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mmm: '' 'Si now, . -^M^m bsoHrij^^ •aid Batde i n conclnaioii. nt WliojMaatbepla r am slu didn't asr •k-d ntbor Ion tlw pi* Aad know tluthntpoT Would not TOU K U«. Wim I roauSlVMIk Then Bsnt ma to bod . Without mny tea, -XltaBall, inBabyhacA. Tb« Trn B<i-PMp. Aboa t the jett ITGO, • genUammn in MMiOK throOKh • put of Englan d IimoTU for its lln« alieep, stopped one nxKbt St ftn inn wber e ther e was placed npo n the anppe r taM e a roast of fine 1*1 mnttor. The talk of the landlord tiunad from the mutto n t o th e sheep and the|rr«a t aheep-ownera of th e country ; an d h e amna^ his gnesta with an ac- coun t of a grea t qnarre l between two neighboring gentlemeD, each of whom bad I brough t • anit against tho other, on e for the maiming of his sheep, aud th e othe r for wha t b e calicd unlawfu l .^izur e of a par t of his flock. The flTair, said the landlord, was widely «nown, an d ha d excited considerable ^utcrest, and been mad e the subjeia of man y jests, songs, an d riddles; th e point tieins as t o how a certain flock of sheep coald have lost their tails and gotte n the m bac k again on th e same day? The story of tho affair, as re^ la^d by tho landlord, was as follows: £ach of th e gentlemen in question WPS the owner of hnndrcd s of sheep which fed i n large flocks on the unin^ closed downs or commons. Tliey were all of a bree d remarkable for thoir shor t legs an d broad, fat, hea\7 tails, on whic h tho wool prew so long an d thick tha t i t literally dragged on th o ground . The y were divided into vari- ous larg e flockx, each of which was unde r th e charge of a particular shep- her d wh o appointed others, chiefly boys and girls, t o lead the m about in smaller coinpanies, and watch lest the^ should got mixed u p with those of then; neigh- 'thi shopherils of the two sheep- too Ute ; and beaidea no'one ha* a«ld k word except Clara.\ : . Bnt tor the peaco-loring Am y aUtte pleasure had been taken away. \I don't -think yon\ apeak quite as weU as you did laat night, my dear,' remarked her mother, « the little girl rdiearsed again that erening. \I shonld think you would feel more en- thnsiaam, now that papa has brought hom e th e clock and yo u hare i t i n youz Tery hands.\ Amv'a head dropped an d tear* bega n t o gather. \I don't thin k I can do i t at all,\ she said and hurried out ,of th a room. Her mother followed, and, puttin g he r ar m aroun d her, soon hear d the ex< planution. **Go o n and do your part , dear,\ sh e said, soothingly. \Xever mind wha t ia said, and all will come out right. Bnt remembe r t o treat Clara very pleasant- ly, and show he r that yon have no har d feelings toward he r on account of he r unkin d words. It is not eaar at all times t o show this spirit, bnt Jesn a haa told us t o do it, and wo mus t never gir o doy th e presentation of Tradukerthoar iawba n TaaeKa t Bnd th e malcbea. THE last agony— aittiBg np wna your girl at 11.45 p. m. THK kangaroo, it !• said, enjoy a > *bmatifal spring.' TBC fact that an expreaaion ian't wrong doesn't make i t trite. T HE henpecked huaband cannot nn- d wh y anybody sholtid shout for homo rule.— Bosto n Courier. ODH market reporter informs ns that there ia a remarkable downward ten- dency i n lampwicks on Sunday night. A GROCER advertises \somethingnew in coffee.\ Have they really got to 3 in it?—Texas Sifiing^ Kumnuuivu' OF ronic jtiES, SX'BES: T£ni,ET rooBs : r Claj, like James O. Blaine, :e within one atep of the Fresi- Hemy wss once ^ dential chair, and h e also had troopa of devoted frieudis wh o were ever read y t o follow his white plnm e into the hard - est-fought political tray. When h e made Mr. Adams President and accepted the position of Secretary of State, ex- ^nors were very jealous of eacli other, nnd tlicro vas bot-nreeti the m a Rood deal of qnarroling and even at times lighting, concerning pasture, bound- •arics, and tho ownership of a stray = she^p. One day a simple young country ^rl, wh o liad about forty sheox) in her ebargc, sat down unde r a shady haw- thorn bus h to watch he r Hock, and thero unfortunately fell asleep. Some of tho animals, finding themselves un- chockcd, strayed ofT t o » diatancc, and trespassed upon the territory of the rivol Hocks, where tho shepherd s cru cllj G!tt ofl' their tftils, and then drove thoin back t o their own pastures. The girl meanwhile had awakened* 'nml, insor o dismay, searched for her Aniissing charge, which she at length, to Whcr great joy, espiod coming toward flier; but alas I as she soon discovered, • withou t their tails. Thereupon her 1 lover, a youn g shepherd, wen t iu ; grea t wrat h with some of his compan- .iinns, and had a iiorco battle with the 2 perpetrator s of tho outrage, whom they [ compelled to keep the maimed aninml.s nud give up instead an ef^ual number ^ of thoir own flock. Henc e tho law- suits and tho bitter enmity between the two neighboring families, ow^n ers of ; th e sheep. ' Whe n I first camo across this ac- count i n an old book,\A Jaunt Throug h Kneland,'* I was immediately struck with tlio similari ^ of incident t o tho well-known ballad of \Bo-Peep.\ In - deed, I can hardly doubt^hafc this mus t hfcvo been tho origiu^ol^ o •^ett ' little pastonil ^\tli.'r^Hcn every child -tllC liiirt laniiUar, and tho oxplan- • ittion of that puzzling riddle as t o how Bo-Fecp*s flock lost their tails and found the m again. Tho ballad was th e -•lock was made.^ Everyone was de- lighted, and the speech was pronotmcea \beautiful.\ \Clara did not come out to-day,\ aaid Hattie ; \did you notice?\ No : Amy had not noticed; sh e ha d been so excited that sue ha d almost for- gotten the unpleasantness. \Sh e is i>retending to be sick,\ said Hattiis turning down th e corners of her mouth ; \ I guess ther e isn't muc h th e matter though, but jealousy.\ ••I don't know about that. I am afraid she is really sick; her grandm a 'said she was,\ remarke d one of th e girls, coming u p just in time t o bear Hattie's last wtirds. \ VVell I don't think I shall trouble to fm d out,\ said Kattie, again turnin g away. Now Amy would not have once though t of finding out if it ha d not been for these words ; bu t they kep t sounding iu her ear and following her wherever she went. believo I will just stop in on m y way homo and see,\ slie said t o her- self at la«f. Isevertheless it cost he r quite a wtruKPcli?, and tho girl's jealoui ly melted before tho first ten minutes wore over. \It was real kind of you t o come, she taid. \And oh, grandma ! couldn't you give Amy some of the maple suf^ar that i»ui>a hrou^ht borne? I want you to have it,\ she went on ; \I shall enjoy mine better if 3 -0u do.\ And AMY went home with he r heart full of real gladnosH. It was a gladness deeper than th e mere pleasure of re- ceiving so many congratulations about her speech; ji 'gladne.ss brighter than any that co;ild come from the world without; that gladness which Jesus liimself gives in such full measure to those who are trving t o do his will. gnftA witSoal. —. _ officer was bem g fanned 17 an Indian girl, others played choss, -wbile another iras combing his bair. wlule, as i n old stvle, out of his mouth came these woMb: \1 say, major, as we are no longer now i n danger of our scalps, we may as well put our soaploclu on a peace establisliment.'' puttin g cofTee in it?—Texa « Siftings. J0BBIN8 says that intestinal strife is froing on dailv i a his garden. He can prove i t by the hen trails.—ronke m Gazette, A MULn ha s th e full allowance of vertebra^in his backbone. Thi s i s wh y ho can't avert a bra y i n certain emer- gencies.— yo7iArerd Gazette. THIS butte r i s pretty old, I guess,\ said th e boarder. *'\Vhat make s you thin k so?\ asked the landlady. \Be- cause the hairs in i t are gray.\— Bos- tot ^ Courier. IF ther e i s anything more dangerous than th e unloaded gu n which always ROes off when it i s pointed at anybody, it is the pleasure boat t])at can't tip over. It ia this kind of boat which tips ovei every time. AT a negro wedding, when tho minis- ter road tho words, \love honor and obev/ ' the groom interrupted him and said: \Head tha t agin, sah ; read it wunce mo', so's d o lady kin ketch de full solemnity of d e meaning. I'so been married befo*.\ AN exchange says: \Th e editor o^ this pape r is the possessor of a hog.\ So are we—several of them, in ^ fact. Thei r names are on our subscription book, and they have taken the p.iper for the last thre e or four years and have never paid a cent.— Et^teliine ISelL \WELL Jack , were you at tho thea- te r last night? \ \Yes; aud it was a splendid plav.\ \Is tha t so? I hear d they ha d a fuU house.\ \Ful l house ? Pshaw! I was th e only oue there.\ \Come to think of it, I believo it was the audience instead of th e bouse that was full.**— Independtnt. CENSUS Enumerator—\\What is your business, Mr. Snaggs? \ Snaggs—\ l have no business, sir.\ C. E.—\.\ro you a gentleman of leisure?\ Snaggs— \Xo. sir, I am a friend of the working- mnn.\ C. E.—\Yes bu t where do you work? \ Snaggs- \Work! Work ! I don't work ; I'm a {socialist,\—Ltjmv Union, first popularly known about the time the book in question was written— nearl y ono hundre d years ago—and thatt iras then not a nursery rhym e used to amus e children, bu t a fashionable song snn g b y ladies t o the music of a spinet. It has since been altered somewhat, but was originally, as we find it in an old collection of \Song s and Ballads,** m follows: LUtlu Bf>.Peep Lost hnr Rhcoi» And didn't know wb< ire to find them; Drsggmc IjOt Ui«m Riono. And they will como home. r tails bohlnd them. Soltttlo llo-l'cep A wntoh (lid keep. Nor trout.led hcr«Plf to llnd them; And thoy nil camo bdck, Hutatftn. and alnckl They bad loft their tnilx behind them t Then phe slgbed find wept. - And at last sho slept. And dreaiat that she heard them a-bleatlne; Hut when she awoke Bbo found Itnjoke- ror at sin tfaey were s-fleoting. Then her true love took - Ht« stiLlI and crook And traveled at)road to And them; - And she naw them soon Bv tbo iiaht of the moon. Pn^nj^g tbj^ tails behind tbom 1 Iter. Ulr. Tuliiia^o's Mother. One of the most affecting reminis- ceuces of my mother is m y remem- brance of her as a Christian housekeep- er. Sh e worked very hard, and when we would como in from summe r pla y and sit down at tho table at noon, I re- membe r how she nsetl to rorae in with beads of perspiration along the lines of gray hair and how sometimes she would sit tlown at tho table and put her head against he r wrinkled hand and say : \Well tho fact is, I' m too tired t o eat.\ lionf^ after she might havo d.?legated this duty to others she wouU- not bo riatisiied' unless she attended t o tho mat- ter herself. I n fact, we all preferred to havo her do so, for xtnmehow things tasted\ better when she prepare d them. Some time ago, in an express train, I shot past that old homestead. I looked out of tho window and tried to peer throug h the darkness. Whil e I was doing so one of m y old schoolmates, whom I ha d not seen for many years, tapped m e on tho shoulder and said : \D e Witt, I see you are lookiuR out at the scenes of your boyhood.\ \Oh yes,\ I replied,' \ I was looking out at the old place where m y mother lived and died.\ That nigh t in tho cars, the whole scene camo back to me. Ther o was tho country home. There was th e noonday meal. There wero the children on oitlier sido of th e table, most of them gone never to como back. A t ono end of tho table m y father, with a smile that never lef t his countenance oven when ho lay in his coffin. It was an eighty-six years' smile, not tho smilo of inanimation, but of Christian courage and of Christian hope. A t tb o othe r end of the table was a beautiful. l)enig- nant, hard-working, aged Christian housekeeper, m y mother. Sh e was very tired. I am glad she ha s so good a place t o rest in. \Blessed are the dead who die iu tho Lord; they res t from their labors, and their works d o follow them. \ TH E CITV SL'OUTSMAN, There i* surely no BCC0ii «tin«-wby who Ko out hmitinB da tbo 11 KTimting and caw never bti )>Us:»od thing; Yettobefirthemdo Uiclr l .rtiggiUK, you would count upon their bo«g n« all the game that they catch Ingsing in tho couuty and to hht>ot it on th« wing. It la only little sparrows tbnt a l>oy with bow nnd arrows could Hboot VMV twe -u tbo hnrrowB. that ihu bniggodooia siHirtsmun over hits; d ho thiuks ho 8 m-ghtv^topping when lio pecting thereb y t o becom e the nex t President,Mr . CUy ha d hoped t o brin g with him t o Washmgto n his family, in- cluding his daughte r Eliza. She wai only twelve years of age, but wise an d womanly for her age, an d he r father loved he r derotedlv. Th e journey fro m Lexington, Ky., \to Washingto n in those davs- wa s long and fatiguing. Henr y Clay an d his daughte r started for the capital fro m Lexington, Ky., early^^ugust. Miss Clay waa rathe r acUcatft^ysically , and foun d traveling by coach a very distressing affair. The hotel faro on tho route did no t agre e with ber , and th e various changes and discomforts she experienced brought on a malady—inflammation of the bowels, I believe—that became so alarming whe n Lebanon, Ohio, wa s reached tha t a stop was made her e an d medical aid summoned to attend th e youn g lady at her hotel. Sh e grew worse instead of better, and one night, afte r a delir- ious flight, followed b y a brief period of consciousness, she died in he r fa- ther's arms. It was impossible for Mr. Clav t o retur n hom e with th e remains oi his dead child, so it was determined t o bur y her here temporarily. The in- tention was t o remove he r remains to Kentucky, and place the m in the fomily burial-place. Mr. Clay, sad-hearted and weighed down by grief, completed his journey t o Washington. His busy and not untroubled life at the capital, as premier of Adams' Cabinet, is a matter of public history. The grass gre w over his daughter's grave, and tho snows of two winters covered it with spotless mantles of white, and ye t no move was made to have th e remain transferred t o Kentucky. In the third summe r a rough monumen t was erected by Mr. Clay, who seemed to have de- tv\ iined not t o disturb his daughter's tXk. The following inscription npon the upper tablet told the sad story briefly: In Mi-morv of K1.1ZA H . CLAY. Daushter of llKXUT AN1> lATIlETIA CI.AT, Who died ou thtf lllb day of Au^-nHt, 182.5. ru : «U»wn in tlio l-luom ot a promlainK youth •ftJiilo travcUnj; tbrouyli OUio, b^nce from I^xinst -n. Ky.. t.i Wasliington City. Hcrr«»rcutfi, whubave4T05toa this mouinnont li> her meniorv. console thrmselves with ibc hope that sho now abideH in Heaven. Durin g Mr. Clay's lifetime the grave wrts kept clean by'th e sexton, bn t when h e died no ono seemetl to take an in- terest in it, and tho leaves and briers were allowed to clamber over i t with- out hinderanoe. The graveyard be- longed to tho Methodist and Bapt:' » binl 1 or i rtbinkn of i>opph)g attb< ippiny, tbo c kind and •don Aa at niRbt he hoinewnnl wa «k«-th tbrouKb a f jruiyanl HUvlkeib. his at soniotbing bark«!th. and he tbiu^a hap:) he'll fitrike n little luck; So down wbero the cattle fc-razeth, dizzy sportB- - - uian creeps and blazetu. and a lot of featberi ralsotli. off a |»oor. lean, lame, tliud. and tantu little duck. ' Now the craiiRor beard tho shooting and cajn» down the bill cabootin. with a pitchfork to go rootlns Rt tho tender-foot who trci- pasHfd on bin fann; But the siwrtwnan said, appealing, that bo knew not be was stealing, and with every kindlv feebng ho would gladly pay the fanner ior tbo harm. ThcnhouaTc the man a dollar to stop his hue and -hoUcT.\ took his dog up by the collar in a very desultory sort of way; With his canvus-back a-fcwingins. ho pnrsue«l Jiis roa4! a-slnging 'bout the game that ho wA'i bringing as tbo product of bis shoot- ing for the day. —.yctrsnsT Indevaidatt. BEI!K« SCALPED. Amjr'ii »|»r«H?li. nfa jittt like her; she's always try- I BE to push herself forward. don't think so,\ said the girl on hm right, as they walked home from \I never heard any one speak • ot Amy Pea n before.\ -''Aod I don't know of any of the girls can do it as well as she can,** claimed i n Hattie, the girl on the left. •Of course I don't care,\ went on OlM. tossing her head, and straight- ' I lacrself until sho seemed taller cHher of her companions; \I am I don't care in tho least !** and she scornfully at one and tho other. «*I i(iii*l like the speech, anyway, and t be very unwilling to repeat i t tf^MfaUentome.** aimat be quite a relief to yoi^ IbftI yon w«r« not aaked,* said », with a queer little smile. *One hate* to refose t o do anything port, yon know.\ OlM cat e h«r one look of indignft- ' 1ml Uier had rMhsd the corner hiMtheyMparaled. aad sho did not M to Ift^ for more words, n «liU Clara i s jiMtaa hatofol aa I bo.* aaid Hattie that afternoon. Mt bor friend Amy,and nawiso- jM all tbaftbaibM said. *It •1 telmj, too ; abo is alwaya mad rfte M M M to tako tbo Bftoal LSl&tVSj^'wweroa in bm » IIM A Mind t o fciv* Ju|»iupse Seismology. Begula r earthqiiake observations are no w made in .1 apau according t o Pro - fessor Hoikei Sekiya, of tho University of Tokio, at over UUo stations through- out tho empire. From tho reports sent in by difToreut observers map s have been made showing th e disturl ^l area in every sho-w*k, and a summa*7 of ob- nervations durin g tbo last year ha s been compiled. Tho total number of earthquakes in Japan in 1885 waa 482, or l.a a da^*. In Tokio alone fi'J shocks wer e r .?gi8tered. They are most prevalent in tho north - ern and central portions of the main island and ou the Paoifio coast, while tiiey aro few in provincea border- ing' tho Japan Sea. Of th e whole num- ber, 235 local disturbances were re- corded, which extended over no t more tha n 100 miles of lan d area. Th e maxim\im area of one earthquake was Ul.TOO square miles. The'sggregate area of disturbance during the year was TUP.OOO sqncre miles, which is etioivalent to saying that the whole of Japa n has been shaken 5,4 times dur- ing th e year. A Bar Me for Cews. 'what' s the matter) * asked a pa^ iger on a Dakota tr»in a s tbey began to mn considerably faster. \Why yo u aeo tbero i s a blamed cow ranning ahead of n s on the track and we're tiying t o catch her.\ «* Wba d o Ton want to catch tho oow tor?\ -Why , «oot soah! .to lafl her. of irae! Th e ralaa wSkmmM Sow It FMla to IIsv« Vonr Hair I.tn«d hj mn Indiai A sick and sorry looking spectacle of humanity stepped from tho passenger train, says the Chico (Cal.) Chronicle^ and climbcd4nto a waiting wagon and was driven t o tho country. His name was Samuel Neff. H e i s a man of about thirty years of age, and his parents re- side i n Pine Creek. Young .N'efl\ is just home from Arizona, where he has been prospecting i n tho mines and acting as a scout on the hunt for Indians. Un- fortimately for him he foimd tho mur- derous re<l devils, and they almost made mincemeat of him. One day while riding tlirough a canon ho was shot throng the shoulder and fell from his horse. His assulants, finding that he was not dead, tortured him outra- geously. They cut gashes in his face and all over his body, applied fire to ^ feet and hands, and ended their brutality by scalping him. Ho sufTered untold agonies, and prayed that death might relievo him. Finally be foil into a faint, and upon awakening he found himsAlf being kindly cared for in a miner's cabin. Th e miner had picked htm up and carried him a long distance osi horseback. Xeff sufTered weeks of excruciating pain and raved with a fever, and as soon as ho was able to travel he took tho road for home. Last evening a Chronicle reporter asked Neff how i t felt t o haire his hair lifted. -It IS a dreadful sensation,\ he said. *One thinks, as the sUn is being torn from the skull, that his feet are com- ing right up through his body to the ton of his head. Oh, i t i s terrible. It is so painful that yon cannot utter a cry, and thousands of stws dance be- fore your eyee. You imagine red-hot needlea are Parting i n andront of your flesh, and yon dlasp your hsn^ so eloaely that the finger nails cut into the flesh.. I would rather be mn throogh a- thraatiing machine, ground n p i n a sausage mill or thrown under a locomotive than to ever nnder m such d. I t makea m e Judder rhurclips, and as neither would assume the r. ai)onsib lity of keeping it iu order, thero was a rank growth of grass and underbrush , utul rubl»ish rajiidly accumulated. Miss Clav's pravo was almost forgotten save b y a few of the older- citizens. Whe n the Kormal ScUool was o tab- ILslied at Lebanon, geology was given a prominent place in its course of study. ihe students were reiiuired to procure specimens of tho various rocks and fossils t o b e found in th e vii-initv. Clinton limestone was ono t>f the rocks that students were requiretl to obtain specimens of, and was verv little of it around Lebano n th e task was not an easy one. Mis.-; Clay's sarcophagus was made entirely of Olinton stone, and tho students, with recklessnosa and disregard for tho sa-. redness of a grave, ROt into the habit of <!lipping thoir specimens from the dabs of which th o monument is com- posed. About tho year an eccen- tric old bachelor named Clayton Drak e iddenly took a profound interest in Miss Clay's grave, and in th e whole cemeterr.'in fact. He had some means, and employed men t o nicely clean u p tho gruvevard. and particularly Miss Clav's monument Th e mold and lichen were removed from tho inclos- ing stones, and tho lettering cleared of th e debris tha t had settled there. Tour hoavv fence posts were placed, one at eitheV corner of tho small burial lot, and vards of barbed wire wero stretclicd around tho come r pieces, so arrange d as to make it exceedingly ditlicult for any one to get within tho inclosure. Tlie lonely, sad-mmded man seemed at last t o have foun d con- genial companionship in the youu g girl's silent tomb. He developed a pas- sion for th e unfortunate lady so early stricken by death, and ho visited her <iuiet home daily, often sitting for iiours at a time besido her grave. This was particularly th e case on pleasant Sundays. He was frequently over- heard holding conversation with an im- asinary Miss Clay, an d durin g these talks the tru e tenderness of his natur e found expression. Hi s eccentricities increased, an d it is ssid tha t a knowl- edge of his hojieless love led hi m to using liquor excessively. A t any rate, he grew exceedingly melancholy, and me Sunda y mornuig ended his life and nental anguish by sending a pUtol ball throug h h U heart. Woul d it not b e .v. U for Senator Beck and the silver- t.ngnod Breckinridge, who havo in urn succeeded Henr v Clay in th e .louse as Representatives from the Ash- land district, to see that the Rravc of liza Clay ia placed in a condition worthy of the last resting place of the heart's darling of tho Ropnblip's great- est statesman? Daniel Webster lacked what i s known as a refined ear for. music. On one oc- casion, .when he wasTis'ting at Nahant, a young Baltimore lady, who was a guest in the same house, was asked to sins and play on the i>iauo. Sh e was retted as a cultivated musician, and although the parlor waa fiUed, h^ on- \ thought waa that sho had Darnel ..robster aa a hearer. So she sra g Beethoven** 'Adelaide,* aceompanymfr Revealing the Sphinx. It will be good new s for antiquaries to learn that at last a n effort i s bein g made t o disinter the Sphinx. For ages visitors t o Egypt have been amazed at this stupendous effort of th e sculptors who flourished befor e th e gnomon of Cheops was built. Yet, while dty after city ha s been disinterred almost with- in sight of th e monumen t t o th e Kingly Horns, this nxagnificent memorial of a vanished raco has been permitte d to get heaped deeper and deeper with the desert sand, i n spite of tho prayer in- scribed on th e slab of Thothmes, which begs the peoples that ar e to come to kee p the statue clear of the drift, which even the n waa threatening to overwhelm it. Som e forty feet of th e figure is still above the surface ; bu t all save tho head an d neck are covered, and wo only kno w what lies beneath fro m tho description of travelers like Sal t and Caviglia. wh o examinetl i t be- fore th e sands ha d submerged the body of tho figure. Even then, nearly seven- t y years ago, it was only by great labor that the excavators coald manag e t o mak e out the detaUs they have sup- plied, and, in spito of their efforts the desert sand was constantly encroaching on tho cleared space. Since that date nothing has been dono. Ever y year ha s added t o the accumulations, and so steadily haa the work of interment been going on tha t visitors, after an absence of twenty or thirty years, notice a sen- sible i-hange in the amoun t of debris piled up aroun d th e Sphinx. Indeed, if something is not done the chances are tha t before long the monument, which divides with the Pyramid s them- selves th e interest of every intelligent traveler, will b e entirely swallowed np. Thi s ha s been the fate of many siiailar architectural remains in its close prox- imity. It is difficult t o sav for certain when th e Sphin x was sc ulptured. Bu t i t is, we believe, now generally admitted that tho idea of shaping a great rock into tho semblance of ilorus, sarmounted with th e regal \pschent the tall coni- cal crown and wide Ho wing wig over th e brow of th e threatening basilisk, and fro m the chin the royal beard, was carried out during th e era of Ata and Seneferu, Pharaoh s in whose reign th e love of architecture was a ruling pas- sion. Th e ancient Egyptians lov^ to have everything on a great scale. The y erected hug e pvramids and carved their records on obelisks which, unde r north- ern skies, are still the womler of the quarry-man. Hence, when they saw a hug e ridge of limestone projecting fro m tho platform at tho foot of th e Libya n Mountains, aud bearing a rudo resemblauce t o a reclining «iuodruped, the temptation to give it huma n form mus t have been irresistible to a peo- ple wh o seemed t o havo lived chisel in hand. Th e figure of a lion with the head of a man was the form it was des- tined t o take. These sphinxes, as they came t o bo called, were not tlie crea- tures of the Kgyi>tian imagination, for as symbols of force and intolbgem e thev'ar e found iu Assvria and L'aby- \ lonia, and their figures are not uncom- mon i n Pl m niciau works of art. Xo wonder that the Arabs knew this migbty monster as Aboo'l Ho i itho Fathe r oi Terrors',o r that th e Greeks, , w..-—- slvsa tbslr paUic eador^e- , Us weadertal •Scacr of Su Jacobs Oil. axui oUxer paiofnl aU- meats. Is tbe Blcbt Ber. Bishop GUaumr. CIT^ISBA. Ohio. Dr. OltTSr •Wendell Hdme- , cTerrwhsts to be •een in. I^adon sbop^ win- dows, aad the reople are stiU talkiss ot him as U»e lion of the year, as i:T«at a sncccss ia saDicltct*wss in America. Ttoonlr eooffh mixtnrs before the people that contains no opiates or narcotic* i» Red Star Coosh Oars. Price. twecty-flTs cents. SOMS Chin«M znl&ers recently foond & bqi:- get of BOtd in Sierra county. Callfoml*. that weichedUSoonees. Tbey sold it for SK.OOU. This Is the third in size of the larse>t snssetr ct8.BUTSAj_ fonndlnth. . 2S SS&'bIIISe'S'.W™^^ 'IM for aU Hoiee BtMMM. , Ten the oT BorsW- ly* ckti^ S?omtbody's cMld i« dyinc—dyinc witli tlie flash of hope on his young face, and someboay'^ mother thinlclns of the time when that dear face will be hiodea where no ray of hope can brighten It—because there was no cure :nr consumption. Reader, if the child be j-car neighbor's take this comfartins word t« the moUier'8 heart before it too late. Teil her that consnmption is cnrable; that men li\-ing to-day whom the physicians prononn inctirable. because one Itme had been alm<>-t destroved by the disease. Dr. Pierce's • <5oW- en Meiical Discovery** has cared hnndr»-d-«: ^nrpasses cod liver oQ. hypophosphlUia. nnd other medicines in ctxring this di»ca!«. Id by dmggiyt»«. THKK E are now upward of •tOO .OUO registenr»l American patents. Beaatifal Wmmrm are made pallid and txnattra<nlve by functional irrecularitle*. which Dr. Pierce\s~Favorite I'reecription*' will infallibly cure. Thousands of teatimonlals. By draggi~tj». S i eeata tsL eta^i^ Iris seventeen years sin across the continent was c :e the first railroad mpleted. •«Wliat Every Oee IshenU Knaw.** Amocffthe 150 kinds of Clotli Bound Dollar Volumes given away by the Rocberter CN- Y.) jlmericon Jtural Home for every $l subjMrripiioa to that great S-page, iS-coU 16-year-oM wee'.ily, (all SXJ inches, from 300 to WO pases, bound in :loth) are: Danelson's (Medical Counselor- Boys.'Usefal Pa-^times. Five Years Before the Jla^t. Peoi«e'» History of United JrUit««. Univers»l Uistory of all Nations. Law >Vithout Law- yers. Family Cyclopedia. Farm Cyclopedia. Farmers and Stock- breeders' Guide. Common Sense in Poultry Yard- World Cyclopedia. What any one should Popular Hi«. of Civil know- War ibolh alde^). Any one book and pa:mt one year. i>o~tp»i;d 1105 only! SatLifaction guaranteed. Refer- ence: Hon. C. R. I'arsons. Mayor Rocl>e»ter. Sample Sc. Rc &ax . UOX E Co.. LTD . LUK-'HOIER X. Y. THER E are about S,000 registered cattle brand in Montana- Dr. Pierce'a -PeUets**—the oricinal -LJttlo Liver Pills\ (sugar-coated)—cure sick ana bil- lons headache, »our stomach and bilious at- tacks. By druggists. , S -5CE ITSO Pernisylvanla has had sixteeu Gotemors. eightof whom were Germans. WE APSEAL I* Eaperlrnce. For a long time we steadily refuwl to pub- lish testimonials, believing that, in the op;ni4.n of the public generally, the majorii> were manufactured to order by unprinciplr d partiesasameansof disposing of their worth- less preparations. That view of the case is to a certain ex- tent true, there be no doubt. At last, several years ago, we came to the conclusion that every intelligent person can readily discriminate between spurious and bona fide testimonials, and determined asadvertisementsiifew of the manyhun of unsolicited certificates in our iKr-r- \^In* doing this we published them as nearly possible in the exact language used by our respondents, only changing the phraseMl.'. in some ca»ea, so as to coropres.H Uirm la.. _ smallerepacethanthey wouMothprw o^-i u- py, but without in the least exa^gvrai ins or strpytng the meaning of the n rite«. Weare glad to s:iy tlmt our ftnal conclu-ion I was acorrsct one-timt aletter rwommvndmc ^ an article having true merit finds favor witii i of every testimonial publij'bcHi by us is on nie la our oflJce. an in-pet ti-.n of I which wlU prove to the most f.Jtei.t«cal thnt • our assertion mad-above, that only tuf iafl'» i are given as tbey appear therein, is tnie. Bnt aa it would bevery incoiivenjeuu II not ' impossible, for all of our frie|..l8t.) call on u- 1 for that purp.»se. we mvite tb.^e who doubt ' lif there be ^.ucb), to c..rrt*iMmd wilh any ..f the parties wh<»se names are ^ipicC t«>'»ur ti'»- tlmonials, and ask them If weh^v.- maa.- un> misstatements, so far as their knowU-<!p tends, in this artiile. In oth. ^ve not published tb< aienandWomea pfrr>odchar»ct«^fauxmatebte inonevatbnme. Ritura at cur expense if xsot satialactnry. wash 15 Shirts is a> m»nmes.«-«r n«> sale. Only . pcrfect ^Vasher ever lnr«i:« d. Sells on its merits. AViU i>ositive]y wa^h C.:ia.-»aad Coto withoutTuW.ir.ff. CloUietATvplac^innto^ tin whe^l which r.Tolv»s ia a boUer: steam the c.u k1«. tbcro«cni.r . citsansingthein. tVrlTe f..-r tt-slimou i n U una tp-UJ 43. L. FEUKIS. f-ii^rute*. 171 Corirt St-. ruu. ^«tTicyun»e TO BctN snos. a eo NCWARft. BOOK A<iE%T« i WAVTED tor PkATFQSM ECHOES ..uri>c TECTUM roK 1 liyjolnhli drrii- Oottrth. lEibrtsade -t turner *n<l AWARDED X^ERSX PXUUUUJC E:S!.r.V-f.n -Lr.\-.-. BEST VSUIE Irr IDUB KDilET. f.S EUFFAia scti E C5raPAHr:BarrAU!,«.i. _ G ERMAN niins r.-s i I'ACSlsaj * FOVONE DOl-LAR . ' Crvt cla-* IM.-a.'^*!?-c .5t-noui aX *m«n - .-..-..rd-wimc ..... -rortis. if ^ ers a* nearly Proprietor Piso's Cure forCon'.umpi and PizoN Kemrdy for v a • We append a recent letter, which cam n s entirely unsolicited, wnh lH*^ml^»iol publish it: DA r, Ohio, Jan. 1 Yon may add my testimony as o the merits of Piso's l^xre fo r Co •ril k : for 1 I i.at to thhUt of t^ tortaras IliaT« fsona thnagh villi, and I nmf yrmni t o look ttpoo tiM fftM o t aaotber Indiui. -Do many pefMoa nurriTe tiw opan r tSooY- iatannpM tha npoK*' - \\No; I. o«ly, iMiKa of tw o or Itew MB iMiit e ajaaU vim hm loat tMrkair I7 tb* Ma^iBiCknif c and IkMUratotaU a.- to whom its symlMlisra -was a myster. , -.iv' name.! it the Sphinx. It s face is tbirt r , l»tim as Po-sl'^;^ re^t^cfally. ^ foet long and fourteen broad, and ivas i _ fc. T. HAZELTINE, at one time glaved with sa: ret pisment , while its bojT is one hundred and forty feet in length, and the outstretched paws, no longer to bo seen, tifty feet long. Itetween tho paws was erected a temple thirty-flve feet long, while m front of the giant's breast was a small sanctnarv, entered by a door-way di- vided info passages by a reclining l:on. A t tho far end of the .sanctuary was the tablet of Thothme s IV., and on either ^ Bid e other tablets covered with sculp- i „ ture d bas-reliefs and hieroglyphics, | l while i n the conrt of tho temple was an . altar, which, with some fragments of tho Sphinx, is now in the British Mn- : seum. Her e for ages troops of priests ! officiated. Vpon tho stately llight of steps, so arranged that the lordly pro- portions of the Kphinx might be seen t o advantage, endless troops of wor- nhipers ascended, or prostrated them- selves as the smoke ot the burao d sac- rifice cnrleil over the then fertUe val- lev ThcUKli tho slabs with the drea m of Thothme s and praye r of the Sphinx , to keep his statuo clear of the sand i temple and the flight of steps will be i exposed t o view. The dead wall, with | th o mound s of shifting sand l)Uea i against it, will, as we have said, form a most prosaic outwork to this nolde monument, and must conceal fro m th e visitor that fron t view which, as m the case of Stonehenge, is to many most striking. Bnt th e opportunity of s^ ing th e entire figure and of obscrvmg tho majestic face aa the sculptor in- tended it to b e seen from below, not fro m i n front, and on tho same level, will bo ample compensation for wha t mus t necessarily bo lost—iondoii Dailij Telegram. ntittH. Ma Bops to Cut 0 1 Hor5-s' I cri-.-f i-nri-ir-E ii» .n d nici D^K llilt-rio 3tit'pt»-t of r-c^irt.»rsi- ^.111\ ILiTJiTar- «nt Scad for rrio,- J. i.HJUTnnr I riadn. «<T.iT .«• oil, nif-ml.kr. oad .11 Wa. Cau.« Beesm's InuniSi; Han Sdjluir SiQ Midi? rnwcH^ 1 iunc. They becjit_ pidntnl th.t 1 luui no r.- i nlEhts. I tot. bottl, o! , .-- sumption. «nd relitvrd l.y th e t I Ijikenhalfo- It. .Slncetbnt time 111 ' I'iaa's Cure in the ht.u^e. and tiso it a.^ a I ..five. l«>thforlanjr Iroublt^ and cn.iijJ li 1 can recommend itasthelxTt ijini • n.e<l: and ll.m s«! a t-rcal have «*ed at least twenty ol liei-«. Ik*i alout a,, many pby.ieian.- rre-eriij Pi-o'.sCure l.»rCoiis»iroI'tinn has ne\er fa.leu to E.ve relief in my famtl,^ , Xr^prinslitli St. The imre.t. sweetest and Liver \it In tie worhU m.-u.utaclnrcd trom^t heaithy Uvers, upon the seashore. U i» absolutely pni^ and sweet. Patients who have oacc^Wen i t JSfer 1? to .U otheilL PhreclaM have d^ Sded It roperior to any of th« other oils in Sarket. Mido by Caswell, Hazard i Co., New York. CHArpED aAims. face. plmpln< \jaj^ skin cnred by nsinjr Jonleer Ti^ ^P. made by Caswell. Haaard d.- Co- Sew \ ork. Mc loot slovenly with \\v^ heelj Heel Stiffenera keep boots straight. FRAZERB*fisE WW5T I3S XIIE WOttU* Walfc WWfc triU and flonriali. '^faen aba had con- daded . and there waa general appUi^. lb. Vebatar tmnwd toward her with • racniah expreaaion o( hia Urge, full, bla£ ejraa, and aaid, with a amde al- moat aatirieaL 'Now , Mna. wOl 70 a •iBg ma a aiapl e haUad?* l^.*\ not awordot pniaii tor the IniUra t ,Th . C..aicl _ , netwpea dlwaM aad health t • on.a letef and CataL It U better to b. provided wlUi cheap and slmij.- lemedles. for rach common duorder. a . ccnich..cold«. etcuthantonrntherlikof conIr«:thi« a fatal dU SSiSJonsbnecleet. Da. W,. H..J.-. m, aid safe rem-dy for .lIdl<e.«-.ot Ihelnn«.and cbeit. irt.»eiiln>ea»>nlt U certalr CoasuBin- known and'tuM for many jear^ _ u no eiaBteiatloa to Wthatltl .th.be t remedy In the world tor <»o«h»ett Mon. Itbaab Can't Get Away Ifyo« eaotsMaway to take triM to tbe seMkcM or Bouuatns. yon mny ^ - atIKHM tr yoa follow tbl* ad- m .M^^yfan Bonn w«». Th e Florit e the sabjeot of The Julian Eaifierer.\. The five emperors who reigned in Eomo from B . C. to (>8 A. ». are sometimes spoken of aa the five Julii, or the Julian Empetors. Tho first o( these was Cmar OcUvianoa Anguatua, who was the grandnephew and adopted son of the great Jnlina Cicaar. He had no sons, aud adopted two sons of hia lUnghter Julia aa his succeaaors. These, however, died, and Augnstna then adopted Tiberius, the eldest son of hia third wife, Ijivia, by a former hnaband. who oucceeded to the throne in tbe Tear 1* A. D. Tiberius was followed at hia death i n the year 37 by Caligula, the grandson of his brother Dmana. and tho aon of Agrippina, and a grand- danzhter of tb e Kmperor Angnatoa. Whr a this raler waa murdered in 41 his fatber*a voonger brother. Claudina, waa proclaimed imperator. Th e mother of Claudina had been a niece o l Angna- tna. Th e second wife o f Clandina was Agrippina, a s V ^ of Caligula. T^ woman peranad the Emperor to ^ inherit hia eldeat son and adopt ae hia aneceaaor Xero, her son 1»t stonwr hoaband.. Aa b e ahowad.ate lo^ rtc: 8 .«I«.«aoi «.Kl r> orrtdbK.a««Mlthaairpoaidbl.s take E^dV^par-Jl. t. P«tty yoor blood, tepdate andvl80Cwhlc*wm<FvefeoWta.dei«estias*Itrcn ortkehotweathsr. lhare takm Hood^SarrapafOla Wr drapcpAl. _jmmuml c .UerKlve,-Itk ta. .Mat bme^ reMiltB. Ikae. ata. i*ed It for tkenicttM. wtth .Mdaot UJlaalT »• a.-—a. a. ccaar, a-1- Hood's Sarsaparllla 12 Writ* far I TCURl FITS! wurfauaj* retnedT. J wsfsmij tset. 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