Bena san Bellefonte, Pa., March 9. 1900. THE OLD VI1OL. Full tenderly he draws the bow Across its sleepy strings; Like wind-swept pines it murmurs low, Then like a bell it rings. And now troops forth the joyous band Known in the long ago, Summoned as by a fairy hand— The magic of the bow ! Then, as he plays of brooks and trees, And objects loved of yore, Again the little church he sees That brims with ivy o’er. He dreams she at his side is close, Her hand is in his hand— Ah, Heaven is very near to those Who at the altar stand ! Hush! Quivering, wakes a solemn strain, Slow, with its weight of tears— Ah, Mary in the grave hath lain These many, lonesome years! Would that he, too—what ! now, dear Lord ?— Then forward falls his head: A string has snapped—a silver cord— The old musician’s—dead ! —Los Angeles Times. STORY OF A RING. “It was good of you to come on such a stormy afternoon,”’ said the girl, as she came out from the shadows of the room and stood under the soft rose light of the big lamp. *‘I would have come anyhow, even it you had not sent for me,’” replied the young man. ‘‘It seems to me I am always com- ing to see you,’’ he added. ‘‘That,”” said the girl, blushing very slightly, ‘has at least a resemblance to truth.” “‘I have been bere every afternoon for three months,’’ said the man. ‘It was about that I wished to speak to you,’”’ and again the girl blushed; this time the color was vivid and went as soon as it came. ‘I wanted to show you this ring. Isn’t it pretty?’’ She held out her left hand.’’ He was very pale and the lines about his mouth were not good to see. His voice was husky. ‘‘I suppose you are to be congratulat- ed?’’ he continued. ‘I suppose so. I think so. I am not sure,’’ replied the girl, but her smile was a happy one. ‘‘You ought to marry the best man in the world,’’ said the man. *‘I am going to,”’ replied the girl. This time she did not smile or even blush. “Well,” said the man, drearily, “I think I had better go now. You have heen very kind. I hope you will be hap- py. ‘Don’t go yet,’’ said the girl. ‘I haye more to tell you. Don’t you want to know the man?" ‘‘No,’” said the youth, ‘‘I do not.” ‘‘I hope we shall always be friends,” she ventured, after a pause. ‘I hope I shall never see you again,” he replied, earnestly. : al can’t we be friends?’ pleaded the girl. ‘You know that I love you,’’ returned the man. ‘I don’t want to be a friend to you. You knew I loved you. The girl was silent. ‘““You knew I loved you.’’ he persisted. ~ “Yes,” said the girl, finally, ‘‘I knew that you loved me.” ‘And that is why you sent for me to- day?” *‘Yes, she said gravely, ‘‘that is why I sent for you.”” Then she laughed sud- denly. It was a gay, careless, happy laugh. : : “‘Do you remember, Teddy, when I first met you?’ she asked, irrelevantly. ‘You were such a nice boy in those days.” ‘‘Good-by,’’ said the man, walking to- ward the door. *‘You must not go yet,’ said the girl. “It would have been better if I had never come,’’ replied the man. ‘“You said then that you would never ask a girl with money to marry you,” went on the girl unmindful of his inter- ruption. ‘‘You also said a great many other foolish things.’ ‘““One is not always wise,” said the man. ‘‘Sometimes one is blind as well as fool- ish,’’ retorted the girl. ‘“You mean—?"’ said the man. ‘‘Just that,’’ replied the girl. The man said pothing and there was silence in the room for the space of a min- ute. Then the girl said softly: ‘‘Blindness can be cured sometimes.’’ The man was still silent. He was white to the hair. His lips were compressed. “I hoped you would like this ring,”’ continued the girl; her voice had begun to tremble. She came nearer to him. “It means so much to me, you see,’’ she went on. ‘‘Good-by,’’ said the man suddenly. ‘“You will not ask the name of the man I love?” persisted the girl. “I must go,’ said the man. “1 want to ask you one favor hefore you go. ‘You can always call on me for any- thing,’ replied the man. The girl came closer to him. ‘I want you to stop at Blank’s and tell them you will take this ring which I se- Jeoted this morning,’’ she said tremuous- : ‘You mean——?"’ cried the man joyous- y. “That the blind must be taught to see,’ laughed the girl backing away from him. He followed closely and took her in his arms. Then just when the silence was be- coming unbearable she looked up. There was a suspicion of moisture about her eyes and her lips still trembled. ‘‘How are your eyes now, Teddy?’, she said.—Bayard Veiller in New York Mail and Express. Riley’s Story of the Twins. Oliver Herford repeats with great delight a story James Whitcomb Riley tells about twins, relates the Washington Post. These particular twins live near Mr. Riley out in Indianapolis. Once not very long ago one of them was naughty, and to punish her the mother made her stay indoors all day. To add a keener edge to her disgrace, favors were showered on her sister. Sister was dressed up in her very best. Sister was given a new parasol, and went prancing proudly up and down the front walk in the greatest glee. Presently one of the neigh- bors came by, and paused at the gate to speak to the child. *“You'’re one of the Brown twins, aren’t you?’ asked the neighbor. ‘“Yes’m,’’ answered the little girl. *‘Which twin are you?’’ the neighbor inquired. The child gave her skirt a proud toss. “0,” said she, complacently. ‘I’m the good little twin that’s out walking.” Remedies for Trust Evils. The following suggestions as to such remedies as would curb the increasing danger from trusts are from the pen of Hon. D. L. Krebs, of Clearfield. They will merit the careful thought of those to whom the country must look for relief from these over-grown evils: All trust-monopolies are human greed organized under color of law, but are nev- ertheless illegal, opposed to public policy, exist in violation of the common law and are detrimental to the welfare of the peo- ple. It is not necessary to point out the evils flowing directly by their existence. This has been done from the press and from the platform. There are none who openly defend them. A few of their beneficiar- ies feebly and apologetically try to excuse them, and turn aside the righteous indig- nation of the people, aroused by their open and bold defiance of the law and their de- struction of the rights of the individual. What most concerns thoughtful men, is how to control and restrain these illegal combinations and ultimately deprive them of their power to crush individual enter- prise. Their success primarily depends upon their ability to destroy competition. It therefore follows, that if we desire to control them we must restore the oppor- tunity to compete with them. The grant of special privileges, and artificial or legal restraints upon the enjoyment of natural resources for manufacturing purposes, must be taken away from them. The right to transport manufactured products and the material entering thereinto upon the equal- ity which the law intends every shipper shall have, must be enforced. This competitive opportunity can only be restored by remedial legislation on the part of the National and State governments, keeping in mind the wisdom of permitting business to pursue its course unfettered by all unnecessary restraints and that the primary object sought to be restrained in the restoration of competive opportunities. We observe that this may be obtained by the following measure of legislative action by the national government. a. Let Congress adopt a statute abol- ishing the import duty on every article of raw material that is used in the manufact- ure of products controlled by a trust or combination; and also upon the like man- ufactured products, and make it obliga- tory upon the Secretary of the Treasury to cause the same to be admitted free of duty. b. Amend the Patent Laws so as to pro- vide that all patented articles controlled and produced by any trust or other com- bination, directly or indirectly, shall cease to be protected by the Patent laws of the United States. c. Revise the Interstate Commerce Laws by giving to any stockholder of every com- mon carrier and to any shipper affected thereby, the right to bring an action against the recipient of any rebate, draw- back or other allowance, whereby an ad- vantage is secured over any other shipper of a like product or article of carriage, and to recover double the amount of such re- bate, draw back or other allowance, togeth- er with attorney’s fees and cost, one-half the amount recovered to be paid into the treasury of the common carrier, and in ad- dition to such right of action provide that upon such trial had and a recovery, a like action shall be allowed agaimst the board of directors of such common carrier by any stockholder or shipper, and such former re- covery to be prima facie evidence of a right to recover a like amount, one-half of which shall be paid to the plaintiff in such ac- tion, and the remaining half into the treas- ury of the carrier company. Having done this, remove all penalties from the officials and thus deprive them of every privilege of refusing to testify. d. Amend the Trust act of 1890 to meet the decision of the Supreme court in the case of the United States ve. Knight, or what is better known as the American Sugar Refining Company case, and make the act apply to the manufactured product of every trust or other combination when- ever the same is placed on carriage for shipment beyond the State lines. The reason underlying the revision of the Interstate Commerce act on the lines in- dicated is, that if the recipient of the dis- criminative rates was made liable instead of the carrier, the tendency of these trust- combinations to use the power of great ag- gregations of capital to force these dis- criminative rates from carriers would be checked. The liability placed on the Board of Directors, instead of the corporation would cause such action on their part as would compel them to control their traffic agents. In the domain of State legislation and control, one of the most difficult questions to deal with is to provide against the opera- tion of those monopolies and trusts or- ganized under the laws of some other state. A majority of the States, we assume, provide by statute that no foreign cor- poration shall do business therein, except upon compliance with regulations provid- ed. Most, if not all of these are ineffectual to cure the evils existing. Others are too drastic and to a great extent defeat the ob- ject sought to be accomplished. If it be borne in mind that the favorite method of forming these illegal combina- tions is by combining the capital of exist- ing corporations already over capitalized and adding thereto large additional stock issues, for which no value is given in exchange, the manner of controlling these illegal combinations may seem less diffi- cult, We suggest that the following statutory regulations may be enacted with good effect without impinging in the least. degree upon any legitimate enterprise. In States whereby the constitution or statute it is provided, that full paid stock shall not be issued, except for money paid or property received, the suggestion for legislative action would but render effective such regulation. We suggest for con- sideration legislation by the State upon the following lines : a. Let the state create a ‘‘Board of Ap- praisers,’’ under proper regulations, whose duty it shall be to carefully appraise the property of every corporation or stock asso- ciation seeking to do business within the State and wherever property is taken in payment of full paid stock, if the same has been taken at a fictitious value, prevent the entrance of the corporation within the State; and in case of the application for a charter for a domestic corporation, with- hold approval of the application for its in- corporation until the amount of capital is reduced to the fair value of the property taken in exchange for full pail stock. b. Prevent by statute a corporation or joint stock association from acquiring own- ing, holding or controlling, directly or in- directly the stock of any other corporation or association engaged in a like business. ¢. Compel all foreign corporations do- ing business within the State to make quarterly or semi-annual returns to the proper department of the amount of busi- ness done within the State, so that if possi- ble the foreign corporation may be placed on an equality with the domestic in the matter of taxation, and also require the payment of the bonus upon the capital stock such as is charged to domestic cor- porations. d. Provide proper and efficient regula- tion of transportation by common carriers within the States. Much bas been said about requiring pub- licity of action on the part of these monop- olies and the correction of the evils grow- ing out of their methods of such publicity. Perhaps there is some sensitive soul man- aging one of these combinations that may shrink from such publicity. Who would venture to say, however, that the Standard Oil trust or the Tin Plate combine would change their nefarious methods on that ac- count. To detail the growth of the Stund- ard Oil company would be to write the history of repeated crimes. Investigation by State Legislative Committees and the exposure of the violation of Statute and Common law has not served to check the criminal methods of its expansion, or caus- ed its beneficiaries to refrain from repeating them. We fear that something more ef- fective will be found necessary. In the judgment of the writer, the most effective will be found to be the revision of our tariff laws, at least in so far as they afford a shelter for monopolies, and the other sug- gested remedies herein set forth in out- line. DAVID L. KREBS. Clearfield, Pa., Jan. 1900. W. C. T. U. Curfew Bells Must Ring To-Night. The quaint old custom of ringing church bells at sunset had its beginnings as early as the days of William the Conqueror, in causing a signal by some sort of noise to notify all that fires must be covered and everything made safe and snug for the night. It fell into disuse, but has had sea- sons of revival ever since. No doubt, that for many years the custom was in vogue as a gratification to innate esthetic taste, a love of the beautiful either in song orstory. Of late the mother-heart of the nations has besought the authorities to re-establish the delightful old practice for the protec- tion of childhood and the home. Children are wards of the state and are entitled to its watch-care. Many of them are motherless, with fath- ers addicted to the drink habit; some are orphans indeed, and not a few mere babes, with no father to protect,nor mother, when the day is done, to sing them lullaby songs, scattering poppies over their fair young faces. Others have parents on plea- sure bent, or too busy to consider for a moment the danger to their now good chil- dren; and others, alas! have parents of such easy virtue, if not pronounced bad morals, as to preclude any hope at all of home training or restraint. We cannot af- ford as a matter of economics merely, to let these neglected ones grow up a menace to our homes, our city, our commonwealth, under these conditions. It is the sheerest folly to imagine that a child habitually upon the streets at night, witnessing sights its young life should never dream of, can develop into pure maturity and honorable citizenship. A life once defiled by sights and sounds, is never quite the same white life it was before. The bloom of fruit once removed cannot be replaced by any known art. So the charming ingenuousness of childhood is lost irretrievably in the habitue of the street. The alarming crimes of the last few years, the slaughter of young girls, mere children suiciding, surfeited already with life as they see it,has aroused thought to the necessity of some immediate pre- ventive measures. It seems to have focused in this sentiment, ‘‘Let curfew bells be rung at night.” It is a promising sign of the times that cultured women are making themselves felt along philanthropic lines in a marked degree. And when Women’s Clubs, Uni- versity Settlements and kindred enterprises with the heart culture which transcends the purely intellectual, are supplemented by the moral support of the great busy world it is’ a prophecy which means ulti- mate victory. These aggregated forces combine to hasten the answer to the prayer of the ages, ‘‘Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done.”’ The ‘‘ourfew bell’’ theory is excellent, you admit, but it is questioned if. such an ordinance could be enforced. The fact is it is in successful operation now in a num- ber of cities, and meets with general favor. The testimony of Yankton, S. Dak., Lin- coln, Neb., and a number of Minnesota cities corroborate the statement, that the curfew ordinance is not only good in the- ory, but excellent in practice. The concensus of opinion seems to be universal, that the insidious teachings of vice, whose outposts are the streets at night time, should be forestalled by the re- straints of the home; that the appalling crimes of recent date are directly traceable, through a succession of sins, to clandestine meetings in, perhaps, early evening hours upon our thoroughfares, and that preven- tive measures of some kind are imperative. Can you friends, fathers, think of anything better to do, in a public way,at this crisis, than that a signal upon- a bell be given at nine o'clock in the evening for children unaccompanied hy chaperons to go to their homes for the night ? Will you unite with us in pleading with the authorities that Curfew bells be rung each night ? The search-light of truth is focused up- on opportunity. Shall we use it? The largest body of organized women in the world, the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union, indorses its eminent leader’s ‘‘Do Everything’’ policy, if by any means some should be saved. As one means to a glorious end we unite with other organizations in the petition Ba Curfew bells be rung at night.—Charlotte ittee. Important Ruling. The postoffice department has ruled that the writer has a right to regain the posses- sion of a letter, providing that he can prove to the satisfaction of the postmaster at the office from which the letter was sent that he was the writer of it. Even if the letter has arrived at its destination and before it has been delivered to the person to whom it was addressed, it may be recalled by a telegram through the mailing office. The reason assigned is the United States is on- ly the agent of the writer while the letter is in transit. The decision is very im- portant to business men and to private in- dividuals. The postoffice department has also decid- ed to issue stamps with a separate and dis- tinct mark for each of the larger offices in the country. Merchants in large cities fre- quently place large orders for stamps with postmasters in the small offices, who are paid according to their stamp sales. The postal authorities are trying to break up this custom. It has been seen that a post- master who is paid according to his sales could sell stamps in large quantities at a discount and credit the government with the full rate and yet make a profit. The Lion Of Africa.” @eneral Cronje a Fierce as Well as Wary Fighter. ‘“The Lion of Africa,’’ as his enlogists have termed General Piet A. Cronje, has justified the designation of his grim life and death struggle at Paardeburg drift. General Cronje lives on a farm near Petchefstroom, a town just beyond the Vaal river, about sixty miles southwest of Joh- annesburg. He is fairly worshipped by his neighbors, who tell wonderful stories of the courage and resources which he displayed in the old days, when the Boers were trek- king north, fighting their way through swarms of hostile savages and defending the laagered camp against fierce onslaughts. Cronje has been a soldier from his youth. He began his military career in the ranks, and has worked his way up to the second place in the Boer army solely by his merit as a fighter and tactician. He was already a field cornet at Laing’s Nek, in 1881, and was second in command to Joubert in the notable affair of Majuba Hill. His chief distinction in the Boer war of independence was gained, however, in the siege and cap- ture of Potchefstroom, the town near which his homestead is situated. The place was defended by a small British garrison under Colonel Wilson. Cronje led the Boer forces to the attack, and Wilson surrendered. The Boer leader was accused by the British of resorting to unfair methods during the siege. As time passed Cronje rose in rank, and when the Jameson raid occurred, in the closing days of 1895, he was placed in the responsible position of commander of the Boer force which was sent to head it off. This he did effectually. Cronje rounded up Dr. Jameson and his followers in the little village of Dornkon. He had no ar- tillery, but his whole force was armed with rifles, and was made up of first class marks- men. By their commander’s orders, the Boers picked off the British artillerists, rendering their guns useless, and bringing the raid to a premature close. As a reward for his management of the Jameson affair Cronje was appointed tosuc- ceed General Joubert as superintendent of native affairs, and he now holds that civil position under the Transvaal government. Soon after the declaration of war, in Oc- tober last, he was made second in command of the united forces of the two Boer repub- lics, and was assigned to the district on the western border of the Transvaal and Orange Free State. It was by the forces under his command that the British garrisons in Ma- feking and Kimberley were shut in. But General Cronje’s operations have not been confined to the investment and occasional bombardment of these two Brit- ish towns. When General Methuen start- ed to the relief of Kimberley in November he encountered Cronje’s forces at Gras Pan on the 25th of that month. The resulting encounter was practically a drawn battle. Three days later there was another and more desperate encounter on the Modder river. This encounter brought Methuen’s advance to a halt, and two weeks later—on December 12th—Cronje defeated General Methuen in the decisive battle of Magers- fontein, in which the Highland brigade was slaughtered and its commander, General Wauchope, killed. He held his position at Magersfontein until Roberts’ advance in overwhelmingly superior numbers forced him to retreat to Paardeberg drift. Railroad Accidents. One Hundred and Thirteen Persons Were Killed Last Year. The accident record for the calendar year just closed shows the largest total in our history, as was to be expected from the great expansion in railroad traffic attend- ant upon the arrival ot business, and as has been foreshadowed by the monthly records. The number of passengers killed is very much larger than it was in 1898. Of the 113 passengers killed in 1899 nearly one-half are charged to two months—Jan- wary and May. In the former month oc- curred the butting collision on the West Dunnellen, N. J., where sixteen passengers were killed, and the record for May in- cludes the rear collision at Exeter, Pa., (twenty-eight passengers killed.) Deduct- ing these two collisions the total number of passengers killed still remains 5 per cent. larger than in 1898, though only 3 per cent. above the average for the past five years. Much of the larger share. of all the casualties occur in accidents classed as due to negligence in operating, and in the present report this class includes 77 per cent. of all fatalities to passengers. In spite of the unfavorable aspect of these figures the record of 1899 confirms,in a gen- eral way, the conclusions which we drew from the record of 1898 that security of life and limb on American railroads is being gradually improved. The number of ac- cidents increased with the number of trains run, but the number of deaths and injuries does not increase in the same ratio. In October the list showed the largest number of train accidents that we ever recorded in a month, while in September we reported a larger number of accidents which were attended with fatal results than in any previous month except two, September and October, 1890. A Salt Lake in Texas. About 300 miles sonthwest of Houston, Texas, in Hidalgo, county, is now claimed to be one of the most remarkable salt lakes in the world. This lake, which contains 788 acres of pure salt, is surrounded by a wild fringe of dense thickets. The salt is three to four feet deep in a crystal form, and the water is a brine of unusual strength, crystallizing with great rapidity. But few people outside of the State know of the existence of this lake; in fact, near- ly all Texas maps omit if, although it has been known to be a source of supply for local consumption over 200 years; trains moving in the southwest to and from Brownsville, during the Civil War, hand- led the salt;in fact, it was the only supply that Texas had to draw from during that period. The property on which this lake is situ- ated consists of a tract of 71 leagues of land, originally known as ‘‘La Nonia de San Salvador de Tule,”” and claimed to have been granted by the government of Spain about the year 1798 to one Juan Jose Balli. BANKER RouTs A ROBBER.—J. R. Gar- rison, cashier of the bank of Thornville, Ohio, had been robbed of health by a ser- ious lung trouble until he tried Dr. King’s New Discovery for Consumption. Then he wrote : ‘‘It is the best medicine I ever used for a severe cold or a bad case of lung trouble. I always keep a bottle on hand.” Don’t suffer with Coughs, Colds, or any Throat, Chest or Lung trouble when you can be cured so easily. Only 50c. and $1.00. Trial bottles free at Green’s drug store. -——=Subseribe for the WATCHMAN. India’s Terrible Famine. Lord Curzon Says He Could Relieve it if He Had the Money Expended in the Transvaal War. The world is standing in open-eyed amazement at the weak points found in the English army. We have long considered her the fittest nation of the world, yet the first really crucial test finds her really wanting. What has she been doing and thinking, is the question asked by nations and individuals. London editors are be- ginning to cry out at the indifference that has kept the English people for so long blind to the true condition of affairs, and, from the leading issue of non-readiness on the part of army and navy, they are taking up side issues to prove the incapability and sloath of English statesmen. The necessity of irrigation in India, now that strangers are pointing it out, is caus- ing a free flow of edivorial ink. This seems out of place, until they have suc- ceeded in calling off the dogs of war in South Africa. To prove that the author- ities have been informed as to the needs of India, on every hand may be heard quota- tions from those who have long urged re- form. Colonel Baird-Smith, the hero of Delhi, took a long furlough to study the irriga- sion system of the world, and, fully ex- peeting his advice to bear weight with English statesmen, wrote a book proving that a thorough system of irrigation would make impossible future famines in India. Sir Arthur Colton, by sheer determination and constant appeal, succeeded in securing from the government enough to enable him to irrigate the Godavery district, which from being a barren desert, famine stricken and death laden, is now a blossoming gar- den. Thirty-five years ago Florence Nightingale wrote: ‘While railroads are good for Europe, they are bad for India, because they merely carry, while canals both carry and grow grain.”’ Lord Curzon asserts that if he had the money being ex- pended in the Transvaal, he would put the light of life and hope into thousands of dimming eyes and hopeless hearts. This ‘“‘hy irrigation, leaving railways to private effort.”” ‘‘Alas! his noble resolutions and insight are too late.”’ Few persons realize the horrors of affairs in India. Forty-nine millions of British and native subjects are now dying of fam- ine. The editor of the London Daily grows eloquent upon the subject of the starving children to be seen at work in the road ways and, after scathing his contemporaries of the press for permitting war news to crowd out information from the famine districts in India, concludes his appeal with the touching lines of Elizabeth Barrett Brown- ing : And there the tiny children, oh, my brothers, Sigh and strive with hunger in the brain: And they oft look up in wonder, oh, my brothers, For their eftorts are in vain; And there comes not o’er the water, oh, my broth- ers, Any money, help or grain. The viceroy has written a very significant letter to a well known English official, in which he says: ‘‘I am here as one who lives and moves and breathes in a house of death only it is not a peaceful house of those who have gained surcease from sorrow in the re- pose of actual death. It is the dead living that are about me whichever way I turn; hollow eyes that see; fleshless bodies that move and feel; these are before me night and day, until I would to God I might flee the sight. Surely the time has come when the eyes of England should be opened.’’ He further hints what no editor dares put in words, that if relief ever comes to India it will be from the ‘‘uanited efforts of other countries, chiefly the United States, and woe to England when the time is ripe.”’ Fresh Outbreak of Plague, Three More Deaths of the Disease at Honolulu—These Thought to be Due to Infected Food. The steamer Australia arrived at San Francisco from Honolulu on Tuesday. The Associated Press correspondent at Honolulu writing under date of Feb. 20th, says : After twelve days passing without sign of the plague, three cases were discovered yesterday and all ended fatally. The vie- tims were two Chinese males and a woman, half Chinese and half Hawaiian. It is al- most certain that one of the victims came to his death through eating infected food from a Chinese store. It is probable the case of the woman can be traced also to infected food. A part of the block in which the woman lived was suspected some time ago and destroyed by fire. At a meeting of the board of health yes- terday President Wood reported that the funds at their command were exceedingly low, and that more money for carrying on the work of fighting the plague was imme- diately necessary. On Feb. 15th, out of $142,600 that had been appropriated for the use of the hoard of health up to that time, $138,000 was offset in bills. Consequently but $4,900 remained available. On this statement it was decided to ask the council of state for a further appropriation of $100,- 000. The council met and appropriated the necessary money. In addition, the sum of $345,523 was approp iaced for the exten- sien and the completion of the sewer sys- tem. . This l:st item was appropriated sub- jeot to the approval of President McKin- ley. Left a Numerous Progeny. In the death of Jackson Cupp, who passed away at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Angelina Tyson, at Six Points, near Bowling Green, Ky., this country loses one of its oldest inhabitants. He was married twice during his lifetime and was the fath- er of seventeen children. He was married the first time to Caroline Menser by Daniel Robbins, the first justice of the peace in Bloom township. Six children were born to their union, four of whom still live. Mis. Cupp died in 1853 and he was mar- ried two years later to Permilla Jackson. Eleven children blessed their union, eight of whom are still living. He was the grand-father of fifty-four grandchildren, forty-eight of whom are living, and the great grandfather of thirty-four, twenty- six of whom are alive. ——The following is an extract from a real composition written by a small school- boy in New Jersey: The subject given by the teacher was the extensive one of ‘‘man.’’ Here’s what the small boy wrote : ‘‘Man is a wonderful animal. He has eyes, ears, mouth. ! ‘His ears are mostly for catching cold in and having the earache. ‘‘The nose is to get sniffles with. “A man’s body is split half way up, and he walks on the split ends.’’—Lippencott’s Magazine. Wanted—An Heiress. ‘Why don’t you marry and settle down ?”’ “I would ifI could find a girl with enough money to settle up.”’ List of Jurors, The following jurors were drawn for April term of court, commencing Monday. April 23rd, and to continue for two weeks : GRAND JURORS—I1ST WEEK. Joseph L. Gardner, teacher................ Emanuel Roan, farmer...... Thomas Evers, laborer... J. L. Thorp, farmer... Alfred Vail, laborer......... Wilham T. Lucas, laborer.. W. H. Holter, carpenter..... Henry Etters, farmer...... Charles Lingle, farmer... w- James Carson, farmer.................. John I. Thompson, bookkeeper... 3: C. Mallory, 18D0TRY...ccs ceursceeinrivarsrsinses Fred Todd, coal operator W. Galer Morrison, gentleman.......Bellefonte John H. Crane, teacher....... . ..Worth M. C. Walk, farmer...... E. T. Hicklen, laborer G. H. Rishel, farmer......ccccirs sirssssceraises Gregg James Irwin, bookkeeper.. David Sowers, laborer 8. E. Troy, clerk...... William Love, farmer. Philipsburg Bower Schenck, farmer... ....Liberty Joseph Ceader, baker............ ......... Bellefonte TRAVERSE JURORS—1ST WEEK. B. J. Laport, justice................ Philipsburg C. E. Zeigler, musician... ..... .............. Gregg John Rishel, farmer....... Benner George Hoy, farmer........... .... Walker A. P. Shoop, marble dealer George Fausler, laborer... William Orr, farmer............. T. A. Pletcher, harnessmaker... N. E. Grove, farmer................. Isaac Armstrong, inn keeper. H. E. Crouse, huckster.......... J. N. Zerby, laborer..... Albert Lyon, laborer... W. W. Neese, farmer............. ut J. C. Weaver, insurance agent......... J. L. Holmes, teacher........... William Mann Jr., farmer Rufus Bierley, farmer.......... Amos Fehl, laborer............... John Todd Jr., coal operator. © James Harris, merchant....... Claude B. Hess, farmer... Reuben Smull, farmer.... John Somers, drayman.. James W. Beck, laborer.... C. C. Eckert, R. R. laborer. L. N. McCauley, laborer..... C. N. Pletcher, carpenter... . James T. Marks, wagonmaker........... ... Robert Cambridge, gentleman........Unionville J. W. Bower, blacksmith............cceeenuu. Haines George Swabb, farmer........ccouvriereeennes Harris Brady Beightol, laborer.. ..Snow Shoe J. A. Witmer, farmer...... a.eCollege J. L. Marshall, farmer.... ....Benner J. W. Sunday, farmer. ....Ferguson Blair Waite, farmer......... Half-moon M. D. Snyder, merchant.............State College Frank T. Wallace, brickmaker.... Michael Zong, optician............. Alfred Swarm, plaster........... William H. Limbert, teacher. David Bohn, farmer.............. John Q. Miles, farmer... Huston George T. Bush, merchant.... Bellefonte William H. Shope, laborer. Milesburg R. U. Bitner, teacher...........crscssrsrsserres Gregg George H. Hastings, farmer................. Benner TRAVETISE JURORS—2ND WEEK. B. F. Kennelly, stonemason. enn BIOZE Daniel Dreibelbis, farmer..... Ferguson John 8. Yearick, farmer............ cocv.uud Spring Isaac Miller, carpenter...... ............. Bellefonte Roger T. Bayard, Y. M. C. A. Sec....Bellefonte T. F. Adams, agent........c.ceeeur o.oo... Bellefonte W. D. O'Brian, bookkeeper... ihe Adam Ertle, shoemaker.........c.ccoveeieennns Gregg Daniel W. Zeigler, farmer............ce....... Gregg David Hoy, teamster....... 3. J. Wayne, 18D0Ter....ccicermmireisssrsnsisi on Rush James T. McCully, liveryman.........Bellefonte Jesse Irwin, laborer............. Burnside James B. Poorman, farmer................... Curtin Henry Brungart, undertaker ..Miles Monroe Armor, farmer.......... Bellefonte W. H. Cauldron, farmer....uc omens Spring T. D. Jamison, insurance age ...Gregg Ephraim Gardner, farmer............... ue. Liberty Fred Kurtz Jr., printer....... .Centre Hall B. F. Keister, shoemaker.................. Millheim William Reed, stonemason G. E. Stover, carpenter.. George Diehl, farmer...... ....Miles H. E. Royer, farmer.......cccceueeerisurenneenes Potter Frank Tubridy, laborer..... ...Snow Shoe * Ira G. Burket, merchant.......ccceueun. Half-moon H. B. Wilcox, carpenter..... South Philipsburg John F. Harrison, teacher............... Bellefonte John H. Houser, painter... Bellefonte R. D. Blowers, 1aborer.......cccccnsuiireecnnanne Rush Wesley Weaver, farmer..... A W. H. Poorman, carpenter....... John D. Decker, lumberman... ... Potter George W. Runkle, carpenter................ Gregg Sigmund Joseph, merchant... Bellefonte Henry Wingart, farmer..........cccceeveninnnee Penn Christ Eckley, laborer.......... George B. Winter, constable. ....Miles Bruce Mitchell, laborer.........cccuiineenn College Many Lunatics in the Army. A request has been received at the war department from Gen. Otis at Manila for 1,000 pairs of handcuffs and 200 pairs of leg shackles, to be forwarded at the earliest pos- sible moment. They are tobe used on our soldiers whose reason has given way under the heat and the fret of war, and who have to be handcuffed and some times shackled to prevent them from escaping or doing themselves bodily injury. Another lot of insane soldiers is now on the way to Washington from San Francisco to join the growing colony of their comrades confined at St. Elizabeth’s, the govern- ment asylum for the insane. An employe of the surgeon general’s of- fice, who has just returned from Manila, says that the percentage of insanity among the troops serving in the Philippines is alarming, and that those who reach this country are only the most aggravated cases. ——*Carry sunshine with you.”” A bright, fresh, sunny face is always inspir- ing, and it always denotes good health as well as a happy heart. Many faces that were once overcast with gloom have been made bright and sunny by Hood’s Sars- aparilla which cures all dyspeptic symp- toms, strengthens the nerves and tones up and invigorates the whole system. Constipation is cured by Hood’s pills, the non-irritating cathartic. Sold by all druggists. ——Tommy—Pop, what is the meaning of ‘“‘hereditary ?’’ . Tommy’s Father—Aunything that de- scends from father to son. Tommy—Then your old clothes that ma makes over for me are hereditary, ain’s they ? HE FOOLED THE SURGEONS.—AIl doc- tors told Renick Hamilton, of West Jeffer- son, O., cfter suffering 18 months from Rectal Fistula, he would die unless a cost- ly operation was performed; but he cured himself with Bucklen’s Arnica Salve, the best in the world. Surest pile cure on earth. 25c. a box, at Green’s drug store.
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