6 IN THE LIFE OF A LEAF. How many lives have come to grief- How many parted been— Since to the light this fragrant leaf Unfolded fresh and green. How many shining bubbles burst— How much has passed away— Since this sweet leaf, a bud at first, In nature's bosom lay. What stubborn fights, what cities stormed, What splendid victories won Since this soft leaf, divinely formed. First looked upon the sun. Squadrons twain, a kingdom's pride. Have vanished from the scene; Thousa«wls have perished side by side. And still the leaf is green. A haughty foe has felt our power, Our leniency no less. Since this leaf to the sunny shower Revealed its loveliness. Its daybreaks brief have been as bright. Its sunsets few have burned, Yet thrones have shook slr.ee to the light As unto life is turned. Here, on this hilltop where the wind Blows from the far-off sea. It looks before not, nor behind. Nor mourns melodiously. And yet: How much of human grief. How much of anguiish keen, Since to the light this fragrant leaf Unfolded fresh and green! —Moses Teggart, In Springfield (Mass.) Re publican. rtl- ICopyriKht. IS!*!, by D. Appletoo & Co. All riKbts reserved 1 SYNOPSIS. Chapter I.—Master Ardick, Just reached his majority and thrown upon his own re sources, after stating his case to one Houth- Wlck. a shipmaster, is shipped as second mate on the Industry, bound for Havana. Mr. Tym, the supercargo, descries a sail. CHAPTER 11. OF THE BRUSH WITH THE BLACK SHIP. I plunged off to the forecastle, seiz ing a handspike as I went. Thuuder ing on the hatch, and then opening it, I roared down: "All hands ahoy! Look ulive!" In an instant there was a bouncing out of bunks aud hammocks, and a rush up the hatch. The fellows popped out In quick succession, and in a flash the entire crew was ranged on deck. "To the braces!" shouted the cap tain through the trumpet. "All ready to flack and haul! Some of you for ward to tend spritsail!" These orders, taken up by the mate, as tlie yelling of the wind drowned in part even the bellowing of the trum pet, were rapidly obeyed, and the crew scrambled to their stations and stood ready. "Down helm!" was shouted back to the two fellows at the tiller. The ship's head began to fall off, and as it did so the orders to handle the braces fol lowed. In a mere matter of moments, 60 fast did the men work —urged on, indeed, by the knowledge that there was some unusual stress, though as yet they understood imperfectly the cause—in that few moments the last order was carried out, and the ship's head now pointed due north. I had kept an eye on the stranger's move ments while we were fetching the In dustry upon the new course, and was not greatly surprised, on casting iny eye that way, to see tlie broad boWs suddenly fall away from the wind, and the Ion;; black side begin to show. At the same moment her yards flew round, and thus she, too, was pointed north. There could be but one explanation of this last action —the stranger meant to overhaul us. I was now burning to get speech with the captain or Sel linger, that I might resolve something more certain out of this stirring busi ness; but for the present they were busied with other matters, so that I did not like to seek them. The readiest answer to be come at was that she was Dutch, and was making a flying cruise of it in the channel. If so, she should be both faster and stronger than she looked, for it would be a bold thing, indeed, for a mere wagon of a mer chant rigger, without broadside guns and having no near friendly port for refuge, thus to seek prizes in our nar row seas. While I was turning these matters over in my mind taking care to keep an eye out aft the while, to be in readiness for sudden orders, the companion opened and the supercargo again appeared. The mate was stand ing near !>»•, and Mr. Tym at once went over to hiifi, and, by his expression and some words which the wind took to me, desired to know what had hap pened. This was the very thing 1 I would have, for now, without pushing myself into their counsels, I could slip a little nej-rcr, and be made acquaint ed with *h? whole matter. "Ay, a Dutchman, fast enough," the eupercargo was saying. "A daring fel low, too, nnd not to be lightly shaken off. I fancy. Will it do to set a bit more sail?" "It would not be profitable," the mate answered. "She is doing what 6he can with this strength of wind. By the breaking of the clouds yonder, it will presently quiet a bit, and then we will see w'*iat can be done. You ob serve that we hold our own with tlie fellow nt present, and carry as much as he i'oeg." "Yes," s-tid the supercargo, "I per ceive that."* "We will make a race with him for the coast," pursued the mate, "and it will go hard with us if we do not give him a shrewd brush." "How far might it be? Surely twenty miles." "Call It a bit more. Say fivc-and twenty. He could make that by night fall." "Trun," said Mr. Tym, with a sat isfied nod, "and if he should overhaul us on this course we could try a bow line" ITc fct rode off to where tlie glasa hung (the captain had brought up an other, which lie was using from the poop), and when he fetched it to the rail he climbed upon a coil of line and brought it to bear. The supercargo used the glas» for some time, but finally put it by and went up to have a talk with the cap tain. Of course I could not hear what they said, but it was easy to guess that it must be about the present strait. In a few moments the captain came to the verge of the poop and called the mate. Master Sellinger hurried up the ladder and the three men talked togeth er earnestly. The mate then came down again, and immediately the cap tain walked to the color halyards and with his own hands ran up the flag. As it blew out at the mizzen truck the crew, who, as well as myself, were watching anxiously and curiously the doings aft, broke into a cheer. All eyes were now on the stranger, for this was a clear demand that he should declare his intentions. Tt was the most stir ring moment thus far since the chase— or race, if you please—had begun. The long black mass rose on the next crest and slid foaming down the valley, and again soared and fell. How we watched her! Lift, lift, she rose, uptilted her great house of a stern and plunged, with the shock of the parted seas, down the declivity, an<t all swiftly and might ily rode to the top again, and still not a handkerchief's breadth of bunting! Five, and at last ten minutes, and the same monotonous upride and tilt and fall. The captain srtood with straddled legs, silently using his telescope, and the mate was in the mizzen shrouds scanning the foe under the pent house of his hand. The supercargo leaned over the poop rail, holding on hat and wig, and the rest of us lined the weath er bulwark, in the waist. Of a sudden the captain lowered his glass and shut it up. The supercargo turned, catching the action, and they came together and exchanged a few words. "The thing is fetched to a head," said a sailor at my elbow, with an excited pull at his waistband. He had scarce spoken when noutli wick left Mr. Tym and stepped briskly to the head of the poop ladder. "Master Sellinger, set the mainsail and reef it. Take o';t one reef in the foresail." The mate was off his perch to the deck in an instant, and at his word the men flew to their stations. The wind had less weight now than formerly and blew steadier, but for all that I appre hended that we were taking consider able hazard to thus swell our canvas. Yet very quickly the thing was done, and under the added pressure the ship drove her nose into the smother, and made a strong lurching start of it fin ward. While I was stepping back from the foot of the main shrouds, and in the act of directing one of the men to coil up a loose length of halyard, some one behind me gave a shout, and I turned to pee that the dark ship was likewise whitening with added sail. On we raced, and it must have been that the greater part of an hour went by. So far the Dutchnjan anil we were rarely well matched, he driving along at the same point off our beam, as though he might be our shadow. But a change was at hand. All in a mo ment, as it seemed, his long bulk be gan to narrow, tlie small slant of his sails that we could see expanded, and at once his pot-round bows rode, leap ing and sinking, into view. lie had changed his plan, and would fly straight at us. In an instant the trumpet of Capt. Ilouthwick began to bellow: "Man braces! Down helm! Slack lee braces! Haul in on the weather! Aft here, some of you, and let out a reef in the lateen!" It was clear what the skipper would be at. The cruiser, perceiving that he could not outsail us and cut us off, meant to close in and try to disable us with his guns. T» prevent this we must turn tail and make a straiglit-away run of it. The question then to be set tled was whether he could get near enough to wing us, by cutting up our spars and rigging. I thought this all out at a blink, as the Scotch say, for just at the moment 1 had to use my fin gers rather than my brains. When I came in from the boltsprit, having gone there on some matter concerning the drawing of the sail, I found that the Dutchman was fair astern of us, only the slant of his sails catching the light, and the rest of him standing up round and black. I think some thing like two hours now passed, only one thing, but that an important one, happening, which was that the Dutch man slowly gained upon us. At last Ilouthwick said something to which the others appeared to assent, and th» mate hurried off the poop. He espied me, as 1 stood by the main shrouds, and beckoned me to him. When I came up lie said low and in a strained, quick tone: "The captain thinks we had best try a gun. I must serve it. Do you stand ready to help work the ship. Call the carpenter, and put him in charge of the magazine. The main hatch will have to be opened till they can get up the first supply of ammunition, after which batten it down again. The rest can come up the companion. Tell Sp3'- glow that he can fetch out the arms chest and take the pikes from the becl-ets and pile them up. Xo harm to have things at hand. Stay! You may likewise Ret out the medicine chest, and set it in the open space 'tween decks. That must serve as a cockpit, if any are hurt. Let the cook, who is something of a sawbones, go thither. The cabin boy can assist him. That will do for now, and look alive." I said: "Aye, ay r e!" in a seeming hearty voice (though, to own the truth, my heart was beginning to beat fast, and I felt a bit weak in the kliees), and hurried away. In a few minutes all the orders were carried out, and the mate was free to try his experiment. When I returned to the deck the gangport had been unhooked, and the CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, MAY n, 1899. gun's canvas jacket taken off. As I turned to see whether the mate wan ready—l mean ready to have the ship luffed, so that he could secure his aim —1 heard a low, dull boom, and, as I whirled again, a ball of smoke blew out from the bows of our pursuer and wrAthed off to leeward. "He's firing at the moon," said the mate contemptuously, and now I saw that the excitement had struck the color from the man's checks, save for a little patch of red which showed under the sea-burn, and that his nerves were strung high and firm. "At the gun!" called the captain from the poop. "Are you ready, Mas ter Sellinger ?" "All reaily, sir!" "Then to the braces, men! Luff!" he roared back to the two fellows at the helm. The ship came handsomely into the wind, and as she dipped to the bottom of a hollow the mate gave a swift glance along his gun and applied the linstock. He had loaded while I was below, and I knew not what the charge was, but it must have contained a scat ter-load, for I saw a tremendous dim ple all over the water, just outside of the Dutchman's forefoot. "A good beginning!" shouted the captain. "Have at him again!" We got upon our course once more, and meantime the gun was reloaded. "Ha! he's showing his teeth at la*t!" cried the mate, pausing with his fuse, which he was blowing up in his hand. He pointed toward the enemy, and lo! two ports in the bows had opened, and in each was the round target spot which marked the muzzle of a gun. "He has discovered that something besides swivels will be needed," said Mr. Tym, who had come, without our perceiving him, among us. "Xay, but he is about to give us the compliment of his whole broadside." A tremendous, crashing roar, and a sky full of smoke followed. I think I stooped, but I am not sure, and the next that comes clear before me is that a great splinter from somewhere overhead struck the deck near me and gave a queer sort of elastic spring, and went overboard. I confess I jumped • back, and as I did so I ground my heel upon something soft, and had to make another spring to prevent falling. liy this time I had backed nearly to the quarter-deck, and, the smoke having now almost blown away, I leaned against the break of the deck and looked around. The spot where I had stumbled first arrested my eye, and Ttao captain rounded down In a loose heap. there, rolled up almost in a ball, lay the body of old Dingsby. Ilis belt had burst with the strain of his doubling over, or perhaps was cut by the glanc ing fragment of shot, and it was slip ping off him, almost giving him an air of unbuckling it from the' front, his back being toward me. The mate and the Frenchman weft standing up stiff and bold near the gun, and no one else bud been hurt, that I could perceive. The captain's figure broke through the passing cloud of smoke, coming from the helm or some part aft, and pausing at the edge of the poop. "On deck, there, how fares it?"' he inquired, peering down. Then perceiv ing the body of the old man-o'-war's man, ha answered his own question— "So they have slain poor Dingsby! Carry him a bit aside, some of you, and bestow him in a seemly sort. We will do better anon. What say you. Master Sellinger, have you a sharp word back ?" "Aye, aye, sir!"' growled the mate. "Luff her, and 1 will give her a shrewd answer enough." "Luff It is, then." Again we came into the wind, and again the mate sighted and applied his linstock. The smoke drifted astern, and I eagerly jumped into the shrouds and stared through the first clear opening. What was my delight when I saw the great bulk of the Dutchman sawing wildly into the wind, beating up a yeast of foam, and all a wreck for ward, where his fore topmast and fore topgallant mast hung in a dreadful irwss from the foremast head. Presently the order came to handle the ship and fill away upon our old course. We had got everything to drawing, and I had climbed upon the weather bulwarks, my mind very content, and casting looks of exultation at the floundering Dutchman, when, with very startling suddenness, a spit of fire darted ulong his cumbered foredeck, arid a terrible whistling ball rushed close above my head. I distinctly felt the wind of it, and was off my perch, half tumbling, indeed, to the deck, in an instant. As I steadied myself on my legs I heard a laugh above me, and on looking up saw Capt. Ilouthwick standing at the top of the poop ladder. He shook his shaggy head at me mightily amused, as it seemed, at the way I rolled off the bulwark, and as I looked up he said something in a kind of chvickling voice, nnd turned away. I had his tall, broad figure for an iTistnnt in my eye, and then fame the boom of another gun | from the Dutchman, and before I could move or scarce think the captain took a long, sinking step backward, whirled, raced to the edge of the poop, and rounded down i r « loese heap, one arm hanging over tho verge. CHAPTER 111. OF THE COCHtfrc OP EVENTS Tir.L WE WERE FINAGT-Y SOUTH BOUND. Some one behind me shouted, and there was a rush vJf the men and cries, and in the midst cf it I saw the little supercargo dart from some place aft and raise the captain's head. I leaped to the poop laddT and flung myself up, and then I turn*!?, to the poor captain, with whom it lutd fared, indeed, after the worst. Ilis lower face, save for the chaps, to which some beard hung, had been shot away, and he was a dead man, even before I had stopped to speak to the sailor. "This is sorrowful business,"said the supercargo, rising with a sigh, and cov ering the shattered face with his pock et handkerchief. "He was a brave man and true." I summoned three seamen, and with great tenderness we brought down Capt. Houthwick's body, which we laid for the time on the quarter-deck, cov ering it with a tarpaulin. When these things were attended to the mate dis patched us again forward, and for a little we gave our sole attention to the handling and better speeding of the ship. The Dutchman's crippled fore mast continued to fret him, but he would not give over, and so for a long time we both kept oureourse, though the Industry all the while made a small but steady gain. It must have been half an hour after this that Master Sellinger called me, and upon my responding said that he must now retire to the cabin for a little, the further disposition of the voyage standing to be settled, and that meanwhile I was to command the ship. With that, and upon my ascend ing to the quarter-deck, he made a sign to Mr. Tym and they both went below. After a little Mr. Tym and the mate returned to the deck, their counte nances, though sober, cleared, as I thought, as it might be they had set tled their business to their minds. [TO EE CONTINUED.] CONSCIENCE AND THE LAW. There Are Sonic Qneer Xotiumi Which Mont People Entertain us to It iKl't nnd Wrong. "A lawyer is the repository of more secrets than a priest or doctor," said a member of the fraternity while tak ing his ease at the club. "Mostly rascally," suggested his lis tener. "Well, yes," admitted the lawyer. "It is my experience that there never yet was a case where one side was wholly in the right and the other side wholly in the wrong. That is what makes it easy on a lawyer's conscience. You didn't think he had one? Come, give us something new. But what I *as about to say was that very few people have a conscience." "I thought everybody had one." '"Theoretically everybody has, but it ij only used iu judging other per sons' acts. When a man is personally interested he puts his conscience to one side. That's what makes work for the lawyers. Every term there are hundreds of cases tried in which one party knows lie is entirely in the wrong but hopes to get the better of his opponent by some slip of the law. "The root of the trouble," he went on, "is that people have got their morals mixed. Nine-tenths of the peo ple think that nothing is wrong un less the law says it is. If they should happen to land in a country where stealing was unknown, and where, of course, there would be no laws against ft, they would feel justified in stealing. Now, laws don't make crimes; crhnes make laws. If there wasn't a law on the statute books it would still be wrong to kill, s>teal, cheat or commit any other crime, but you can't ijet people to understand that. Anymean, overbearing, tricky or wrong action that the law does not absolutely for bid they will do; the inherent sense of justice which is supposed to ltirk in every man's breast is largely a myth." "Why don't you preach that to your clients?" asked his friend. "And lose all my clients? No, thank you," said the lawyer, indignantly.— Chicago Times-Herald. Hot Crinoline Killed Iflm, Among the historical incidents con nected with tho rathhaus is one re lating to an old judge who laughed himself to death. One sultry day. reads the record, during a recess of the council, the members were lean ing from the windows of the rath haus, in the hope of catching any stray wind. It was the period of hoops nnd voluminous skirts, and maid shared wiMi mistress the mania for distended attire. On this pulseless rummer day a pretty servant girl in a wide-hooped skirt and a gray bodice made her way through the loitering groups up to the fountain. She filled her tub and lifted it to her head, but in this movement, lo! the wonderful skirt was wrested from its fastenings nnd dropped to the ground. The judge had seen the maid approach the foun tain like a ship under full sail, and when lie now beheld her, collapsed and abashed, he was filled with such hu mor that upon the spot he laughed himself to death.—Harper's Magazine. Interchangeable. "Where in thunder are all my col lars?" "Why, I'm wearing one and sister has another; Birdie took another and the rest are at the laundry." "But I'll swear there was a ckaa one in the drawer this coon." "Yes; Bridget borrowed that." X. Y. Evening World, A LITTLE NONSENSE. "Look at that man laughing; Tom kins must have got a new story." "No; he's got a new victim."—Chicago Daily News. "Did you notice that man's square build?" Now, that you speak of it; but he certainly looked 'round as he passed."—l Srooklyn Life. Visitor—"Did your papa bring home any curios from his trip abroad?" I.it tie Bessie—"Only the count that Sister Fanny is going to marry."—N. Y. Jour nal. Mrs. Crimsonbeak—"For goodness' sake! What kind of time is that clock keeping, anyway?" Mr. Crimsonbeak —"Hag time, I guess."—Yonkers .States man. A Variation.—"Did you say I lied de liberately?" "Well, not exactly. My remark was that you couldn't tell a de liberate truth."—Philadelphia North American. The Mistress—"Mary, don't let me catch you kissing that butcher again." The Maid—"Lor', muin, 1 don't mean to, but you do bob aroun' so!" Kansas City Independent. Heroic Treatment.—"llow are you getting along with that raw Swede girl you hired?" "She is not raw now. My wife's mother has been roasting her three times a day ever since she came." —Cincinnati Enquirer. Indisputable Evidence.—"They say Jobson has inherited $10,000." "That must be a mistake." "What makes you think iso?" "I saw him less than half an hour ago and he was perfectly so ber."—lticlnnond Dispatch. llelievinga Patient.—"Thenour medi cine really relieved you?" remarked the proprietor of Simmons' sure kure. "Yes," replied the poor man,"it relieved me of a few dollars that I might have used to better advantage."—Philadel phia Record. THOUGHT HE WAS MEANT. It 111 111 m SupilOHOil InHultpr Was Only Talking Th roup; hit Telephone. The train was late that night, and Atlanta seemed a long way from the South Georgia town iu which I was compelled to stay several hours. I curled tip on a bench in the little wait ing-room nnd went to sleep. Voices i - vaKened me after awhile. Then I found that some of the men from tho village had come 111 to spend a sociable evening around the stove. A big, 11 road, red-haired young man had the floor, and he was relating an experience, which, as I judged, had recently be fallen him. "Yes, sir," he was saying, "when I was in Atlanty to'otlier week, 1 jest thought I'd take in the town: so 1 went into one of them liig, tall buildings that reaches 'most to the sky to get a good sight of the whole thing at once. Jest as I walked into a-n oflice to look out of the window 1 lieerd a bell go ting-a ling-ling, and a man's voice say: Mlul lol' "I looked all 'round, but didn't see anybody, so I ain't saying nothing. The voice says again: 'Hullo!' This time T answers, 'll ullo!' "'Who is it?' the voice says. 'Abe Turnipseed,' I says. Then it tells me: 'Speak a little louder, 1 can't hear.' I noticed the voice seemed to come from a little closet in the corner of the room. I yelled out loud: 'Abe Turnipseed!' "It was quiet a few seconds, then: 'Yes, you owe me five dollars.' "I was surprised, but I only yelled back: 'I don't 110 sicli thing.' " 'Ves,' said the voice. " 'No!' said I, as loud as I could holler. "'You don't say!' "Yes, I <lo say; and, what's more, I'll say it, if you don't shet up,' I yelled. " 'I would like to see you,' the voice answered. "By that time I was mad, so I called at the top of my voice: 'Well, jest walk out and take a look at me, you idiot!' "'So you will settle with me, will you?' he asked. "My, 1 was mad! 'Yes, I'll settle with you!' I says. And with that I jerked that door open, and there stood a man with something up to his 1 ear. an ear trumpet, I reckon. 1 jest grabbed that man out o' there and kicked him clean to the other side of the room. You oughter lieerd him. 'P'lice! Murder! Murder!' he howls. A lot of men rushed in and nabbed me. " Turn me loose,' I says. 'There's your crazy man.' But they 'peared to lie friends of liis'n, and hustled me out into that alligator thing that runs up and down the build in', and 'fore 1 knowed it I was at tin? bottom, and a policeman took me oil before I could say a word. "They kept me locked up all night. Next day that man came, with his head all tied up, and told thejedge he was jest a-talking to a friend (blamed if I could see any friend), and that jedge made me plank down ten dollars and seventy five cents. I kinder felt the town did me." —Youth's Companion. Idiilnti'd Caxcnatnn Tribes. The mountain defiles of the Caucasus ranges are so deep and so completely isolated from one another that the tribes which inhabit them have pre served their distinctive characteristics much more decidedly than most parts of the world which have felt the touch of European civilization. Some of these tribes boast of grea* antiquity, and cer tain families have preserved for genera tions ancestral heirlooms, such as ar mor and weapons, furniture and gar ments. —N. Y. Sun. Tolincoo Inc4 hy tin* A*toc*. Tobacco is a native of Mexico and was used by the Aztecs, who smoked it in amber tubes long before the ar rival of the Spaniards. The best to bacco conies from the states of Vera Cruz, Tobasco, Chiapas, Campeehe, Yucatan, Guerrero and the southern part of Tainaulipas. The average yieid per acre is from 2,600 to 4,000 pounds;.— Chicago Chronicle. PARSNIP COMPLEXION. A majority of the ills afflicting peopla to-day can be traced to kidney trouble. It pervades all classes of society, in all climates, regardless of age, sex or con dition. The sallow, colorless-looking people you often meet are afflicted with "kid ney complexion." Their kidneys are turning to a parsnip color, so is their complexion. They may suffer from in digestion, bloating, sleeplessness, urio acid, gravel, dropsy, rheumatism, ca tarrh of the bladder, or irregular heart. You may depend upon it, the cause is weak, unhealthy kidneys. Women as well as men are made mis erable with kidney and bladder trouble and both need the same remedy. Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, the great kid ney, liver and bladder remedy, will build up and strengthen weak and un ! healthy kidneys, purify the diseased, J kidney-poisoned blood, clear the conn | plexion and soon help the sufferer ta | better health. The mild and the extraordinary effect of Swampißoot is soon realized. It .stands the highest for its wonderful cures of the most distressing cases,such as weak kidneys, catarrh of the bladder, gravel, rheumatism and Bright's Dis ease, which is the worst form of kidney trouble. It is sold by druggists, in fifty cent and dollar sizes. You may have a sample bottle by mail free, also pamph let telling all about it. Address Dr. Kil mer & Co., Ringhamton, N. Y. W hen writing be sure and mention j reading this generous offer in this pa j P er - Cheap Excursions, 1599. Annual Meeting General Assembly Cum berland Presbyterian. Church at Denver, Col., May 18 to 20. Annual Meeting General Assembly Presby terian Church at Minneapolis, Minn., May IS to June 1. National Baptist Anniversaries at San Francisco, Cal., May 20 to 20. National Educational Association at Los An geles, Cal., July 11 to 14. For all these meetings cheap excursion rates have been made and delegates und others interested should bear in mind that the best route to each convention city u via the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. l'aul R'y and its connections. Choice of routes is of | ff red those going to the meetings on the Pa j cific Coast of going via Omaha or Kansas I City and returning by St. Paul and Minne j apolis. The Chicago, Milwaukee & St. l'aul | R'y has the short line between Chicago and | Omaha, and the best line between Chicago, St. l'aul and Minneapolis, the route of th'e | Pioneer Limited, the only perfect train in the world. All coupon ticket scents sell tickets vis j the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul R'y. | For time tables and information as to rates | and routes address Geo. H. Heafl'ord, Gen ; cral Passenger Agent, Chicago, 111. A Hnppr Miss. J A Georgia paper, printed in a locality ! where bullets have a tendency to fly, chron j icles an office "accident" thus: j "The bullet passed entirely through the j chest of our foreman, Mr. Jones, but fortu nately missed a plate glass window, which cost considerable money." Minneapolis Journal. Did yon make yonr (irnln-O tills way 112 Here are the latest directions: Use one | tablespoonlul of Grain-O to two cups of cold I water. Mix the Gruin-0 with half an egg j and add the water. (Be sure to measure.) Alter the water gets to the boiling point let boil for fifteen to twenty minutes. Use I cream and sugar to suit the taste. If you J have not cream use hot milk. A lady said: "The first time I drank j Grain-O 1 did not like it, but after using it ; for ten days and forming the habit, nothing | would induce me togo back to coffee, j This is the experience of all. if you will ! follow directions, measure it every time ! and make it the same, and try it for ten | days, you will not go back to cofiee. Objects of Interest. Stranger—What are the principal objects of interest in this town? Citizen—Savings bank deposits.—Metro politan. Ask Tour Dealer for Allfn'a Foot-Eaae, A powder to shake into your shoes. It rests the feet. Cures Corns, Bunions,Swollen,Sore, Hot, Callous. Aching, Sweating feet and In growing Nails. Allen's Foot-Ease makes new or tight shoes easy. Sold by all drum;ists and shoe stores, 25c. Sample mailed FREE. Address Alien S. Olmsted, Le lioy, N. Y. Who's to niniue. When a girl graduates she has an ambition to show the world what a noble woman, with a high purpose in life, can do; but she meets a man and marries him, and soon be gins to get that 112 unny look in her eyes.— Atchison Globe. Frnlt Farming Along the Frisco. An attractive, illustrated and thoroughly reliable 64-page booklet, devoted to fruit cul ture along the Frisco Line in Missouri, Ar kansas, Kansas and Indian Territory, just issued. A copy will be sent free upon appli cation to Bryan Snyder, G. P. A., Frisco Line, St. Louis, Mo. " To Err is Human.* 9 at to err all the time is criminal or idiotic. Don't continue the mistake of neglecting your blood. Take Hood's Sarsaparilla nozu. It ivill make pure, live blood, and put you in good health. All Cone " Had no appetite or strength, could not sleep or get rested, was com pletely run down. Two bottles Hood's Sar saparilla cured t!io tired feeling and I Jo my own work." MRS. A.DICK, Millville,N. J. 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