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Lookin' at the sunshine, SlanfH1 on the wall, Wutehin' w here tlie KUadJers l"v the utapU-s till. Jit a buy awayln', WaT'n' toaa' fr Where the nun 'n' shudders ivinderconie 'n' go. Ain't a tliinkln' nuthin. Jest a-luyin' here, oakln- in the gladness, Stw k'n n p t he cheer. ImC t he une o' doiu' Anythiu'at nil? 'I) ruther watch the Funshlue h'.auUil' on the Wall. Tbad Sleveua Varnuin. OX A JAUXrTXG CAI! :5Y ANN IE F. JOUXSTOX. It w a9 a June morning in Cork. Miss Rriggs and htr niece had left the rift of their party at the hotel, to recover from the cliecti of a rough passage, and had started out to explore the iU.iint old town. The jaunting car rattled along through the crooked streets, and turn ed into a ide, smooth avenue, whose hawthorn hedges were white with Llofsoms, and whose wayside trees cov ered it with a cool, deep shade; then hack again into the crooked streets, where a detachment of soldiers passed them. "Look!" cried Emily with girlish enthusiasm, "there are some Highlanders!" A band came next, followed by sev eral carriages, while a noisy rabble of hooting, barefoot children and boister ous men and wouieu straggled after. "What is the matter?" she asked of the driver, who had stopied his horse to let the procession pass. "It's O'Brien, miss," he explained. "He'll 1 after spakiu' in the park, the day, and they're fearful av a riot, nits." The procession was a long one, and they waited several minutes Air it to pass. Ju-jt as they started on again, Kmily, happening to look uitoss the street, saw a man, evidently a tourist, hastily shutting up a small camera. "Auntie," she almost ga:-pod, "I actually believe that inau has been taking a photograph of us!" Miss Rriggs lxked quickly, but they had turned a corner, and be was out of sight. "Well, it can't be helped," she said laughingly, but with an indignant pink flushing up into her cheeks. "It serves us right for making a spectacle of ourselves by getting on to such an outlandish conveyance." On the following day, while Miss Briggs sat alone in the parlor of the Imperial Hotel, busily engaged with her journal, Kmily entered, her hat awry and her face glowing. "Look!" she cried breathlessly. "Here is a sketch I nude this after noon, auntie, I did it in rf.-pia. And oh, I've had such an interesting expe rience! We all went up to Shandon churchyard, and old Mr. Lumb took me up in the tower to read the in scription on the bills. When we came down again, you couldn't guess who was standing iu the churchyard, by Father l'rout's tomb." Miss Briggs held the sketch oil" at arm's length, surveying it critically, and shook her head. '"Well, it was that man who took our picture yesterday. As soon as he saw me, he came directly towards me. He took off bis hat with as friendly a smile as if we had always known each other, aud said, 'I'ardou me, miss, are you not the young lady whom I saw yesterday on a jaunting' car while the procession was crossing the bridge?" I was so amazed I did not know what to say, and he began at once to apolo gize and explain. He said he was out with his camera, taking pictures of in teresting types of Irish character, and was attracted by our coachman's face. He paid no attention to us until we were driving away. Then he saw me, but did not notice you particularly. While he was developing the picture, that afternoon, he was almost startled, he told me, as your features gradually appeared on the plate. He said: They bear such a striking resemblance to one I knew years ago. Will yon allow me to ak if the lady with you was a Miss Briggs? Miss Caroline Briggs?' " Emily paused to note the effect of her words, and Miss Briggs looked up with lively interest depicted on every feat ure. . "Go on!" she demanded. "Just then Mr. Lumb came harrying up and slapped him ond the back, and said, 'Hullo, Fritzie, old boy! Is it really you?' It muf have been 'Frit zie, old boy,' for they began talking about old times, aud forgot my exist ence ever so long. Then Mr. Lumb introduced him Howe, or Tower, or some such name. He's stopping at our hotel, aud is going to join our party till we reach Belfast." Emily paused to observe the effect. Miss Brigs opened her mouth as if to say something, gave a little gasp and closed it again. "It's Frederick Powell!" she declar ed with an air of c mviction. "I know it! Ye?, I knew him fifteen years ago." She hoked out of the window a mo ment as if considering, and then went on iu her concise, matter-of-fact way, "We were to have been married then, but we had a quarrel aud the engage ment was broken off. It was a good thing. We were both high strung and obstinate, and never could have learn ed to agree." Mia Briggs gave this little bit of personal history as unconcernedly as if she were ejieaking of the ancient Greeks, and began to gather up her writing material- Emily looked at her curiously, wondering if there could have beeu a sark of sentiment in such a severely practical nature. "He allowed me the photograph," said Emily as they climbed the stairs together. "It was bad, even for an amateur. Only the back of my head was taken, but you were in a strong light that made yu aquint and wriu kle op your face, and your feet looked iinnieuse." When Miss Briggs went down stain to dinner that evening, she had laid aside her customary gray serge dress, as boruelv as it was serviceable, and wore a dark blue, tailor-made suit. ItcDieuiberiug that Emily had said tier omer SOMERSET, PA., AVEDNESDAY, feet looked immense In the photo graph, she had carefully changed her heavy, broad-soled boots for daluty, low-cut shoes. She stopped a moment in the hall, hearing a familiar laugh. She remember that the last time she had heard that voice it had bidden her good-by in hot anger. Then she push ed the door ajar and entered the par lor, where the party had congregated to wait for dinner. Dr. Frederick Powell was standing by a window iu animated conversation with Emily. He scarcely noticed her aunt's entrance, so engrossed was he with the fair niece. Miss Briggs had been a pretty girl iu her day, but the photograph he had taken, and which was still fresh in his mind, was that of a wrinkled, faded woman, careless of her attire. He looked up with sur prise as she advanced toward them. The brusk independence of manner he had expected to see had given place to a stately dignity. She was one of those women for whom a becoming dress does wonders. "I'm glad to see you!" they both said iu the same breath, aud shook bauds as if the most platonic of friend ships had always existed between them. Miss Briggs was not so well pleased with her survey. "He's gettiug stout," she thought critically, "aud a tritle bald. He's not the handsome man he used to be." Emily was charmed with Dr. Powell. She found him entertaining and agree able. He praised her sketches. He told her interesting incidents ot his travels in many lands, aud amusing anecdotes of his professional life. When tue jtarty weut sight-seeing, he was her tete-a-tete if they rode, When they walked, he was always at her side to hold her umbrella. Seeing this, Miss Briggs calmly re volved in her solitary orbit a tritle more indejiendent in manner, ierhaps, and if possible more outspoken in her radical opinions. Emily tried in vain to persuade her aunt that the old serge was too unbecoming for farther use fulness. Every morning she put it on with the grim satisfaction of carrying her poiut, aud looking her worst. The days weut by too fast in the old town. Night and morning aud noon, they listened to the chiming of the bells iu the ivy grown Suandou tower, and then it was night and morning and noon again. Still the little party lin gered. One day, alter lunch, tlu-y started out to make a farewell visit to Blarney Castle. Dr. Powell and Emily gaily led the way on a jaunting car. Sev eral of the party followed on horse back, and the rear was brought up by a light wagonette. Miss Briggs rode in this, not being an excellent horse woman, and having a mortal antipathy lo jaunting cars. It was a drive none of them could ever forget. But by the time they had reached the castle, the sunshine had faded out, the laudscape was gray and blurred, aud the rain begau to pour in torrents. There was nothing to do but sit down and wait for it to stop, but they had grown accustomed to this peculiarity of the weather in Ireland. Au old woman came to the door, beg ging. They tolled her in with a shil ling, aud she eutertained them with gruesome tales of the banshees and witches that inhabit the bat haunted ruins of Blarney at night- The doctor handed Emily a pencil and a leaf torn from his memorandum book, aud she began to sketch the old peasant, with quick, etfective strokes. Miss Briggs sat back in a dim corner, listening carefully, for the woman's brogue was almost unintelligible to her. Twice she glanced up, to fiud Dr. Powell looking at her. Presently in a pause of the story telling, he walked over aud stood be side her. "What does this remind you of, Coroline?" he asked abruptly. "Nothing," she answered. " Why?" "It remiuds me of a gypjy camp we visited one time. You have not for gotten it, I hope. It was the last day of August, sixteen years ago. The scene comes back to me very plainly. An old hag told our fortunes. Some how, you look just as you did then." He walked over to Emily again. Miss Briggs drew back a little farther into the dim corner, and listened no more to the legends of Blarney. She heard, instead, the crackling of a camp fire, the stamping of horses tied in the background, the w hining tones of the old gypsy who pretended to look into the future, when in reality she had only to look into the faces before ber to guess their fate. Then she heard the laughter of the young folks ramb ling slowly along in the moonlight be hind them- Then the low, earnest voice of the one beside her no, she would not listen! She would not re call a single word. The old love had lain burned deeply too long for its ghost to trouble her now. She turned resolutely to the old woman, although she couldn't help remembering, now aud then, that be had said she looked just as she did that night and that night be had called her beautiful. "I know that isn't so!" she kept telling herself, to quiet the little thrill of pleased vanity. "He's got an axe to grind. He wants me to use my in fluence with Emily." It was nearly dark when the rain finally stopped, and they started back to the hotel. There was a shifting of seats. The wagonette led the way, followed by those on horses, and when Miss Briggs came through the gate, Dr. Powell was waiting to help her on to the jaunting car. They drove along in silence some time, before the doctor remarked un easily, "The drivers have been drink ing. I hope they'll not get us into trouble." "I have never been in any kind of aaaccident," answered Miss Briggs. "I have always thought I should like to be, just for the sensation." For a short distance they entertained each other by recounting the most dreadful accidents of which they had ever heard both on land and ses. They reached the climax at last. They could recall no supremer horror than 1 had already been related. Just then the half intoxicated driver, having fallen behind the others, . took np the whip and lashed the horse furi- set ESTABLISHED 1827. ! ously. The frightened animal reared and broke into a run. Now was Miss Brigg's opportunity for a sensation. They were running away. She grip ped the seat firmly and held on with all her might. She would have stuck on variably to the end, had not the horse dashed suddenly to one side, and then plunged on more madly than be fore. Both she and the doctor were thrown violently out. When the doctor picked himself up and looked around in a dazed way, she was standing erect as ever vigorously brushing the mud from her dress. She had eiKrieiiced an accident and bad come out of it. as she had come out of everything else, unscathed. The party on ahead,'alarmed at the sight of the runaway horse dashing past, despatched Mr. Lumb, who was on horseback, to investigate. As they were near town, it was not long be fore he had sent a cab to their assist ance. "Carol iue," said the doctor, as they drove back in the twilight, "I have always been impressed with the rapid ity with which the brain acts. Man thinks at ligtning speed." "That depends on the man," Miss Briggs interposed laconically. "When we went flying through the air," he went on, without noticing the interruption, "it flashed across my mind that I should find you lying stunned and insensible that I would pick you up tenderly in my arms, aud kiss you, as I did long ago that I would claim you for my own again." "Well," she answered provoklngly, "I suppose the shock of such a fall, to a man of your weight, would naturally bring him to bis senses." "It was not that," he said, a little confused and nettled by her cool reply, "but the situation was not as romantic as I had imagined as I hoped it would be." "You bad hoped, then, that I should be stunned?" "Oh, Caroline," he remonstrated, "is there never to I anything but misunderstandings between u? You must listen to me, for it is fate that has brought us across the sea to find each other at lat. I was sure of it when I first met you, although you seemed so stolid and indifferent. Think of the time when we were all in all to each other." "I thought Emily" began Miss Briggs. The doctor lauged happily. "No! No! Emily is not as blind as her aunt She has kuown what I wanted from the first. You have uot said no," he added presently, as they rode on thro-igh the darkness, "and I shall not let you say it now. You are mine and a thousand times dearer than when you were the sweetheart of my bovhoo L" He slipped his arm around her, and felt her shaking with suppressed sobs. "Why, what's the matter?" he asked. "I don't know," she answered. For Miss Briggs had met with an experi ence she could not fathom. The ten der undercurrents of her nature, frozen so long that she doubted their exist ences, melted as in a February thaw, and found vent in tears. At the hotel entrance they found the drunken driver awaiting them, hat in hand, "I'm sorry to be troublin' yez, sorr, but ther's the two shilliu' six pence for the journey out, aud two shillin' sixpeuce for the journey back. An' the same shud be more, for it broke me v ihicle an' lamed me baste." The doctor smiled down into the face beside him, where his fond eye saw blooming again the beauty of girl hood, and said, "The rascal knows the accident was all his own fault, but if it had not been for him, I might never have found you as I did, on a jaunting car." He dropped a shower of silver piece i into the outstretched hand. "Shure an' ye're fit for a prince, sorr!" cried the man, delighted at the unexpected geuerosity, and shrewdly guessing its cause. "Good luck to ye an' the swate leddy!" And as they walked on down the corridor, his voice followed them, in voking the blessing of all the saints in his calendar. The Puritan. $100 Eeward $103. The readers of this paper will be pleased to learn that there is at least one dreaded disease that science has been able to cure iu all its stages, and that is Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh"' Cure is the only positive cure known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh being a constitutional, disease requires a con stitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting direct ly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system, thereby destroying the foundation of the disease, and giving the patient strength by building up the constitution and assisting nature in doing its work. The proprietors have so much faith in its curative pow ers, that they offer One Hundred DjI lars for any case that it fails to cure. Send for list of testimonials. Address, F.J. Chkxey A Co., To ledo, O. CaTSold by Druggists, 75c. Sick Headache. "Sick" headaches are exquisite mis ery, says a contributor to the Congre gationalist, but they are usually of short duration. Their immediate cause is indigestion, and they are relieved by medicines which correct the disorder of the liver and kidneys. Rest is of no use here, for active measures only will hasten the paroxysm through which the sufferer must pass before he is cur ed. Persons who are prone of this dis order must avoid rich and greasy food, nor should they too much indulge their longing for acid i. Hot, sweet lemon ade on going to bed is a good correct ive, and apples, tomatoes and oranges the last except in some rare cases may be eaten freely, but pickles, and the spiced and fiery delights in which their pantry shelves are sure to abound ought to be left severely alone. The neuralgic patient requires a generous, although well-selected table, but a little fasting doest not hurt the sufferer from sick headache, while outdoor ex ercise will greatly hasten his cure. People buy Hood's Sarsaparilla year after year because It does them good. I It will do you gJ to take it now. APRIL 28. 1897. CAUSES OF THE WAR. Some Information as to Why the Greeks and Turks are Shooting Each Other Relative Strength. From the PUtMbnrg Time. Why are the Greeks and Turks shooting each other, and why is Eu rope in a ferment, are the questions that a good many people are asking, now that the pace of Europe has been disturbed for almost the first time in a generation. It is partly the old fight of the Christian against the infidel. It is also another attempt to eliminate that irritating sore, the Turkish em pire, Tlie Turk has been a bad man of Iburope for ages. There was a time when he threatened to overrun the whole of it, and to conquer it for Mo hammedanism. He was fought to a standstill several hundred years ago, down somewhere iu Central Eupie, and ever since that he has bjen reced ing, and one province after another has been wrested from him, but, through it all, he has been ill-behaved and troublesome. He has beeu a bad neighbor. He has oppressed his sub jects and caused revolts, and where his subjects were Christians he has m ;ssa cred aud murdered them aud thus fed the indignation and hatred of the peo ple of the Christian powers. He has been engaged in innumerable wars and has generally been worsted, but be still retains possession of Constantinople, the ancient capital of the eastern Ro man empire, and rules over larga prov inces in Europe, many of which are in habited by Christian people. For a long time the chief capital of the Turk has been the cause of the jealousy of each other by the great Eu ropean powers. They have harped uj on preserving the integrity of the Turkish empire, fearing that, if it was dismembered, in the struggle for the possession of its territory the whole of Europe would become embroiled in war. Russia has long wanted to get possession of Constantinople to strengthen her power in the east and to give her control of the Black sea, but Englaud would consider this dan gerous to her power iu that quarter and in the Mediterranean, and would soouer see it in the hands of Turkey. Other countries have their eyes on various portions, and all of them have been afraid that when the break up comes somebody else would get ahead of them. In consequence of this attitude Tur key has of late been allowed to misbe have herself without being seriously called to book. The recent horrible massacres of Armenian Christians iu her dominions have aroused the tem per of Christendom to an unusual de gree, but beyond feeble protests noth ing has been done, and nothing would have been done had not Greece step ped into the arena. Greece was for merly a province of Turkey aud achieved her Indepemlence in She has felt the ignominy of Turkish oppression and misrule. She has many grievances against her former oppressors, and her people have long nursed her wrath. They are intensely patriotic They have felt cramped and starved for the nason that when they achieved their indejvnder.ee, by the intervention of the powers, much of the territory that really belonged to Greece and which is inhabited by the Greek people was not included in the cession, but still remains under the rule of Turkey. Crete, which is an island near the Greek border, and in habited mostly by people who speak the Hellenic language, and are to all intents and purposes Greeks, has been one of the worst governed of the many misgoverned proviuces of Turkey. It has revolted many times and in conse quence reforms have been promised, but the promises have been uniformly broken. As a result of these broken promises the last insurrection took place, and as there was a terrible state f disorder on the island and as Chris tians were being massacred, public sentiment in Greece forced the govern ment to do what none of the great powers had dared to do namely, to iuterfere. A portion of the navy and army of Greece was sent to the island and it was taken possession of. Previous to this action the Greek Premier thus ex pressed himself on the situation: "There must be an end to the pres ent state of things in Crete. Tiie im pression made by the recent massa cres, devastatians and plunder has created a public opinion which can not be overlooked by the Greek gv ernment. We can not always a-t as guardians to Turkey and endeavor to suppress the sentiments of our broth ers by postponing indefinitely the ful filment of their most cherished aspira tions." That this fully expressed the senti ment or the people was shown later when the pressure became so great that the ' Greek government would have been overthrown had it not yield ed to the demand of the people that intervention take place. When it was decided to send a flotilla to Crete the (J recks weut wild with euthusiam. The act of taking possession of a portion of Turkish territory with an arm 3d force was sufficient cause for war and was so recognized everywhere, and the actual war would have been begun sooner had it not been for the action of the powers, who were frightened out of their wits by the bold action of this little bantam among the nations. Now that war Ls actually on there U no knowing where it will end. Greece will fight for glory, for the building of an empire and for the conquering of all the territory inhabited by the Greek people. She will fiht for her religion and she will represent in her battles Ihi e nhiuel hjtreJ of Ejrope against the Turk and his practices. Numerically she is inferior to Turkey, and the contest seems an unequal one. But there are other features which may make the contest not so hopeless for the Hellenic patriots, who expect an uprising of the people in Macedonia and possibly of Servia and Bulgaria and other provinces. On the subject of the relative fight ing strength of the two nations CoL QFD Francis V. Green, U. 8. A, retired, who was sent by this government to Russia during the last Turkish war to represent the War Department at Washington, says: "The Turks are individually good fighters. They are fine soldiers, very oliedient, fanatics in their religion aud fatalists. The Turk fights up to a cer tain point, and when he thinks mat ters are going against him be will run. Not for any lack of courage, but be cause he thinks fate is against him. The Turkish soldiers are well armed. "In numbers the peace strength Is 121,000 Greek, aud 1"jO,0i Turks, and these can probably be increased to three times as many on each side. In 1ST" the Turks put over X00,0X) in the field in Kuroite and over 100,000 in Asia, aud they made a much stronger resisteuce than the Russians anticipat ted. I think Rjssia put nearly half a mill men in the field before the war was over. "Turkey is bankrupt, but so she was in 1377, and that won't stop her from fighting now. They will probably manage to borrow enough money to buy guns and ammunition, and they will get food out of their own coun try." There has really been a state of war between the two nations ever since the occupation of Crete on February 1, but there have been no actual hostili ties outside of that island until a few days ago. In the meantime, however, both sides have been making the most active preparations for the conflict aud the Turks especially have been oc cupying and fortifying strategic points on the frontier in violation of their treaties. It is on this account that Greece makes the claim that Turkey is the aggressor aud claims that the war which her people so much desired has leen forced upon her. It is most diffi cult to predict the outcome. Now that war has actually begun the powers may step in and compel Turkey to make some concessions and bring it lo a sjedy end or they may allow them to fight for a while in the he that the matter may I settled without en dangering anybody else. If Greece succeeds in thrashing the Turk she will regain uot only the bulk of ber ancient empire, but also a portion of her ancient and classic glory. Greece in the Past and Fre3ent. From tlie Philadelphia Keror J. Time works enormous changes. Iu the days of Pericles, Athens, toward which all eyes are now directed, held most of the Greek Islands as tributaries. The mainland was divided between sev eral independantbut jealous and hostile states. Athens, with her maritime su premacy, her art, architecture and liter ature, was euvied and more or les hated by them after all. After various fortunes she with the other states of Greece, fell uuderthesayof the Mace donian empire. That empire was over thrown by the Rmans; and at I:tt amid the successive changes of war and peae, Greece, with a considerable pr tion of Southeastern Europe, was con-q-jered by the Turks. That event o curred about five centuries ago A. I). I4-VJ 14. Now; after the lajse of ag"s, when her earlier conquerors have disappeared and her latest conquerors have fallen into decay, Greece, under a constitu tional king, reappears in the theatre of affairs; and who shall say that out of the tumult which is perplexing tlie powers she may not enlarge her do minion both on land and sea, regain Crete and the Aegean and Ionian islands and beeom.' a great and power ful state? It is true tnat the jealousy, the ambition and territorial greed of the powers would stay her march aud prevent her acquisition of any consid erable portion of Turkey proper. R w sia, standing at the gateway with fleet and army, would demand the lion's share of the spoils. Nevertheless, in cose of a successful war, Greece would necessarily enlarge hej boundaries. Tue Greeks number about 6,0 XI, 0. They are not, to be sure, all included within the limits of Greet. They are scat tered. Some live on the islands some in Turkey, in Macedonia aud other parts of the world- But they are very proud of their historic land, and with patriotic ardor will enlist under its banner and fight in its cause. The Greeks of today ca:i hardly be called the deceudants of the Greeks of the classic ages. The waves of conquest have swept over their land, and the mingling of the blood of various races in successive ages has left but an infin itesimal residue of pure Greek blood in their veins; but the soil of Greece, the air, the mountains, the seas that wash her shores are all conducive to inte!ect ual energy, anltle progress which her sons have made wince relieved of the Turkish yoke shows their quality and suggests a future full of hope. Commerce ar. I commercial enterprise are a heritage and an instinct of the Greek. In the earliest history of the country as honest merchants or daring pirates he was abroad in all the seas. Even Homer, it is said, was probably "a considerable shareholder in the joint stock privateers from Tenedas." Let Greece realize her aspirations; kt her become possessed by the Grek Islands; let her boundaries become enlarged r n the mainland, and she would, without doubt, dovelop into a maritime state that would l3 the leading factor in the commerce of the Mediterranean. All generous hearts must wish lurgid.-jeed in her present endeavors and in her future hopes. Elizabeth, N. J., Oct, lst. Ely Bros., Dear Sirs: Please accept ray thanks for your favor in the gift of a bottle of Cream Bilm. Let me say I have used it for years and can thoroughly recommend it for what it claims, if directions are followed. Yours truly, Rev. II. W. Hathaway. No clergyman should be without it. , Cream Balm is kept by a'.l dmggists. Full size 50c Trial size 10 cents. We mail it, ELY BROTHERS, to Warren St., N. Y. City. WHOLE NO. 2387. Where Guns Are Booming. War Correspondent G. W. Steevens ook time by the forelock, and, journey ing via Servia, ran down to the Greco Turkish liordcr three weeks ago. Writ, lug from Salonica to the Iondon Mail, he says: It was something like a physii-al re lief to emerge on the Turkb-h side of the frontier, and exchange the tquat, flat-faced Servian for the uj-tanding, clean-limbed Turk. Sharj-noM-d, boll eyes, burly browed, a little heavy in the mouth and check, slouching a little in bis walk, a little slow in movement, but always powerful in frame and mas terful in demeanor he is the stuff which either heroes or devils might I made of. But he is primarily aud le yond all mistaking a man. WKAKKItS OK THE KKZ. As for dress, the Turk draws no r in upon his fancy in the matter of colors. He clothes himself Mntamously iu rainbow-, ami groups himself without affection into sjiectrosoojies. A blue shirt or a magenta jersey, a butt ojien waistcoat, or a green, fur-lined cloak, or a black or a white sheep-kin, a sash of scarlet toui-hcd with gold and green, either six inches wide, or a geuerous two feet swathing all his middle you see them all in any knot of half a dozen. You will see breeches thaw recall the Western groom, bags that recall a bicycle skirt, vio et skin-tights, or the white kilt aud t igh, white braided gaiters of the Albanian. SIX KIM'S OF MACF.liONIANS. The kilt of Albanian and the knee boots of the S-.-rvian, the sheep-tkin cap of the Bulger and the fez of the Turk from hea l to f.x.t these eople express in their very garments the elements of the problem of Macedonia. "Maedonia for the Macedonians," t ried Mr. Gladstone in the generosity of his uniustructed ardor; but who are the Maedo!iionV There are at least six kinds of MaccdoiiiansL each insists that it h the true and only kind, and nri-t enter into tne inheritance, and that is tlie beginingand end, and the terpclu.il dangt r of the Macedonian question, liccause of this the factious claimants establish consulates and endow bishopries and provoke outrages. Because of this eaeli is ready to rush into war at any moment, toswallow up the whole cak-j before anylxnly else can have a bite at it. I.IKK TI1K ilti)VL OK A P.HAST In this kaleidoRi-ope of nationalities aud national dresses appear the uniform of the Turkish soldier with a steadily increasing insistence. Soldiers there were, of cMirse, from the Hrst at the frontier and at tlie little guard houses along tlie line. At the first they were few. I, at Ieat, saw nothing of the rumored concentration on the borders of Servia. II .re and there a reservist, his Martini slung over hU shoulder, and Ix-Itof cartri-I'-s round his waist, sm .kel stolidly by the si le of the line or at a wayside .-tation. But they were less stolid than usual. When a few were gathered together they seemed more alert than is th-J Turkish wont; they joked and were not above a little horseplay. T.ieir behavior iu the train wa- that of all other sol lier-t in trains. T.iey la J'ie 1 and shouted; they did not sit still fr a minute on en 1; whenever the trai I stopp-jd a minute and -first an I la-t it slopped a good many they got got out and devoted great energy t diag things of no importance. At every station there were the same loitering, ehibook pulliug. Martinis and cartridge belts; the same unusual animation, without excitement. No screams of "zeto Hellas!" of zeto ho polrmos!'' or "a Berlin!"' But at one station, where some forty men embanked, they gave one cheer. Their cheer was neither enthusiastic nor joyous. 1 1 was deep and hoarse and grim, like the growl of a beast that scents bltd. It was the sort of cheer that you wake up at night and remember. Free Fills. Send your address to H. II Buck'en A Co., Chicago, and get a free sample box of Dr. King's New Life Pills. A trial will convince you of their merits. These piils are easy in action and are particularly effective in the cure of constipation and sick headache. For malaria and liver troubles they have been proved Invaluable. They are gu aranteed to be perfectly free from every deleterious substance and to le purely vegetable. Th-y do not weak en by their action, but by giving tone to stomach and iwels greatly invig orate the system. Rrgular size -c. ier box. Sold by J.N. Snyder, Sm t rset, or by G. W. Brallier, Berlin. The Haaiia Mechanism. The marvelous mechanics of the hu man laidy Is thus touched upon by W, G. Jordan, in the Ladies' Home Jour nal: "The human body is an epitome in nature of all mechanics, all hydraul ies, all architecture, all machinery of every kin. L ThTe are mre than 310 meehanicol movements known to me chanics tod ly, and all of these are but modifications of those found In the human tdy. Here are found all the bars, levers, joints, pjlleys, pimsp, pipes, wheels and axles, ball and sock et movements, beams, girders, trusses, buffers, archers, columns, cables and supporters knowu to seience. At every point man's best mechanical work can b et own to be but adaptations of pro cesses of the human body, a revelation of first principles used in Nature. The True Remedy. W. M. Repine, editor Tiskilwa, III., "Chief," says: "We won't keep bouse without Dr. King's New Discovery for consumption, coughs and cold.. Ex perimented with many others, but never got the true remedy until we as.il Dr. King's New Discovery. No other remedy can take its place in our home, as in it we have a certain aud sure cure for coughs, colds, whoopitig cough, etc." It is idle to experiment with other remedies, even if they are unred ou you as just as good as Dr. King's New Discovery. They are not as good, because this remedy bas a record of cures and besides is guaran teed. It never fail to satisfy. Trial bottles free at Snyder's drug store, Somerset, or at Brallier's drug store, Berlio, Jumping from shallow to deep plow ing all at once usually results in a de creased crop yidd at the succeeding harvest, Tne soil should tie gradually d-pcucl by letting the plow bring up a little of the subsoil each year till the desired depth is reached. If manure has any value, it is proba bly fermenting, even in the coldest weather, if left iu a pile. A slight cov ering of dry earth will alisorb amiiM- ii i t, and will, if left on while the ma nure rots down, make it nearly or quite as rich as the manure it If. Its work in al-sorbing ammonia continues even woen tlie pile is turned. Get special customers for your butter and furnish it every week. It is worth a few cents jr pouud to the customers to know that they are eating pure, clean butter and not oleo or some other manufactured stuif, and there is a big difference between cash aud trailing out butter. Experiments at the Minnesota station shows that the early castration ofUmtt has the following advantages: They reach a greater weight, are Ies trouble, they have less ott'ai when killed, their meat is belter iu flavor. Tere is no reason why a farmer should j-ay 15 CciiU for beef and sell hi chickens for less, nor should he be content with pork and potatoes when he can have poultry on hi table, if the market are poor and prices are low the best place tw diie of the surplus is at home. In the Hawaiian Islands, where pumpkin and other like plants have been introduced, aud w here they have no bees or other insects of that kind to do all the flower fertilizing, it I done by the natives. These plant were found to flower profusely, though liear iug no fruit, and -when they finally solved the nystery they found it neces sary to carry by hand the pollen from one plant to the pistils of another. Butler and eggs seem really made to go together, and nothing fits better on a dairy farm than a moderate lot of chickens. Not only do the latter con sume the waste milk products with profit, but those who pay the best prices for golden butter w ill be quick est to buy the fresh eggs and tlie fit poultry. They mutually helo eaeli the sale of the other. When it requires more time lo save a thing than the article is worth after it ha lieen carol for we are losing mon ey. The person who expends a dollar's worth of time t save twopence wi 1 prove a business failure if he follows this plau throughout life. National Stockman. There is nothing more provoking than trying to cook with partially green w.xkL bo much more wood ha to be burned to overcome the waste i:i turning the moisture in green wood to steam that more heat is given out than is needed. It i the mark of a good farmer lo have a year's wood cut and piled always in advance of it U-se. When this is once leguu there is a real saving in lulx.r, as less of the dry wood will lie required. When trees are set out they usually have a tag describing the variety at tached either to the stein of the tree or to some limb. Tai i necessary so long a the tree i out of the ground. But after it i set a map of the orchard, with each tree i-x.-ated on it and de scribed, should take its place. As the tag are gea -rally attached to trees by wires, this, a the tree grojr, prevent thi clrejl i'.io:j of sap, and, unless re moved sa, m ty caise the tree to be nearly girdled by the wire. 1'ota.sh is the mineral that i most needed for the p tato crop. Bjt it i much better distributed a a top dress ing over the whole surface than applied with the seed pitatoes in the hill. The potabx; roots very early iu their growth till the soil between the row. When mineral manures are applieyi iu the hill, unless car.j is taken lo mix them thoroughly with thisoil, they miyeat into the t-Jt seed an 1 effV-tUilly d stroy the g-riu. When used broodeast on the surface thi re is no dangr tf this. A frequent stiring of the soil i not conducive to prosperity of weed growth. Eternal vigilance and everlasting at it are the qualifications of the farmer who boasts of a clean field. Since frequent and shallow culture also al ls a a general rule, in retaining moisture in the soils, it follows for two grxxj and sufficient reason that the clean farm is nine times in ten the successful one. Nebraska Farmer. Farm wells are necessarily near sur faces that reek with filth, farm cellars, in which large quantities of perishaMe pnxluce are stored, are very different from the conditions in a well-sewered modern town house, w here there are no such continued accumulations, aud where there is every convenience aud every incitement to cleanliness and neatness. Warm skim or new milk is the most Ierfect feed for pigs, and when thl can not be had the nearer to it the f.xxi can be made the better the result will be. Middling made into a thin slop (steamed if convenient) and a little oil meal added, is probably the best sub stitute for milk. It promotes growth of bone and muscle, and does not make the young pig txo fat- Corn meal por ridge, with a gxxl proportion of oil meal, is a good ration, except that the corn may prove tx fattening. The mangel wurtzel is a large, coarse beet, which outyiel. U all the ordinary kinds, and i therefore preferred as stock feed, becau-stf of the greater amount of forage it will pnxluce. But its more important value a feed for cows is in its late-keeping qualities. If covered with earth and kept from air, it will be in good condition for feeding until fresh grass comes, which is when it is most needed. But there is little nutrition in these root, and they need extra grain feed to keep the cow in good condition for milking. The hog get at any time in his life less variety in bis feed than any other kiud of stock. Thi is especially true when he is ting fattened. There are other grains that have quite as good fattening qualities as corn. A mixture of oats and barley, or of peas and bar ley ground together, makes a feed that will uot only fatten, but will also fur nish tlie due proportion of lean meat that is required to make healthful and easily digested pork. The farmer who grows a variety of crops can if he chooses select such kinds a will furnish him always something to sell at any time of the year. All the family expenses go on without ceasing, and unless income does all tlie deb. accumulated when there is nothing that can be sold make a heavy load when the few mala crops are marke: ed. The necessity for peddling his product in small driblets may m-m a hardship, but it teaches how little sums of mouey accumulate if they are saved, which is a much better iesaoa , than that of learning how nut tbsy add. ' up when they are carelessly pnt. kiU-tiitet, P awA Jc auB If lute" (7 o
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