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* • ' ' " * 1 _ * < « * ' ' • ' * * •#"/' • . . r •V". \, . ; * jL, ••' •• • • '-:^vafii - • -. • )-- yS:: t;: <UI. "H I .'.Ill Hill WIN.mil ' fiuHl'w" it, ' „ ,1,. i,n r.,i,n 1.. 1W.111I.1 ii1.iir.il « iinr in 1.11 •r.i'nr 1?' 1 • -1,1 -- _____-- h • , , . '• -- ---- • --:;.rr:/f "1 •• "Wedged but to Truth, to Liberty •n<l Lewi No Favors Win ut end no Pear Shall Awe." I .:•.!• i.QuiDi in-Jiii r.i. iW'tn. N-n... liHn.i on 1.; • n., i n n ..ji, P. 17. M'HENRY, ILLINOIS, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1891 NO. 25 PoauiBao IriBT Wsdihiut vr t«ar. VAN SLTKE,- KOITOE AND PBOPEIETOB. Office in Blahop's Blook, hW, *.:• . - .• TKBM4 or SUB90BJPTIOJI. hia Three Monttw...., _ received Btr OiM the wne proportion. H00 lil States of Advertising. •We. aaaeano* liberal ratas for advertising fi tlw» Pt<A.i:ir08A.l<Ba, and endeavor to state kM SDfftelaljr that they will be readily un- erataed.' They are *« feUowftt., " v * I^dg year H5l»s 'h\', year i one yaa* • inn one year . _ Juan one year- ftolnmn one year 'iJf' 8000 . 100 00 &» Inch means the mMtareonent of one iariHt<towa the column, single column width. $eeirty advertisers, at the above rates, have the privilege of ohanging as often as they ettiOM, without extra oharge. gatytr advertisers (meaning those having Hint eawi*/ **'»•» be wttMsd +£ li'aottoaa at the rata of 5 cents per line e«ell week. All others will be charged 10 e*nta per line the first week, and ft cents per tlVCibr eaeh subsequent week. Transient advertisements will be charged at tie rate of 10 cents pe line, (nonpareil tveihaame as this is set in) the first issue, and S MM* per line for subsequent issues. Thus, am Ipoh advertisement will oost |1.00 for one w&fct 91.50 for two weeks, #4.00 for three and so on. The PtAna>nA.t,>B will be liberal in giving atftiocial notices, but, as a business rule, it Wit require a suitable fee from everybtnly •e4ktag the use of its columns for pecuniary BUSINESS CARDS. - v : i* >' O J. HOWARD, K. ]>. |i>Ilf ->1CI VN ASD SURGEON. MoHenry. ' ^ a. Ill- Office at residence, one block east ol V- Public School Building. a BL FEQER9, M. D- „iAN AKD SURaEC Office at Betideaoe. f; P5L 9WL-A* MeHenry I Wit, OSBORNE, M. D. fi fJHYSIOMtf AND 8tTRQKOiV. Offioe at §T Resilience, West MeHenry, 111. Calls £. promp.ly attended to day and night. ,, Liverv Stable! %T K. WIOHTMAN, Proprmor. First . JpL* class rigs with or without drivers tarnished at reasonable rates. Teaming of all kinds done on short aotiee. &p,V NEAR TBM DSPO^H : c. - c "§WmWT MoHENRY, ttX Keens open for the accommodation of the Pui>SU i^rst-Olass SHoon and Restaurant, he will at ail times keep the best mds of Wines, Liquors and Cigars litebe found in tne market*"'""--'. > Also Agent for SCRAMS FALK« akM Lagw Btw. * In Large or Small Kegs or Bottles at- on hand, cheaper than any other, quail- considered. Bear •y» y Orders by maU prottptlr attended to. GOOD BTA.BL1N& WVJSJMOJUM9 AVOall and.se* us. Robert 8ohleMle. West ICcHenry, I1L $?".v JL IVnglen'a ALOOM AMD RESTAURANT MoHBNRY, ILLIMOI8# BUSINESS CARDS. B. V. SHBPAKD. r. I. 8BBPAKD. SHEPARD * 8HEPARO, A TTORNKYb AT LAW. Suite 512, North- A era office Building, 96 LaSallt Street Chicago, 111. 4ft ly KNIGHT A BROWN, Attorneys at law. u. s. Kxpraaa.oo.'a Bnildlng, 87and W Washington St. OaiOAGO, ILL. JOSLYN A OA8EY, Arro«sr»rs at LAW, Wooilatoek Ilk All business will receive prompt alSM. tion. a P. BARNES, A TTORNKY, Solicitor, and Oounwrtor, xx Oollectloas a specialty. WOODSTOCK, lLblTOW ^ V. 3, LUMLBY. ATTORNEY AT LAW, and SoUahdar In Chancery, WOODSTOCK, ILL. Office in Part Houso. first floor, X ' A, M. CHURCH, Watohmaker and Jeweler T0"0. One Hundred Twenty-Five State At Cht lv oago. 111. Special attention given to ra- pairing Fine watches and Chronometers. Cull Assortment of Ooods in his line Attention Horsemen! MoHejtrT, iLIk, April 1st, 1998, I would respectfully invite the Public to CAlland examine m 7 stock vf Hocwi bcfcn making arrangements elsewhere. No bual. IMS dona on Sunday. N. 8. COLBY VHim iui . The Police Gazette, Is the "nly Illnstrate'l paper in the world containing all the latest sensational and rtlngnews. No Salo.m Keeper, Barber, 31ub Room can afford to be Without it. It always makes friends wherever it goes. Mailed to any address in the United States icnrelv wrapped, IS weeks for (1, Send Five Cents for sample copy. ' RICHARD X. FOX - mtAiraiK Squabb, New York Unites States Var Glain Apcj --or-- :•'* WM- H. COWLIN, Woodstock * • Illinois. Prosecutes all classss and kinds of claims against the United States tor ex-Soldiers, their Widows, Dependent Relatives or Heirs. A specialty is made in prosecuting old and rejected claims. All communications promptly answered If Postage Stamps are enclosed for reply. WM, H. COW LIU Offioeat Residence, Madison St., Woodatoec, Illinois. SIMON STOFFEL, -AOSKT FOR- FhcniSi v£ Btodd|a, V, T. Capital, 5,008,315. Rockford, of ftoekford, III Capital, 802,44a, National, of HartiarA, CM. Capitals sa,sso^ a, Xnsuranee carefully and safely placed on all classes of property against fire, ligbtn*ng, and tornado, either tor cash or on Ions time, without interest. Fire policies on lwe stock cover same In huilding or on farm tgainst lose or damaire by lire or lightning an<t against lightning anywhere. Hay, straw, stalks and fodder are eo?ere«l by oaa policy, in buitdln* or stacks on (arm. G rain, seeds and mill feed are covered under <., e sum In building or on farm Insnranne transferred to other locali­ ties frae of carge. Gasoline or ol' stove and •team thresher permits granted In noUeiaa free of charge Household goods of every description, including coal, wood and provi­ sion r all coveiert under one item. Complete records kept of all policies, conditions, assign­ ments and transfers made. Call for list of over 7® policy hoWwt s»i comnaatea* Simon Stoffel. West MeHenry, Illinois. BARBIAH BROS. Whcdesale and Itetaii ; DEALEmS lit " FINE dOABl, mHEN BY ILLINOIS, Having leased the brick bnilding ori« #oe* South of the post office, we have opened a retail store, w here, at all times can be found line cigars of onr own manufacture, together with smoking and chewing tobaoeo belt brands. , - Pipes a Specialty. We have a very large assortment aad| some rery'handsome patterns. GALL AND 8KB US. BABM4H MMMI . KaWaBrr. VowatwsUtfc. «8ft JOHN Pm 8MITH, Wrtohmaker Ac Jeweler . ieHKNllY. ILLINOIS. A FINE steak of Clocks, Watehee and Jew­ elry always on hand. Special attention given to jepaurlaf fina watakes. Gi,ve ma a oalL JOHN jp. BMITJEL STOFFEI^:;';'^ • t. ' --Afftnt for-- FIRE, • LIGHTNING, Ant Aaetdental Iiunura^^- Also Iowa. Minnesota, Nebraska, Alabama! and California Lands. Call on or address WM. 8TOFVBL, McBanry, HI: Quintette Orchestra, i McHENRY, ILL. Are p-ep*redt to fnrulsh First OIimw Vnsle to the l ancing Public at Reasonable Rates. J, Smitt, 1st Violin. Robt. Madden, Clarionet, O, Curl is. Cornet. L, Owen, Trombone, B, Ingalls, Basso and Prompter, Addrt ss all oommunicatkms to Jerry Smith, McHen- y. #OHfl SALARY and, Coin ^ is don to IbiW. Agents, Men and Women, Teach era nn i olerg men to introduce a naw and popular standard book, l!«R\(FI„S sf the NEW WEST A new Agent sotd 70 In one week. Ag/wiTs pro/Us, tm so. Over Sfto orig nal engraving 10,400 copies soid \n one woek, Exclusive erritory. Endorsed by the greatest men of ocr country, Apply to THE HENR Y BILL PUB. CO., Norwich, Omn .ATTENTION I Farmers and Dairymen. It will pay thole looking for CHOICE COWS Fresh milkers or springers, to call premises before purchasing. I can furnla suoh by the car load or single cow. PORTER H. WOLFRUM, CHMUiro. Farm aboat four miles northwest of Harvard. Illinois. American Clover Blossoa Co. 381 N. Clark St. CHICAGO, ILL# ' 4V„ Blood Purifier. Cnrss all Blood Diseases that "rise from the «ffeet of Bad Blood. A sure core for Cancer, Catarrah, Piles, Sick Headache, Oys. pepnift, Whooping cough, iBheumaticm, Con stipation, etc. Blossoms, per pound - ^ • Fluid Extract, per bottle f-Jr ^ Solid Extract, per pound - SUM) Both the Solid and Fluid Extracts are made from the same stock of Blossoms, and are equally as good and efficacious as the Bios* . JULIA A; 8TORY, Asent. ^ McHenrv* Illinois* LOO fine Kentucky liquors, Frencli Bitters, IcHenry Lager Beer, -AND- J. ScUitz lilvanlee Bottle Beer, la any quantity from a Snitz GHasa to 1C0 barrels. •T WHOLESALE o* RETAfL Beer in bottles, kegs or ease as cheap as the cheapest. W§ buy none but the best and sell at Seaeonable Prices. Call and see me and I will use tyou'well. -" r?r I ̂ AKTOSi: KJf0Lm- " |feB«rT,lU.. «88|, CEDAR LAWN STOCK FARM, HEBBOM, ILL. Phillips & Richardson* • ' BKBSOBBS..Or : High Grade Jersey Cattle, REGISTERED POLAND CHIKA HOOS. And Pube Bred Poultry. 8ll»erlj»"e<l Wy«adotte«», tight B^amas, ply month Rocks, 9, C. White ami 8, C. Brown Leghomf, Patrldge Cochins, »n<1 other Varieties. Mammoth B onze and White Holland Turkeys. Pekln Ducks and White Guineas. We have a high Grade Jersey Cattle for sale from choice selected stock. Our Poland China Hogs are of the best »nu choicest strains We have some very choice spring Ptg6 for sale at very reasonable prices. An inspection of them is invited, or write us •your wants and we will q uoio >uu prices. Ail p'K® eligible to any register. ,e Poultry for slie at *easonable prices. Brgs •tluring season. We h>»ve some very choioa Poultrv of all kinds ut Fall prices. AU orders for Piga, Birds or Eggs receive prompt attention. Our stock has been carefully selected and is strictly pure, ami we Guarantee It -s such. Our customers may rest issu red that w« shall ship only such stock as will reflect-credit upon ourselves ani them also. Correspond' anea cheerfully and promp( ly attended to and respectfully solicited. Visitors welcome any day but Sunday, and we extend an init­ iation to all to call and gee our stock. Hoping to receive a share of your patronage, and assuring our friends that we will labor to please yon, we await your favors. Yours Respectfully, PH I'LL IPS * RICHARDSON. September, UM. r. K. CHANCER, Certeral Auctioneer. Sales of Real Estate, Stock, Farming Tools, Household Furniture, and Goods of all kinds attended to on the most reas­ onable terms. • ,2 Orders by mail will reoeive prompt al- ^ - -Ki iMM »»•* OBAirant Wast Me^lauf . - in/ i 0AK LAWS ACAOUIY Will open If a s«»eond year on W»*d- nrsday. Sent. 16, 1891, sod will offer special privilege* to the right class of tBudents. The lnstltatlOB will be con­ ducted as a Home School for Boys Wliere they will receive the benefits of s thorough preparation In all vf the oonomoB brandies of stady. GERMAN AND MUSia "We claim for our achoo! a and heal<hv situation, and the pait year bears as out in the assertion. TEBK8 AID DESCRIPTIVE CIRCULAR Sent to any address on application^ The school Is situate/) at Rlngwood; McHenrv Co., Ill , off the C. A N W. R, R„ 59 Miles from Chlcage, 15 miles from Lake Geneva, aDd 6 miles from Fox L*k*. No saloon, billiard hall, or other loafing place in town. Address Oak Lawo Academy, 8tf Rinqwood III. mm i« tmp tim r to BUY YOUR fW.: HUBBAB D) ^BOSS" ̂ HARNESS MAKER! Can save you money if you will call on him*. A Large Stee, Kt>. only $2 50 to close oat. The Largest Size Square Blannet made. 75 cent**« >« You can afford to keep youfself ar.d your h rs« warm at these prices % L WTWIAMI Nopd*. Ul„ Dec. 1,1891. 1 &**** mm m ~3" , t U * N* PENSIONS! The Disability Bill Is m Law. o ldiers Disabled Since the War are Entitled* Dependent widows and parnr %B nJW ^ pendent wboee sons died Item the eCeeta ot army per vices sre iooluded. If yon wish your claim speedily and successfully pun eated, address JAMES TANNER. WASHINGTON D. a X^t« Ooatmlaslotaerof Pension*. tt " f. i" j -j, n ' : For Stetle at Living Prices by the onder- signed. Coll on or address _ fRANK COLE, SPRING QROVB, ILL springOrore, 111., Not.M, 1890. :{(•- " 1 , McHENRY Edited by WM. H, OOWLIN, WOODS TOOK, at-- m "Tb care for him who hat borne the battle, and for hit Widow and Orphan*" -Lnraou. "Friendthip, Charily, hoy. ally--Worthy mm* of JPatriat ftUhera" sp-. ^ - ©.--A. it, mmm©rfp.-> VHKKBY POST NO. - Meets tbe rtr«t aad Third Tfcurf£ay even, lags of eaeb month. L 1. fiBKVBTT, Oon. -«^OOSSTOCS TOUT, SO JO?. , Meats first and third Monday eveaiaga of aaeh nonth. A. 8. Wright, Cons. «T;in»A roe*. *0 238, Meeta the saemd and fourth Tuesday evenings a' aaea month F. *. COX.OO*. HASVABD FOBT. BO 96S. Meets the saooad ana tonrtn Monday e&an lngaot aaeh month. X. N. AvsTiir, Oom. Makbhoo POST, No. M», Meets every Sen^nd and Fourth Friday evenings of ea^h month. E. R. Moms, Oom. WACOOHDA TOST. MO. SH8. Peat meats every seeond and fourth Satur­ day ev«»!»g la A, ft. Hall, Main 8t A. L. PBioa. Oom. S AMS ABOUT THIBET, STORIES ABOUT LIFE IN AN AL­ MOST UNKNOWN COUNTRY. Colonel^ Thomas G. Lawler, of Rock- ford, has for the 24th time been elected commander of the 6. A. R. post in that city. The Colonel has more friends in Illinois than could be counted in av week, and he is everywhere popular. *<' H. Miller & Son, ; V , - -7 ; UAEBLE I QRaHITE, Motiuments, Headstonos, Tablets, Kto. - ry Work of every de ̂ script on neatly executed at the Lowest Prices. Baliifutiu BstnslMd. Shops at MeHenry and Johns- burgh, III, where at all times can ce tound a good assortment of finished work. |>}<« " ̂ i Respectfully^ ̂iyV Henry Miller A Son. J. R. SAYLOR & SON, -RttlCEDEKS OF Morgan:: Horses, Embracing tbe celebrated General GI fiord, Green Mountain ajod Morrill blood. STOCK FOR SALE. Stallions acd Fillies, dendfor pedi­ grees. Suez sod Registered Poland China =SW1NE.: Choice Merino Sh« A' .4 eep. Mammoth Bronze Turkeys. High Grade Jersey Cattle. For sale. Come and Inspect stock, or address J. R. HAXX^UJK ^ SOU* IPiNtMeBettr7.ni. The logan Moxmmeat. • ! ^ If every veteran in the country should devote 10 minutes of his time and a dime of his money to the increase of the Logan monument fond, where John A. Logan gave dollars and hours for the benefit of the veterans, there could be a memorial raised to him which would overtop the Washington monument. Every veteran, every son and relative of a veteran, should be glad tQ have a share In the monument which is to be erected in Washington to the greatest volunteer soldier in the war of the re­ bellion. He should have the finest monu­ ment in the national capital, and he will have, if the comrades will only wake up to the importance of doing something at once. Send all contributions to the National Tribune, Washington, D. C , and they will be acknowledged through the paper. An Uniepentent Babtl. The tens of thoiieauds of loyal men in Tennessee--and there are no more loyal men under the shadow of the flag than there are in Tennessee--are deeply stirred to righteous anger by the utterances of Chief-Justice Turney, at a recent re-union of ex-Confederates at Knoxville. The verbatim report of his speech, which was published in the daily papers in that city, shows that he said: I believed that I was right in 1881 when I went into the Confederate army, and now, on the third day of November, 1691, I know I was right. And now, gentlemen, if 1 should be taken suddenly sick in my room, and after a consulta­ tion of doctors I should be told that my end was near, and if you, gentlemen, sliould hear o! it, and shocld eciae and say to me, "We have decided to erect a monument over your grave and we wish to ask what you would inscribe," I would say, "Gentlemen, on that marble in deep characters, engrave the single word, 'Secession.'" J ustice Turney is a leading candidate for Governor of Tennessee, and he made this speech designedly to capture the ul­ tra-rebel element of his State. Such an utterance by a high officer of State is simply monstrous. It is giving an offi­ cial sanction to rank treason. If he be­ lieves what he says, then he constantly lives a lie, for in his great office he is con­ stantly called upon to expound and ap­ ply laws framed upon the basis that re­ bellion is wrong and the authority of the United States is supreme. If he believes in the righteousness of rebellion and se­ cession, then he must believe that every law asserting the authority of the gov­ ernment is a gross violation of right. If, therefore, he interprets those laws ac­ cording to their letter and spirit, he must regard himself as an accomplice in doing great wrongs to those who are affected by them. If, on the other hand, he does not apply those laws according to their intent and meaning, he Is false to his official oath and duties. As a con­ scientious man he should at once resign his seat on the Supreme Bench. If the people ol Tennessee are true to their du­ ties as citizens of the United States, they will at once impeach this unworthy pub­ lic servant and remove him from the po­ sition where, if he tries to carry out his convictions, he can do as incalculable harm to them as Isham G. Harris did in 1861, when, in opposition to the wishes of the majority of the people, he dragged the State into the woful vortex <tf seces­ sion.--National 7ribime. - 5? ^ IT SHOULD BE IN EVERY HOUSE J. B. Wilson, 871 Clay street, Sharps- burg, Pa., says he will not be without Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption, Coughs and Colds, that it cured his wife, who was threatened with pneumonia after an attack of la grippe, when vari­ ous other remedies ana several physi­ cians had done her no good. Robert Barber, of Cooksport, Pa., claims Dr. King's New Discovery has done him more good than anything he ever used for lung trouble. Nothing like it. Tiy it. Free trial bottles at G. W. Beeley's drag store. Large bottles, 50c and£ f1. A S«ctlon «r Middle Aal» That Baa At­ tract** Maay Abto Chtaaaa 8*017 *«U- •1*--Some SemarkibU AmouU of Strang* Dotagu in Chlnea* WHUagi. A carious collection of facts respect­ ing Thibet, as represented by vari­ ous Chinese authors and travelers, has been made by Mr. Woodville Rockiiill, who has himself explored that mysteri­ ous country of middle Asia. On New Tear's day at the capital city, Lh'asa, there begins a season of festivity. One of the entertainments is called the Spectacle of sue Flying Spirits," 'The performers stretch an enormously large rope made of hide all the way from the top to the bottom of Mount Potala; then they fasten grooved blocks of wood to their chests and sail down the line lilra so many swallows. On top of this same mountain dwells the pope of the Budd­ hist religion, -who is called the talo lama. He is also the incarnation of the god which chiefly protects mankind. On the 30th of the month there is an­ other great sport when the king of the devils is driven away. A priest is chosen to play the part of the tale lama, and a layman, selected for his wit and activity, th« mie of the demon. The latter smears his face with black and white paint, and goes before the pretended tale lama for the purpose of mocking him. The two have an argument on religion, the issue of which is finally referred by mutual agreement to a cast of dice. These dice are very big ones, about, the size of apples, but the poor fiend has no show at all in the gamble, for his die is blank on every side, while the lama's has the highest number on each of its faces. In Thibet, as in Christian coun­ tries, it is always laudable to defraud the devil. Bering beaten, the king of the devils is frightened and runs away, with all the people after him, firing guns and cannon, so that he is obliged to hide at length in a hole in the mountain, where provisions have previously been placed to feed him for a few days while he remains in con­ cealment. There are nearly as many demons in Thibet as there are human inhabitants, and the priests or "lamas" are kept very busy exorcising them, be­ cause otherwise they would swarm every­ where and do no end of mischief. POWER OF THIS PRIESTS, If any one is sick or annoyed in any way the devils are responsible, and the only sensible thing is to go and hire a priest to frighten them off. For this purpose the lama reads aloud from the sacred writings, blows a horn made from a human thigh bone, beats a drum manufactured out of two human skulls, rings a bell and tells over a rosary of disk shaped beads cut out of human skulls. The lamas also do a large business in fortune telling. Sometimes they ascer­ tain the fates with barleycorns; at others they burn sheep bones for the same purpose or gaze into bowls of water. According to one author there is a very astonishing curiosity in Thibet in the shape of a plant that flies. It re­ sembles a dog in shape, is the color of a tortoise shell and is very tame. If lions or elephants see it they are frighten«ds "hence it is the king of beasts." There is a kind of black donkey which can cope in fight with the tiger. On the Icy peaks of the Himalayas, says this imagi­ native writer, there is a "snow maggot," resembling the silkworm in appearance and weighing nearly a pound. It is ex­ cellent to eat, but too much of it will make one bleed at the nose. Seventy li from Lh'asa is a convent on top of a hill, and a great hole full of white clay that is good to eat. As fast as the clay is eaten more takes its place. Behind the convent is a large lake, and evildoers who go near always tumble into it. The Thibetans used to cast Buddhas in copper, and the smaller<,t]py were the more they were worth, POLITENESS IN THIBET. Chinese philosophers say that planners differ every hundred li of distance, and customs are no longer the same every thousand li. Thus the ways of the Thibetans vary, but in most parts it is usual for a woman going to see a priest to smear her face with molasses. If this is not done it is said that she is try­ ing to captivate the lama by her comeli­ ness-- ait unpardonable crime. A sign of politeness on meeting a person is to hold up the clasped hands and stick out the tongue. When a man dim one-half of his property goes to charity and the other half to the lamas. His family gets nothing. One of the writers quoted observes that in case of death the corpse is tied up with the head between the knees, and suspended in a rawhide bag from the rafters. A few days later it is taken to the corpse cutter's place, where it is tied to a post. The flesh is then cut off and given to dogs and the bones crushed in a stone mortar and made up with grain into balls, which are also thrown to dogs and vultures. Both these meth­ ods of burial are considered highly de­ sirable. For f"«ii misdemeanors men and women are stripped and beaten in the market place. Great" criminals are bound with ropes and whipped with raw­ hide lashes. If this does not persuade th^nn to avow their guilt boiling batter is poured on their chests. Supposing fog* they still protest their innocence, they are suffocated with water or splint­ ers are driven under their nails,--Wash­ ington Star. MMhlMiT Baa Aflkcted Mm gh«--alwr A called a shoemaker thirty years ago made shoes; today, except in rare eases, he makes only a part of a shoe as he labors in some factory guiding one or the other of the numerous labor saving machines, and is known as a beater, binder, eyeleter, heeler, I aster, pegger, Btitcher. trimmer, filler, cutter or dresser. What is true of the shoemaking trade is of other trades.--St Louis Begtib> Mat*. BarUi«ldl. The late Mme. Bartholdi was oa«ifli^ nary person, and on her ninetfsttl hitfl^ day she looked so full of life ami Iwiiiiifl, so with mental vigor and heartinesslilit I wonder she did not live to a She ww left a widow early, and dnioNL herself to the education of her soassi^t the stewardship of their patatfeal pMfh erties, which under her ma&agsMMiil were increased to fortunes. Tbonglk SO well endowed with the money making faculty, she was a person of a generous disposition and given to hospitality. In youth she was reputed the hapd- somest girl in Alsace. As an old waoiaa she was more than handsome. Tho psm outlines remained, and the fire of kindest, quickest and most lambent of eyes imaginable was never qui so long as life remained. The son have had her in his head, as he rasWBh bered her in her younger days, when ho was sketching the design of the ststQO. of "Liberty Enlightening the Wortl' It was her idea that Liberty should ®ot! be en pate de guimauve, but of a grave ; and severe aspect. Liberty was the beet 3 of all conditions, she used to say, fear those who were severs npon themselves, ; and the worst for the self indulgent. f One never saw a trace of self righteous, harshness in the old lady. She wis wy indulgent toward the erring; but tfcttll grace, she said, came with the wide e*4 perience of old age. It was a source of enjoyment to her to drive to the Me of Swans, in the Seine. ai>4 InnV «f. tlw re­ duced copy which was set up there a few years ago of the famous statoewiiiQiti now stands at the entrance of New Toric| harbor. One of her sayingBwas, "Do- not repress badness; crowd it ovtwith good ideas."--London Truth. * ^ j! ' Vi*? \ - ' ; •J* ; .'•& A Paris Ctndla Story. "Every traveler who stops at a Paris ;: lodging house," laughed a woman tiie| other day, "has a candle story, and here ' is mine: We were served with two- candles every morning, which we never • v̂ half used up; these would be taken oat, 1 ' however, and fresh ones appear in ttsir : places. Knowing that we were being*/\-'ik £ charged tor every candle we determined v,; at least toenjoy added iUumination,ahd ̂ ̂̂ my husband looked around for m place to r * 5 ^ hide them during the daily doing up of "Vf % 1 the apartment. On the top shelf of a > ; cabinet arrangement in aconMrstood large Japanese vase, wide and deep. Up <• • ! to this Mr. climbed, to discover that it, we had been forestalled, for in its cap*- •'"* cions hollow we found seventeen can- • : dies, every one burned down perhaps an T * inch. v , '{**• f. "Some former lodger had resented the candle swindle like ourselves, and : =•'" ' had put his daily allowance where ft?. \ .V v would do the proprietor no good. That. night a brilliant illumination of nineteen ̂ candles, each set in its own grease on the marble top table, gave us like light. Daring our stay we hid 1 accumulated candles, so that we tad always enough to read by, and when we left we deposited our overstock in the ? vase for the benefit of some searching ̂ successor."--New York Times. • _v \ Th® Religions of China. '; The three great religions of China are/' ̂ Confucianism, Buddhism and Taotnsm. /̂ T - The bulk of the people are Bnddhista % 4 & rather than Confncianists, and there are ,Vf;̂ ?| millions of infidels. The tomb of Ooor, ^ fucins is at Mecca, for many of the Chi- ; ̂ nese, and they make pilgrimages to it ' Confucianism is more a philosophy titan ' a religion. It contains many of thebeau- t" ̂ ties which we suppose to be exclusively • - *1 J the properties of Christianity. Utae ";4L-, golden role in a negative form was aa» - auitciated by Confucius, and as a systero ^{• of morality it is beautiful. The Taouiats H?:,; have more superstitions than ths Oon- - v fueianists. They began about the eacne -*. •€«•< time as Confucius, their preacher being .» } ̂ one Laou-Tsze. The state religion, in connection with which all these religions come in, is the * v worship of the emperor, who is the son ,. '}%* •% of heaven and the prophet, priest andy i-.i king of the people. He worships for Ji£ them in the temples at Pekin, When • ̂ the great Temple of Heaven was honiW'f;vilt| down a shudder ran down the 800,000,00ft >1 spines of the gmii Chinese nation. It was' " ^v'v thought that this was a warning from ' : heaven that the emperor should be posed.--Frank G. Carpenter in N« Tribune. ' I , ll»8ilin Letter* fiwaa r "Ever since I was abroad," said a Will known New Yorker, "I have been tered with all sorts of begging They are mostly from the English charitable instil otic ous descriptions, though 1 private individuals. The fo a variety of printed matter the purposes and work of thei The latter are abject appeals of ently professional begging letter 1 with which London abounds. I W»a talking with a friend about it aad IMS A7 said he had the same experience for about two years after he had built ^ house here, a description of whieii apA: his wealth got into the local papegs. He ; was deluged with begging tetters from ; almoet every capital in Europe and ss» pecially from London. "Those people are the worst i persistent beggars in the world. Fancy an American mailing begging Londoners! I suppose there must sr î̂ at5r,roB'4#-t»5 x. V s- ft ?\ H, , ', "a J; " \i New Tonic Herald. "BraW The intelligent foreigner is amused at the indiscriminate way which English audiences use this iM*!̂ regardless of the number and aeac (If Ifaj : performer;; whom they wiah to 1 A tenor is, of course, bravo; prima donna is hrava. Mora male artist can only be bravi, there are more ladies than qm 1 stage, and no man is to bei the applause, they should brave--at least according to grammar.--Notes and Queries. The art of longevity, all. over, is a regular life, tem. „ things* with abundance of pare water, and freedom from ajuiety, and worry. 1 ' '