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Tho America (Jnp.
SrORV Of' oW Ir WAS wo! HOW
IT HAS IIKF.N DEKKNDKl).
Hiuppfn Weekly.
The story of the America's cup,
how it was won in 1854, and since de
fended) is an oft -told tale, and no at
tempt will be made here to go into
details that are familiar to every
American yachtman.
Come what may this cup must al
ways remain our most treasured tro
phy, for all our magnificent develop
ment in yacht designing is directly
traceable to the contests to keep it on
this side of the Atlantic. Eight times
have we accepted challenges for this
blue ribbon of the ocean six from
England and two from Canada, ami
eight times have we successfully de
fended it.
The history of these races is the
history of marine architecture, and
the characteristic progress of the Yan
kee ami the perseverance and sports
manship of our British cousins are
evidenced in every one of the strug
gles. With each challenge the inter
est has spread wider and wider, until
today, it may hi said the eyes of the
yachting world has followed the grand
struggle between Valkyrie and Vigil
ant, which began on the 5th.
It was vastly different in 1850 when
Commodore Stevens, of the New
York Yacht club, then in its infancy,
ordered the America from George
Steers, the first and one of the most
famous of American designers. The
building of pleasure yachts at that
time was a struggling industry, while
racing was confined chiefly to the pilot
boats, which were justly renowned.
There was, indeed, some e'esu tory
yacht racing, and there had been even
ten years earlier but it was only be
ginning to be recognized as sport when
the America was put overboard.
George Steers deserves more than a
passing notice ; he was of a family of
builders, and a designer as indepen
dent and original as Kdwin Burgess
and the IIcrresholTs who came after
him. Me revolutionized yacht de
signing in his day, and built many
boats that became noted. Besides the
America, he designed the sloop Julia,
which in her day was as much of a
marvel and unbeatable as was dor
ian a in her first season.
Each of these tro famous boats has
an interesting history. America was
sold to an Englishman after her con
quest in '51, and did service as a
yacht. She was turned into a blockade-runner
when the civil war broke
out, but in this role she was not a
success, and to escape capture was
sunk in the St. John's river, Florida.
After the war she was raised by the
government, and put into commission
as a training school for the naval ' ca
dets. When the Cambria came over
to race for the cup in '70, she was re
fitted as a yacht and competed, win
ning fourth place, while the English
yacht got no better than tenth ; thus
did the old boat handicapped as she
was, show that after twenty years she
was still faster than the latest and
fastest British creation. Later she be
came the property of General Benja
min F Butler, and is still in posses
sion of his son Paul.
How's This!
We offer One Hundred Dollars re
ward for any case ot Catarrh that can
not be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure.
F. J. CHENEY & CO, Toledo, O.
We, the undersigned, have known
F.J.Cheney for the last 15 years,
and believe him perfectly honorable
in all business transactions and finan
cially able to carry out any obligations
made by their firm.
West & Traux, Wholesale Druggists,
Toledo, O.
Waluixo, Kinnan & Marvin, Whole
sale Druggists, Toledo, O.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken inter
nally, acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system.
Testimonials sent free. Price 75c.
per bottle. Sold by all Druggists.
1 0-6-1 mo.
The November Jarjer's Maga
zine is the concluding number of the
eighty-seventh volume. It opens with
the second instalment of Edwin Lord
Week's richly illustrated account of
his journey across Persia by caravan,
which grows in interest as it proceeds,
and must stand as an important con
tribution to the literature of travel.
William Black's novel, "The Hand-
some Humes," is finished in this Num
ber. Richard Harding Davis writes
of "London in the Season," and there
are strong papers on the Indian Terri
tory, by Kezin W. McAdam, and Ar
bitration," by Frederic K. .Coudert ; a
description of Acadian Louisiana, by
Julian Ralph ; a discussion of "The
Decadent Movement in Literature,"
by Arthur Symons ; a description of
"Riders of Turke," by Col. T. A
Dodge, and four short stories, includ
ing an "imaginary portrait," by Walter
Pater, called "Apollo in Picardy."
One word describes it-"perfection.
We refer to De Witt's Witch .Hazel
Salve, cures obstinate 6ores, burns,
skirt diseases and is a well known cure
for piles. W. S. Rishton, Druggist.
io-i4-iyr.
Cobble How do you find trade ?
Stone That's the great trouble,
can't find it.
Lines on the death of Miss Jennie
Kirhemlifer, who died Oct. 14th,
ngi-1 31 yean, j months and ti days.
Tin- funeral service were conducted
by Rev. H 1 ,,f Oranevillc, the
text l.cini chosen from Mark, 4th
rhfipter and ,v;ih verse, -."t us pass
over unto the other side." The dis
course was very pleasantly and in-
u ucuveiy rendered, alter which the
remains were borne to the cemetery
and laid in their last resting place.
The deceased was a former associate,
and was respected by all who who
knew her.
Well wo knew our comrade Jennie,
A we met from time to tine j
Now wll h hearts go fud anil dreary.
We rpo left awhllo behind.
We BK'iln are cnlled to witness.
The mid rites of those, we love ;
And we faintly link the question,
Why was she so early nulled 1
Just A few short years atto,
Wo were comrades by her side ;
lint wit hot her friend she mingled.
And whs once a mother s pride.
In the Sunday school nnd choir,
We no more will hear her lays;
Hut we at this solemn inuttiiar.
Think beyond of brighter days.
When Inst wo met our comrade dear,
And so lightly said "(food bye,"
I.lttle thought that next our ineotlm;,
Might 1)0 perhaps beyond the sky.
Vet no sudden, sad and true,
The denth ansfel makes his call;
And while we bow submissive,
ltepi at that "Christ Is all.
A SCHOOI.MATK.
When a doctor considers it neces
sary to prescribe sarsaparilla, he sim
ply orders a bottle of Ayer's, knowing
full well that he will obtain thereby a
surer and purer preparation than any
other which the drug-store can furnish.
Ayer's Sarsaparilla is the Superior
Medicine.
Not So Dangerous,
WHV THE Ol.O TIMK SUI.PHl'K MATCH
IS STILL SO POPULAR.
"Man in No. 68 wants some parlor
matches. He says these eight day
sticks arc a confounded nuisance," the
bell boy said to the clerk in one of the
hotels of Kansas City the other day.
"Tell him he'll have to get along
with the old style match," answered
the clerk. "The insurance companies
don't allow parlor matches in the
rooms."
"Yes, that's a fact," he continued,
in answer to a surprised questioner.
"Insurance policies of nearly all com
panies prohibit the keeping and use of
parlor matches in any part of a hotel,
but they are generally kept in the of
fices because they are in greater favor
and more convenient than the sulphur
match, and the requirement of the
policy is to that extent overlooked by
both its holders and the issuing com
pany. There isn't much chance for
an accidental ignition of a parlor
match to do much harm in a hotel
office, but they are dangerous things
in rooms, where carpets or curtains or
stray papers are liable to catch fire
from them. They are not only more
easily lighted by accident, such as
stepping upon them, but as is not
generally known, they often break out
inflame from spontaneous combustion.
You may judj;e how easily this is liable
to happen by holding a bunch of
them in the dark and watching the
fume that continually arises from
them. The sulphur "match is not
near so dangerous in any of these
particulars."
Allow me to add my tribute to the
efficacy of Ely's Cream Balm. I was
suffering from a severe attack of in
fluenza and catarrh and was induced
to try your remedy. The 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 singers. Wm. H. Hamil
ton, Leading Basso of the C- D. Hess
Grand Opera Co.
Man's Inconsistencies,
AS ENUMERATED JJV ONE OF HIS CRITI
CAL SISTERS.
A man can bear the deprivation of
his wealth with the calmness
of a stoic, but he cannot
lose his collar stud on the bed room
floor without a violent outburst of
temper.
A man can smile grimly under the
tortures of the rack, but he cannot
tread on a tin tack with his bare foot
without a bitter howl.
A man can walk forty miles a day
and arrive fresh and bright at the end
of his journey but he cannot nurse a
babv ha f an hour without complain
ing that he is utterly worn out.
A man can possess tne pnysicai
strength of a Samson, but he cannot
help to take clown the pictures for the
annual spring cleaning without feeling
completely exhausted with his labors.
A man can beard the savage tiger
in his lair without a quiver of his mus
cles, but he cannot bring an unex
pected friend to dinner on a washing
day without trembling in every limb.
A man can suffer death at the stake
with the dignity of a martyr, but he
cannot chase after his hat in a public
road without looking ridiculous.
A man will go through fire and
water to win the girl of his heart, but
he will not allow her to see him. with a
four days' growth on his chin.
STANCHIONS AND SHED.
Hew ,and Very Convenient Device lot
Predlng t'Klvra.
John f J riittuH. f Waukon. In., sends
to tho Orange .litdd Farmer it desirip
tion of. his device fur shell ring ut.d
feeding villi1 calves. He s;,ys: !et
three pout so they " ill Ik- 4' ; f. et
above the ground ami U ff etHpi.i U Null
two strong c Units 1)4 Inches thick to
tho posts a feet from tho ground, leav
ing1 u crack 4 inches wide for tho 5x4
Inch stanchion to work In. Fasten
the bottom of tho stanchions In tbo
snme way, allowing the niovublo ones
to turn on ltolts. Place tho first fixed
bar of tho stanchion 0 inches from the
post and allow feet in width for
each calf or eight calves for the wholo
shed. The movable, bars of stanchions
are held by tho ordinary drop catch
commonly used, lly means of a draw
bar made of a 1)4 inch cleat which
passes tinder a wooden guard on post at
A nnd II In Illustration, all of the stan
chions can bo closed at once, which
saves tho time required to fasten them
singly and does hot scare the calves, as
so often happens In going In front of
them. Each movable bar of the stan
chion is fastened to this batten by
a IkiH which passes through a movable
bur in a narrow slot about 8 inches long
which is cut for it, so that a single calf
may bo held without shutting all the
other stanchions. To prevent largo
calves stealing milk from weuk
ones, nail a 'Jx4 inch pleeo IX feet
long to the stationary upright pieces of
each stanchion (1 inches from the. floor
and another 1! feet from tho floor and
to the outer end of the first. Make two
troughs ll feet long and 0 inches high
by H inches wide with tight partitions
every 1,' feet. Use three front posts
for the front end of a shed ami cover it
with M-foot rough boards, the parts in
the rear being set low enough to give
proper slope. Build it on dry ground.
Calves should have protection from tho
sun and rain, especially tho cold spring
rains which so often cause scours, etc.
Tho cover protects tho calf while eat
ing and it enn always be fed even dur
ing a heavy rain, while otherwise if
delicate it will stand in a protected
place rather thun get out In the rain to
eat. There is no need of spending five
A ft
CALF STANCHIONS AND RUKI).
minutes in feeding each calf. By
means of tho board troughs all can
drink at once And by having two
small timbers beneath it, the trough
may bo drawn back to pour in tho milk
and then shoved up to tho calves, thus
avoiding slopping and uneven distribu
tion of tho milk. Tin pails are too ex
pensive, and wooden ones fall to pieces
if exposed to tho sun. If a calf does
not drink all of its milk, that remain
ing can be dipped out with a small can
and given to the others; or if tho
trough Is not over six feet long, it can
be easily turned out.
SECURE FASTENING,
How to Keep a Corral (lata Cloaod
Ag-alniit Swine and Cattle.
In tho far west, a barnyard is called
by the Spanish name, corral. A gate to
a corral that is proof against being
opened by swino or cattle should al
ways be provided. One that is excel
lent for security, and that can bo easily
constructed by any farmer, is shown
In the illustration. It may be of any
desired width, but if over threo feet
wide it should bo provided with a
diagonal brace, extending from the
lower hinge corner to tho opposite
upper corner. The gate is made of one
inch lumber, four inches wido, with
bottom pieces six Inches wide. Tho
vertical cleats on the bides are double,
and secured by wrought or wire nails,
driven clear through and clinched. A
BECUP.K OATH LATCU.
sliding bar, a, with peg, b, extending
through for a handle, is notched on tho
upper side and placed between two of
tho gate bars. Two cleats, o, of one-by-hlx
stuff, uro nailed across two burs
on tho hinge side of tho gate. To these
sleata a drop catch, d, is fastened by a
wooden pin. so that it will allow the
sliding bur to traverse beneath. When
tho sliding bar Is pushed forward into
a mortise in tho post, tho catch falls
into tho notch, nnd no cow or horso
can possibly remove it American
Agriculturist.
Tho Coat or Meat I'roilucU.
Few stockmen know tho approximate
sost of their livo stock. Many chargo
tho principal outlay to tho grain con
sumed, and tuko small, account of the
crazing. It Is only where pastures are
aivided so us to give a lot exclusively to
onosort-of stock that a close estimate
is pohsible. Tho rental value of the
ground may be charged against tho
animals grazing on it during a season,
liesides grain and grazing, tho time of
tho ultciulaut must bo included L'su
illy when such estimates uro made it
would bo fair to odd ton per cent, to
complete tho total cost. If account Is
taken of losses by accident nnd disease,
and interest on cost of animals is
added, a higher per cont for incidentals
U rcqulaod. Orange Judd Farmer.
Aiding the Digestion.
Succulent food, such as silage, tur
nips, beets, currots and pumpkins, aid
digestion by tho natural juices of their
cells. Dry food undergoes some changes
during tho process of drying and a por
tion of the matter becomes indigestible,
but the green and succulent food con
tains a large proportion of water, the
whole being in a natural condition for
digestion, easily soluble, and promot?
lag tho health of the animal by afford
ing it jrreater proportion of nutrition,
ht
Browning,
910 and 912
WARREN A. REED.
The Life of an Actress.
The physical hardships of the life
of an actor under the present system
are unendurable to most women for
any length of time, writes a modern
society actress in the October Ladies'
Home Journal. There is scarcely a
little town in America that has not its
opera house, for the most part very
pretty as to auditorium and exterior,
very bad as to the quarters for the
players. Many a night I have dress
cd in a little closet of a dressing room,
heated to suffocation, and gone on a
stae swept by a cold draught A
word as to pay. It has been said
"there is no better-paid profession."
That is true of the members who
have won sufficient reputation to in
sure them constant engagement at
their own terms. But meantime ? In
the first season one may expect from
fifteen to twenty -five dollars a week if
one has "good luck." Traveling ex
penses are paid. That sounds enor
mous to the girl earning three dollars
a week at sewing or chamber work
seems very good pay to the tired
teacher, and quite a brilliant fortune
to the young girl in her father's home
with no knowledge whatever of pecun
iary matters. But the problem is very
simple. Each actor pays his own ho
tel bills. The company is informed of
the names and rates of all the hotels
in each town. One dollar and a half
per day is the lowest price at which
can be had comfortable beds and suf
ficient food to sustain life. Seven
times one dollar and a half is ten dol
lars and a half. Nine dollars and a
half out of a possible twenty dollars
for clothing and all extras, and cloth
ing means considerable when one
travels incessantly.
Life is Misery
To many people who have the taint of
scrofula in their blood. The agonies
caused by the dreadful running sores
and other manifestations of this disease
are beyond description. There is no
other remedy equal to Hood's Sarsap-
arilla for scrofula, salt rheum and
every form of blood disease. It is
reasonably sure to benefit all who
give it a fair trial.
Hood's Pills cure all liver ills.
A Locomotive Kace.
BETWEEN AMERICAN AND FOREIGN
MAKES A PROHAULE FEATURE OF
THE FAIR.
There may be an international lo
comotive race at the World's Fair.
W. J. Arkell has offered to give a
$1,000 cup to the winner of a trial of
speed over a course not less than ten
miles long, between the crack locomo
tives of England, France, Germany
and America at the fair.
Mr. Arkell has written a letter to
George H. Daniels, general passenger
agent of the New York Central rail
road, asking the company to enter a
locomotive to represent the United
States. Mr. Arkell and Mr. Daniels
have gone to Chicago to have a talk
about the subject with the representa
tive of foreign railroads at the fair.
A TP J the best is
in - Paint cheapest.
Strictly rure
White Lead is best ; properly applied
it will not scale, chip, chr.lk, or rub
off; it firmly adhere" to the wood and
forms a permanent base for repainting.
Faints which peel or scale have to be
removed by scraping or burning before
satisfactory repainting can be done.
When buying it is important to obtain
Strictly Pure
White Lead
properly made. Time has proven that
white lead made by the " Old Dutch "
process of slow corrosion possesses
qualities that cannot be obtained by
any other method of manufacture. This
process consumes four to six months
time, and produces the brand that has
given White Lead its character as the
standard paint,
John T. Lewis & Bros.
is the standard brand of strictly pure
Lead made by the " Old Dutch " pro
cess. You get the best in buying it.
You can produce any desired color by
tinting this brand of white lead with
National Lead Co.'s Pure White Lead
Tinting Colors.
For Mle by th most rillablt dtslin la Paints
verywnar.
If you r going; to paint, It will pay you to
end to u fur a book containing information
that may aava you many dollar) It will
only coat you a poatal card to do ao,
JOHN T. LEWIS & BROS. CO.,
Philadelphia,
Hard on Clothing
Is that boy of yours? We know
It and have prepared some spec
laities for him.
BOYS' ALL. WOOL a-PIECB SUITS
$3.50 and $5.00
SOME WONDERFUL e
BARQAINS AT ... . 2.50
BOYS KNEB PANT SUITS,
WITH VESTS, AT 5.0O
With us dollar this season
counts for two In Clothing.
King & Co.
CHESTNUT ST., Philada.
Opposite the Post Office.
Fine PHOTO-
GRAPHS anc
CRAYONS at
McKillip Bros.,
Bloomsburp-.
v.
T 1 1 ,
1 ne Dest are
the cheapest.
Ch Mi Friffltah Diamond Rran4.
Pennyroyal pills
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DruKftist tiT 1-He$ter Anfjluh l,.t .
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to the
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JuMt look at the bottom of this.
Erath's Patent
Hitching Post.
Bound to stay where It's placed
an u it t ukc 10 Know more
about It ? it's the cheapest
there is. Write to
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Allays Fain and
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Heals the Sores.
Restores the
Sense of Taste
and smell.
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kinds of buildings. Repairing
and carpenter work promptly
attended to.
!;:!:: in Builder's Supphss.
Inside Hrrdwood finishes
specialty.
Persons of limited means w' o
desire to build can pay part and
secure balance by mortgage
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The propor drink for both tnblo and flresldn
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housewife can provide for her homo, grupo, or
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Ciders at tho Binnll expense of ilftcen cents per
gallon. Keep your hUHliands fturt sons at home
y preparing for them tluise delightful Hl)(j
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IN CORKSCREW GULCIL
; Tho Traffic Results of. Jumping a
Mining Claim.
I funk Thought That at Lnet He Had Coin
Into Ilia Own, Ilut He Met Death
Instead Itetrlbntton Close,
t Hand.
It was New Year's eve in the camp,
and tho Gold Jiug'g'et naliion wu doing1
a heavy business all alonp; tho line.
lirinkH were lieiiiff rapidly dispensed
over the counter, and in the rour furo,
roulette and poker were fiourishinp;..
IVtc was in hifrh humor. He had
"linclteil the tifrer" aueeoHsfully to
night and lutd quito enough ahead to
work his claim in Corkscrew frulch.
True, ho had not done his asuesn
rnent work this year, and by law any--body
could "jump" the "Lone Star"
that very dny at midnight. Hut I'ete
was not the man to lie fooled with, a
ho already hail two gTaves to his cred
it in Iloc. Turner's ranch (the namo
applied to the cemetery in honor of a
hcal doctor), which contained the
bodies of two "tenderfeet"' who hod
"differed" with him and were acci
dentally nhot. So tho inhabitants of
(iiiloiisville concluded he was a safe
man to let alone, and he lunjrhed at tho
idea that anybody would be so foolish
us to "commit suicide," as he termed
it, by attempting to jump his claim.
The old year had but a few minutes
to live when Hank tied up his horse
ainonif tho tall, snow-laden pine
trees near tho "Lone. Star," and, loos
ening the thongs which fastened a
pick to tho horse's saddle, and trans
ferring :i couple of sticks of dynamite
and some candles from his saddle-buff
to his pockets, shouldered the pick and
....... .t, it li. vi,u fcwi 1,,,,, in tiniii
He had lontf awaited this moment.
Four years iitfo ho hud owned the
"Lone Slur" himself, but sickness came
and ho could not work his assessment,
und when he returned to the prospect
and found I'ete, armed to the teeth, in
possession, ho had accepted his hard
luck with a food grace, but had "laid"
for Pete ever since. But now at lasi
HANK FELL TO THK GnoUND WITH A BTJlr
LKT THROUGH IU8 HEABT.
his opportunity had come, and he de
termed to refrain his property and de
fend it at the risk of his life if neces
sary.
Uhe tunnel was soon reached, and
the moonlight, streaming aslant its
black mouth, easily disclosed to his
eyes Pete's location stake.
He then lit a candle and, findinp; a
board, quickly sharpened one end of it
and smoothing off the broad end
wrote his location notice on it
rechristenlnj? the claim the "Brlg-hf
Hopes" and planted the stake firmly
in the ground.
Thinking he would iro into the tnn-i
nel and "see how it looked'" he took
tip his candle and pick and started in. '
A few minutes later I'ete stepped in
view, with a week's supplies in a sack'
slung over his shoulder.
Before ho could put his burden down,
Hank suddenly rose up before him
with the muzzle of his pistol almost
touching the other's face.
"Hands up!" he cried. "I've got the
drop on yer now."
I'ete, seing the other man had a full
hand, promptly threw up his, while
Hank deftly relieved him of his fire
arms.
" 'Tain't worth fighting about, any
how," said Pete, carelessly. "There
ain't a pound of ore in tho hull claim."
'Oh, come off!" said Hank. "How
about all that ore you shipped last,
summer?"
'That was out of a pocket which I
struck which petered nut mightv'
quick; but if you don't believe me, I'll
go in the hole and show you;" and,-
taking a candle, I'ete started in the
tunnel, Hank following, but keeping
his hand within easy reach of his gun.
Tho breast of the tunnel was soon
cached, and Veto, holding his candle
up before it, said: "There now, what
did I tell 3-er? It's nuthin' but dead
rock."
Hunk took his candle und carefully ,
examined the breast, roof and sides,
but not a trace of mineral could be,
seen. 1
You're welcome to her," said Pete;
'I've blown in all tho money I want
o; you can have a blast at her now, if
you want to."
iiunic ilia not reply, out seemed to be'
lost in thought. Finally ho said:i
'Hold my candlo a minute, Tete," and.
taking up his pick in both hands, he
struck tho breast a heavy blow, and
tho rock and mud with which Fete had'
plastered it to fool curious and unwel
come visitors fell away, exposing' a.'
vein of glittering white metal.
Almost at the samo instant there
was a deafening report, and Hank fell1
to tho ground with a bullet through
his heart.
Pete, with a smoking revolver in hi
hand, which he had snatched froi .
Hank's belt as he struck the blow.
btood over him with a grim smilo, 0 .
muttcreii: "Another suicide."
But retribution was close at hand.
Tho reverberations of tho shot had
hardly died away among tho neighbor
ing peaks when a rock which had loiip;
boon loose, started by the sudd ..:
shock, fell from tho roof, brinrrl'
tons of earth with it. and l'eto and l.iii
third victim were crushed into a thapo-
ie iiiau.