs. Yznaga's here and she's a
queen!" retorted little boy trium-
phantly. And he really thought it
Exchange
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TRANSFERENCE OF THOUGHT.
Telepathy Opens a Great Field For Inves
tigation by Metaphysicians.

tigation by Metaphysicians.
No field of investigation SO pregnant
with interest has been as timidly aban-
doned to charlatans as the domain of
telepathy. Until very recent times it
has been almost entirely in the custody
of mountebanks, empires of the worst
type, whose claims to consideration
rested on cunning, shrewdness and lack
of scruple. If we pause to consider that
the phenomenon of thought transference
both in the waking and sleeping condi-
tion was the initial inspiration that
evolved the science of metaphysics, we
may more nearly appreciate how fool
ishly workers i'll the higher spheres of
thought have relinquished the keystone
of psychology to the most blatant types
of quackery.
Telepathy means the transference of
thought, feelings, sensations, ETC., from
one person to another by some means
other than the recognized sense percep-
tions of the recipient. 1t is the commu-
nication between mind and mind other
wise than through the kncGn channels
of the senses
The first notable fact in coH's;nction
with this class of cases is that &c inva-
riably find keen, sympathetic bond be-
tween the "agent" and "percipient"
that is either the result of blood ties, as
in the case of relatives and between hus-
band and wife, or it is cultivated inter-
course, as between friends, or is the
outcome of joint aspiration found
among those who seek common goal.
That this thought transference has
taken place between persons in close
sympathy with each other is an admit
ted fact. The following case is selected
from the researches of the Society For
Psychical Research, they having verified
the embodied facts:
Mrs. Kenon Bruce started from Eng
land to America to join her husband in
Nebraska On board ship shortly after
it left Queenstown she fell i'll and be-
came delirious. She saw her husband
lying dead in the middle of field, and
her agony was excessive. On arriving
in New York she received a telegram
stating that Mr.. Bruce was thrown from
a horse and had broken his neck, and
this occurred at the very hour when she,
thousands of miles away OH board ship,
said she saw him lying dead in the field,
as, in fact, he was at the time
In this case the elements of collusion
and muscle reading are certainly elimi-
mated. -" Travels of Thought in Bos-
ton Herald.
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BRApLAuGh,s LECTURE.
The Money He Made and the Easy Life He
Was Leading.

was Leading.
had lectured in Edinburgh in mid
winter. The audience was small, the
profits microscopical. After paying my
bill at the Temperance hotel, where
then staid, I had only few shillings
more than my parliamentary fare to
Bolton. where I was next to lecture. l
was out of bed at on freezing morn
ing and could have no breakfast, as the
people were not up. carried my lug
gage-a big tin box corded round, which
then held the books and clothes, and
small black bag-for I could not spare
any of my scanty cash for conveyance
or porter.
The train from Edinburgh being de-
layed by severe snowstorm, the corre-
spending parliamentary had left Car
Isle long before our arrival In order
to reach Bolton in time for my lecture
had to book by quick train starting
in about three-Quarters of all hour, but
could only book to Preston, as the in
creased fare took all my money except
AZ pence. With this small sum could
get no refreshment in the station, but
in little shop in street outside got
mug Of hot tea and little hot meat
pie.
From Preston I got with great diff
Guilty on to Bolton, handing my black
bag to the station master there as securi-
ty for my fare from Preston until the
morning. arrived in Bolton about 7:45.
The lecture commenced at s, and I,
having barely time to run to my lodg
ings and wash and change, went ON the
platform cold and hungry. shall never
forget that lecture. 1t twas in an old Uni
tartan chapel.
We had no gas; the building seemed
full of fosgy mist and was imperfect
ly lit with candles. Everything appear
ed cold, cheerless and gloomy. The most
amusing feature was that an opponent
endowed with extra piety and forbear-
ance chose that evening to especially
attack me for the money making and
easy life was leading. Charles Brad
laugh in "a Record of His Life by His
Daughter. {"
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MARRYING FOR MONEY.
Clever Defense of Much Condemned
Matrimonial Step.

Matrimonial Step.
Among the unnecessarily harsh judg-
ments pronounced upon human actions
may be classed the universal scorn ex-
pressed toward the girl who marries for
money. There are those who do not
hesitate to draw the most odious COM
parisons between such girl and others
Of her sex, says a writer in Vogue.
Making of love, SO called, sort Of
fetch, the world defies what is, after
all, but an instinct, as though it were
grander, finer thing than courage or
probity OF self denial, or any other real
ly beautiful human trait. 1t applauds
any insanity committed in the name Of
love, provided always that the conven-
tions are observed. Love that leads to
the degraded life of the tenements, to
alliances with the diseased or morally
weak, that throws away years of train
ing i'll an art OF science, that breaks
the hearts Of parents-all Of these
things, and many as monstrous, are ex-
cused if only Glove" is offered as rea-
son for their doing.
In world like this, where, in spite
Of countless public and private charities
for the alleviation of their sufferings
and the permanent bettering of their
conditions, thousands of helpless little
ones expiate by cruel suffering and acute
want their parents scorn Of money con-
siderations in matrimonial alliances, it
cannot surely be wholly reprehensible
to look with favor on moneyed alliances.
Sentiment is, indeed, to be preferred
to sordidness, but the girl who decides
for the decencies as we'll as the luxu-
ries of life, for herself and any chill
dren that may be born to her, by choos-
ing wealth instead Of poverty is not
necessarily sordid, and, beautiful though
sentiment may be, when to cherish it
means inevitably life in small, unwhole-
some quarters, the hot, stuffy town for
the children even in their critical Sec
ond summer (since the little home cam
not spare the services of it's mistress
nor is there any money to spare for the
seasons needed outing), when-as is
usually the case-sentiment means all
this frightful injustice to little, helpless
beings, the price is too high, and it
ceases to be q virtue.
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"Three a. III. exactly. just too late
for me to get i'll even line. was there
when he died" "
Poor, dear, littlo fellow! How did
he die?"
"He died OH space rates, ma 'am.
Miss Irwin thought that she had be-
come used to the reporters peculiar
style, but his reply was too much for
her. When she regained her composure,
she said:
81 mean, did he know anybody? Was
he conscious to the last?'
"Oh, yes. He just opened his eyes;
then he shut 'em again, and he opened
'em again and smiled real sweet at his
mother and sister and me, and then,
and then he-he just died nice, real nice.
"Say," he touched Miss Irwin on
tho arm and laughed, "what do you sup
pose? His mother thinks so much of me
she asked me to pick out the coffin !;
said she didn't know what would be ap-
propriate. I selected little beauty.
Say, you ought to have seen him in it. -
Miss Irwin was becoming vastly in
terested in Tanning He was so differ
ent from any one she had ever met be-
fore. Then, too, he puzzled her. His
conversation was certainly of ''don t
care" style, but somehow she couldn't
believe him to be as heartless as he
seemed. His story about the death of
the little boy had affected her greatly !;
SO much SO, in fact, that she went to
81,
"Oh," said the mother, between her
tears, 'you are from The Morning Her.
aid, you say? 1t is SO kind of you to
come. My poor little boy thought The
Herald was the best paper in town; he
often sold it. If all the people on The
Herald are SO good and kind as you and
Mr.. Fanning"-
"Fanning!"
"Yes, do you know him? 1 don't
know what on earth would have done
in all my trouble if it hadn t been for
him. He's got the kindest, most gener-
Gus heart. The Lord loveth a cheerful
giver, but then, Mr.. Tanning can af-
ford to give, and"-
Tanning afford to give!" calculated
Miss Irwin. "Why"-
cts a blessed thing to be rich, and
to have SO much power on great big
paper like The Herald,' continued the
elder woman. 'Of course, if he had been
poorer off than he really is, wouldn t
have let him do what he did,
May ask what he did?" inquired
Miss Irwin.
Eyes, indeed, and I'm only too glad
to tell you about it. believe in men
tioning good deeds. Mr.. Fanning's pa
per took such an interest in my little
boy that it printed long columns about
him, and then Mr.. Tanning had the man
who injured my boy put in Jail, and
then he sent him flowers - beautiful
roses, the ones he was buried with-and
Mr.. Tanning even bought the coffin with
his own money. When told him not to
do that, he laughed and said that was
nothing-he could afford it,"
"So," mused the lady reporter, as she
walked away, Tanning has spent all
his hard earned savings on the flowers
and coffin. He's dear, good boy. -
Omaha Herald.
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FROsTBURG, Md, SATURDAY, MAY 16, 1896.

at last to accept such portions of the
country as We're assigned them, but they
were never known to abide by any
treaty, and they put the red man Of
America to shame as prevaricators
Thus, by S7S, the wretched Saxors
were at their wits end and have never
been able to take joke since at less
than 80 days.
Some fled to Wales and perished mis-
erably trying to pronounce the names of
their new postcffice addresses
Here Alfred's true greatness stood
him in good stead He secured num-
Der of reliable retainers and camped in
the swanlps of Somersetshire, where he
made his headquarters OH account of its
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King ALFRED TRANSLATED SEVERAL BOOKS.
ed. He was brave soldier, successful
all around monarch and a progressive
citizen in an age of beastly ignorance,
crime superstition, self indulgence and
pathetic stupidity.
He translated several books for the
people, established or repaired the Uni
versity of Oxford and originated the
idea, adopted by the Japanese 1000
years later, Of borrowing the scholars Of
other nations and cheerfully adopting
the improvements of other countries,
instead of following the hidebound and
stupid conservatism and ignorance be-
queathed by father to son as result
of blind and offensive pride which is
sometimes called patriotism.
BILL NYE.
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THE LAND o. THE LEAL.

I'm wearing AVA Jean,
Like snaw when it's thaw, Jean,
I'm wearing AVA
To the land o. the leal.
They's nae sorrow there, Jean,
There's neither cauld nor care, Jean,
The day is aye fair
In the land o. the leal.
Ye were aye leal and true, Jean,
Your tasks ended moo Jean,
And I'll welcome you
To the land o. the leal.
Our bonnie bairn's s there, Jean,
She was bath guild and fair, Jean,
Oh! we grudged her right sair
To the land O. the leal.
Then dry that tearfu' e'e, Jean,
My soul langs to be free, Jean,
And angels wait on me
To the land O. the leal.
Now fare ye weel, my ain Jean,
This warld's care is vain, Jean;
We'll meet and aye be fain
In the land O. the leal.
Lady Nairn.
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Copyright, 1876, by j. B. Lippincott Company.l
CHAPTER Nv.

Copyright 1896, by j. B. Lippincott Company.
CHAPTER Nv.
And now, having led the eager stu
dent up to the year S27 A. D., let us
take him forward from the foundation
of the English monarchy to the days of
William the Conqueror, 1865.
Egbert, one of the kings of Wessex,
reigned practically over Roman Britain
when the country was invaded by tho
Northmen (Swedes, Norwegians and
Danes), who treated the Anglo Saxon
as the Anglo-Saxon had formerly treat
ed the poor Britain.
These Mortimer We're rather coarse
people and even put the Anglo-Saxons
to the blush sometimes. They exercised
vigorously, and thus their appetites
were sharp enough to cut hair. They
at first came in the capacity of pirates,
sliding stealthily into isolated coast set
Elements on Saturday evening and eat
ing up the Sunday victuals, capturing
the girls of the Bible class and sailing
away. But later they came as conquer
ors and boarded with the peasantry per-
manently.
Egbert formed an alliance with his
old enemies, the Welsh, and gained a
great victory over the Mortimer, but
when he died and left Ethelwolf, his
son, in charge of the throne, he made a
great mistake Ethelwolf was poor
king, ''being given more to religious
exercises than reigning,'' says the his
torian. He would often exhibit his piety
in order to draw attention away from
his royal incompetency. He was not the
first Or last to smother the call to duty
under the cry of halleluiah. Like the
little steamer engine with the big whis.
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KING OF TIGRE.

King OF 1igrc, comrade true,
Where in all thine isles art thous
Sailing on Fonseca bluep
Wearing Amapala now?
King of 'rigre, where art thou9
Bait ing for Antilles queen?
Saber hilt or olive bought
Crown of dust or laurel green2
Eaving love or marriage vowP
King and comrade, where art thouf
Sailing on Pacific seas?
Pitching tents in Pima now2
Underneath magnolia trees?
Thatch of palm or cedar bought
Soldier singer, where art thou2
Coasting on the Oregon?
Saddle bow or birchen prowp
Round the isles of Amazon?
Pampas, plain or mountain browp
Prince of rovers, where art thou2
Answer me from out the west!
l am weary, stricken now;
Thou art strong, and l would rest;
Reach a hand with lifted brow!
King of Tigre, where art thou?"
Charles Warren Stoddard.
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Mistaken Kindness.

One of the first resolutions which are
formed by men and women who are
succeeding in life, that is, as measured
by the only standard in use nowadays,
increasing their possessions far beyond
their actual needs, is that they will put
safeguards around their children; the
hardships which they themselves con-
tended against shall never, if they can
help it, be encountered by their off
spring. They not only coddle them
selves, indulge themselves with unac-
customed Injuries and spare themselves
all avoidable physical exertion, but they
believe this course to be the right way
to live, and that if it is good for them,
it is good for their children. They do
not understand that character is formed
under the pressure of the compulsory
hardships and self denials of youth,
just as they forget that health is not a
gift or an accident, bat the reward of
abstinence and of hard work under nat
ural conditions, perhaps continued
through several generations.
Tudor.
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Abigail.

The term ''abigail, as applied to Ia
dies maids, originated from the Chris
tian name Of Mrs. Masham, better
known as Abigail MashanI, at first u
waiting maid upon Queen Anne and at
last the intriguing favorite who sup
planted the Duchess of Marlborough i'll
the good graces Of that sovereign.
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Cumberland and Pennsylvania
RAILROAD.
SCHEDULE.

In addition to above Train No. leaves
Piedmont at S:i5 a. M. /; arrives at FroStburg at
1875 a. M, and Train No s, leaving Frostburg
at las p. m, reaches Piedmont at 2:3S p. M,
both trains stopping at all intermediate
stations.
*On theatre nights, when admission tickets
are sold by Agents to performance at theatre,
leave Cumberland at close of performance
All trains stop at Hays street station, Cum
berland.
Nos. l, 2, 3, 4, and 8daily except Sunday.
Nos. 5 and Tuesdays, Thursdays and Satur-
days only.
Baggage car will be hauled on trains Nos
8 and 6. l.. Nj. HAMILTON,
May 1S Superintendent.
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Not Inconsistent.

"What do you think? Young Daubyrr
is going to marry the rich old Rokse
girl. And he used to talk so much about
being forever welded to art. "
"Well, she's mostly art. Indian
apolis Journal.
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Between 1916 and 1876 scores of pat
ents for producing electric light were
taken out in almost every country in
Europe
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Great men are they who see that splr-
itual is stronger than any material force
that thoughts rule the world. Liner
sCn
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Mauch Chunk, Pa, is an Indian
name meaning bear mountain.
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q big white oak throne. On the night
before his coronation his pillow was wet
with tears.
And in the midst If it all there came
the Danes, wearing heavy w0olen clothes
and introducing their justly celebrated
style of honest sweat.
Alfred fought as many as eight bat
ties with them in one year They agreed
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NYE'S HISTORY
OF ENGLAND.
Ethelwolf Proves a Mighty Poor
King.
THE INFLUX OF TIE DANES.

A Rough People, With Remarkable Di-
gestive Powers-Put Even the Anglo
Saxons to the Blush Alfred the Great
Teaches Them the Uses of Water.
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As and At still carry passengers.
No. II is local train from Cumberland to
Pittsburg and No. II from Pittsburg to Cum
berland. Nos and make stops each way.
Through tickets, east and west, for sale at
Cumberland NJ. C. CLARKE,
March 81 Ticket Agent
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Railroad Schedules, etc.
EASTBOUND
Arrive

mo. 10 Express. 2:l5 a IN
S.16a m mo. 2 Express.... 500 m
mo. 16 Passenger. S:35 a m
7:40 nj ....No. s Express. 7:5S a m
Ills m No. IA BALTIC. e Way. $50 p m
mo. Express.... 1875 p m
o45 p IN ...N0. 46 EXpreSS*... 6:53 p m
2:20a IN ....No. Express. 2:30 a m
640 p m No. 72 Accom- odation
Arrive wEsTBoUND. Leave
1242 m mo. 7 Express. .... 1850 a m
1:l0 IN ....No. 8 Express. LOO M
455 a m mo. 3 Express. SOP m
No. Il Accom- dation 715 m
S45 a m No. Al Express. $3.50 m
Ills a IN No. 13 Accom- odation
405 pm No II Passenger.
No. Is Piedm't Il Way 410 pm
$50 pm mo. 5 5'Express.... 400 p m
S05 pm mo. l Express. S:12 p m
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1873. Watt carp the referee Of the
FitzsimmOns-Shsrkey fight vzs 2 %
lscenan in Wichita under ire EgIor Gus
Chief o. Police. Nike 5Leag le-. DicE
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never smiled or laughed he Ess the
mos fearless ua1 I ever szT- Re F1z
marshal a. Ellsworth. kzLszz when
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nan" All officers here ULo were as
ISOLATED r--h him declare that h. g.
an honest nan and would have decided
according 10 his belief Il the ice o. n
arsenal.
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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-12-05

Tie Nail Pouch team played vel ID
rwo games OF the series wi-h the A.
t=- Mis- ar Fe-te g Hal last -.g-- bur
fell short in the second They should
have taken The entire series. The IL
fividual honors fell 20 B-i-sol s-c
Ross. The scores
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ECHOES Or TIE BATTLE.
Slarke7 L Still Under z Physician
La ILLS

carp Gives Out q Statement, Il
tempting 70 justify us Decision
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the Gr.dircn To-Day - 5o7T ing
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city. They would Ike 70 pay Linsly.
Ritchie Or Ceramic, on next Saturday
afternoon. Deceuce 11tE. 1.-5
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r. = UIl -rr g. Go. is sefiioc t4ktGl,ed
IA uuuc ca r Watches at So.
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The Americas foot ball team would
like 10 arrange q same with the =. r..
c. &. for any date between now and
this paper
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-12-05

The Aetnaville Athletic Football club
of Aeuu1yiIle. would like 20 have
game wiz any 133-pOuId club in the
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Ea,iue soar Di2u.o SAT II. d. IiIman
q CO., non save 20 pe .-uf.