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The pvcmies of Afrioo.

-Four years ago DR. Stuhlmann, one CT
the most scientific Of African explorers,
brought to Germany two dwarf young
women about II and 20 years old They
had been captured by Arab slave raiders
in the great forests northwest of Victoria
Nyanza. A man about 25 years old and
feet inches in height who was captured
with them was in DIR. Stuhlmann's care
for several months, but died on the coast
just before he was to go to Europe He
was SO very shy that he was never seen to
look a white man in the face and though
he would talk little Ki-Suaheli, the Ian
guage of the Zanzibar natives, he was new
err heard to speak word of his own Ian
guage. The girls were taken back to
Africa in few months as it was feared
they would not survive German winter
In all the time they were with DR. Stuhl-
mann he was able to get from them only
16 words of their language. Perhaps this
is not very surprising. 1t was enough to
make persons of a low type of culture shy
and suspicious to be shut up for hours at a
time with inquisitiye sayants, who were
re- ;nually looking at and questioning
il--d measuring them, turning them this
way and that and photographing them,
and though the little women were well
cared for and much was done to amuse
them they could not get over the idea that
the whites had some sinister purpose
They feared they would be poisoned and
never touched any dish before their Italian
servant had first tasted it, They were car
ried around from one scientific society to
another all over Germany and Belgium,
and it is safe to say that in their private
opinion anthropology was great bore,
and they were very glad to get back to
Africa. -Harper's Round Table
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Fen Dead.

These words are very familiar to
our readers, as not day passes
without the report of the sudden
death of some prominent citizen.
The explanation is aHeart Disease
Therefore beware if you have any OF
the following symptoms: Short
breath, pain in side, smothering
spells swollen ankles. asthmatic
breathing, weak and hungry spells,
tenderness in shoulder or arm, fut-
tering of heart, or irregular pulse.
These symptoms mean heart disease.
The most reliable remedy is Dr.
Miles New Heart Cure, which has
aved thousands of lives. Book Of
stimonials free at A. NJ. Gilbert's,
who also sells the New Heart Cure.
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Diplomacy.

~ have come" said the young man,
fto ask for your daughters hand"
The proud banker gazed over his glasses
at the fellow and demanded:
swell, have you any means Of support
ing herr"
"Alas! am poor. But hear my story. :"
$50 ON
"When spoke to Claudia about coming
to see you, she told me twas useless; that
her mother was tho man of the rs. ass
and that had better go to her. But I
said: No. Your father may permit your
mother to think that she is the man of the
house. just to humor her, but have seen
enough of him to know that when mat
ter of Importance comes up his strong will
must always assert itself. His strength Of
character may not be brought out by little
things, still -
"My boy" interrupted the old gentle
man, patting him upon the shoulder, ST
have known all along that you were not
one of those ordinary dudes who are in
capable of understanding what is going
on in the world around them. Take her,
and may you always be happy P'-Chicago
Record
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Nav d. 1895. 2 Years.
Change Of Time on 3. 6 o. r. R.

TIE following is mt marandum
of the recent TALL time card Of the
B. & o. r. r., and will be Of inter
est to our readers
Connecting trains on branches will
bearthe same number as the through
train with which they connect when
practicable.
Trains Nos. IA and Is on the Ohio
divisions will be numbered As and
At.
Blue Line trains will leave White
ball Terminal, New York, same time
as from Liberty street.
Train SOB, New York, Cincinnati
ard st. Louis Express will leave
New York one hour later, p m.
Train 5, now Baltimore and Chi
cago train, Will leave from Philadel-
pllia s a. M, arriving in Chicago ii
a. N. every day. Observation car
from Philadelphia TO Chicago. Win
arrive in Pittsbnrg one hour later.
No 6, Chicago and Washington
train, if more than fifteen minutes
late, will be run through solid.
Train 2, Cincinnati and New York
Express, will be heightened out
thirty minutes.
No change in train A, St. Louis
and New York, limited.
Train |, New York and st. Louis,
limited, heightened thirty minutes
in time to comply with Joint Traffic
rules.
Trains Is and 10 will be abandon
ed on the Trans,Ohio division.
Train 1O1 will be made four.
hour train from Columbus to Cin-
cinnati.
Train lot wilFrun daily.
Pittsburg Division, IL will run
from Cumberland to Connellsyille
ahead OF S.
Train I will have buffet sleeper
from Baltimore to Chicago Junction
instead of Wheeling. Sleeper re-
turning on train s.
Baltimore sleeper on train 10 will
be forwarded from Washington to
Baltimore on train 4.
Trains II and II on the Chicago
division will be abandoned.
Train At, New York and Chicago
q. S. Express train, will arrive in
Chicago 7.30 a. NJ, instead of I.
Train II will connect with Is at
Benwood. Connection from Fair
mont will be made with at Con.
nellsville.
On the B. & o. South Western,
the Baltimore and Cincinnati sleep
er will be extended to Louisville.
New Pullman equipment will be pro
vided for trains l, 4, 7 and 8.
The Cleveland and Chicago sleep
err will be handled on train 4, Akron
division, instead of train IA.
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: Gods
chest, always ready, al pn 1z
ways efficient, always sat- - q 8 81
isfactory; prevent cold - d -
or fever, cure all liver ills,
sick headache, jaundice, constipation, ETC. CSC.
The only Pills to take with Hoods Sarsaparilla.
Electric Ritters.

This remedy is becoming SO well
known and SO popular as to need no
special mention. All who have used
Electric Bitters sing the same song
of praise.-A purer medicine does not
exist and it is guaranteed to do all
that is claimed. Electric Bitters will
cure all diseases of the Liver and
Kidneys, viii remove Pimples, Boils,
Salt Rheum and other affections
caused by impure blood.-Will drive
Malaria from the system and prevent
as well as cure all Malarial fevers-
For cure of Headache, Constipation
and Indigestion try Electric Bitters.
Entire satisfaction guaranteed, or
money refunded. Price SOC and 81 90
per bottle at L. G. Matthaei's Drug
Store.
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The BLACK Cot Superstition.

"Our modern young lady has almost as
many superstitions as the maid of ancient
days, remarked DR.. G. Courtney Phillips
of San Antonio, Tex. mot long ago
had occasion to be walking through one
of our parks with three pretty girls We
were chatting pleasantly and laughing
when suddenly black cat happened to
cross the path ahead of us. The girls all
stopped and refused to move until ] had
rumInaged through my pockets, found a
bit of cardboard and torn it trifie. I was
surprised and amused and asked them
why they should insist on the cardboard
being torn. They told me that it was i'll
Tuck to have cat cross path in front Of
one, and that the only way to avoid the
evil that would otherwise result was to
Gear bit of paper. They did not know
what magic was in the paper, but insisted
that some subtle force dispelled the bad
luck "-St. Louis Republic.
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The Wsv Finger Nails Grow.

Finger nails, like hair, grow faster in
summer than in winter. The nails of two
fingers never grow with tho same degree
of rapidity.
The nail of the middle finger grows with
the greatest rapidity and that of the
thumb the least. 1t has been computed
that the average growth Of the finger nail
is 1-32 Of an inch per week, or little
more than an inch and half per year.
The growth, however, depends to great
extent upon the rate of nutrition, and dur
ing periods of sickness or of abstinence it
is retarded.
Authorities differ with regard to the
equality Of growth on both hands, some
holding that the nails Of the right hand
grow faster than those of the left but 9TH
ers can perceive no difference between
them. According to the rate of growth
stated, the average time taken for each
finger nail to grow its full length Is about
four and a half months, and at this rate q
man Of 70 would have renewed his nails
1856 times. Taking the length of each nail
at half an inch, he would have grown
feet 9 inches of nail on each finger, and on
all his fingers and thumbs an aggregate
length of ~ feet 6 inches.-New York
journal
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Personally Conducted Tours
via Pennsylvania Railroad.
SEASON OF 1891 8.

The Personally Conducted Tour
list System of The Pennsylvania
Railroad Company is the highest
perfection yet attained in railway
travel; it affords all the comforts
and conveniences of modern railway
equipment, and at the same time
eliminates all anxiety and annoy
anee inseperably connected with in
diyidual travel.
For the season of 81 and 1913 it
has arranged for the following
tours:
Communications tours, leaving
New York, Philadelphia and Pitts
burg January 9Th, January 9th
February 10th and March 10th.
With the exception Of the first
party going and the last returning,
all of these parties will travel by
the Golden Gate Special between
New York and California, stopping
at interesting points en- route.
FLoRIDA.-Four tours to jack
sonville, will leave New York and
Philadelphia, January 25th, Febru-
airy 9Th and 22d, and March 9Th.
The first three admit of q sojourn of
two weeks in the "Flowery State
Tickets for the fourth tour will be
good TO return by regular trains
until May 3lst, 1893.
Tickets for the above touis will
be sold from all principal stations
on the Pennsylvania Railroad.
For detailed itineraries, giving
rates and full information, address
Thomas E. Watt, Passenger Agent
Western District, Pittsburg, Pa.
q s. Harrar, Division Ticket Agent
Williamsport, Pa. !; or George W
Boyd Assistant General Passenger
Agent, Philadelphia.
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He FACED DEATH.
How Garihaldi Looked Into the BIuzzIes
of the Guns at Naples.

How Garihaldi Looked Into the EIuzzIes
of the Guns at Naples.
On the 7th Garibaldi announced his in
tention of entering Naples. He left his
army behind him and advanced alone with
a few staff officers to capture the city IN
the teeth of the Neapolitan garrison.
The vast populations of Tore del Greco
Resina and Portici turned out, covered
the lines, climbed on the train, SO that 1t
had to stop more than once. At a snail's
pace the carriages of the invaders ap-
preached Naples The scene now battles
all description. Swarms of lazzaroni, gap
ing Neapolitan gendarmes, stupefled ma
tional guards, rival committees with rival
flags, all mixed up together deafening
shouts of 'sViva Garibaldii Viva Victor
Emmanuel Viva pItalia' blended to-
gether with drums, trumpets and a gen.
eral pandemonium attempting GaFiba1di's
hymn in hundred different places. As
the carriages advanced, the Castle Nuovo
and the fortress of ST. Elmo, bristling with
cannon and crowded with sullen Neapoli-
tan soldiers, who alone took no part in the
festival of liberty, hove in sight The can
non were pointed, the matches lighted
They waited the word of command to fire.
On rode MAJORS MlSsorl ana MILO On
horseback. Garibaldi and Cosenz followed
in the first carriage amid deafening shouts
The cocher lost his head and whipped up
the horses when the generals voice was
heard above the din: "Slower, slowerl
Drive slower" AS the carriage stopped
under the very muzzles of the enemy's
guns and the officers were heard frantical-
ly exhorting the men to fire the general
stood upright in his carriage with one
hand on his breast and looked steadfastly
at the artillerymen. The fate of Italy
trembled in the balance. The suspense
lasted hardly minute. Three times the
order to fire was repeated. AT the third
the artillerymen flung down their Matches
threw their caps wildly into the air, shout
ed "Viya GaribaldiP' and the revolution
was over. -Contemporary Review
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RAILROAD MEN ON a.0o7.p
some Expert Criticisms OF Radyard Kip


Some Expert Criticisms OF Rudyard Kip
hnE's Engine story.
The story OF RudyaId Kipling entitled
1907, = in which many OF the characters
are locomotives, has attracted considerable
attention IN railroad circles, ana many
professional Eailroad men agree IN credit
ing the author with unusual knowledge
Of railroad usages, technical terms and
mechanical matters. Much OF the CONVEX
sation In the story Is carried on by loco
motives OF various types, which meet In
roundhouse, where oO7, an eight wheeled
American loco, becomes acquainted with
number OF has Fellows
You can't expect writer OF jungle
stories to be letter perfect IN railroad mat
ters, SAID an OLD engineer, especially II
the writer Is an Engilshman and the rail-
road lnauters IN MS stories are American
ne tries nara 10 appear american, pu1 ID
une nrso sentence IN Wnlch the engine WIN
the Impossible name is referred TO ne
SHOWS ms English NO one on TINS slae Oh
une water ever refers TO an engine as
ioco' ana tne author never once uses
tne Moru engine IN MS STORY. !! hipilng
wv mad been written Tor England OF lne
coionles' ~ Woulu nave peen perlecoiy
proper 10 reler 70 cerealn style OF engine
- 4o ~ Da' ou0 - 'AA-s SoA
Wy we nave only american iocoInotlVes'
ana no pfactlcal railfoau man IN the onlc-
gu States uses tne "ord Doggy When
speaking OF truck. Inese errors snow
enae hlpilng Is iiKe SULLIVAN Tar ana
I'm spite OF all temptations
IL 10 pelong 70 o'ner nations
nv 80 iei,aiiis al eng n.lil,,A.
II nc hau poem reared IN TINS country
vi n'su more .hah lowing acquaintance
WIN raisroao people, ne woulu noe nave
s spoAen , " an englne a. ne, anu ne "oulu
nave cnosen some osner aecora.ion IMAM
pea green win 9 fou puner par TOT one
" % , ,ne lnose conspicuous Oh MS coiiec'ioh
Vi iocos " M.
Sa a. ssl lseen, senelal supellloeliu-
9,ie VI 1ne -Nem iorA 0gl.ral anu = u',son
-. is'.lloao ~ y o,r % eno peso
s.oiies oYer ,eau nIaiy Mrio1 si
NY " "Hiue sluilaI utiieo, pa0 tASy usually
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An italian Rork Wrecked.

Philadelphia, Oct. 27.-While the north
east hurricane on the middle Atlantic
coast has abated in fury, sharp squalls
are still blowing around the Delaware
capes and enormous tides. are reported
all along the bay and river. The list Of
maE--ssaa-usSs -slaltes -groTX larger as
further details of the gale$ havoc are
received. The italian Bark Francesca
R., which sailed from this port Oct. Is
for Oporto, went to pieces at Fourteen
Foot bank, eighty miles below the city.
The vessels master, Captain Calivano,
and eleven of the crew of twelve men
reached this city last night after a day
and night of thrilling escapes from
death. The twelfth man of the crew,
Marion Castellano, seaman, refused to
leave the vessel, and in all probability
is lost
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Water Excursion Tickets ON
the Pennsylvania Railroad.

On November 1st the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad Company will place
on sale at its principal ticket offices
excursion tickets to all prominent
Winter resorts in New Jersey, Vir-
GINA, North and South Carolina,
Georgia, Florida and Cuba. The
tickets will be sold at the usual low
rates, with the usual liberal return
limits.
The magnificent facilities of the
Pennsylvania Railroad, with its
many connections, make this the
favorite line for winter travel.
An illustrated book, descriptive
of winter resorts, and giving routes
OF travel and rates for tickets, will
be furnished free on application to
ticket agents.
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Although very busy man, DIR.
r. V. Pierce, of Buffalo, n. T., has
found time in which to write a
great book of over a thousand pages
entitled, 1.-The Peoples Common
Sense Medical Adviser in Plain
English, or Medicine Simplified.
Few books printed in the English
language have reached so great a
sale as has this popular work, over
100000 copies having been sold at
$3.50 each. The profits on this
enormous sale have repaid its author
for the great amount of labor and
money expended on its production.
He has now decided to give away,
absolutely free, 100000 copies OF
this valuable book, the recipient
only being required to mail to the
Worlds Dispensary Medical Asso-
citation, of Buffalo, N. z, of which
company he is president, twenty
one (2l) one-cent stamps, to cover
cost of mailing only, and the book
will be sent postpaid. 1t is a yer
liable medical library, complete in
one volume. It contains 1908 large
pages, and over 800 illustrations
some of them in colors. The free
edition is precisely the same as thai
sold at $3.50 except only that the
books are bound in strong manila
psper covers, instead of cloth. 1t is
not often that our readers have an
opportunity to obtain a valuable
book on such generous terms, and
we predict that few will miss avail
ing themselves of the unusual and
liberal offer to which we have call.
ed their attention.
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Position For Horses on the Streets.

In Chicagoa card is published bearing
on one side the ordinance giving the right
of way to street cars and on the other a
picture showing the proper position for
vehicles left standing in the street. When
the vehicle is backed up against the curb
stone, the horse should be turned SO as to
stand looking in the direction the cars are
going-not coming-on the nearest rail
way track. Then, should the horse start
forward as a car passes, the Car will hit the
shafts from behind and no damage is like
ly. If, ON the other hand, the car strikes
a shaft pointing in the opposite direction,
the shaft viii run into the car, and a smash
up and probable injury to passengers are
Mkely The placing of the horse in posi-
zion so as to move with the car is well
worth the careful attention of drivers.
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ANTARCTIC EXPLORATION.


%&tks-H<-@A S11@< = = 1O-GI4 4A+AyUk3 tAkI Aty
Southern Regions.
TO Captain James Cook, the ex-collier
boy of Whitby, belongs the imposing hon
or of being the first to essay the explora-
ton of the dreaded regions beyond the
parallel of 60 degrees south. There Is in
deed on record somewhat hazy account
OF an involuntary incursion made by Cap
tain Dirk Gerritz, a Dutch navigator,
who by stress of weather was driven from
the strait of Magellan as far south as the
sixty fourth degree 40 years before Cook
voyage. Land was reported by Gerritz,
which may have been the south Shetlands,
discovered and surveyed two centuries aft
er, but Captain Cook was the first to de-
libcrately steer directly for the south polo
in the endeayor to dispel the mystery
which reigned over the whole of that i'm
mense area. That he did SO much to pre-
pare the way for those who, longo inter
yallo, followed in his wake, is truly mar
Vicious when his limitations are considered.
Even had he done more, 1t is doubtful
whether any great use would have been
made of his discoveries, remembering how
vast were the other additions he made in
those years to our knowledge of the world
we live in
But bearing in mind that he actually
reached the latitude of II degrees 10 min
utes south, over 400 miles nearer the pole
than the position said to have been at
tanned by Gerritz, and equal, as far as Sc
verify of surroundings went to an arctic
parallel of 10 degrees higher, and that two
well equipped expeditions from France
and America "a years later only succeeded
in getting as far south as &c degrees and
81 degrees respectively, the briliiancy Of
his achievement becomes at once apparent
The principal result of his labors was
the assurance that in a very high latitude
one unbroken ocean sweeps right around
the globe, which great fact he proved by
its eircumnavigation between the parallels
of go degrees to 20 degree south, although
at one part of his journey he must have
passed within comparatively short dis
lance of the supposed antarctic continent
discovered by Biscoe nearly 20 years after
ward.-Cornhill Magazine.
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THOMAS A. EDISON.

which can be produced 5O,0O0,00O tons
of iron. The ore is blasted from the
mountain sides, and then, by means
of steam shovels and miniature railroad
cars, conveyed to massive. crushers,
where it is broken up and passed on to
other mills where it is pulverized. The
powder is then allowed to fall in close
proximity to electro magnets, which
defects the iron to one side, and the
non-metallic matter falls to the other
side by gravity. The process is en-
tirely automatic.
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q mother we is comforting, but if
the baby ers while teething, Dir.
Balls ] Syrup is necessary to
case the discomfort aad remove at
tending pa rs so thattIic baby mayrest.
'1Iy baby was sick from cutting teeth;
| bought Dr.. Bulls Gaby Syrup and
found it ver5 good for children teeth
ing. [ can not praise it too highly.
sz.a.J. E. Smith, Reans Station, ya.''
Dr.. John y. Bulls Baby Syrup is sold
everywhere for rs cents. 1t is the best.
For sale By NJ. A. snodgrass, 70 n. Queer
street
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A stomachful of undigested food
is about as unhealthy mass as one
can well imagine.
What can be done with it?
There it stays. 1t won't digest.
1t churns up, ferments and decays
becomes poisonous Gas all putrid
matter does) and causes great pain
and deep-seated disorders.
In order to change all this, take
Shaker Digestive Cordial.
1t stops fermentation and decay
at once, SO that no more poisons are
created.
1t clears the stomach of poisons
already there. It helps it to turn
the food that remains, into healthful
nourishment. 1t strengthens the
stomach for the next meal.
Here is the whole philosophy and
cure of indigestion in few words,
And what's more, it's all true. Try
it.
Shaker Digestive Cordial is for
sale by druggists, price 10 cents to
$l.00 bottle.
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Bryan stumpine in Ohio.

Toledo O., Oct. 28.-William ]. Bryan
came into Ohio yesterday to give a
finishing touch to the campaign for the
Democratic ticket. He is travelling in
a private car, and opened at the little
town of Montpelier. He had good
sized audience, and devoted his speech
to the free silver issue and in an at
tack on Senator Hanna. He also spoke
at Defiance, Paulding and Van Vert.
These towns were recently visited by
Senator Hanna, and Mr.. Bryans fly
ing trip is intended to offset the effect
Of that trip among the farmers of
northwestern Ohio. Mr.. Bryan will not
speak at any of the larger cities of the
state
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Pawnee, o. T. Oct. 2S.-Rev. C. /.
Berry, formerly Presbyterian preach
er, well known in Missouri and Kan
sas, has been convicted of wrecking
the Farmers and Merchants bank, of
this place. Berry was cashier and
president of the bank when it failed,
eight months ago. Pawnee citizens
and the Usage nation lost between $780,
900 and $4,000. the institution having
but 60 cents on hand when it failed.
Sentence has been deferred.
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The High ride Recedes.

New York, Oct. 27.-The unusually
high tide, which caused much damage
along the Long Island and New Jersey
coast Monday, receded yesterday, and
further damage is not anticipated. The
railroad tracks are still submerged in
some parts of northeastern New Jer-
sey, and trains do not yet cross the
meadows near Atlantic Highlands. No
trains were running yesterday on the
New Jersey Southern railroad near
Seabright, as sand and wreckage COW
cred the track.