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Enlnl IN Austria.

In the Austrian Alps the local da-
lccts SO vary rs 10 hc unintellRahlc
trem one district 10 another and yet
have been cultivated in passion plays
and popular poetry over and above
these dialects are scattered chiefly in
Lower Austria, but even around Wen.
M SlaV colonies CZcchs. SloFnkS,
Crouts. In Vienna itself the Czeehs
claim to be l5o.o00 Slovenlnns spread
over three CroWnlands Syria, Carn
thia and Carnlula and dominate in the
last, which contains also Uscoks. Ro-
man Catholic Serbs, but the Slayen-
inns seem to he retrcating before the
Germans OF these Il remarkable group
occurs In the barren GottSchcc conn
try. southwest of LaybHeh. only In.
hahitcd since the fourteenth century
Here again We find Il dialect unintelli-
Chile 10 other Germans. yet rich in
tales and poetry. Strange TO say, the
re.awakening of the Slovenian race in
the course of the last hundred ycnrs
seems To have been determined by the
first Napoleon who replaced German
in the normal schools of the so-callcd
lllyrian provinces tsiX In number by
Sluvcnc and called forth the passion
ate admiration of the Slovenian poets.
1Nrol and NorarlbCrg, again are diVid-
ed between Germans, Italians and
Ladins' tLatinsL the so-callcd Ro-
mnnsch of Switzerland
In the Tyrol also each valley has It's
own pronunciation, its own accent. its
expressions unutc!lgiblc n few miles
eff The Ladins were predominant In
The sixteenth and seventeenth cen
tnti,s, toward the eighteenth century
Al Inn al
seems now to be becoming gradually
uuiuumbcrcd by the Germans. The
i.adins form curious little group of
from 10000 to 2000O in Fyrol. with
ucurly 10000 IN l'riuli tbesides the
10000 OF the Gris9Hsl. Their language
Is nearer III PrGyeueal OF Gatalonian
than to Italian They chiefly inhabit
the valleys, while the German climbs
tho mountain sides inst MS he has done
~ Bohemia. the ~ chs NANNY occupy
ing the plains
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Nine ont of ten persons, If asked
what is the most sensitive part of the
body, will reply the tip of the tongue
This is n mistake. Those engaged In
polishing billiard balls or any other
substances that require u very high
degree Of smothness. invariably use
the chcekhonc rs their touchstone for
detecting any roughncss.
An ivory article that may feel per
fcctly smoth il rubbed gently against
the chin or touched with the tip of the
tongue will often feel quite apprcciably
rough when applied To the cheekbOnc.
Professional boxers, who ought to
know which IL tho most sensitive part
of the face. before II fight invariably
rub well into the skin around the
check bone solution of alum and wa
ter for the purpose of hardening their
most vulnerable part
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THE CHINESE CALENDAR.


Applied 70 Them.
The Chinese do not compute their
time by centuries but by periods OF
sixty years duck shiapsiX wood; each
wear in this space Of time has its own
name, partly relating To the five elc-
mcntS adopted by the Chinese sages,
viz; wood, fire. earth, mineral and
waiter partly connected With denomlna-
TONS OF live creatures. such as rat,
cattle. tiger. hare. etc From the com
binatiou of these two factors into Il
double word results, nj the same time.
whether the year is i lucky or an I'M.
lucky one. IL for instance, wood and
cattle meet In the name of the year,
this signifies i good crop fire and tiger
prorhcsN wear of War The year
1897 bore the name of dinghdan- fire
aud foul and signifies year of peace.
The Chinese attach great value TO
these names, AMI are frequently gov.
Crncd in their enterprises ny the fact
| whether the name of the year implies
| luck OF bad luck. The divisions of the
! year IS n twofold one. II being divided
| into twelve months and twenty four
| semi months The latter bear the
signs of the old Chinese zodiac, and
are called rain water vcrnal equinox.
| pure light, rain for the fruit. morning
| finish OF summer. little rainy season,
seed of the herbs. summer solstlcc.
commencement of the heat, great heat,
sign of autumn. end of the heat, white
! dew. etc. Like us the Chinese have
| -four Seasons mual. The months have
alternately twenty nine weak months)
and thirty days tstrong months; FIRE
| qucntly leap months are introduced for
| the sake of equalization According 10
| the Chinese calendar. there are also
| two kinds of weeks, some of ten days
| and others of fifteen days, SO that IA
month is divided into two or three
weeks. The first days of the months
are designated 10y numbers, but the
| first day Is also called that of the
| weasel and The last one that of return,
every day of the full moon being styi-
| ed the day of hope, The night is taken
at seven hours, the day at five. The
counting of the twelve hours each
equal 10 two of ours commences n IL
| o'clock NJ night.
! Frequently. however, the hours are
| also designated by animal names; thus
| the midnight hour il called the hour of
| the rat, while the midday hour IL that
| of the horse Each hour Is divided i'll
10 double minutes minutes. aud see.
| ondS
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WOODLAND MYSTERY
WHAT BECOMES OF THE BODIES OF
DEAD BEASTS.

Ago aud Disease Must Garry Many of
Them on-whoever Found In the Woods
q >ot OF Deer anticrs That Had Been
lost to Mako Room Tor u New set
What becomes of Wild animals that
die IN the woods said the naturalist
= mean Wild animals that die Il nat
ural death. Age aud disease must
carry of some Of them rs regularly rs
human beings are carried of, but what
becomes of their bodies have never
heard of any one coming across y dead
bear or deer or fox or wildcat III the
woods that had died FROM natural
causes. have never heard OF anyone
finding even the skeleton of Il Wild an
mal i'll the woods that did not show
evidence somewhere that the beast had
met its death through violence. But
nm uninjurcd skeleton OF body of
wild animal without Il wound. have
never heard OF.
Il found once in the woods of Me
kran County. Pa. the skeletons of two
enormous bucks with their antlcrs
locked together II was plain that the
two animals had engaged in mortal
combat during which their horns Ind
become entanglcd and II being impos
Siblr TO break the lock thus made,
both bucks succumhed io exhaustion
and Staryation Another time | found
the body of doe In the woods. and
near by lay the mullatcd remains OF
II big rnttlcsuakc. The story of the
two bodies waS plain to me. The deer,
true to its nature, had attacked the
snake. but the snake had succeeded in
striking the deer with lis fungs be
In ~" '""' NUNS u '''c "iil''"' ''''
',, ', H. ~, n''n' '"i''' w., n''",
IN" ,''u', w" "',''r ,s,, "i'' sh'i'''i' -,
~, '',,',,''ao ~ ',,'',r", ,tl'u' III '',e
"".us' ''' 1','' 'n', VI" n"' n"o"
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'.' -, ''"' NV 'i'''' "''''' ~
M, ,. ...,....
p' - "i'''ti'' NY s''' W
''i' MINUS w no ever kh'tu p"'n
tia' i"'a no hotiis' anu WI" ever ioniu
SCI oi deer hn',ess IN IN" sooes
ah'iefS 'ahl had beeh cast 10 make
room Tor new sci nave toamed
iot nlahN wears the woods where deer
aheuhu ana nave never either killed
HotuicsS PUCK OF louhu par OF
h"ihS. Ahu ! nave never nchfd ol any
one VINO dld. Yet every Woodsman
hh"Ha' III "aShl !" Know. ihhi no DUCK
nus even INC sign oi Il horn untli he ~
years oil, ana thai every buck that
nus h"fhs casts them oil each Spring
ana grows 4 new SET Now. where do
all the bucks under Years keep them
selves, The east oil antlcrs hs every
"o"dSlhah knows are eaten by held
mice ami wood mice but that taei OK
plains only one OF the mysteries OF the
lottSis.
Nlsh some one would tell me, also,
WlN IT Is TINT dog, even The smallest
Kind oi dog, don't seem to he able to
let II hedgehog alone, although the dog
may have had ever 50 many lessons.
have known the best trained deer
hound To stop suddenly on u trail to
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o publish ALL THE NEWS promptly and
succinetly and in the most readable form,
without elision or partisan bias; 10 discuss
its significance with frankness, to keep AN
OPEN EYE FOR PUBLIC ABB SEES, to
give besides complete record of current
thought fancies and discoveries i'll all de
pariments Of human activity ia its DAILY
EDITIONS OF from TOTO = PAGES and 70
provide the whole for It's patrons At the
nominal price OF ONE CENT-ihat was
from the outset. and will continue 10 be
the aim Of THE RECORD
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EYES MASSAGED.


An instrument fer massaging the
eye has been invented by Frcnchman
named Dion, and is said To have pro-
ducea wonderful results
It is particularly valuable i'll treat
ing myopia, or short sight a disease
for which no remedy had been found
hitherto, except the wearing of GLASSES.
The instrument consists principally of
Two tubes which can be fixed M vari-
ous distances from one another. ac=
cording 10 the position OF the patient
eyes. These tubes have mt the end
two polished glasses, which are press.
ed ON the cNelids when the operator
touches Il button which controls the
two tubes. He can keep exact ae-
count of the pressure exercised hy
means of a dynamometcr placed above
the button
The instrument is very simple. II is
adjusted To the eye ON the closed eve
lids NJ the exact point where the mas
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1899-01-11
PANTHEON Al ROME

granite columns, Is 10 feet long In
900 Emperor Phocas gave it to Boni-
face ". who dedicated II az n christ
ian church to tho Virgin aud holy
martyrs In $50 Pope Gregory ~
dedicated II to all the saints 1t is now
known ms the Church of Santa Rotun.
da. For centuries 1t has suffered from
ynndals, Constans, H. having taken
away the gildcd bronze that covered
the roof and t'rbeu VIII. the bronze
beams of The portico; but it Is stll
prp.emincuIy beautiful
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chinrse NrI.lemnn,. NaiI..

The nails Of nc Chinese nobility
sometimes attain the length Of eigh
teen inches. and the Slame 50 bellies
wear long silver cases n lh" end OF
their fingers to protect the nails II
they are long enough TO need it. or to
mako people believe that they are
there even If they are not.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1899-01-11
a ROYAL HeIrIonm.

The glorious pearl necklace whlel
the Emperor of Austria presented t.
the late Empress on tho christening
Of the miserable Crown Prince Ru
dolph has been lett To the young Arch
duchess Elizabeth, together with many
Jewels, by her grandmothcr's will
The Empress own jewels, indepcnd
cut Of those belonging TO the crown
were moi long since valuedat$ 81. 400 600
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NlKOLA TIE SLA.
striking Career of the Daring Young
Electrician.

Ni,ola Tcsla,is the foremost living
original investigator in the field of
electricity. Tesla was born in Servia
about - years ago, and is Il Slav of the
SlaVs, with the racial characteristic
stamped on every feature His father
was an eloquent clergyman in the
Greek church, but ii was from his
mother he Inherited his genius for in
vention. Nine Tesla invented looms
and churns and other devices while her
husband preached Young Tesla was
educated in the Polytechnic School at
Graft and It was there that lis at.
tentiun was centcrrd on electricity.
He Went into mathematics heart and
soul, and studied mechanics carefully.
meidentlY mastering half II dozen Ian
guages. After he left school he be-
came assistant in the government tele-
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graph engineering department at Bud.
apest and then dritted TO Paris. Com
ing To the United States he entered
Edis0n's shop. and SO marvellous was
his advance that che great master lie
eided that this Young Servian would
be moro pleasing If he were away.
Then young Nikola sci himself up In
his own laboratory in New York.
Since then his career has been part ef
the history Of the advance Of electrical
Science
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

I4TATE or JOANNA NAHM0DY DECEASED
Pursuant 20 the order Of II Sproul Sur
rogate ofthe County of HunterdOn, made on
the wenty-secondday Of September, A. ID. one
thousand eight hundred and ninety-eiRht, no
tice Is hereby given 10 all persons having
claims against the estate Of Joanna Carmody
late Of the county Of Hunterdon, deceased. to
present the same, under oath OF affirmation,
to the subscriber, Executor Of said de-
ceased. within nine months from the date Of
said order; and any creditor neglecting to
bring in and exhibit his or her claim under
oath or affirmationl, within the time so limit
ed will be forever barred Of his or her action
therefor against the said Executor
Dated Sept %, A D. 1898
JAMES r CARMODY,
Executor
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IIrst r.s of Niagara. ro,v.,

The first use of Niagara'g nu0 ci
was made ia lf-5, Il prlmativc saw
mill being worked there. Nothing
more was done until 1872, when tie
plan Of hydraulic canals was conceie
ed, and In 1861 one Of them was com
plctcd
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tied together with n hole between them
Just big enough for II mans neck. II
was recently used in Pckin. Each man
WAS tied Ia Il stout post. and above his
head hung n big picard in tca-chest
letters announcing that he was eX-
posed for attacking Europeans"
Thus tickcted the prisoners remained
al day, before being removed To prison
for other punishment
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The cancl's foot is Il soft cushion.
peculiarly we'll adapted 10 the ground
on which it is constantly walking.
During ginLle joulncs thrOugh tho
Sahara Desert horses have worn ont
three sets Of shoes, while the ramcl's
feet are not even sore
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A man must reap Is he sows II he sows
III health he viii reap i'll health. II he
ncglcCts his health the weeds of disease
viii grow up aud choke it.
II Is a daily and hourly marvel that men
will tecklessly neglect their health, when
moments thought should tell them that
they are counting death. II lies in most
every man $ power 10 live to a green old
igc. If a man would only take the same
care of hmsG If that he does of his horse, or
COW, oil doga he would enjoy good health.
When man owns a hundred dollar horse,
and IT gets sick. he does not waste any time
about doctoring him up When his garden
gets full of weeds, he doesn't delay about
roofing them out for he knows they will
choke out his vegetables When lie is ont
of sorts sick nervous hcadachey has no
appetite aud Is restless and sleeplcss at
night he pays little attention 10 it The
result j. consumption, nervous prostratiou
OF some serious blood OF skin disease. Dr.
Picrces Golden Medical Discovery is the
best of all medicines for hard working men.
1t gives edge to the appetite, facilitates the
flow Of digestive juices invigorates the
liver and puriies and ouriches the blood
1t is the great blood maker and flesh
builder. Ii cures qS per cent of all cases
of lingering coughs, bronchial and throat
affections, weak lungs bleeding from lungs
and kindred affections, Do not wait until
the lungs are too far wasted To admit oil
being cured.
't As YOU know five years ago the doctors had
given me up TO die with consumption, writes
MI. Il q, Mckinney. of Decpwater. Fayette Co
W. Va. :" took treatment from DIT. X, v
Pierce, aud am entirely well now hau ,a fs
steadily as directed his Golden Medical Dis
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cure con-
stipation. One little e" Pellet " Is dose.
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For ignorant subjects who So far for.
get themselves rs 10 throw brickbats
at the christians In the treaty ports
Chinese maudarius have humorous
punishment Which is called the can
rue It consists Of two heavy plnuks
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The Pioneer
one cent morning newspaper IN the United
States, The Record still LEADS WhEhE
OTHERS FOLLOW

Witness its unriyaled average daily circula-
ton exceeding 10000 copies, and an aver
age exceeding 10000 copies for its Sunday
editions, while limitations Of its plan of
publication i'll every important city of the
country testify to the truth of the asser-
ton that in the quantity and quality of its
contents, and in the price NJ which IT is
cold The Record LIS established tka
standard by which excellence in ioWual-
ism must be measured
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Russia has fewer newspapers tonly
about bnu, in proportion TO its inhabi
lanls than any Otner European coun-
Try. Germany has seven times, France
five times and England four times as
many.
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The Daily Edition

a NJ Buyius. Renting Selling Eschaugtng.Type.
N writers Of all kinds forbuElness, amtlg and
rivate use Also buying and exchanging JOB and
odd lots Of merchandise. lumber. machinery, etc,
and especially slow and dead stock. Advise wants
and offerings EYatything i salahle somew where
n. II MANSFIELD,
2l5 Broadway, New York.
May 20, 1895.
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NOTICE 10 CREDITORS.

ESTATE or JoSAs WoRNAN. deceased
Pursuant To the order Of o. II. Sproul
Surrogate Of the County Of Huntordou made
on the twenty-sixth day of November A. b..
one thousand eight hundred and ninety
eight, notice Is heTeby given TO all persons
NORMAN, late Of the County of Huuterdon, de
ceased 10 present the same, under oath or aflr
nation. to the subscriber, administrator Of said
% Sari1 NJ n4oti's dtoiil tio %
10 bring in and exhibit his or her claim under
oath or affirmation, within the time 50
action therefor against the aid Administrafor
Dated Nov %. A D. iSi9
WILLIAM + AMEY, Administrator
Nov 30, isgs-0t
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The oldest American vessel still in
service, the schooner Polly. was built
in 1895.
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The smallest church in England has
been discovered in lullingtou IN Sus
sex The village ITSELF X on 80 small u
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The
Philadelphia
Record

after Il career of nearly twenty years Of
uninterrupted growth is justified in claim
ing that the standard first established by
It's founders is the one true test Of
nan I1INNu NfEJJrNn AIDED
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The Man Who Owns "A Farm Is Indo-
pendentiS Rich aud Can support Life
Without tahnr-ralm Trees That Grow
Ivory us coed IA the Elephants Tust.
The San Francisco call., 1899-12-24
DWIGHT L. MOODY.
Its maintenance.

| } the death OF Dwight L. Moody we have lost
\ the most noted evangelist OF our time He is
said to have been heard by more people than
any other orator-that lived and it is easy to be-
ieve may be So for he travelling and preaching
necessarily, and for many years his audiences
among the largest that could gather within sound OF
the human voice.
While his exceptional gifts as an orator and his
iervent zeal preacher were among his most con-
spcuous characteristics, it was not solely TO them
he owed his splendid success in the work OF his life
He possessed in high degree the faculty OF organ
izing and directing men. That faculty he made use
OF IN his evangelist and the fruits OF it
are to be seen in the institutions at Chicago and
Mortified, which survive him and will continue
his work and perpetuate his memory
1t because OF his capacity for organization that
Mr.. Moody became distinct from revvalists gener-
ally who content themselves with exciting religious
tervor among the masses and leave it to other men
to direct it TO useful channels His was construc-
tive nature. He delighted in building up the church
and was as earnest in the silent hidden work required
TO lay the foundations OF some institution as he was
in rousing the minds and stirring the hearts OF great
audience by his eoquence.
His work in the world has been done well and will
live after him. He has founded a sect as Wesley
did General Booth has done in our generation
but none the less he has deeply impressed his convic
uons and his personality upon the people and the in
fuence will long remain as one OF those which tend
10 the betterment OF humanity
The San Francisco call., 1899-12-24
The Christmas Chimes of 1899
By -
sass Rev. r Heber Newton DID, %a:A


ector or All Souls .|hurch, on Madison
speculation and ecclesiastical organization Christians a,.
really beginning find their religion in the effort to fol-
low in the blessed steps OF His holy life" 20 act IN
their several vocatons He would have done in them
At last the churches coming to believe that the way
to celebrate Christmas breathe the spirit of Christ into
the world OF business and politics Sse Jupes was right
after all when she tmdy answered the question
OF the school examiner: What is the chief principle Of
political economy? "To do unto others as we would have
others do us Golden Rule Jones is an auspcious
sign OF the times with his enthusiastic following eecting
Mayor OF Toledo and reelecting him. and then polling
100000 votes without any party organization to put him
-Rue Jones alone standing a shining mark
but Golden Rule Smith and Brown and Robinson in
hosts OF factories and multitudes OF city halls.
II we will but bleve it. the good time coming nav
come far speedily than think Ii has taken Chris
anity 1900 to grow the conscience which is
turning social problem Ii has long been fore
seen that once the ethical forces OF Christianity seriously
grapped with this problem there would be social
ton That is the prospect which face to-day at the end
OF the century full of hope and cheer The powers OF u
Tor the first time in human history coming the
hand OF man to do as he chooses with them. will max.
production of wealth sufficient end the worst poverty
And science gives him this mastery nature o
conscience calling him TO his dominion as the Son
OF God. All natures movements show long, slow drc7ry
times preparation for the action which AZ f7
abruptly and if by miracle So the spring comes
n-he weary days OF March and the tantaizing days ~
April making ready for week in Nav when N.
bushes leap into LEAKAGE and bossomng So it with s
cal These eighteen centuries OF Chrstendor
have been lost They have been making ready Tor b
springtme. which may be nearer now than We tbi,t
Henry George and Edward Bellamy and Lawrence Gron
und desired the day but died without the sight R
their children may see the dawning OF il
Reform ye.' then-so sounds the voice Of N. Eternal
Spirit the Power back OF evoution-"Reorm vel for tb
Kingdom OF Heaven is hand" So we NAV oird o.
selves to task OF reform with new hope and fresh en-
husiasm and ring Christmas bells again sur. TIA,
sooner or laer-sooner than later perhaps-we shall ring
the old and ring in the new
There a time the face OF the sar+h
When love Is own