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by mail. Ask your druggist,
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pound can and Guide, $1.20. Sample package of Powder. -' cents, five for $1.00.
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cw hens), and two small packs es of Powder for 60 Cents; or, one large 2 1-4
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orepajd, for $5.00. Send stamps or cash. I. S. JOHNSON & CO.. 22 Custom-House Street. Boston. Mass.
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708 East Capitol Street,
“WASHINGTON I). (3.,
Executive Departments, gives me superior
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all in perfect 'order and as good as new,
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of having a cool, delightful
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to JULIA GREGORY. Winnipauk. Conn. m4
JUGGLERY IN INDIA.
A CHICAGO MISSIONARY TELLS OF
A WONDERFUL FEAT.
.—
Writers on the Subject, He Says, Do Not
Give the Mysterious Heathen Half His
Dues—Live Animals Produced in Space
from Nothing and Lowered to the Earth.
For the last twenty-seven years Bishop
York has been a missionary among the Hin—
doos, during which time he has not set foot
on other than Indian soil. He has penetrated
the depths of the jungles, distributing tracts
and spreading the light among the wildest
and most heathenish tribes in all India. To
a reporter the bishop said: During my stay
in India I was frequently in receipt of books,
papers and magazines from home, many of
which contained what purported to be stories
of life in India.
To say that I was amazed at the lack of
truth and meagerness of detail in those
articles would but feebly express my opin ion
on the subject.
something lacking, but the most glaring
omissions were made in stories of native Hin-
doo jugglery. By comparing my personal
experience with the published accounts 1 can
truthfully say that the Hindoo jugglor is the
most grossly misrepresented human being on
the face of the earth. The writer was either
sadly lacking in descriptive power or he
failed to give the poor Hindoo the benefit of
the truth. The conjuring feats described
juggler, but they don’t do justice to tae jour—
neyman juggler of India.
THE TRAVELING JUGGLnns.
“It was my good fortune to witness one
performance in this line'which will give you
a faint idea of what the Hindoo can do.
Along about the lst of April two other mis-
sionaries and myself stopped at the home of
a friend on the outskirts of Delhi. After a
bounteous dinner of f i‘ied chicken we repaired
with our host to the veranda of the bunga—
low to enjoy an after dinner cigar. \Vhile
in the midst of an animated religious discus-
sion a native sikh or leader appeared, fol~
lowed by two attendants. The sikh was the
scranniest, most consumptive looking speci-
men I ever saw. He was hollow eyed and
sallow, and wore no clothes except a turban
and a scanty waist cloth. The attendants
seemed to be enjoying better health, and each
carried a large bundle of bamboo poles tied
around the middle with a bit of rope.
“That fellow,” said our host, “is a sleight
of hand man or juggler. and if you wish to
will perform some feats that will astonish
you.”
VVosignifled our desire to be astonished,
whereupon the host signaled the juggler to
go ahead with his show. And I must say it
was the most marvelous affair of the kind 1
aver saw.
Favoring us with a profound salaam the
sikh gave some directions in his native tongue
to the attendants, who carried their bundles
of poles to an open space in front of the ver-
ands.
fit consisted of those bamboo poles. They had
absolutely no stage mechanism or parapher-
nalia employed by the civilized conjurer.
The sikh stood mutely by with folded arms
while his helpers went to work with the
poles, and in a remarkably short space of
time produced a light jointed ladder at least
eighty feet long with rungs one foot apart.
When the ladder was finished it was laid flat
on the ground, the two helpers taking their
place at one end and the sikh at the other.
Removing his turban the juggler, who was
heels on the ground and with the balls of his
feet resting on the extreme ends of the lad-
of the ladder and moved rapidly toward their
chief, raising the ladder up with their hands
as they came.
was placed in a perpendicular position at the
sikh’s feet.
Tun nisnor’s sronr.
Then the attendants withdrew a short dis-
tance and sat upon the ground, humming a
low, monotonous chant, to the music of
which the juggler slowly mounted the ladder,
balancing it as he went. Keeping his eyes
fixed on the top he mounted step by step, re-
moving each rung with his toes as he climbed
and tucking them under his arms. Slowly
and steadily be mounted higher and higher
on his frail support, while we scarcely dared
breathe for fear he would lose his balance.
The removal of the rungs caused the sides of
the ladder to sway and bend in a frightful
manner, but the marvelous dexterity of the
juggler prevented them from falling.
0n reaching the top the juggler pulled out
the last rung and then stood on the extreme
summit of the two naked, 80-foot poles. The
oscillations at first were terrible, but the
Sikh had wonderful control of his legs, and
gradually dmreasing the swaying motion, he
finally stood motionless as a statue at that
dizzy‘height. Then, at a given signal, which
we didn‘t see, the attendants jumped up and
removed the two poles, laying them care-
fully on the ground.
I turned to our host, speechless with amaze-
ment, but he only smiled and cautioned me
to be silent, pointing at the same time to the
juggler, still standing motionless eight/y feet
in the air. I had seen some juggling myself,
but never anything like that.
While we were gazing spellbound at this
uncanny phenomenon a dense blue mist en-
veloped the juggler. Immediately after a
low, bellowing sound was heard and a mo-
ment later a half grown live giraffe at the
end of astout rope was lowered rapidly to the
ground. Before we could recover from our
astonishment the rope was hauled up and the
next instant the mate of the first giraffe slid
out of a cloudiess sky. I was never a believer
in the supernatural, but at that moment I
felt the presence of an unseen power. While
I was wondering what would come next the
juggler slid clown, and while be tied the
gii'atl‘es’ necks together in a bow knot the
helpers hauled the rope down and madeaneat
coil of it.
Then the Sikh informed us that he was much
fatigued and Wished to rest himself before
proceeding with the next trick. Permission
being given by our host, the juggler at once
fell into a dose standing erect on his feet.
While the helpers were digging a hole to be
used in the next trick 1:. heavy rain storm
came up, which indefinitely postponed the re—
mainder of the performance—Chicago Times.
- Jason \Vas All Right.
The Citizens of Taylorsville, Neb., recently
tarred and. feathered old Jason Mitchell, and
then rode him on a rail. Instead of resenting
this treatment, Jason seemed to enjoy it.
This puzzled the boys very much until the
Old man sued twenty-five of them for $1“)
damages each, and got it. Then they began
to see that Jason really bad the most fun.—
New York Tribune.
An Aggravated Case. ‘
“Iwouldn’t borrow trouble,” said a lady
culties.
“You wouldn't?”
I ‘No. ”
“Well, I doubt if I could find a man who
would be my creditor even to that extent.”—
Merchaut Traveler.
I
der. Then the helpers raised the other end ’
whose husband had met with financial difii-
i thirteen feet high.
In all the articles there was ,
would do very well for a bungling apprentice '
'. OLD HOPE" LODGE FARM. -.
AN OLD HISTORIC PROPERTY IN
MONTGOMERY‘ COUNTY, 'PA.
A Quaint niansion Containing Rare 01d
Furniture and Many Relics—Closets
Enough to Satisfy Any
Dispute as to Original Owner.
H ouse keeper.
In Whitemarsh, Montgomery county, a
short distance from Fort Washington, and
only a stone’s throw or two from the famous
old fort in which the American soldiery in-
trenched themselves after their defeat at the
battle of Germantown, stands a substantial
mansion, which is notable for its age, the
associations connected with it and the elegant
simplicity of its architecture. It stands
back from the Bethlehem pike several hun—
dred yards, and is shaded by venerable white
pines, horse chestnuts and other trees, some
of which are more than a century old.
It is an unusually large house, with a brick
front and an abundance of large windows,
over the caps of which are pressed brick or-
namentations.
OLD TIME ARCHITECTURE.
The entrance is through a door of more
than ordinarily large size, and, by means of
soapstone steps, in which are graven the in-
itials of the children of the residents for more
than a hundred years back, and underneath a
portico supported by large columns, quaintly
carved. The doorway enters upon a. hall forty
by twenty feet, which divides the house into
two equal parts, and leading therefrom are
many doors, with arched and keystoned tops
and columned sides. All the ceilings are
The rooms are large, ' but
i an otherwise barnlike appearance is broken
As far as we could see the entire out- .
1 inch planks.
by the numerous doors throughout the house.
It seems as though the owners had set them
wherever there was an available wall space.
The greater part of these doors open into
closets, so large and so roomy as to be ample
to hold a bedroom suite and still leave space
enough to turn around. Every chamber has
at least two or three of these wonderful
closets.
Every room from floor to garret is furnish~
ed with large old fashioned fireplaces, the
mantels and fronts of which on the first floor
are of black marble, and the fronts of those
on the second floor of light blue tiles, on
which are enameled curious figures. The
main stairway leading from the hall to the
garret is wide enough for a public hall, and
rises by easy flights of broad. low steps from
story to story, and is inclosecl, except on the
landings, where there are richly carved bal—
ustrades. liesides this stairway there are
two others, one at each end of the house—
semi-concealed, dark, uncanny, winding af-
fairs, set in the partition walls, and leading
from the cellar to the gai'rets, and communi—
cating with all the rooms in the house. One
of the garrets is nearly 100 feet long and 20
feet wide, and was fitted up in 1854 as alodge
room for the Free Masons, who in that year
split from the Gerrnantown lodge, but was
never occupied by them, on account of the
death of the owner of the house, who was
one of the secedcrs.
Instead of rafters, the roof is supported by
heavy oak beams, on which are laid three-
Hidden away in the garretr
are relics collected from time to time by for
' mer owners. A bundle of war arrows, the
at the bottom of the ladder, stood with his ‘
In this manner the ladder :
' of Gen. Russell B. Thayer.
flint heads of which are said to be poisoned,
taken from an Indian warrior supposed to
have been one of a band attached to the Brit.
ish army; two bows that belonged also to an
Indian brave of the past; a/ghastl y collection
of. human bones in a box—bones that once
formed the skeleton of a half grown boy;
also an immense palm leaf fan, used by serv-
ants more than 125 years ago to keep the flies
from the dining table of Samuel Morris, one
of the owners of the place.
There are conflicting stories as to who
erected the mansion. As a result, its exact
age is unknown, but it is agreed that it was
built not later than 1735. It is stated on the
one hand that the house was erected about
1721 by Henry Hope, the first owner of the
property, after whom the place was named
“Hope Lodge Farm” three-quarters of a cen-
tury later, and who received a grant of 500
acres of land from William Penn.
On the other hand, it is claimed by the do»
scendants of Samuel Morris, the second
owner, and who Was also the possessor of a
large mill on the W'issahickon, near by, that
he was the builder, and this claim seems to
be the better founded one. Those who claim
Hope as the builder say that he was a. bach-
elor, and that the bricks with which the front
of the house was built came from England,
being brought over as ballast of a ship. The
wood work of the interior is also said bycom—
petent carpenters to have been imported. It
is also related that when the house was fin-
ished he gave a grand house warming and a
reception to meet his intended bride and her
mother, invitations having been issued to
all the leading families for miles around.
During the reception, however, it is said he
drank too much wine and made use of an of-
fensive remark to his betrothed, which so
angered her that she canceled the engage-
ment. This, it is related, so preyed on Hope’s
mind that shortly after he sold the property
to Samuel Morris.
Samuel Morris was the eldest son of Su-
sanna Morris, the eldest daughter of Robert
and Susanna Heath, who came to Philadel-
phia with William Penn in 1701. Susanna
Morris was a noted minister of the Society of
Friends, who made three journeys to Eng-
land to preach, during oneof which, in 1731,
she was shipwrecked, notwithstanding that
she was warned beforehand, it is related, by
three successive dreams of the coming catas-
trophe. Samuel Morris, like most of the
Friends of that time, in that section, was a
strong Royalist, even going so far, it is said,
as to drive his cattle to Philadelphia for the
use of the British soldiery after the battle of
Germantown. rather than let the Americans
have them. With him on the farm resided a
niece, Annie Evans, who fell in love with and
married Col. Alexander Anderson, a young
American soldier of the revolution, in spite
of the violent opposition of her uncle.
On the death of Samuel Morris the prop-
erty came into the possession of J oshua Mor-
ris, a brother of Samuel Morris, and by him
it was sold to W’illiam West. He died in
1782. April 17, 1784. the executors granted
the premises to John Wilcox and Joshua Em-
len, to the use of James Horatio Watmough
for life. He was a general in the revolution-
ary army, and was a grandfather of the wife
After residing
on the property for some years he rented it
to the well knowu Steel family, of German-
town, who lived there nine years, and he
took up his residence on Price street, Ger-
mantown, where he died, Jan. 26; 181°.'—
Philadelphia Lodger.
Electricity in the Heart’s Beats.
Dr. Augustus Waller, of the hospital
schools, has made a number of experiments
showing that it is possible to detect, by exist-
ing electrical instruments, the electric cur~
rents generated at each beat of the heart.
Two people holding each other by the hand,
and connected with acapillary electrometer,
give evidence of electrical shocks through
each other. The hands of a single subject,
dipped into two basins of water, in connec-
tion with. the electrometer, give a deflection
of the instrument at every beat of the pulse.-
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SAN JOSE DE COSTA RICA.
White heart of a land of honorv
And joy of a people free!
From the sunshine that fell upon her.
Ere soft rains ceased to be. ' '
God gathered the diamond splendor
Of a world from sea tosea,
And poured the effulgence tender
In the valley of Aserrc.
Then he took of the skies above it
The delicate tints they wore,
To clothe the hills that should love it
And guard it for evennorc.
The rarest of sapphire sparkle
And azure a wondrous store.
And amethyst that should darkle
Like depths that are far from shore.
And out of the soil as he willed it,
He took of each flower that grows
The seed of the fairest, and spilled it
In the valley‘s fertile close.
And he sent the sun and the showers.
And manya stream that flows.
To fashion a thousand bowers
Of jasmine and royal rose.
Till never a spot was fairer
Than that where the city should be.
And never a picture rarer
For human eyes to see.
White heart of a land of honor,
And joy of a. people free,
With the sunshine of God upon her
And the blessing of liberty!
—C. L. Charles in Frank Leslie‘s Newspaper
Trick of a Grasping Jeweler.
“It’s scandalous the way folks are robbed
in some branches of business," said a young
man who knows a good deal about things in
general. “There’s diamonds, for instance.
There ain’t one person in a hundred knows
anything about diamonds. I once had a
friend in the business, who used to tell me '
all about the tricks of the trade. Once, I re-
member, a man came to him to buy a dia-
mond ring. My friend showed him a ring
the stone of which was worth about $175,
and offered it to him for $250. The man said.
he didn’t like it, and after looking at some
others, went away, saying he would look in
again. My friend took the stone, had it reset
in a manner to show up prominently, where—
as it had previously been set deep, and kept
it to spring on the man when he came in.
He happened along in a day or two, and my
friend dragged forth the ring.
“ ‘You didn’t like that other stone,‘ he
said, ‘but here’s one that will catch you.
Just got it in and had it set. It's a beauty.
Of course, it’s worth a good deal more money
than the other, but it’s worth the difi’erence.’
' “The man looked at it and was captured at
a glance. He went in raptures over it, and
finally asked the price.
“ ‘Four hundred dollars.’ said my friend,
‘and dirt cheap. too.’
“And I’ll be doggoned if that chap didn’t
pay $400 for a ring he had refused at 3250.
Oh, I tell you this thing of falling into the
hands of the jewelers is worse than running
. Dninst highwayinen.”-—Chicago Mail.
A Knowing Squirrel.
A gray headed, homely old man .sat on a
bench in a sequestered part of Central park the
other day and fed the squirrels with peanuts.
One plump fellow cocked his tail in the air,
and actually took the kernels from the old
man’s hand. “If Jock was here,” said the old
fellow, “you’d see him on my shoulder. He
often jumps from a tree right on top of
but. It took me a your to tame him. I :13}
’em all Jock. I tamed the first one five years
ago. He, got so that he understood all that I
said to him. One day I gave him a cream
nut, and said: ‘I don’t know what you will
do with that, J ock; snow’s too deep for you
to bury it.’
“ Well, he just ran up a tree till he came to.
two forked limbs, thrust the nut between
them and pushed it down hard with his paws. '
Then he started down the tree, but I said:
‘Why, Jock, the wind’ll blow thatout.’ Then
what did he do but go back, take hold of that.
nut, shake it with his paws, and look at me
as much as to say, ‘Mister, I guess that’s all
right.’
“They shot Jock three years ago, when.
they said the squirrels were getting too thick.
in the park and destroying the buds. I don’t.
think the squirrels can be too thick: them.-
trees looks as if their buds had been injured,
now. don’t they l”—New York Sun.
Cliinaineu Arc Stolid.
An English physician residing in China
points out that the most charactca‘istic differ-
ence between the Chinaman and the Cau-
casian in Europe lies in the former’s lack of
nervousness ~We in America, who have seen
the Chinaman working incessantly in his
little laundry,- shall find no difficulty in be-
lieving the statements of the English physi-
cian when he says: “The Chinaman can write
all day, he can work all day, he can stand for
a whole day in one position, weaving, ham-
mering gold or cutting ivory, without once
being attacked by nervousness. This pecu-
liarity makes itself apparent in early youth.
The Chiuaman can bear any kind of bodily
exercise. Sport and play to him are unneca
sssary labor. He can sleep anywhere and ill
many positions-amid thundering machines,
deafening noises, the cry of children or the
wrangle of grown people, or on the ground,
in bed or on a chair.” In his own innocent
way the Chinaman is almost a Sybarite.-
Exchange.
Try Ono Before Going to Bed.
When you happen to read in a Pennsylvania
paper the notice of the marriage of Lena
Aubergestchemutterhauser and Heinrich:
Koontzchleichter, by the Rev. Klaus Hols-
hauzen, don’t be too fresh and think you are
reading an account of a German wedding.
The chances are that the contracting partia
and witnesses speak better English than they
do in Boston, and that there wasn‘t a soul at
the wedding who could speak or understand
a word of German. . These names are heir-
looms in some partspiof Pennsylvania, and the
old families cling to them fondly, long after
speech and accent have departed. They’re
mighty good things for the babies to cut their
teeth on. —Burdette in Brooklyn Eagle.
The Dust from Books Harmless.
From an experimental investigation car-
ried out by the Dreweu municipal authorities
it would appear that pathogenic micro-organ. : "
isms do not thrive on books. The dust from a
number of unused volumes was found to be
only matter of a harmless character. The
tubercle bacillus was especially sought and
most conspicuously not-found: The conclu-
siOn arrived at’ was that the danger of circu-
lating libraries spreading infection was very
slight, but a recommendationis givenlto dust
books well befOre'reading themyand-jnever to
wet the‘ fingers'-in.thé5¢noutlr5for.=’tlfef purpose
of turning over the leaves—Exchange.
A Substitute for Oars.
An ingenious contrivauce is about to be
brought '.out' by Capt. Woo’lward, of the
royal mail steamer Don, by which it is pro-
posed to do away with oars as a means of
propelling ships’ lifeboat‘s.’ It consists of a
hand power screw propeller, which enables:
the boat to be driven by any one in it, though
unacquainted with ;;rowmg‘; :Ilo'rTh'is,‘v‘Capt.
Woolward points out,.will obviate thechancs
of passengers who may getaway from a
stranded ship finding themselves in about
without oars or having them without any
skilled in their use. The machinery takes up
little room, and seems to be both efficient and
simple—Exchange. ‘ » '
Norwalk Chronicler