State Convention of the L. T. L.
The second annual convention of
the Loyal Temperance legion of Penn
sylvania met at Philipsburg, June 2 i
and ta. c."
Wednesday morning at ten o'clock
the executive committee met and de
cided that the dues of graduates should ,
be twenty-five cents, instead of fifteen
as last year.
At 10.30 the convention proper was
opened by devotions conducted by
MiwCarrigan, of Philadelphia-. She
impressed upon the minds of all that
they were not here for their own picas
lire but for the good we may do and
the inspiration we might receive.
Reports of corresponding secretary
and treasurer were given and accepted.
Committees on Credentials, Consti
tution, Flan of Work, Courtesies and
Resolutions, were appointed, followed
by reports of the I.. T. L.'s. These
reports were very encouraging and
show a wonderful increase in the num
ber of graduates and workers. We
were led in noontide prayer by Mrs.
Rice, and adjourned.
Wednesday afternoon meeting open
cd'with a Bible reading by Ralph Kis
ner, followed by music and reading ol
minutes. .
Greetings were received from Miss
Geurnscy.
Just at this time the convention ad
journed for a half hour to give place
to a wedding. The bride was a mem
ber of Philipsburg Y. It was a very
pretty affair and all the delegates were
glad to be present.
Convention again assembled and
Mrs. Rise explained ths object of the
Youth's Congress to be held at Chica
go, and stated that the L. T. I,, had
received an invitation to send a dele
gate to represent our work at that
meeting. The invitation was then
read.
The committee on courtesies intro
duced Rev. Whitney, of Osceola Mills,
who nave helpful and encouraging
words. Mr. Butler, of Tioir,u county,
who brought his son and daughter to
attend the convention, also gave a few
encouraging remarks.
The question box was then passed.
Question, "At what age should boys
and girls joirt the Y's ?" was answered
by Mrs. Rice saying not until 18 years
of age. This was indorsed by others.
After singing we adjourned until the
evening.
Wedneseay evening the exercises
opened by devotional exercises con
ducted by Mrs. Walter, of Gettysburg;
prayer by Dr. Miller of the M. E.
chiirc'u. Address of welcome, by Edna
Williams. In a few fitting words of
greeting she welcomed the delegates
to the town and extended the hospi
tality of their homes ; followed by a
response by Frank Lutz, of Blooms
burg. Mrs. Rice, subject, True to our
selves we will then be true to others
and our God. In Shakespeare's words:
"To thine ow n Relf be true.
And It shall follow as night the day,
Tbou canst not then be raise to any man."
She outlined the true citizen as one
who is always alive to the interests of
the public, if it does cost money, time
and effort. In every community there
are objectors those who are opposed
to every effort for improvement be
cause his taxes may be increased or
his own private interests be touched.
The difference between the true and
false man, in every walk of life, ras
clearly shown by her, and, also, that
only the true man or woman can really
be a successful person. No one in
sympathy with or in any way aiding
the liquor traffic can be a true citizen.
All the members of tl;e L. T. L. were
called upon to be true to themselves
and swear eternal vengeance to the
whiskey traffic. The highest type of
mankind is that of the Christian man.
At the executive meeting Thursday
morning it was decided to make inqui
ries about a graduate's badge. Miss
Jones was asked to take the matter in
and and see what could be done.
The subject of getting up a new de
sig'n in pledge cards was taken up and
committee appointed to get them.
The committee is Miss Alice Edgar,
of Columbia county, and Mrs. Walter,
of Adams county.
Convention opened with devotions.
Miputes of Kx. and last meeting were
read and adopted.
Alter singing the pledge song Mrs.
Rice gave a parliamentary drill.
Adjourned with noontide prayer.
Thursday afternoon, after devotions,
readins: of minutes and singing, the
Philipsburg Legion gave a Flower Mis
sion exercise, followed by a recitation
and singing. ,
Election of officers was next in or
der and resulted as follows : Presi
dent, Tames Green, ot Blossburg, Tio
ga Co.; Cor. Sec, Belle -Duff, New
Castle, Iawrence Co.; Rec. Sec. Anna
Wible, Gettysburg, Adams Co.; Treas.,
Will Butler, Blossburg ; 1st Vice mst.,
Mr. Cadwalader, Phillipsburg ; 2nd
Vice Prest., Maude Reese, Alberton ;
Delegate to Youth's Congress at Chi-
n 1 - aT !l
cago, Kaipn rvisner, lumvme.
The invitation to hold the next con
vention at Gettysburg was accepted
by the Executive Committee.
Plan of Work Com. reported as fol
lows :
1 st. We recommend that an an
nual conference of L. T. L. workers
be held in each county for interchange
of suffaestiuns in recard to bet meth
ods for advancing the woik.
2nd. That we appoint press super
intendenta and so bring our work be
fore the people .
d. That the Lecion be asked to
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Kve as faithfully in dues as in work,
faithful service is faithful giving.
4th. That we emphasize the need
of county organization and have county
conventions, thus preparing our boys
and girls for intelligent work' when
they come to the St ite meetings.
5th. Th.il we ur'e that Demorest
contests be inserted in our nlnn of
work as the most effectual method of
creating public opinion.
6th. That the Legion be urged to
make more prominent the pernicious
influence of tobacco, and that efforts
be made to circulate the paper called
Anti-Tobacco Gem, and form "Anti
Tobacco" clubs.
'h. That all Legions take the
1 oung Crutader, and the graduates
the Advance Guard.
Mrs. Walter, )
J. M. Ewino,. V Com.
M. R. Conklino. )
Committee on resolutions asked
that the vesper hour of prayer be
faithfully remembered by our workers.
They also extended hearty thanks to
the citizens of Philipsburg for their
hospitality and to the committee on
decorations and airangt-ments.
Thursday evening the graduating
exercises were given and all who took
part acquitted themselves in a credita
ble manner. The music by the Bloss
burg Quartet and Epworth League
Quartet was excellent.
Diplomas and seals were presented
to sixty graduates. Philipsburg hav
ing the largest number received the
diploma banner.
Annie C. Trkscott,
Supt. Millville Legion.
$100 Reward, $100.
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 in all its stages anil
that is Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure
is the only positive cure now known
to the medical fraternity. Catarrh
being a constitutional disease, requires
a constitutional treatment. Hall's
Catarrh Cure is taken internally, act
ing directly upon tne blooa ana mu
cous surfaces of the system, thereby
destroying tne lounuation ot tne cu
sease, 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 powers, that they offer One
Hundred Dollars for any case that it
fails to cure. Send for list of Testi
monials. Address,
F. T. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O,
lOSold by Druggists, 75c. im.
Experiment Station Notes,
The results of some experiments up
on the comparative digestibility of
green corn louder, and ol the same
material held-cured and ensilaged, are
presented in the fourthconung report
of the Station. These results, when
compared with those of similar experi
ments at this station and eslewhere,
modify some previous conclusions as
to the influence of ensilage upon the
digestibility of corn. Contrary to the
generally accepted opinion, it was
found that in certain cases the process
of ensilage increased the digestibility
of the woody fiber of the corn. It
was also found, however, that this re
suit was only reached when the amount
of fermentation and consequent loss
in the silo was excessive, and that
under more normal conditions, both
ensilage and field-curing somewhat de
crease the digestibility ot corn, kvi
dence is constantly accumulating that
the undoubted great value of ensilage
in progressive farming is not due to
any mysterious action of the silo
upon the fodder, but is an economic
advantage arising from the facts, first,
that the corn crop produces a very
large amount of food per acre, and,
second, that the silo preserves this food
with comparatively little lost in a pala
table and succulent condition, so that
it is eaten with little or no waste.
The last legislature passed an act,
which has been approved by the Gov
ernor, appropriating the sum of $3000,
a year for two years to the Experiment
Station "tor the purpose 01 conduct
ing experiments and investigations in
the culture, curing and preparation
of tobacco." , These experiments,
which have already been initiated at
two points in Lancaster County are to
be under the management ot the 1 o
bacco Growers' Society of Lancaster
County and such other responsible as
sociations as mav care to encage in
such work, but subject to the direction
and control of the btation. I he ac
tual work of experimentation is to be
carried on by the respective associa
tions, but the analysis and investiga
tions connected therewith are to be
made by the Station and the results of
the experiments published in its an
nual report. It is further provided
that no part of the appropriation shall
be used for the purchase of land, and
that experiments shall be carried on
under the act in not less than two, nor
more than five separate localities. Pro
vision is also made for the publication
of results in the form of bulletins, one
copy of each of which is to be sent to
every newspaper in the State.
The legislature also included in the
appropriations for the Pennsyl
vania State College the' sum of $2000
per year for two years for the current
expenses of the Agricultural Depart
ment of the College. This appropria.
tion is for the teaching work of the
College, and not for the experimental
work in agriculture.
wijgnrQTOH Lgrna
Washington, July 3, 189-?.
President Cleveland never did a
more universally popular tn'iie than
when he issued his proclann ion call
ing an extra session ol L i-iress to
meet August 7 tit, it beinir generally
conceded by everybody that the finan
cial situation demands Congressional
legislation, although, of course, there
is a difference of opinion as to the ex
act nature of what that legislation
ought to be. It is well known that in
calling the extra session for August in
stead of September as originally in
tended, the President deferred to pub
lic opinion as represented by promi
nent individuals and business organi
zations in every section. They stated
to him that in their judgment an extra
session would have a tendency of itself
to restore public confidence and im
prove the financial situation, and al
though it greatly inconvenienced him
personally and doubtless many of the
Senators and Representatives who had
made their arrangements for Septem
ber he yielded, and a good effect is al
ready perceptible.
Now that the extra session has been
called, the question naturally arises,
what will it do r. Mr Cleveland states
in his proclamation that "The present
perilous condition is largely the result
of a financial policy which the execu
tive branch of the government finds
embodied in unwise laws which must
be executed until repealed by Con
gress, and it would seem that both.
House and Senate being democratic
there should be no difficulty in having
those unwise laws repealed at the re
quest of a democratic administration,
particularly when the fact is remem
bered that the Chicago platform, up
on which the democratic party carried
the country by an overwhelming ma
jority, denounced the laws and de
manded their repeal ; but there is a
difficulty, and a doubt, although it is
growing less substantial, as to the re
peal of the bherman bilver law. ,
1 he absence of Mr. Cleveland, who
does not expect to return to Washing
ton until just before the extra session
meets, and the reticence of the mem
bers of the cabinet, most of whom ex
pect to take their vacations between
this time and August 7, indicates that
having done its duty the administration
proposes now to Veep its hands off
and let Congress do its duty, believing
that the business interests or the coun
try will make its influence sufficiently
felt in Congress to make the repeal of
the Sherman law a certainty. A per
sonal friend of the President said this
morning i "I do not believe that Mr.
Cleveland will have another word to
say publicly on this question until he
sends his message to Congress, which
if I mistake not will be a convincing
document."
Senator Vorhees, chairman of the
Senate committee on Finance, who
has always voted for the free coinage
of silver, is strongly in favor of the re
peal of the Sherra in law and expresses
the belief that it will be repealed The
Senator is always a power in Congress
and his aid will unquestionably be val
uable in the Senate, where the strong
est opposition to the repeal will be
met. It seems to be settled in the
minds of those who have been study
ing the question that the House will
vote for repeal by a majority of not
less than twenty, although it may take
good leadership and some hard fight
ing to get it to a vote.
In view of the probability of a pro
longed fight in which the whole silver
question will be stirred up, and its
probable bad effect upon financial af
fairs, the suggestion has been made
that it would be good policy for the
extra session to pass a resolution au
thorizing the President to suspend the
purchase of silver under the Sherman
law and then at once adjourn. It is
claimed by the advocates of this plan
that it would demonstrate before the
opening of the regular session of Con
gress whether the purchase of silver
was as largely responsible for the fi
nancial stringency as it is claimed to
be and would enable Congress to leg
islate upon the subject with more in
telligence. On the other hand, there
are numbers of democrats who say the
party is pledged to give the country
financial and tariff reform and that the
work should begin with the extra ses
sion and not end until it has been
thoroughly completed.
The canvass for the officers of the
House will necessarily have to be
short. Speaker Crisp will be re-elect
without opposition, and clerk Kerr is
so far the only candidate for his post
tion. In addition to the incumbents
S. S. Yoder, of Ohio ; Charles H
Turner, of New York, and Lycurgus
Dalton, of Indiana there are a num
her of gentlemen who would like to
be Sergeant-at-Arms, Doorkeeper and
Post Master, and the probabilities are
that they will make a very lively cam
paign with the chances slightly in fa
vor of the old officials,
Allow me to add my tribute to the
ellicacy ot IMy s Lream Balm. 1 was
suffering from a severe attack of in
fluenza and catarrh and was induced
to try your remedy. 1 he result was
marvelous. I could hardly articulate,
and in less than twenty four hours the
catarrhal symptoms and my hoarse
ness disappeared and I was able to
sing a heavy role in Grand Opera with
voice unimpaired. I strongly recom
mend it to all singers. Wm. H. Ham
ilton, Leading Basso of the C. D. Hess
Grand Opera Co.
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We bought all his Men's Suits (made to sell
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to offer them at $8.50 per Suit.
We are selling Boys' $5.00 Knee Pant
Suits for $2.50. Hundreds to pick from. This
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Hood's Pills cure all liver ills. 25c.
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A portrait of Lafayette and a repro
duction ot the famous painting by
Trumbull of the surrender of Corn
wallis adorn the illuminated cover
page of the Fourth-of july Number of
the New York Jjtdyer, in which Mrs.
Amelia E. Barr begins a serial story
of New York society, entitled "Girls
of a Feather." Doctor Hepworth ap
pears in this number with a novelette
dealing with Stark and the Battle of
Bennington, and S. P. Cad man con
tributes a lively Gettysburg story and
Daniel D. Bidwell an article on "Un
cle Sam's Ensigns " James Parton
writes about "Lafayette in the Ameri
can Revolution." Clarence Hawkes
has a poem describing Pickett's charge
at Gettysburg. Eleanor Kirk begins
a series of papers on "An Easier Way
for the Working-Girl." W. Clark
Russel's sea story, "The Convict Ship,"
is continued, r.s are also serials by
Mrs. bouthworth and bt. George Rath
borne. ihis issue contains sixteen
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Those who have used Dr. King's
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those who have not, have now the
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Teacher You sav. limmie. that
i
father bought a horse for $600 and
sold him for $250; now, how much
did he lose?.
Jimmie About $6oc.
"Why limmie, I'm surprised. There
isn't another scholar in the class who
would not have given a correct an
swer.
"There ain't one of them what
knows anything about if The horse
kicked a $100 setter to death. He
smashed a new buggy so the maker
did't know it. He broke pap's leg
and cracked two ribs for our Jersey
cow. Now let the other boys figure
that out and see what they get. "JJe-
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In old times it seemed to be thoueht
- o -
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Aver's Sarsacarilla. one of the most
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, . .1-1 ,
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they paint their work with
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manufactured by the "Old Dutch"
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This brand of Strictly Pure White Lead
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4Vi5J? DMIOM PATMTS,
LIG CAME,
4n Aceount i. the taptnre of Ilar
IKK iieU Hippopotamus.
tu hi liook on Ahyssinia 8ir Samuel
raker (five tho following account of
f !jo ct.nture of a hlpriopc -la tuns. After
ii lou;r t'Jitis-o tltij tmltnal hwl left the
rivtr. and nmuli to the ili.suppolntment
of his purnuerH hail disappeared, liut
one of the knowing attendants ex
prettKcd hU firm conviction that the)
"hippo would noon uo neon afrain.
Thin prediction was fulfilled much
sooner than the moat sanguine had ex
pected. At a distance of nearly half a
mile, Miys the writer, we puw the ani
mal emerge from the jnng-le, and
descend at full trot to the bed of the
river, making; directly for the first
rocky pool, In which we had previous
ly aecn a herd of hippopotami.
Aocompanled by the old howartl
(hippo-hunter) we walked quickly
toward the spot; he explained to me
that I must shoot the harpooned hippo,
os we should not be able to secure him
In the usual method by ropes nearly
all our men being absent from camp
upon other duties.
Upon reaching a certain pool, which
was about a hundred and thirty yardn
In diameter, we were immediately
greeted by the hippo, who snorted and
roared as we approached, then ho
dived, and the buoyant float, upon
which the man with the harpoon wb
stationed, ran along the surface, mark
ing his course in the same manner as
the cork of a trimmer with a pike
upon the book.
Several times he appeared, but us he
Invariably faced us. I could not obtain
a favorable shot. I therefore sent the
old hunter round the pool, and he,
swimming the river, advanced to the
opposite side, and attracted the atten
tion of the hippo, who immediately
turned toward him.
This afforded me a good chance, and
I fired a steady shot behind the ear, at
about seventy yards, with a single-barreled
rifle.
As usual with hippopotami, whether
dead or alive, he disappeared benoath
the water at the shot. The crack ol
the ball and the absence of any splash,
from the bullet told me that ho wa.
hit; the float remained perfectly sta
tionary upon the surface. I watched
it for some minutes it never moved;
several heads of hippopotami appeared
and vanished in different directions,
but the float waa still; St marked the
spot where the grand old bull lay dead
beneath.
When the men reappeared they swam
out, regardless of crocodiles, to the
spot where the animal had gone down,
and securing the rope attached to the
harpoon dragged the body of the
hippo to the shore.
POLAR BEARS KEEP COOL.
Tropical Animals In Captivity Buffer Koaf
During the Heated Term.
"It will surprise most people," said
Superintendent A. E. Brown, of the
Philadelphia zoological garden, to a
Record man, "to learn that the polar
bear stands the hot weather of the dog
days In this locality better than the
African lion. On hot days tbe lion will
get off his feed; the polar bear will not.'
The tropical animals in the garden,"
continued the superintendent, "are the
ones mostly affected by the extreme
heat of midsummer, strange as it may
appear. I suppose the reason of it is
that the heat here is more moist than
that of the tropica, and, as it were, of
a different character. Whatever mor
tality occurs among our animals dur
ing a heated term U mostly among too
tropical animals,especially the African.
In hot weather I have watohed thai
polar bear go into his tank, and then,
instead of lying in the ahadie, extsod
himself in the direct, rays of the stn,
where the water on his skin would
evaporate. He found out for himself,,
I suppose, that evaporation eauses a
lower temperature. Again, it is stfine
what astonishing, at first, that our
polar bear should suffer sometimes as
he does from the severe, cold of win
ter. I have seen him shivering on one
of those bitterly cold days, when th
sky was overladen and the air full of
moisture. The moisture was evidently
what affected him. In the Arctic re
gions It is so cold that the moisture is
frozen out of the air. Birds do not like
the heat. It makes them perch with
drooped wings. Heat affects not only
the animals in the garden, but the
flnanoes of the garden itself. A differ
ence of ten degrees in the thermome
ter, say if it is ninety-five instead of
eighty-five, means a loss of several hun
dreds of dollars in out. gate receipts
for the day." . .,
A Wall of Frosan Air.
Near Dayton, Ore., there is a well lov
dally known as the "well of frozen
air." In drilling it a stratum of frozen
clay and gravel was enoountered at a
depth of fifty-five feet. After passing
through five feet of this numerous cav
ities were encountered from which
oold air came with Bharp gusts. The
escape of the air from the well may bo
heurd at a distance of nearly two hun
dred yards and it Is bo f rigid that it is
not possible for auyone to hold up his
hand over the opening for more than a
few minutes without having it frozen'
stiff. A bucketful of water set near
the mouth of the well will' freeze
through and through during one.
night's time. It is needless to add that
work on the well was abandoned a'
soon as these frigid blasts found vent
through the opening made by the drill.;
An American ulrl'a Joke. j
A mischievious American girl was re
cently in lresden,whcn the stolidity of
the sentinels pacing up and down like
automatons attracted her notice. She
was seized with a sudden desire to' test
this cast-iron rigidity, and, waiting
until the sentry had turned his bock
she slipped into his box. When h
camo bock, she popped out her heat
and said: "Bool" The soldier dropped
bis musket and bolted, while the f.-oud
American girl, having routed a portion
of the German army, demurely re
joined her friends. The emperor hear I
of the incident and expressed a desir i
to see the young woman, but sho tV .
clined to enter into an amnesty wii.j
a conquered power.
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