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QUEER CUSTOMS.
Some OF TIE Domestic Manners of the
Mountaineers of Norw9y.

Some OF tie Domestic Manners of the
Mountaineers of Norway.
had given up all thought Of doing any
thing in life but jump from one sharp
bowlder to another when, as VIC suddenly
rounded crag, Vigdal stopped again, and
turning to the left entered door that
seemed to go into the rock. 1t was soli-
tary saeter, or stone hut, standing in tho
lonely valley by itself and quito different
from the club huts we had already seen.
Two hunters with their wives live here
during the summer months, the men hunt
ing reindeer and their wives keeping
house. The hut consisted of few feet of
earth inclosed by wall of stone feet
thick, feet high and covered by foot of
earth laid upon boards. Inside partition
divided the space into two rooms, the one
nearest the door for COWS, dogs and kettles,
and the other, with the earth for carpet
for cooking, eating, sleeping and general
living apartment.
The room was now quite as full, not as
comfort, but as square feet of space, allow
ed, and supper being over Vigdal asked US
If we did not want to get off our wet
clothes and go to bed. We glanced at the
two women, but Vigdal did not seem to
see anything unusual in their presence
and forthwith began to undress He hung
his outer clothing by the fire and then got
into one Of the beds with his wet under
clothes on. Even the presence of the two
women could not force us to do this, and
after looking inquiringly at our guide
again we gathered ourselves into corner
and prepared for bed, with some doubts
as to the eonvontionalities of Norway.
We might have spared ourselves the
worry. The women took not the slightest
notice of us, but went on clearing away
the supper and washing the dishes When
we were in bed, they took our clothes and
calmly hung them one by one in o semi
circle before the fire. Whether the women
were going to spend the night in the hut
or not did not now seem so important an
affair as the solution of where they were
to sleep. But this was soon settled when
Vigdal, on being anxiously questioned,
said that they were going mile or two
up the valley to another hut. And our
wonder at Norwegian customs increased as
we thought of the storm In full force out
side and the calm manner in which Vigdal
had made us. part agents in turning out
these kindly hostesses. -Hamblen Sears in
Harper's Magazine.
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ORIENTAL WOMEN wEAvERs.
hone Can surpass Them In Making Tap
estries aud Carpets.

Rome Can surpass Them In Making Tap
estries and Carpets.
The somewhat popular conception Of the
oriental woman Is rather erroneous. 1t Is
that Of one who Is destined to life Of
utter luxury Yet the simple truth Is that
the large majority OF women in the east
work quite as hard for their daily bread
as do their sisters in tho west--aye, even
harder, for, as rule, married women In
the west are supported by their husbands,
whereas In the east married women are, as
o rule, constrained to support not only
themselves, but also their husbands and
children.
This statement applies especially to the
thousands Of women In Turkey, Persia and
other countries of the orient who make
living as weayers. The whole civilized
world appreciates their handiwork, for
none can match them In making tapes
tries, carpets and other gorgeous products
of the loom. This is the age of machinery,
but no machine has yet been invented
which can do the marvellous work of these
oriental weayers. Yet many Of these wom-
en- work for pitiful wages. After cleaning
and preparing the wool and shaping it in
TO lovely piece Of tapestry, all they re-
S0lFS 4S INC SQuiNdl9HG OF from SllillnRS
TO shillings a week. The woman who
can earn francs is considered a Croesus,
and her husband esteems her SO much that
he never dreams of beating her. The mon
ey is always paid to the husband, and he
invariably appropriates it,
They are very womanly, these weavers.
OF gossip they are fond, and while they
are at work their tongues are constantly
going. Perhaps this is one reason why
they have SO obstinately refused to herd to-
gether In factories, where the constant
whir Of machinery, not to speak of the
surveillance Of q foreman, would very
probably compel them to keep silent. In
order to fashion first class carpet or piece
of tapestry the weaver must not only have
a memory which will prevent her from
making the slightest mistake while copy
ing the design, but she must also possess a
lively imagination and a thoroughly de-
7eloped artistic sense, for the first class
weaver does not copy; she creates. She in
vents her own designs, she combines the
various tones, she chooses the dyes and
the shades, and finally she obtains those
effects which seem so charming to Us of
the west and with good reason.-London
Mail
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Personally COnducfed Tours
via Pennsylvania Railroad.
SEASON OF 1878.

The Personally Conducted Tour
ist 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
auce inseperably connected with in
dividual travel.
For the season of '97 and 1913 it
has arranged for the following
tours
CALIFoRNIA.-Four tours, leaving
New York, Philadelphia and Pitts
burg January 9Th, January 9th
February 18th and March 18th.
With the exception of the first
party going and the last returning,
all of these parties will travel by
the aGolden Gate Special" between
New York aud California, stopping
at interesting points en- route.
FLoRIDA.--Four tours to Jack
sonville, win leave New York and
PhiIadelphia, January 25th, Febru.
airy 9Th and 22d, and March 9Th.
The first three admit of sojourn of
two weeks in the "Flowery State
Tickets for the fourth tour will be
good to return by regular trains
until May 31st, 1898.
Tickets for the above tours win
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. j;
Els. Harrar, Division Ticket Agent,
Williamsport. Pa; or George w.
Boyd, Assistant General Passenger
Agent, Philadelphia.
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HER CLASSIFICATION.
She Was Written Down as q Trump and
Likewise Dull.

She Was Written Down as q Trump and
Likewise Dull.
A visitor, while waiting for the lady of
the house, picked up social register
which was lying on the table, and seeing
her own name on the list which dropped
out had the curiosity to look over the pom
ciled memoranda The paper was headed
"People who must be invited to dinner"
and they were divided into three SETS en-
titled "the eligibles," the so-sos" and
'the frumps," while notes in brackets
frequently followed name as an apparent
jog to the memory OF a hostess who prided
herself upon the arrangement Of her din
ners. For instance, there would be Miss
Smith," and then in brackets, "a great
talker; put her next to quiet man."
"Mrs. B. hasn't an idea in her head; give
her to MIR. A., who requires only an audi
ence.
At her own name, which came under
the discouraging head of ''frumps,' the
visitor could hardly restrain her indigna-
ton. She read, Mrs NJ, worthy soul,
but dull; owe her three dinners; must
stick her in somewhere"
At that moment a step on the stairs
warned the trespasser of the approach of
her hostess when, suddenly realizing that
she was reading private paper, which
certainly was rather an odd thing to do,
she hastily replaced the list in the book
and turned to greet the woman whom at
that moment she cordially hated, although
conventionality demanded that she should
act as if she had not read the telltale little
paper
''By the way, Mrs. M" said the house
mistress as she was taking her leave,
"when can you dine with me? Can you
ce..e to me sans fecon next Wednesday,"
This was more than Mrs NJ could stand.
II am sorry" she said, that shall be
unable to accept your kind invitation, but
being both dull and trump / am sure
l would be no acquisition, whereupon
she departed, leaving her would be enter
tainer, who then caught sight of the I'M
lucky book upon the table and realized the
situation. New York Tribune
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The Curtain Haa,it

"There is just ono thing that makes me
an enemy Of smoke" said the old citizen
to Cleveland Plain Dealerreporter, land
that is the fact that It has given my wife
the curtain habit. What is the curtain
habitg Well, If you were a,married man
you would know. It's the habit of taking
down and putting up lace curtains. I
come home at night and pretty soon my
wife says: Well, I've got to take down
those curtains again. They're not ct to
be seen, and we can t, have a soul In the
house until they aref clean.' Whats the
matter with themFiI feebIy ask. Mat
terG Why, it's this dreadful smoke. 1t
gets IN everywhere. never saw anything
IKE It,. The next day my wife has the
curtains down and on the frames or else
pinned on the floor. The next day she Is
almost dead with fatigue brought On BY
putting them UP, again. And that's the
way it goes on. Every fesy weeks the cur
tains come down. and go up, and my wife
groans with thee1erti6n and home is far
from sunny. Tax about Caudie's curtain
lectures; they are nothing compared with
the domestic curtain habit"
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an entire year. AND yet men reeklessly
neglect their health fol- VI, ks at Z time. II
is Che easiest thing in the world for the aver
age man or woman to get good health and
then keep it. 1t only needs little stitch
here and there. The big, dangerous inala
dies that threaten lie are only the cGlnifla
ton of the little illnesses that are neglected
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Thousands of grateful men and women have
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81 used DR.. Pierces Golden Medical Discovery
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DR.. Pierce's Common Sense Medical Ad-
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This book of 1908 pages with 500 illustra-
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A woman's headache may come
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functions.
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Sick poison is a poison which
makes you sick. 1t comes from the
stomach. The stomach makes it ous
OF undigested food.
The blood gets it and taints the
whole body with it. That's the way
of it.
The way to be rid Of it is to look
after your digestion.
If your food is all properly d.
gested, there will be none left in the
stomach to make sick-poison out
of.
If your stomach is too weak to
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That's the cure of it.
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1t positively cures indigestion and
prevents the formation Of sick.
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At druggists. Trial bottles 10
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Specimen Gases.

s. II. Clifford. New Cassel. Wis.
was troubled with Neuralgia and
Rheumatism. his stomach was dis
ordered, his Liver was affected to
On alarming degree, appetite fell
away, and he was terribly reduced
in flesh and strength. Three bottles
of Electric Bitters cured him.
Edward Shepherd, Harrisburg,
ILL.,, b,d running sore on his leg of
eight years standing. Used three
bottles ofElectric Bitters and seven
boxes of Buckien's Arnica SalYe, and
his leg is sound and well. John
Speaker, Catawba, o., had five large
Fevtr sores on his leg, doctors said
he was incrrable. One bottle Elec-
trio Bitters and one box Bucklin S
Arnica Salyc cured him entirely,
Sold by L. G. Maths eli, Druggist.
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whan xYonen First votea.

1t is not generally known fact that
the first place in this country where wom-
en- were permitted to vote was at Newark,
N. J. This occurred in 1907, and the
Philadelphia Times thinks that, If the
facts chronicled in Gordon History and
Chronicles of New Jersey be true, that
experiment. would not lead pessimist to
believe in woman's efficacy as an agent to
purify the ballot. Here is what he says
about that famous event: s'An election in
1907, for determining the location Of the
courthouse, is still remembered by the in
habitants as the most exciting recorded
in their annals The contest was between
Newark and Days Hill. By q construction
given to the state constitution, the women
were then suffered to vote, and they seem
to have been SO delighted with this privi-
lege Of exercising their wills that they were
unwilling to circumscribe it within the
legal limit, many ladies voting, we arc
told, seven or eight times under various
discusses -
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What the Bachelor Says.

Hair dye was invented to deceive
people into thinking that other peo-
pie think that it's natural.
If a man turned over new leaf
every time his wife wanted him to
there wouldn't be anything left of
him but the covers.
If the minister were to say he was
going to throw hymnbook at the
richest dressed woman there every
woman in church would duck under
the pew.
1t will probably always be a mys-
terry whether woman would rather
wear something that nobody is wear
ing or something that everybody is
wearing.
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HAS A DOG A S0uLs
An Old Sea Captsin's Query In verss.
Love Is Not Mean.

an Old Sea Captsin'9 Query In Verse;
Love Is Not Mean.
Hcre is q story which illustrates in ON In
teresting manner tho fashion in which
dogs often work their way Into the hearts
of people who begin by excluding them.
1t Is told by correspondents in Detroit:
when was boy, 7 liyed In o town not
many miles from Boston and BECAME the
possessQr of black setter. My father in
his early years had been sea captain,
and, like most sea captains, was very
proud OF his kitchen garden. When the
subject of dog was preached, he always
put his foot down very hard and said that
he would not have q dog tearing up bis
garden. Somehow or other his obiec-
tions were overruled, and got the dog,
and he did play havoc In the garden. But
strange TO say, my father became very
much attached to the dog, and they soon
became the best of friends. Every Sunday
they went to walk together with one q
my fathers friends, and the dog grew to
know when Sunday cafpo, and after din
ner would race up and down and keep
running out to see when my fathers
friend would como. When they started,
he was off like the wind. My father and
the dog were very much in sympathy IN
many ways. After my father died found
the verses which inclose in his pocket
book. have kept them ever since, and
never read them without thinking of the
pleasant times we had together. -
The verses inclosed with this letter are
By Pearl Rivers and include these stanzas:
Is there for you no other SIDE"
No home beyond deaths chilly tide
And heavy fog
Where meekness and fidelity
Will meet reward although you be
Only dog9
HE has no SOUL" How know You that2
What have we now that had not Nat
Save idle speechi
II from the Bible / can read
Him soulless, then own no creed
The preachers preach.
Who by the way, can tell whence the
following extract copesg
And If any creature whom thou lowest
suffereth death and departeth from thee,
though the soul beloved be little and
mean, creature not made In the likeness
of men, know that in the eyes of love there
is nothing little nor poor. o little soul,
thou art mighty If child Of God love
theel Yea, poor and simple soul, thou aft
possessed Of great richest Better Is thy
portion than the portion of kings whom
the curse Of the oppressed pursueth, for,
as love is strong to redeem and to advance
a soul, SO is hatred strong to torment
and to detain. Love redeemeth, love lifteth
up, love enlighteneth, love advanceth
souls. boston Transcript.
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pelieions Peanut Nouzat.

To make peanut nougat, bush square
pans lightly with oil ana cover the bot
toms thiokly with shefied peanuts. Put
pound of sugar and half pint of water
into q saucepan. Add as much cream of
tartar as you can hold on the point of a
knife, Stir until the sugar is dissolved.
Wipe down the sides of the pan and allow
the strip TO boil carefully until it begins
TO turn light straw color Take 1t from
the fire quickly and sink the bottom of the
pan into another Of cold water. This is
30 stop the boiling instantly and prevent
the sugar from browning. Pour this care
fully over the peanuts and stand It away
20 harden. One pound of sugar should be
quito enough 80 cover two pounds Of pea
nuts. This candy may be changed by
using walnuts, almonds, pecans or mixed
nuts,-nIrs. 8. T. Rorer In Ladies' Home
journal.
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Admitted the Facts,

Newspaper editors have to be
very careful in opening their columns
for statements. But aware that the
DR. Miles Medical Co. are response
BILE, we make room for the testimon-
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Ind, who for two years noticed a
stoppage or skipping Of the pulse,
his left side got SO tender he could
not lie on it, his heart futtered, he
was alarmed, went to different doc
tors, found no relief, but one bottle
of DR.. Miles New Heart Cure cured
him. The elegant book "New and
Startling Facts" free at 4. III. Gil
bert's. 1t tells all about Heart and
Nervous Diseases and many wonder
ful cures.
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A MEDLAEvAL BILL OF FARE-An
old chronicle preserves bill of fare
for a council dinner in the year
1892 For the first course there were
capons, steamed beef, and old hens,
black game prepared with vinegar !;
second course, steamed carp served
with spiced sause, sauerkraut with
mutton and pastry: third course,
roast veal, birds, fried fish, cheese,
fruit, nuts, chestnuts and waters.
The wine and game were furnished
by the court; the host received fif-
teen gatherings from each person
Harper's Magazine for January.
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A. KOCELSCHATZ
UNDERTAKING
AND
EMBALMING
Caskets, Collins and Robes Kept
Constantly on Hand.
viii take charge of funerals and at
tend to all arrangements, etc., at
MODERATE PRICES.
One Door West Of Trinity M. e.
Church, South. W. Martin st.
s-i3sl-1yr.
MODERATE PRICES.

Grandpa-Don't get scared, Will
lie; the tiger is about 10 be fed |;
that's what makes him jump and
roar so.
Willie (easily)-Oh, I amt afraid
of him, Grandpa; papa's the same
way when bis meals amt ready
Tit-Bits.
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She Was Too Natural.

At last the young woman who had been
haunting the theatrical managers Office
was to be given chance.
81 want you to play the part of d.
vorcee," explained the manager.
"OhP' she exclaimed, and there was SO
much disappointment in her tone that he
noticed it.
whats your objection to its" he asked
"Why, to tell you the truth, she an
swered, II was in hopes you would give
me part that would require some acting
What's the use of going on the stage just
to be naturalY"
AS might have been surmised from her
ambition, she was one Of them.-Chicego
DOct
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She Played Again.

Mrs. NJ, well known Bostonian, who
talks very wittilEandplay very web, once
asked Professor Blackenstein what made
him SO thoughtful
Madam, he replied, 81 am wondering
how it is you can make the piano taIl< SO
divinely and yourself SO 6oolishly?"
All, well, retorted Mrs, NJ. ssyor GOO
the piano knows it has me to listen to i'll
whereas know have only you to listen
TO me, which makes the difference
pray you, said the professor. inlay
again. like your playing best. ''-Brook-
lyn Life
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You Should Not Hesitate.

If you are troubled with dyspepsia,
Or liver and kidney trouble, DR.. John
w. Bulls Pills will cure you. 81 find
Dr.. Bulls Pills good remedy for dys-
pepsia ar, 5ilioasness, and l do not
hesitate to recommend them to every
ore in need Of such medicine. TT.
Burke, Davenport, Ia" DR.. John w.
Bulls Pills (sixty in box) cost but Is
cents; trial box, 10 cents, at all dealers,
or by mail. A. c. Meyer s. Co., Bal
iimore, Md. Don't buy counterfeit.
For sale by M. A. snodgrass, II N. Queen
street.
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Evils Of the Establishment.

During general election an old laborer
on village green denounced the evils of
an established church. 81 tell you," he
said, show 1t is with one of these ere state
parsons. If You take away his book, he
can't preach, and If you take away his
gown, he mustn't preach, and if you take
away his screw, he'll be id II he'll
preach. London Figaro
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Snobs--Did Miss Daisy seem
pleased when you asked her to go
to the theatre?
Knobs-Pleased? She wanted to
keep the tickets for fear something
would happen to me.
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"My wife can tell what time it is
in the middle of the night when 1T is
pitch dark
allow does she do itI"
"She makes me get up and look at
the clock"
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Tired, nervous aud weak men and
women find new life, nerve strength,
vigor and vitality in Hoods Sarsa-
pariIla, which puri6es, enriehes and
vitalizes Ike blood.
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"What ! you begging here, too |?
| saw you only a little while ago
begging on Schilley street,"
Eyes, / have a branch establish.
ment there"
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There is a healthful hardness
about real dignity that never breads
contact and communion with others,
however humble. Washington Irv-
ing,