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THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURO. PA
ITIIACA'SEPIDE1IIC.
President Schurman of Cor
nell Issues a Statement.
CONTAMINATED WATER TlIE CAUSE
fifteen (Undents nnd !Hilrn (III-
ena Hnve Alreiulr a.uecniiibeit j
to the Typhoid live Hun
dred Arc .ov lit.
ITHACA, N. V., IVIi. 24,-ln roply to
t retiiH'sl for mi nutlioritiitivn utiito
; mcnt coni'crniiiK tlu oi'IkIh of tho ty
' pholtl fever ciili'inii' nn It liu ullVctt'd
Cornell tiiiivenity, Its causo, the. num
ber of (uses nnd deaths und tlio HtepH
that liuve been taken to remedy exist
ing conditions lit tlio university Presi
dent .Taeoli U. Scliurniau luia given out
tho following:
"Tlio emise of tlio epidemic of typhoid
is genornlly believed to be eoiitniuinu
tlon of the water of Six Mile creek,
which, along with Buttermilk creek,
furnishes tho water supply of tho city
of Ithaca, by a band of laborers who
were riigiiKctl in tho fall and early
winter In the construction of u dam In
that creek for the Ithaca Water com
pany. This belief Is continued by an
investigation which in behalf of Cor
nell university bus been made by Dr.
V. A. Moore, our bacteriologist, and
Dr. E. M. Chamot, our taxicologlst,
tnd which they have just completed.
"They say n study of tho various
ways by which typhoid bacilli aro dls- 1
lemltiated will show that in our pro-suit
epidemic we should look to but two
tf the channels of dissemination
namely, milk nnd water for source of
infection, A careful inquiry Into dis
tribution of routes does not show or
rive reason to suspect that milk lias
;ieon a source of infection. This leaves
as with but one possible source for tho
Infection, the water.
"The university authorities have
uaado nrraneuients to enable students
So Recure pure water duly inspected.
Artesian water has been placed In all
the university buildlnus, where stu
Jonts may draw It freely. Distributing
itatlons havo also been established
both on and near the campus, and stu
ients have been officially informed that
they may have pure water In any
iunntity desired nt the expense of tho
university.
"To Insure pure wnter for the city
tnd university not later than Sept. 1,
;hls year, the board of trustees has
inthorlzed the expenditure of $150,000
for the Installation of a complete and
.tdequato nitration plant."
From a gentleman who hns visited
Ithaca for the purpose of ascertaining
the actual facts regarding the situa
Jon we are enabled to print the fol
lowing statement:
The death roll among the students of
"Jornell university from the scourge of
yphoid fever bus ulready reached
Uarmlng proportions, and there are
ow no less than fifty-four enses the
mtconie of which Is uncertain. Fifteen
itudent deaths have been recorded
arithin sixteen days, four of these oc- ,
:urrlng within the lnst twenty-four i
tours. I
Despite the fact that the university j
authorities are inclined to the belief
hut the crisis is pnst there is no deny- j
fcg the fact that the situation is ap- j
Tailing. Every day brings forth its '
Iread list of new cases, and the physl
tans of Ithaca are tolling night und !
lay In their efforts to bring relief to
he Buffering. Already nearly half of
he 2,000 students have fled from the
jest ridden place.
The situation outside tho university
equally alarming. Sixteen of the
ownspeople have died of the fever,
tnd the death rate Is increasing nt an
tppalling rate.
New Orleans Carnival Closed.
NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 25. The car
dval closed last night in a blnsse of
vlory. In point of attendance of strnu
.ers it has been the most successful ev
r held, while the pngeunts were on a
alo of great nrtlstic splendor. The
-losing pageant was by the Mystic
Crewe of Comus. Its title wns "A Deaf
'rom tho Mahabarata," and it lllus
rated In twenty superb tlonts the
reut epic poem of the Hindoos. The
ulminntlng society event of the soa
on was the ball of Comus at the
i'rench opera. The curtain rose upon a
jlcturesquo tableau revealing Comus
ii a throne of light nnd tho masked
."Crewe grouped on either side. Comus
hose for his queen Miss Myrtle Ktauf
ier. Miss Alice Roosevelt was present
nd again was the object of special nt
eution. Admiral and Mrs. Schley nnd
;eneral Joseph Wheeler and bis daugh
ters were among tho guests.
To Mop Importation of Arms.
WASHINGTON, Fob. li,".-Represen-attnns
have been made to tho state do
inrttiieiit by tho Russlnn ambassador,
ount Cnsslni, regarding tho lncreas
tig seriousness of tho situation In Chi
a In the hope that tho United States
i-lll co-operate with the other powers
j stop tho Illegal importation of iirius,
bleb has reached nn alarming stage
f activity. Similar representations
ave boon made through the Russian
epreseiitatives to Relgium, Germany
:nd Great Hrltnln.
Eleven Iliirued to Death.
CEDAR RAPIDS, la.. Feb. 21. A
'.nrge force of men are digging in tho
nilns of the Clifton hotel for renin Ins
f the fire victims. At least eleveu per
"ius were burned to dentil and nearly
'orty were seriously Injured In the lire,
vvhlch entirely destroyed the hotel,
rhoro wore eighty guests in the hotel
when the fire broke out. and most of
tlie dead were burled In the debris,
Hawaii Asks Statehood.
IIONOLULU, Feb. 25.-A Joint reso
'.ntlon has been introduced in the ter
ritorial legislature petitioning for state-
ANCIENT PRISON VAULTS.
Workmen I nearlh Wlint Were Onee
llrltlah ltiiiiKPonn In Now York,
NKW YOKK. Feb. 24. Workmen
tearing down the old hall of records
in City Hall park have uncovered six
gloomy vaults which had not seen u
ray of light In nearly a century. Willi
pickax and crowbar the laborers tore
out a lingo slab of mnrblo In what was
the first tloor of tho old building, giv
ing access to the dungeons used In
Revolutionary times for confining
American patriots until New York
censed to be a British town.
Tho doonvnys connecting the hnlf
dozen gloomy cells hnve disappeared,
but the huge oak lintels on which they
vung remain firmly imbedded In the
innssivo partition walls. Tho old dun
geons were built about 117 years ago
by the Hrltlsh as part of n prison on
what was then the northernmost limits
of tho city. The stone was hauled
from Haddani, C't. Heneatli the mar
ble floors of the prison structure prop
er were the dungeons, separated by
walls three feet thick. Four of these
cells had openings far above the pris
oners' liels, but two were without
opening except the oaken doors.
It is known that Klluin Allen, the
hero of Tlcondrrogn, was an occupant
of one of tho cells, nnd It is believed
that N'athnn Halo was here confined
from the time of his capture to his
execution near by. The building was
refitted In 1:S0 nnd since has been used
for municipal oltices.
SAD DAY IN NEWARK.
Memorial Servlera Held In All (lie
f'hnrehe Fnr Trolley Victim.
NEWARK, N. J Feb. 23.-In accord
ance with the request of Mayor Henry
M. Doremus services were held In nil
the churches here for the nine vic
tims of the grade crossing horror at
Clifton station last Thursday. In some
cases special memorial services were
held. In nearly nil other churches the
pastors referred to the disaster as a
lesson that should warn all the hearers
to be prepared. For ten minutes dur
ing the afternoon tho bells of tho
churches throughout the city were
tolled.
Tho accident occurred at the Clifton
avenue crossing of tho Lackawanna
and Western railroad. A fast express
cut through a trolley enr crowded witU
school children, demolishing the enr
nnd scattering the imuntes In every di
rection. IMPORTANT INVENTION.
Peter Cooper Henltt'a Device Dlnkei
Secret Wlreleaa Meaanirca PoaMtolc.
NEW YORK. Feb. 20. In the cur
rent issue of the Electrical Review Is
described an Important invention in
wireless telegraphy by Teter Cooper
Hewitt of New Y'ork city, son of the
late Abranv S. Hewitt. This device,
which is n development of tho Cooper
Hewitt mercury vapor lamp, takes the
place of the usunl spark gap for dls
chnrglng in the antenna or sending
must It consists of a glass globe 8 to
10 Inches In diameter, with two mercu
ry electrodes contained In tubes sealed
in the lower part of the globe.
The device is very effective and, it
Is stated by this authority, will enable
a much more powerful electrical wave
to be set up thnn is possible with the
methods at present in use and will also
make secrecy in transmission easily
possible.
A Dof'a Terrible Crime.
FRANKFORT, Ind., Feb. 23.-Earl
Woods, tlio seven toon-year-old son of a
prominent farmer seven miles west of
this city, lnst evening murdered bis fa
ther, shot and fatally wounded bis
mother and sister and then committed
suicide. The motive for the boy's
bloody crime is not known.
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
Cloalnu; Stock Qnotntlona.
Money on call steady nt 3 per cent.
Prime mercantile paper, itii per cent.
Sterling exchmiKe fairly steady, with ac
tual business In bunkers' bills at I4.8J75 for
demand and at $l.S4a?r.-fH.K4i;.Ti for CO day
bills. Posted rates, 4.b.",i and S4.8SH.
Commercial bills, M.83V4.81. Bar sil
ver, ts'ic Mexican dollars, 0714c 'Gov
ernment bonds steady. Railroad bonds
Irrc-KUlar. Closing prices:
Atchison 87'4 Ontario & West. 33V4
C, C.C.At St. L. W Pacific Mall ....31'
Chcs. & Ohio... 50 People's (Jas ...104
liul. & Hudson.. ISO rteiulInK
Erie Rock island .... 4!"4
Cell. Electric... Rt. Paul 177
Lead 27'4 Sunar Refinery. 1324
l-ouls. & Nash. ..125", Texas Pacific .. 4l
Manhattan Con. HP, Union Pacific .. iKH,
Missouri Pui-....m'a Wabash pref. .. 64'fc
N. Y. Central. ...147 West. Union ...
Xemr York Marketa.
FLOUR Steady without change; Mlnne
sola patents. $I.10'4.2.'; winter straiKhts,
IXi'niDi&SS: winter extras, fc!.tiui3.10; winter,
patents, j.'Ui.Vci4.
W HHAT-Fairly active and stronner on
cable news, covering and fi ars of a bull
ish visible supply statement; May, 81 -16
, GjKliie.; July, 7Jr!'ti78 13-liie.
RYE Steady ; state, K74fii2c, c. 1. f.. New
York; No. 2 western, 62c, f. o. b., afloat.
CORN-Firmer on Uisht contract arriv
als. hlKher cabl.'H and covering; March,
&7V"',S"-! May, 52i'iii3c.
OATS Ruled uulet, but hisher with
corn; track, white, state, 43!'ii 4hc. ; track,
white, western, 4!c,
PORK titeudy; n.ess, $17. 75-Sf 18.25; fam
ily. Hi.fi0ffl9.
LAUD Dull and easy; prime western
Itelim, 10c.
UUTTIOR Firm; state dairy, 154230.;
extra creamery. 2Xc.
CD biKSlO Firm; state, full cream, fan
cy, small, colored, fall mmle, 14'j.o. ; late
made, 13i4&14c. ; small, white, fall made,
14',ic. ; late made, 13c. ; larae, colored,
full mode. 14e. ; late made, l'lc. ; large,
, white fall made, 14'c.; late made, 13Vfec.
, EQUS Steady ; state and Pennsylvania,
average best, lie: western, fancy, 16'Ac.
SUCJAR Haw firm; fair refining, 3140.;
centrifugal, Wi test, 3c. : refined quiet;
crushed, 6.36c. ; powdered, 4.S5c.
TCRPENTINK Oull; 6G'itWc. asked.
MOLASSES (Julet; New Orleans, 32&
40e.
RICE Firm; domestic 4'46c.; Japan,
nominal.
TALLOW Steady; city, bc.; country,
1IAV Steady; shipping, 6570c; good to
Choice, 65c. fa Jl. 03.
Live Stork Market.
. CATTLR Market hlfiher; choice. $3.33rtf
1 IS 60; prime, )5 UV(j5.30; good, Jl.lHJ'iii.lU; veat
calves. S.fiO(itl.
' ROUS Market lower; prime heavies,
!7.Ml: mediums, $7.4.rri7.W; heavy Yorkers,
7.3"ri7.40; light Yorkers, 7.207.2D; pigs,
7(ii7.IO; roughs. J5.6n'i6.7!i.
6HEKP AND LAMHd-Market steady;
1 best wethers. 5.3Mf6.50; culls and com
mon, I2.&0&3.M; choict lambs, 18v"a7.
Hilt
HANDY THING TO HAVE.'
Mow Any Vlde-nke Fanner Con
Cnn4rnet A fined llnnt fnr
Sleddlnu I,K.
I send epitome of n bandy farm gate,
made like the illtist ration, which is n
gate that can bo in-cd to FOpnrnte
stock. It is made so it can be raised 6t
one end to let hogs and sheep under,
while cattle and horses cannot get
through, in snowy weather It enn lie
raised and oH'iied ens-ily. Get nny num
ber of slats yon want to make the
gate; then take for the four end
Pio.2.
ritj.J.
BKirnni rem sledding logs.
: pieces one by three stuff. Holt them
j to the lats with one bolt in each end
of slats, so the gate can be worked up
nnd il'iwn. Now take for the brace
two pieces one by three, bolt them at
the top on the outside of the two end
pieces. Dolt long enough to go through
five hints. .Now on the other end, take
i n one-quarter inch rod nnd bend it like
a loop, ten inches long. Hore a hole in
each of the two end braces and drive
this into them, and on the bottom slot
1 close up to upright piece; cut five or
I six notches for this rod to enteh in
: when yon rabo the gate, as hliown in
i the illustration. Meritte S. Atkins,
in Kpitoniist-.
" LUG AND LET-UP."
The Atrrnnc Unman Life la Very
Much Like the Average Anicrl
, can Country Iluad.
Two country teamsters were dis
cussing a piece of road over which
their horses had been toiling. "It's
a bad bit," said one of thcin, "and
a disgrace to the town."
"Yes," replied the other, "but not
so bad as it might be. There's lug,
and then there's let-up. I've seen
worse roads than that."
The average life is a good deal like
that bit of country road. It is not
all easy traveling, by any means, but
it is certainly not all hard going,
either. There's lug and there's let
up. There are smooth, level, or
down-grade stretches, as well as
sandy upgrades; and, if one is phil
osophical, he will look at the journey
in the same spirit as that of the
cheerful teamster. On the whole, the
average life is not too hard a road
for a sturdy spirit to travel with
satisfaction anil profit. The let-ups
fully compensate for the lugs, and
the hard places are no harder than
are needful to test human courage
and endurance.
Some one hns said that anybody
can be happy who can be contented.
How true this is, and what an excel
lent working theory for one who is
disposed to get the highest nnd full
est satisfaction out of life! Hap
piness is really a relative matter,
dependent upon one's harmony with
environment and circumstances. If
each one were determined to make
the best of his lot, whatever it is,
there would be very few really un
happy people in the world. Well
spring. Plant a Farm Wood I.o4. 1
The farm should hnve a wood-lot,
even if only a smnll one and thfc
of tho farmer's own planting. The
farmer, hereafter, will appreciate the
wood-lot as never before; nnd who
ever has one at the present time,
should take good enre of it and make
the most of it. N The wood-lot adds
a great deal to the attractiveness
of the farm, and its utility can hard
ly bo overestimated, as an adjunct
to the farm. The farmer who Is
able to get his fuel from Ms own
wood-lot, while coal is so hlqdi, hns
reason to thank his lucky stars. Tt
will be a long time before eonl gets
down to the low figure where it was
before the strike, if it ever does;
nnd every bit of wood should here
after be carefully saved for fuel;
nnd the rough, wnste places on the
farm ought to be idanted to rnpld
growing varieties of trees, tbnt the
farmers may not be oblipd to d.
pond whnllv on the coal companies
for fuel. Farmers' Voice.
Weairj'a tin oil Honda Idea.
"Dis good-roads movement," re
marked Weary Ruggles, picking a
piece of timothy out of his hnir, "tint
dey hev started agin, is all right.. I
t'ink I'll git a job wid de commis
sion." "Git a job!" exclaimed Tired Tat
ters, sitting up straight in his aston
ishment. "Is you gone daffy?"
"Oh, no," replied Rnggles, "I'll jest
continue pernmbulatin' de ronds, nnd
ev'ry so often I'll send 'em a wire
less about de condition of de mud er
dust. "Dey'll want expert opinions,
I reckin." Cincinnati Commercial
Tribune.
Give the lambs clear wheat for the
first third of the fattening period, half
wheat and half corn for the second
third, and corn alone for the last
r,0 i
. third.
i"
. SPLITTING UP A WiCKia.
IIott It Ia Done In n snn4hrrn CUT
Where There Are lint I'ew j
Copper tenia.
"Yon would be surprised to know"
Ihe vast number of children among the '
poorer Hastes in New Orleans who do
Dot clearly understand the value anil
inaction of the nickel," snid n store-'
keeper downtown, reports the New Or-'
leans Times-Democrat, "and it nil re-'
tults from the popularity of the
qunrtle system which hns always been
so much a part of life in this city. They I
are the small buyers, who run all
kinds of errands for, the little family
to which they iH.long. Purchases,
amounting in individual case to less
than five cents, daily amount in the ag
gregate to thousands of dollars. His
no small pnrt of the retuil trullic of;
the city. The children split a nickel
up into very small pieces, buying a
penny's worth of this and a penny's
worth of that, until they leave the
More or the market with nn armful of
little packages w Filch will represent
the day's supplies,
"Sometimes they will spend only a
part of the nickel, and will get a ticket,
or tickets, or maybe pennies, in change.
Frequently the purchase will amount
to two cents and a half, and then they
get a pasteboard cheek for the other
two cents nnd a hnlf, which is legal
tender nt the place issuing it for Its
fnce value. Checks or tickets of this
kind are extensively used in this city,
nnd they have added greatly to the
circulation of a sort of crude sub
sidiary money. One of those checks is
as good as gold ut the grocery or mar
ket stall where it is issued, it in
predicated on and gets its value from
a redemption fund, just like I'ncle
Sam's money, except thnt Instead of
being redeemable in gold on demand
it is exchangeable nt the grocery nt its
fnce value for any of the things in
stock, or good at the vegetable stall at
the market place for two cents and a
half worth of anything on hand when
it is presented. It is always good for
what it calls for on its face."
ONLY SEVENTY BELOW ZERO.
This la the Limit nt Forty-Mile,
Alnttkn, nnd F.verybody Snja the
I'lnre In the Limit.
For those seeking a climate where
there is not so much reason for rs
plning ns in the one we suffer under,
Forty-Mile, Alaska, might be recom
mended, says the St. Louis Globe
Democrat. We see n statement made
by an enthusiust just returned from
there that, no mutter what the stories
end false reports sent out may have
been, the mercury never, under any
circumstances, falls lower than 70 de
grees below zero. In common with all
new countries, this district of Alaska
has to undergo a campaign of mis
representation before Its true charac
ter is known, but now that the facts
are made public, there is no occasion
for believing these stories. The re
turned gold hunter has taken a little
run down into the continent seeking
a winter resort nt which he may wear
out some of his summer clothes. Med
icine lint suits him pretty well. There
balmy day after day succeeds each
other, with the thermometer mark
ing as high as 12 to 14 degrees below
zero. At Medicine Hat it is so warm
that sleeping bags are not used at all,
nnd there is never a night from Au
gust to June thnt you can't sleep com
fortably under four bed quilts, five
blankets and a wool mattress; and
no matter what the temperature, there
is always a cooling breeze that makes
life in a steam-heated room agreeable
and pleasant. At Forty-Mile, of course,
the3' hnve their winters, as might be
expected, but with a record of three
years in w hich the mercury has never
gone beneath 70 below zero.it is pretty
safe to say that that is the limit. In
fact, everybody that goes there 6nys
that place is the limit.
WANT WOMEN PARTNERS.
In Ilnalneaa Cmniinnts Women No
Longer Prefer Men naotOne
Time They Did.
"When a woman In business wants to
extend her trade and increase her cap
ital by taking in a partner, she seeks
for another woman," said an agent
who makes a good income byfnntinging
transactions of this kind in connec
tion with a real estate business, re
ports the New York Times. "In for
mer days, when a woman's husband
died and left her with a profitable
business on her hands, the either sold
it or took in a man ns 11 partner. As
a general thing it ended in the man's
getting control of the store nnd the
womnn selling out nt a very much re
duced figure. Hut as a rule women
know much more about business than
they did a few years ago, nnd are keep
ing alive to opportunities for turning
over their money nt quick profits. Men
in our line of business have on their
books a number of women who have
anywhere from $5,000 to $13,000 'to in
vest in some . eongenlnl occupation,
where they can take u personal purt
in the management. As a rule, part
nerships of this sort are good money
makers. Whenever a mnn and a wom
nn go into a business partnership,
there is trouble. The woman is ever
suspicious that the man is trying to
take unfair udvantage of her, nnd the
man is seldom slow in expressing his
conviction that the womnn is slow,
and hnsn't n grain of common sense.
In the stenographer's business women
partnerships are very frequent. Some
of them have the most profitable es
tablishments in town."
1 Inereaae of Suuft laera.
The snuff users of the United State
have increused in number about six
per cent, a year for tvveral years, tak
ing the annual consumption of snuff us
I a basis of calculation.
CAUSfc-S GREAT LOSS.
'atrnellve Information ( nnrf riling
AiKhmiK Fever, or Foi4 and
Month Ilrne.
The outbreak of upthous fever,
commonly known ns foot-and-mouth
disease, among cattle in secral New
England states, carries with it a fear
of widespread human infection, snyj
tho Rural New Yorker, as the dis
ease is highly contagious among
Warm-blooded uniinals, nnd is known
to bo transmissible to humans nude,
certain conditions of exposure, but
such infection is really so rare ns
not to bo worth consideration. Like
many other plagues and pests It cam.?
to this country originally from
northern Europe. Though seldom fa
tal, upthous fever causes great loss
in reducing the flesh and vitality of
the animals attacked, but particu
larly through the interference of
commerce by the rigid quarantine
needed to limit an epidemic of this
serious affection. The average losa
of flesh in horned cattle attacked by
npthous fever is estimated nt nearly
$10 each, nnd in dairy cows much
more. The disease is primarily a
likin affect Ion, and is especially se
vere about the. mouth, udder and
feet, developing severe nnd extensive
blisters about these parts. The
hoofs, ns appendages of the skin, suf
fer great damage in neglected eases,
especially among hogs and sheep
The most etlicient treatment consists
mainly in the local application of an
tiseptics nnd should always be given
by n competent veterinarian. The in
fection of npthous fever appears to
be entirely transmitted by direct con
tact with disease products and chief
ly affects humans through milk from
sick animals, when it may produce
dangerous irritation of the intestines.
It is plain the most radical means
should be taken to stump out the dis
ease on its first nppcarnnee and lim
it outbreaks to the smallest possible
'territory, and it is in every case a
fit subject for control by local health
boards. ApLhous fever is one of a
small group of discn.ses cominunl-
1 catcd to man by domestic animals,
, among which rallies or dog madness
is the most common and distressing.
I Glanders nnd carbuncle, or malig
nant pustule, both fortunately quito
J rare, uro examples of this class, whiio
able authorities still deny the possi-
I bility of consumption or bovine tu-
i berculosis being transmitted from
cattle to man.
SANITARY COW TIE.
It la Mnde of Chain and Tlioronhly
Clenn, and for the I.nititer Henaon
Highly II eeonn mended.
The cleanest possible way to fasten
a cow in the stall is by the chain tie.
Dirt and microbes do not adhere read
ily to a chain that is in motion. An
other very important ndvnntnge is the
freedom of motion allowed the cow.
The uprights (bb) are Vx in. gas pipe.
EXCELLKNT COW T1U,
Kings) (a a a) permit the cow to raise or
lower her head or to move sideways
the width of the stall, while she can
not move ahead or back more than a
step. The snap (c) hooks into the other
end of the collar chain, rendering it
impossible for the cow to get loose.
A cement rail (f) forms the back part
of the manger, into which the gas pipe
uprights (a) are set. The uprights (c
c) are shown four feet apart, but this
distance should be governed by the
size of the cow. The floor is shown at
c, sloping to the gutter in the usual
way. F. A. Converse, in Farm and
Home.
DAIRY AND LIVE STOCK
A thrifty calf und a healthy boy arc
very much ulike in sonije respects. Both
are chock full of mischief undalwuys
hungry.
Do not turn a cow off just because
she is old. The question of usefulness
is fur more important than that of age.
Not that we should be swerved from
our best judgment by sentiment. The
butter tub tells the story.
Milking at iUe o'clock in the after
noon of one day and seven of another
is the surest way to serve notice on
the cow that yo'u do not care whether
she does her best or not. If you fail
on your purt, she will certuinly not
! work hard to keep up her purt of the
bargain. lurm Journal.
Palatini! Oulaide of tilua.
W. V. liroijks, of Massachusetts, is of
' the opinion that there cannot be any
good argument udvuuced against paint
'. ing the outside of framed silos, but in
the case of stave silos there is possibly
u question ns to the expediency of
j painting, as the staves will inevitably
, swell und shrink w ith varying moisture
1 to such an extent that the paint can
not be expected to keep the seams
closed. The best inside covering he bus
seen is a eout of coal tar, which was
( first set on fire und allowed to bluze un
til when extinguished and tested it
' wns found to burden quickly. l'rulrie
j Farmer.
STARTLED
By some sudden sound she drop tilt
vase upon the floor. She is nervous and
may be told thnt nervouancsa is a luxury
which only a ...
rich woman can 1 )
auoni to inmiige
in. Nervousness
has cost many a
woman her po
sition. Kerne
times when wom
en run machin
ery the price of
nervousness is
mutilation, a
finger lost or per
haps the whole
hand crushed.
Nervousness in
women is com
monly but a
symptom of
womanly disease.
It is useless in
such cases to
"doctor" for the
nerves alone.
Cure the diseases
which attack the
delicate woman
ly organism and
nervousness will
be cured also.
Dr. Pierce's
Favorite Pre
scription makes weak women strong,
sick women well. It establishes regular
ity, dries weakening drains, heals inflam
mation and ulceration, and cures female
weakness. It tranquilizcs the nerves and
induces refreshing sleep.
"In the fnll of 1S97, 1 wns troubled with ttr
oiimk'M, hendnc-he, heart ttnuhle and female
wrnknfM." writes Mi nlnncll M. nrsrey. of
Snl. OnweftoCo , N. Y. "Lr summer I wiott
you nnd von arivifted me to try your ' Favorite
Prescription ' and 'Goliten Medical Discovery
I did so and I bepnn to improve rRpidly. Con
tinued iHkiitK the medicine, hnlf a ttnyen enrli of
'I'avoiite Prescription' and ' Oolilen Medical
Discovery ' for the apace of five months, and la
less thnn a year had regained uiy former health."
Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets clear the
muddy complexion.
Last 1 bridd Tiur
Via Pennsylvania Railroad.
The iatt Pennsylvania Railroad tout
of the season to Jacksonville, allow
ing almost three months in Florida,
will leave New Y-nk, Philadelphia,
and Washington March 3.
Kxcuision tickets, iuclu'ling TaiV
wayjjtranspoitation, Pullman accom
modation (on berth), and meals tn
route while going on the special train,
will be sold at tlr? following rales:
New York, $50 00 ; Buffalo, $54-25 ;
Rochester, $54 00 ; Elmira, $51 45;
Erie, $5485; Williamsport, $50.00$
Wilkesbatre, $50 35 j and at jirojioi
tionate rates from other points. Re
turning, passengers will use regular
trains until May 31, 1903.
For tickets, itineraries, and full in
formation apply to ticket agents, or
address Geo. V. Boyd, Assistant Gen
eral Passenger Ajent, Broacl Street
Station, Philadelphia. it
First Male Child.
John B. Snyder, who was the first
male child born in Shamokin, died
Saturday morning of stomach trouble.
He was 66 years old. A little more
than 66 years ago the borough of Sht
mokin was plotted and the founder
offered a building lot to the first male
child born in the new town. Snyder
won. The lot was deeded to the baby
boy and he .died in the house built on
the lot by his father when John was a
tiny child.
Excursion Bates.
Taking effect January 1st, 1903
the Lackawanna Railroad Co. will
sell excursion tickets to nearly all
stations on their line. This will
be another improvement that will
be appreciated by the traveling
public, the tickets will be good for
thirty days including date of sale,
stopover will not be allowed. 1 I4t
A Certain Cure tor ClilltialiM.
Shake Into your shoes Allen's Foot-Ease, a
powder. !t. cures ChtlblnlliH, Krost blt-s, Dump,
HweKtlntr, Swollen leet. At, ull UrilKKixtH and
bboe store), 'Sao. 2tM)b
Protect Your Ideas, consultation
free,. Kee depeudfiit, on Ruocesa.
tCSt. 18IH Ml 1.0 It. HTEVKN8 CO.,
881-lltU St., WashlUKlon, I), c,
We Want Agents
." on
v Salesmen
Wb will pay Rood salary or commtaslon tor
selling our Nurnery atomic aud speelullleH,
We are one of the largest liouaea in the busi
ness, bavlntf nearly UJO acres devoted to grow,
loif our slock, giving- our galesinfii advaniaifen
tiiul help t.iem sell goods. Any one. willing 10
work can auccued. Address
C. W. STPAUT & CO., Kewarlc, Kow Yort.
A STEADY INCOME.
Ciliary or commission paid weekly. Our 1200
acre nursery requires loiul and traveling agents
everywhere to dlsposo ot lis produutH. Also
heed Hue. Will arrange lor v hole or part time.
Outtli Iree. We guarantee p ofl able and pleas
ant employment, the year '101 nl. Write toduji
(or special terms.
Brown Brothers Company, Eochaster, N. 7.
12-18 m.
WANTED -FAITHFUL PEKSON TOTKAVKL
for well established liouso In a few counties,
oiillliig on retail men lmuts and auents. Loeal
teiillory. tialary H0J4 u year and expeuses,
payable ir i a week In cash and expenses ad
vanced. I'osltlon permanent. liusineKasueces
ful and nourishing, standard Uoube, asi Dear
born Blreet, Chicago. lg-.g jut,
Many Hchool Cnlldren are Hlckly
Mother Orey's Sweet Powders for Children
used by Mother urw.tr, a nurse In ( hlldren'a
lioiue, New Yoik, Hiean up 1 olds In lil hours
cu e Feverlshness, lleudacne.MVomai n Troubles,
Teething Disorders, and Destroy Worms. Al all
druggists, Sample mailed r'UEK. Address,
Allen S. Olmsted, Lelioy, N. V. ' HtMH.
, PKRMANENT SITUATION.
Cash paid weekly for services either on salary
and expenses paid, or commission, to take ord
eislor our Uaiduu Meds; also Fruits and Flow
ers. We carry a tult lino for Ihe Farm and
Murket Oardners, so thai a live man cannot help,
but Buncoed, as In; has the facilities 10 compel
for all kinds of trade and with different classes
of customers. Write at once for terms 10
Harriet- Seel Company, Rochester, N. 7.
12-18 8m