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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.
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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.
Hood'a Pills cuth IWer ills; tho non irritating an 4
only cathartic to take with Hood s SaraaparilUu
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