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Dr.. J. M. I.i ilTKFR. j
PHYSICIAN' AND St Koti-S.
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J. K. MILLER
l v.9r.; in Berlin f. the prae.
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CHARGE MODERATE.
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CURTIS K. GROVE. !
SOMERSET, PA.
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All Work Warranicti.
'2 -i Ex-tin my stnrk and tears .
.mrt aiM fiini-i Ww W iiKl
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CURTIS K. GSOVE,
iuk of toon Ewisti
homers et. r
iULS HOFFM.V,
MERCHANT TAILOR.
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ATISFACT
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VOL. XV1. XO. 34.
Is Life
rortli Living?
That dt'ju'Dila npon the Liver,
fir if the liver is iiu:tive the
whcU? syste-jj out of tW the
breath is UJ, Jiestkni l.ior, the
m xni'A or ai hi: energy and
liopefiiliK-es pHiB, Uiii piiit ure
liep'-t-sted. a. heavy wi-i'il sxit
tr eating, with iitncrji! tUapon
!etiry ari l th him1?. The Liv
er ia the hoiisokeex.-r of the
ln.iilh; ami a hariuUfwi, bimle
ivnWy thut acta like Naiure,
l'r rht towti Kite aflerwanijt or
njaire constant takujg, les not
intrfiire with business or p";ias
nre during its use, Sim
mons Liver I-i!iitor a uioliiul
Irfot-t:on.
t hve t -t 1 l: vrm-fx jvr rTr. nt kiv
j that 1"T i'V-pji. liilu.i:!. nrl'l Tanr.
j hiMch'. t; tri-b-M in-1 !.::!; l 'jrir:a rvr
w : liJtv- tr-i f ny 4ftii'T r."o vlit-: NeirStui-
liMre t!;. tt-tarniry n'li-'f, i'.ut t :e kruiUJC
! ttt oliiy rt:Luv"t (Mil
H. H.JO.NES. Macon. Ca.
HOLIDAY
SUSPENDERS.
Pt:t n; on iair in a Hot. Plain S:ttin
and Moire, also Lu hly Kaibroidereti.
Holiday Fancy Nightshirts.
The i'-et Line of TatlLTiis we have
ever had.
HOLIDAY NEC WEAR.
New trade-up !uipes. Four-in-HandTies,
I'-jws, vf, lor all occasions.
HOLIDAY GLOVES:.
F.t laiies and Gentlemen, all tlw latest
colors aa.l 1 n-zth. 6 is every occasion.
110 LI DA V SIL K nosiEn r. I
n'uLrr.d pera Lengths, Ei;:ck and j
Plain Color and Fancy Patterns.en
t:n'y new designs.
HOLIDAY APRONS,
A very hands-me line of I!ain T'k.k;
Embroidered and Iiaiu ril patterns.
Holiday Handkerchiefs,
Every kin-i, quality au-1 in lar,e (jiu&ti
ties, ami, f-f tiMst importance to buy
ers. EXTRA AND REST VA L-
UESevcrotrvreii inlian lker
chiefs. Ik and Linen,
for Cnt!emen.
Hndkerchiee. Ptain ur.d Embroidered
for La-li-s, and Handkerchiefs for Chil
dren. Come in every day and look ar on ml.
HORXE & WARD,
U FIFTH AVE.. PITTsBt E';n. PX.
It is to Your Int rest
TO Kt"T Y-.-t 'R
Drugs and Medicines
BlESECKER 4 SNYDER.
mirtysc - to c. x. BoYP.
None I Kit the j-r.rest an.l best kept hi stock,
and when Prugs. become inert by amandin-,
as eeiunn f them i-. we ie
atmy ttiem. mtlier tl.au im-po.-
on our ct. imers.
Y oa can J.-pend on having your
PRESCPJFT1CNS FAMILY RECEIPTS
tilled with care. Our jirin are as low as
aiiy o!ier tirt-!a Ihiu.- and on
many articles m h lower.
Tiie people "f this county arem to kn-w
this, and have trlrm ns a lare share of their
IitrHje. an.l we sla! will continue to give
tliem the very best o.is 6-r tlieir money.
Po f.-rr-t that we nia.e a jj-reialry of
FITTIXGr TI?US.SES.
We giarantie sati'lion. ami, if you have
had Ttj-ubie in this direction,
ive us a call.
SPECTACLES AND EYE-GLASSES
in prt variety; A ftii! set i-f Test Lenses.
Cmc in and have vour eves eiannmil. o
rlw fi.r examination, and we areconli.lent !
wc can suit v.m Tome and me.
Resj:ul!y,
BlESECKER & SNYDER.
Something New and Cheap I
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- A J.vr sj PEXSr EAZSED.
I a ousts too rat nrrif by calling at the oc w
Boot and Shoe Store
JOHN G. SANNER,
feO. 9 aHHQTH block.
I hT ia a rU JI C.r.irtc Iuo. 3e
BOOTS, SHOES,
GAITERS, LEATHER,
FINDINGS, dC, dC.
I have the CeVbrated WArr.NPHA5T SHOE
the Bet and Cheapi-a: U.-n' Shoe mat Ia
Ladies' Shoes
i
I have the Thv- Tine rrbtwrt to Siitnorw
at A-tontMinr'T Prices. A p.-rlal lut-
l.-i.-n t- cxu-si-l--d tnall an.l tne .--...
My t-'k of anil th pnrvr at hl-a lory
are -.1.1. eatim-i be irvwd. "ni.a-ie
. an nrainn? a -eilty. Call and
mta-rk. ar.d jnn will mtainlT tlad Jnu
yi waut Ewpecifully,
jobs g. ixyrszvu
X , Haaumcii Block. Hent
SEA WONDERS x-
u jjjjr jv
wf uientia. TlMe
a -i .T BM.ie .urk thmt earn !
l.pae whf.tr Iivina n ui4 - 1
Xtwir a4ra to Ualleu ', - VI '.
ai neeiv. free, liiil tnl-a aew either
l ot all sav. can ran Cr ta- - ar 4mj
as:d upwant, viiervver they 11 c. m. an wrv
ed ff-e. i apUai required. se aa.e fata
mr Mil anr Cay at l work. All
ia a-iy
THE DECTIVETS PRISONER.
Two men sat ti)gether in the rear seat
of a smoking car on one of our railromls
and cbatte'l familiarly of the ops ami
downs of a miner's life, the topic being
snir.'ted by a landscape dotted with
coal breakers and furrowed with cool
roads.
The freedom and interest of their con
versation di J not seem ta be damped by
the &et that the younger of the two
carried a revolver, while hw corapanivn
; wore a pair of those nucoveted articles of
i jewelry which are known iu criminal cir
! cles as " brai-eleta.'
j The few passvnjKrs who hal observed
i thu U'ameil ftxim the connMential
! brakeman that they were a noted detec-
tive aud his prisoner on the way to trial.
: As far as aes went, the pair mlht have
j been taken for father and son, th' fine
tray head of the one cvotra&ting strong
ly with the crisp brown curls of La j
What crime had been comomted the
brakeman did not know, but hazarded
j conjecture that it " must have been a
S pretty hid one, or John Munsen wouldn't
nave lae troauie 10 pu lueiu loicgs
; on his wrists.'
' Presently the brakeman and the con-
djetor satisned the joint demand of cti
; tjuette and curhisity by stopping to ex
; choose tew words with the deWtive ;
j the former then perchel himself upon
i the coal-box directly behind the prisoner
j and the latter dropped magnificently into j
j the seat in frout. The train was sweep
j in? around a curve and past a mined
tresstle ou the hillside at which bcth of
the passengers looke.1 with some inter- j
!
" I remember that place " said the old- j
er man.
-So do I," responde.1 the yonnr; "I
was born there. Came near being bur- t
led there, too," he resumed, after a mo- j
ment's pause. j
" How was that r j
"If a pretty long story,- said the de- :
teetive, " but I guess we'll have time for .
it between here and the nest station. :
Way up there on the slope is the little i
ttletnent where I made my dJ,ui. so to j
speak ; from it to the bottum of the hill ;
i..ere usen 10 oe a gravity roao; a n,r,
winding track reaching from the settle
ment down to the top of a black wall of
! earth where a slide occurred the year I
was born. On both sides of the track
' rew saplings that had sprung up since
J the disaster (what I am telling you hap-
pened five years later!, and they crowded
the road and hung over tiie old rusty
( rails on which the coal cars u--l to
! run. Yon must remember that the hoas-
es were buiit near the mouth of the pit.
That was one of the arst mines workeil
in this country, and one of the first to lie
abau lone.1. At the time I am telling
about, some men. were walking up the
track, and a lot of children playing near
the top, climbing in ami out f an old car
which had lain there since it made its
last trip, with lh broken spraggs still in
its wheels.
" The men were miners, all but one of
them,' who questioned his companions
alHit their work and the oun ry they
were living in. He was eviaently a i
stranger.
Presently, as they talkef, a shout from
the top of the slope attracted their atten
tion, and they looked up just in time b
;ia t-i move siowlv down
as an impatient exclamati-m
from the oldest man ia the party. 'Theru
brats is always up to some mischief.' be
said. They have started that old thing
off at last ; I've been expeciin' to see it
go any time this five year. They'll be
breaking tlieir necks yet with their tom
fooling.' And another of the group added : ' We
must du-t out of this lively, unless we
want to get our ow n necks broke ; shell
. ilher jump the rail, or go to pieces at the
bottom , lucky there ain't no one aboard
of her.'
" The stranger was looking anxiously
np at the approaching runaway. His
quick eye ha 1 caught sight of something
r-vund an.l golden above the blackened
nm.
"' There is a child in that car,' he said
"It was a second or two beS-re his
1 , ,:... tt. .-fal mnm-r i
tjwt statement A child ! That was, as i
if he lud sail that in a few moments
some one perhaps one of tbeinselv
would be childless.
With one impulse they tamed to
Ix.k at the broke, rails by thee leof ;
the fault Shuddering, they fixed their j
eyes again on the approaching mass, an.l
then hopelessly on each other. Thry
could not dream of stopping the pmgrem
of the ear. Rut as quick as thought, ai-
'. ! ranger to. .It hoU of a sapling
and bent it down till it neurlv tou. he-1
i the track.
Hold it,' he said, to one of the men ;
'it will help to check iier."
A rod fnrther down another, and then
a third and f wrth were held down in the
same way. So four of the party waited
for a fe w breathless seconds, while the
two remaining ones hurried further down ;
bat one more effort, ami the car was upon
them. The first obstacle was whipped
out of the bands of the strong nian who
held it, and the car rushed on to the sec
ond ith scarcely lessened force. Again
tiie barrier was brushed aside, but this ;
time the speed of the old wreck was per-!
ceptibly less. By the time the fifth ob- j
struction was reached the new-corner was
1 -1.1. . . 1 t .. . . 1 1 ,e !. I
. .
- child into the arms of htscomp inion.but t
1, , , , , . ' !
- w line IlC U. VU.ITT I' t III. I J -. 1 1 llIC I
old track had regained something of ha j
momentum and waspluniringon towards
the precipice. i
Wi!, the man jumped just as they I
reai-bed the edge, just before his vehicle j
'- . ... ..... ;
so.4 over into Urn air. but be bail verr i
1 t ;,tt.. ;., ... .k l. .... 1 1 . !
; umc time ui rnooi uvt grona-i. ana so i
landed, aslnck would have it,onthe only '
j .n.n., ' - , . - -vuil
j heap of stones in sight The others pick
ed him np dead, and carried him Bp
to the settleiuent, where the miners held
wake over hint. But he came to life ia
the middle of the festiv the obsequies. I j
mean and found that be was only crip
tonfy crip- !
pled for life,
Tbe miners, folks not easily moved, i
were enthusiastic about the affair, and i
save snch testimonials as theT could, to i
show their gratitude and appreciation.
One of these expre-m- took the form
ol a aoavenir, signed by every man in the j
place, and stating in very grandiloquent j
language what the poor fellow bad done.
Hia qskk vi, seemed to them more won.
Some
SOMERSET, PA.,
derful than hia eoarage anJ devotion, in
a community where neither quality U un
tLSil at aiL
' The man who takn hia own life in
hig hand every day, and has frequently
to fight f ir the life of ame companion,
values a ' brainy ' action. In the box
with the testimonial was piirtie of fifty
dollars and a enriooa old gold cruse, that
had been treasured by the mother of the
lad w ho was saved, aa hr one piece of
j g
nery. On it waa rudeiy engraved these
words :
"'Given by the miners at the Xotoh
to the man who risked hia life &r a
child.
'Titat waaalL The poor fellow went
away and woald have been foiyotten,
only that the fid miners told the story
dontethnets to their children.
The primmer was lookinjr out of the
wiudow. The contlur-tor rurtled around
us though ashamed of the interest he
had shown in the story u story which
i he did not doubt was pare fiction. Oclv
j be bn.koQ1;in gave wavtohissvmpathv,
ani wblH;ler yj, .a.1 ever
f f0un,i
j u x 1 1, j j. M lhe Je.
; tcct:Te
" And was you the boy which he
saved r
-I was the kid."
"And you never heer'J tell what be
came of the man what would you do if
yon she'd come acrost him sometime I"
Evidently the hrakeuian had an imag
ination which was trying hard to assert
itself.
" h '. I'd try to even the thing np
soiiu-how. I suppose common decencv
woa,,j Jemanil tIlat Vd trKlt him as! well
as I knew how."
jt i,ere the primer, turning
fnai te window with an apparent eifort
tl) clwniW a conversation which, f. some
rea1)nj ha1 n,lt to inWrest him
- ,,)k here oU n!3Qi rve . Htte
keejisake that vmr story just retnindeil
mtf o- ajl)1 j ;,)aI , a it Vi jjj. von
to uie c.h.lw f it fr mc till till this
:3 .., lf vonn Dt hani
tkere , n 0'ut that bit oTihbon.
M) j
xj!e mTl&t almost jampeJ out of I
nij.;, !
- ''jmefl
if it ain't the cross you've
just been telling alout P he shoated.
A month later the detective was un
dergoing a cross-examination by the con
ductor ami braketuan.
"Yes, he wa. a lad lot ; oh, yes, he
didn't have a W to stand upon ; the
facts are as dear as day. AH true about
the cr-js-4 andthe rest of it ? Just as true as
gospel.. What ha-1 he been doing?
Throwing loml) the last thing. Punish
e-lT Weil, to tell you the truth, they
won't lie apt to pnnish hiui till they j
catch hiio again, I gtjes. Fact is, be j
got away frou me somehow that same
night. Who, me?
the force anv more.
Oh, no. I'm not on
I got the bounce."
A Talk With Bill Nye.
Bill Nye's real name, strange to relate,
is William Nye. Ta it may not seem sur-
i prising, an t yet it is, lor tne a.1 option ol
i a false n-ime is a trait that Iiterarr men
! an-1 burglars bear in common. The man
j who is resp-msihle for this discovery is
( Edward D. Cowan, who is now sha.low
; ing James G. Riain in Europe in the in-
tera.-'t of the Chieaso .V. -m. Cowan was
connected with th. Dmver T. i'ioiat the
saaie time that the crimson.-n.ted poet
of the Wild West, Eugene Field, was
also illuminating its pages. In looking
over the exchanges Cowan's attention
was frequently attracted by side-splitting
paragraphs which appeared in a distress
el 1-ioking sheet called the Laramie
B nafT tr.y. Investigation resulted in the
discovery that they were the free contri
bution of a B-ttmsrimg compositor named
Bill Nye. O. IL Rotha-ker, the editor of
the Denver Tnhnm; so dazed the newly
discovered humorist with a magnificent
, . .- 1 t i- t I
maddening whirl of literature.
Now the H'f.rfcf is his ovster, and he
only a iittie more than thirty years of!
age and b.ildheaded at that. j
When I tol l him that I would hold
fonvers? with him, he !.ke.l ,at me with
a Pityirgsort 01 smne.an isai.i: wonu
Tou fr-lin men to be Le me , Not no
ticing my shudder he continued: "Would
you have Americans become a race of
humorists? How sad. then this world
would be! H-w dr. Iful to contem-
T'- niP ff them in the j
bad and lessen the number. Ah ! sir, )
you do not know the dreadful responsi-
biiity which weighs me down and which i
hxi tuade tue bal-lere my time. Let me j
coafei to you, sir, that I would n .Lire !
to t fnnav a : I esn. The rHsil! tt n of
tiie result are too fearful to consider, even
for a moment No, sir, leave me to car
ry my bnrden alone."
"Why, my d. r sir," I exclaimed, "this
sort of thing will never do. It is your
duty as a literary man, to tell the public
at wliat hoar yoa go to bed, what yoa
dream of, at what hour you ri?e, what!
you eat, when and how yoa work and
how much yoa pay the butcher weekly.
Let the secrtt of your humor, if yoa will,
remain a secret still."
. "WelL" he said wearily, "that which
yoa ask is easily answerl. I purine a
calm, peaceful, uneventful, in fact, model
life. I g" to bed with the lark and rise
with the evening enc-btrd. If my j
dreams would assume visible fona Finn- I
, T t-.. ... ... ...T I ..f V..r. ! .
, , . , . , ,
fireed to send to the wil.lsof oadan for !
, , T . .
U.-. lit" un. ." .urn a ;
gt a chance, and as for the batcher, I
have not the honor of his acquaintance,
I am aware that this plain, unvarnished
u!e not agree with those told , by
mT feHo Sanitises in the onfenced field
.ft; . 1 . - . 1 . w 1
-toc, " .. ri u 1
Bill Nve have never been jlnnwri
As I
Srwb -it yon flatteringly ternimy humor.I I
will wily say that ,t not carve, 1 out r
Uh a hatchet nor uplifted with a crow-
bar. It ,np!y bnbbL-not a s-japsod,
aHa.imi.l.knM.l. W k v,i I
, ,
lite, gurgling bubble that wells np from
overflowing with Innocence and i
guileleoesw. That is the sort of a ha-
morist I am. Bat as I intimated before.
neither the bore.! nor the world can af- I
ford to have my tribe increased."
Let me add to this what Mr. Nye's
modesty would not perit him to say
that be is a g-xxl fellow, a jolly fellow.
and one who will never "lose a friend j
for a jest," and thus " deserve to die a ,
beggar by tbe bargain." .V. Y. Graphic
ESTABLISHED 1827.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1888.
A Joust on London Bridge.
Richard grew op to be a tyrant over
both nobles and people ; a king of pa
geants, banquets and tournaments only,
with no thought but for his own' pleasure
and glory. I should be glad to dismiss
him now, if it were not for two strange
spectacles which, during hia reia, took
place on London bridge. One of tem
will prove of especial interest to boys, the
other will be belter liked by girls.
It was Saint George's day, 13!X), that
King Richard appointed for the first of
these spectacles. A Scottish knight, nam
ed the Earl of Craufort, had a ijuarrel, or
some dispute, with an English knight,
who had been ambassador to Scotland,
named Lord de Wells. After the custom
of those days a challenge passed between
them, and they were to settle their dif
ference by a paseae at arms.
Such tilings were of considerable mo-
ment to the parties concerned, ever, if no
more than a friendly strnagle to see
which was the better man. Tournaments
were the great amusement of the day,
ami they were often held at Westmin
ster. Whether it w is because one of the
present combatants was from another
country ami the nearest to neutral ground
was reonired : or whether it was a whim
of the kiru to give the greatest possible
number of people a chance of witnessing
the fray, no less dangerous a piace was
chosen for the rotuhut than London
uridge. Here, accordingly, the lists were
prepared. Tournaments on the water
with boats were frequent, as well as
tournaments on land with horses, but
this was to be on neither on land nor
water.
Of course they ha-1 no doubt that the
English knight would knock over the
Scotchman, for the knights ot that coun
try were not believed tj tie very formid
able. .
There was a great array on the bridge,
the king and most of his nobles being
present there ; and the populace covered
the shores. Lord Craufort rode into the
lists with twelve knights, who hail been
j given a afe-cnduet to attend upon him. '
When everything was ready the sinal I
was given, they put spurs to their horses !
and, with their lances in re-t. met in a '
fearf i! collision midway upon the bridge, j
The lances wrre splintered, neither man '
dismounted, but the Scotchman sat as im-
movable as a pillar of iron. The Eag- '
lishman, though he sto.xI it well, looked )
lor a moment a littie awry, like a till
stove that had Let oue of its feet
After they had recovered their breath.
and the Englishman had been si t np- ;
right again, the two wumlrew f--r anoth
er charge. Azuin came the dash, and the
clash, and thesplintersand the dust, and
the horses on their haunches, but there
sat the two knights, ths Scotchman as
firm as the parapet, but the Englishman
somewhat arched over the bow of his
I saddle. f
Tlien they drew off asain. It was sure- I
Iy the best joust of th year. For the
tbinl titue, they met But Hits' tfrrw Lord i
de West was hoisted out of his saddle,
and landed on the hard pavement, like a
mass of old iron. He cijul l not even
hear the cruel clang he made. His
breath an-1 bis senses ha-1 been nocked I
out of him. He did not move a iim'u. j
Neither fir a time did the Scotchman, !
who, having reined in bis horse, looked ;
grimly down upoa tiie ruin he had j
ma-le. '
Such defeat wouM never do. The cn- ;
rage-I an.l ang"aerons spectators rals-d i
the shout, " He's tied tohis horse ! "He's
tied to his horse 1" Whereupon the j
knight lightly vaulted from his steetLand j
discotiifirteii his accusers at once, an-l j
What di-l he theu? Vault back again, 1
amid the loud plaudits they could not !
forbear to give? On the contrary, he ;
; turnol his back upon his horse, and g-- j
j ing quickly to the fallen knight, lifted
i him tenderly, and took off his helmet to
. give him air, while the king and all the
' ..... .u, l . t . 1 ;
! . v - 1
uigger. as was now d ji pnvilcge
chivalry m his brave heart prove.! to be
j as trne as was the stroke of his iron arm.
j His heart had warniod b his gtillant a I-
versary, and to the ama-ement of every
one, he watched by the sick-bed of his
f for three months tiiereafter, until
Lrd de Wells was mended of all his ills.
v11. yfh'iii for Fcbruury.
Uncle Esek's Wisdom.
Genius invent, talent applies.
Faith won't enable a man to lift a ton
all at once, but it will, ten pounds at a
time.
i ;tPP-tur- U tfu .Ju t of the mn,mn f
ma t j on the unwritten t
thir."s. j
.....
"L" u " "en- T j
-O' -"J i-Jiwcbbvi
a , Motion. j
I never have seen an Ulea too big f ra I
sentence, but I have read thon.l (
sentences too big for an Ilea,
Vanity and jealoasy are the two weak- j
est passions in the human heart, and, j
strange to say, they are the most com- !
mon. t
You may travel a g.vxi ways on whis-
ky, and travel fast while y are going, j
but von can't alwavs get back when vou 1
want to.
A thoroughly neat woman is a joy un
speakable, bat doesn't she make it busy
for the dust, and for the people in her
neighborhood ?
I have heard of men who knew more
than thev could tell, but I never have
. .. v - -t
-met one. If a man has a genuine idea,
he can make himself on-lerst.xd.
My young disciple, don't bant r new
things, but study to improve upon the
old ones ; every fiat stoce, and roost of j
Hie bowk!?w have been turn?.! over al- i
ready by the novelty -yunicrs.
fin.l -W- f At i
.ven, - . well ; thev know too wh for
- - r S j-.v. -
one MB( -j qnite eDOu H for two.
t, aMnr4 ,-JUrr
I
. nve oiiiar pace note usueu uy trie
i
! T . . . I T 1 i ! ? I
p4rmr.' Bank of Wilmin-ton. ltel in
1313, Just seventr-foor years ago, has just I
iiiii i.w. aeT.ntv.Mu- vear. has lust
ICIUI lX4 V. - M.JH ..M-IVIItlj, hi-..-
ing been sent on for redemptian by A.
G. Douglass, of St Louis. A Wilmington
paper says that tbe note is well preserved '
and there is no doubt of its genuineness, j
J
Darwin said : " Every species of fruit '.
contains a living principle." A man is
very apt to discover it when he bites into
aa apple ia the dark. B-Mm Pewxm.
TT
The Nose.
" The nose," says the Jnotst GoxdU,
" is, if we are to believe II. le Bee,
French savant, gradually losing its power
to discharge its traditional function in
the case of the civilized peoples; and
when the sense of smell vanishes alto
gether, as will infallibly be the cae one
day, he tells as the organ itself is bound
to follow its example sooner or later. It
is no doubt the fact, as he points out,
that the olGictoiy sense is ever so much
keener in the savage than in thecivilized
man, and it is reasonable toconclude that
the more we progress in civilization the
1 duller the sense will grow. Its complete
! extinction, M. le B.-e assures i, is a mere
question of time, and it is certain that
nature never conserves useless organs.
When the nose loses its power of smell
ins, the nose ' must go.' Civilization is
gradually making tu bald (about that
there can be no doubt whatever,)
re can be no doubt whatever,) and it
will be a heavy price to pay for it il we
are to lse oar noses as we!! as our hair.
If this ever happens, the civilized worl.l
will for one thing have to rcvUe its stan
dard of comeliness. It may be that the
civilized uum of the ftitnre will see no
beauty in a Greek statue unless it has
lost its nose, which, it is true, is the case
I with most of them,
Points on the Mercury.
It is said to be nearlv as cold in New
York as out west, where blizzards are
blowing the mortgages off the farm
To investigate this assertion a reporter
took a trip around town in search of cor
roborative Cuts.
At the Hoffman bouse the reporter met
a Montana man from Helena. He said
that he should not return to the ances
tral hails of hia "dugout" until whisky
thaws in the spring. It was so cold when
he left Boeian,in September, that $8 w6cn " T ontat n;g!it ; at th rest in one :irection it isa-Ieci-k-l
bran.ly had feen sawci into paper ! r'"'re Jf'an on sawyer has been waked j victory fir the Hotstein as a beef pnxluc
welghts, to remain in Uuit shape until r"m steep, iipposirg that the mill ing animal, Imt as there were two H-1-
the spriiiji elections.
At the Fifth Aventy hotil a promineut ,
citizen from St. Paul was found in his -room,
ith tiie steam turned off and the ;
ice croler in his bed. II-; said that Min- f
ncssota wis cool, but beautifuf. People t
never die there with consumption, be- i
cr-.use their lungs freeze stiff on their ar-1
rival ami only thawed out w hen they !
went back east to die. All the ceiueterv ;
companies in St. Paul were banknirt, '
an,i the un-iertakers were building skat- 1
i ing rinks, and would ma them as perma- i
; nent in'-c?tments.
A I iiluth man at the St J.im-s was ,
explaining
to Capt. Connor that the ,
J country afing the Northern PHciric rail- ,
; road 'annex was tempore-! by ;breeze I
j from the Pacific ocean. He said that in i
j Prjctor Knotf 3 countv the canned fruit .
! crop l.a.1 increased everv vear. The blia-
j zurd from Dakota had no effect on fruit,
i It was customary for skaters to fill their
noi-krts with stewed r.nsnes r-li-kcs! from
u trees. Canned peaeh-s were as pten-
tiful in January as are cocoanots in South
America.
The Lake Superior country had all the
advantages of a tropical country with
none of its annovances. When a child
went for a bucket of water there was no 1
fear of being gobbled by ap alog-ator. ;
Scorpions, centipedes, tarantulas, Renal f
tigers, rhir.ocerr-ses an-l spotte.1 Ic-parls ,
were unknown, ami when a family sat;
down to a dinner of potted meat and
canned elephant there was no vacant
chair nor newly made grave as Is often j
the case w here the mercury stands at 10 j
I degrees in mid-winter.
A Risiruirk man at the Brunswick said
the Missouri river was solid ice from Fort
Reiiton to St. Perrie, a distance of
miles. Freezing precipitates the mud,
leaving the ice so clear that one can walk
on the ice and see all tiie people who
have 1-een drowned lying at rest in the
bottom of the river as
they w.'re in a museum.
lUinctly as if
"
Tiie numerous :
steamln-ts, moles, wood yards, happy
homes and occasional towns and cities
great rivers are also visible. It is pre
dicted that next summer will be onusu-
allv wet owing to the large amount of ice
and snow on the western landscape.-
Fnm d AV 1VI Wirw.
A Drink That Lincoln Took.
Colonel John R. Haskin was a member
j of the Thirty-sixth Congress that expir
i ed on March 4, !oI,the dav Abraham
I Lincoln was inaugurated President of i
' the Unite.! States. Short! v after the t er- I
. I
pn.ot.ii24 were overtne new rf-i.!ent t:ii -
I a stroll in the corridor cf the Capitol,
and recrnizinz throush the open doors
ch nWn .!, I
ofa comiuittee room two of his acquaint-
ances stamiing in-ide, he entered and ex-
changed salutations with iukme! Haskin
ao,i ( v-l-rcl John F.-mcy. He then went
lii -in i.lti-i-rl smili-v l-i iea t ra n :
u ,h(te .nJ bkckj jn froft of
the Capitol building,
" While looking from the window,"
! said Colonel Haskin to the reporter, "I
opened the door of a waa.stand, where, .
for sanitary purposes, Colonel Forney j
an-l myself each kept a bottle of good
old brandy an.! some excellent B hanan i
whiskey. Mr. Lincoln, who had been 1
I.xiking oat of the window, turned at the t
moment, and I remarked to him :
" After going through the Senate and i
fe , 1
House vou must be tired. It is about our
time to take a drink. Will you join us?
. . . w l .-.l;.I
" " . "":'"M "r:' x , i
I told him we had ome fine bramly ,
and some good Buchanan whLskey.and,
asking him which he would have, hand- ; m,.h n!rre tha he WO!Ilea t J the prti,-e-l eye- of Uie nur instantly i 'I noi.-e-I that he was very eD-n-e.1
him one of those talr tra:ght-np-aml- ; thnk th;. L;fe u rec.ni-e-I iu the point the puncturing ! strative," returoe.1 he, as he moved un-
down tumblers, which were charad. r- . ' , ... , njclU.' of ahvL-nnlc vrinu..TUi k-l ! easilv ia hU .-h;.ir
tie of that period, and admitted of no d
ception.
"Buchanan whiskey?" bewiid. in.piir-
ingly. I think out of respect to the
"I think out of respect to the
present Administration, I ought to take '
the whiskey." i
' The glass was bamled to him, and he
ro"1 wrt l fowrfinser-deep.
I .I.- ntT,.ma karw- 4 . mOKm wT r-r.s
""". t .IJl, -,r : ,ul
7 .! Mr
! P ' t ' , ' ,
U wt Ute
ourwli - kcy stt!ght. Aod be did tac
, , , s : t
II WtlUOU. IKTOTr.CU WIUvtUT.
'
The Handsomest Lady
In Somerset remarked to a friend the
other day that she knew Kemp's Balsam
lor the Throat ami Langs was a superior
remedy, as it stopped hercoagh instantly
when others had no effect wbatcrver. So
to prove this and convince yoa of its
! merit, any druggist will give yoa a sam
' pie Bottle Fete. Large size 50 cents and
1 (Hlrft (T
J JL H VUUiL V
Voices of the Birds.
The Toice of birds correspond in their
registers to those of human .beings, al
though this has never before been stilted.
For instance, the nightingale is a rich
contralto, the mocking bird is a soprano
soprscnto, the wood thrush a fine so
prano, the skylark a curious combination
rif the mezzo and the soprano, with the
odds in favor of the niezzo. The state
driver is a basso profunda. His notes are
deep and sonorous, ami bis song is
" Punk-a-gonk '. A-gonk-a-wunk !" The
cwlar bird or watwing Iipg. He tries to
sing in all parts and caamiC siug in any.
The bobolink is a musical bvbrid of me
tres. Hia is a jingling song. He Is the I
only bird whom the mocking bird can't
imitate. If a bobolink be shut np in the
' same cage with a mockingbird the mork-
i ing binl will not infrequently- die within
f three months of a broken heart, because
of his failurs to imitate the bobolink,
Tile winter wren is a crystaline contralt)
tenor. The rapidifv of its sonz defies
lightning ami consequently analysis. The
blue bird, as Mr. Eeecher mid, always
9eems to be atul to sing something, but
never quite gets there. The vulture is
the musical discord of the binl family.
Its vaii. which is even more hoarse than
that of the blue jay, is perceptibly vitia
ted by its' intemperate habits. The vul
ture is the drunkard of birds. The bell
biri of Fl.iri.f has a voice whose gamut
j of sounds represents the higher ami low-
er tones of a peal of bells. The voice of
this bird can be hear! distinctly Cr i
three-fourths of a mile. The voice of the j
oriole soumls as though the bird were 1
singing Tuscan Latin. The voice of the i
wood dove is like a flute. The red bird's
voice resembles a ptco-ln. The scraping j
voice ef the whefsaw resembles so exactly j
the sound of a saw at a log-mill that ;
: was in rr.ot:-;n. The canary b3s a zi'hcr
voice. The catoirl imi'ate a violin. Toe
monotonous voiceof the blue jay is like
a Scotch Icgpi..
One Way to Cet Ice.
Many farmers wfv would be glad to
have ice for summer nse are dcterre.l
fmm putting it ur because it can only be
obtained at a long ilistance from home
and tiie hauling would make it expen
sive. They perhaps have a gl well
with windmill ar.d eievateI tank, from
which water could be carried ia pipe to
any desired locality. Persons so situated
ca make their ice-house in ordinary
winters and at but slight expense. A Ca-
na-lian farmer a. iopted this plan more
than twenty year ago. ami has b-en able
each w inter to make his bouse full of ice.
j Uls ter supply - brought in pipes from
. a Vria 00 higher ground than the build-
1 - e1-
if The ice-honse was bnilt on lower
f ground than the tanks info which the
water disrharcM t the house and barn.
It was made with double walls, the space
being packed with dry sawdust and a
ii.iit nnor ami tight inst-ie boar-ling. On
the advent of severe freezing weather
aaier was lei into trie House in a small
piantitv at a time, and when frozen solid
another supply was let in, the doorway
being built up on the insi.ie as the hou-
tilled. Ail the labor involved was the
letting on an-1 shutting off of the water.
It took but a fear .lays tf hard freezing
weather to fill the house with one solid- : originated, I tit it is probable that it was
ly frozen cake of ice. If mild weather j originally intea-ie.1 as a saeriSce to Nep
intervened befi-re this was accomplLsh.e.1 j tune, the ?.l cthe sea; as on laml the
the d.ior was .hut till it turned cold 1 jyl, were pr .pilite.l by offt-rinyiof the
a'-'a;a- j .k-voot, so 1j k sought to cilia the sea
The l e kept better than ice put np in , vu ire by offering him a eat. The old
rakes with air spaces between, but was , u, even ia this advanrr.1 sg., regar-ls
not a convenient to get out, as the whole 1 the rat as a veritable w.-ither-gige.
mass was solid. In buildiugsuch a house, I TheM l.m l-man is often pe.!to
;as ,here ,5,a no P,k'0 a the bottom
'.,,.: 2 I a : 1 I ..II I' . :
"r " o-inoinz, u
would be well to ose niatche-1 fltjorina-.
put together with lead, for the flHran-i
t age would not wet the pack.ngnn-ler the j
f floor mr in the walK The water should -
1 t - f s . - - ,
in open trougns, as iea.i or
iron oo!'1 ifler ,ittV fi!l ni with
,w from thv V'ent i"tfrg off of the
water.
What am I to Do?
The symptoms of Biliousness: are on-
happily but too well known. They dif- ;
tVr ta differer.t in-'ivi-!na!s to some ex- i
"l
it eater
4 '
tent A Bilious man is seldom a break-
T frequently, alas, he has
an appetite for liui-U but none ,
f,,r of morning. II tnge will ,
hardly hear intion at any time; if it
is cot white and furred, it is rongh. at all
events.
The digestive rytem is wkcafy cot
" :
or-Jer aa-l larrnr .cnstipation nut
be a symptom or the two may alternate.
There are often Hemorrhoids or even
loss of blood. There may be giddiness :
ae.? frf-n lieMil-i. K ,n-l .!.l-'ti r.r flit- ;
.. '
l-'tw and ten,lemes in the pit of the
niach. To correct all this J not effect
dire try Jt-jtA i7vr, it costs .
"al nu mouaanua a;ie lis e:u- ,
cacy-
'
f Men Judged by their Dress.
, . .- ,
Men mav also fir. nn motives of pr.ucv
. " , , - . "
( I- BUjIVlH'l . .jtr- B. .lie.
i judge one another very much by attire.
That most amte observer. esterfiVld,
, ... . , c
i,:,w.i j.jw ;-,,..
C UMKC . . v lJTOt-. IUU 1 '
! as in old times ther made war for the
i man in armor. . It ia by a man s personal j
' appearance that the world, to a consoler-
r k; tv,--. i
perharai. no coontrv in which men are !
' . - ,. ' . t
this. No one has a title or a Satuily to (
till bark noon and there are few ber
- min u 11' 1 1 -. 1 i-'-r .1:1 .1 1 .1 1: , i- .1 a .
things by which to S-mi a j-Klginent !
r! laur-'
inta il'Uflliu.
I have had catarrh, for twenty years,
and used ail kiadw of Teavli itaout
rellet . Mr. Smith, drflgji'wt,4 of Little
Falls. K-eommoodexl' Ely's Cream Baliu.
The effect of tbe first application was
magical, it allayed the in il animation an-!
tite next morning my head was as clear
aav a beil. ( ttw bottta- baa doite me so
much good that I am convinced its use
will effect a permanent cure.
It sooth- r
ing pleasant and easy to apply, and I
strongly nrge its iw by all saerers. Jeo.
Terry, Little Falls, X. Y.
WHOLE NO. 1907.
Feeding1
Steers of
Breeds.
Different
The Agricultural College of Michigan
has been experimenting with the feediDg
of steers of different breeds; representa
tives having been taken from th Short
horn, Galloways, Hereforis, Holsteins,
Jerjeys and Pevons. They were brouit
together at weaning time, cared for un
der the same conditions, and a careful
record of the food consumed, its amount
and qiiility, was mad.;, as well as of the
mode of management. The animals were
not selected on account of phenomenal
deve?opement, ami it is not out of place
to state that a single test will not pom
trvely deuiocstrate the value of any par
ticular breed. The ratio of gain is not in
l strkt accordance with the amount of
j fi wd consumed, and it ia noticeable that
! the gain for each month and the propor-
tion
foci consumed rarv rrvat'y. so
j much so as to render it almost imp-jwible
; to estimate the exa. t gain an animal
should make on a g: ven quantity of food.
but the charges in the pruportionsof hay
and grain as ailVcting the ratio of gain
are very marked. The greatest gain from
day ef birth was made by a IIoIste;n,
andthe lowest by a Jersey, the gain of
the former having been i.Ctt pounds, dai
ly, with the Galloway following, with a
daily gain of pounds; next time a
Shorthorn, with a tla:!y gain of
pound., the other having but UttSe less.
Rut the grtic in weight, tf.ouU stmewhat
! regitate-l by the f- -l consumed, showe-1
an a-lvantag in Javer of some brteJsas
being capable of producing a larje
am-junt of lcf at the lowest possible
cost, for w ith the exception of the Jerw-j-s
j and Devon, the IluL-tciiis consumed less
food than the others while the Jerseys
and Devocs did not aain in weight even
in proportion to the f-jol eaten. Looking
1 seins reirwnfet the secor.-I animal did
! not show as z'-'l a recon! as the first, yet
! its gain in jr . j.-rti. .n to Cl consume.!
was greater, while its daily gain was fully
equal t-. the steers of other breeds. It is
not to lie supposed that this test is dis
paraging to the .-horthoms. Galloways
j and Herefor-!, for in a second test they
may stjrj-ass the H-Ostein; but it deui-ontrat-i
titat, thoi:h the Hoisteins are
pro.lia-erot nii'k and barter rather than
of beef, the steers f that breed can suc
cessfully compete with tiie best beef-producing
breeds .f the CJMintry. We mav
not have reckcd that stage in breeding
; which permits us to
J breed of animaht
denominate any
an "all-purpose"
I one, but in the various tests that have
j been made to determine the best beef,
! butter and milk producers the Ib-lsteins
have come Bearer earnini the distim-tion
of " all-purpose" aniuials than any other.
FftM tfit r'iifnltlpkiti Rrrtir'L
The Cat For A Breeze.
" Y"e, sir. that is a Terr pretty eat."
sai l a Hfy t- an reporter yestenlay,
rpfcrr'ngtoa fine Persian cat eoilo.1 up
on a ng. "Bit I oftt'n w-nder ho I
man.id to get Itr home afe. ua
f t b.ug!.t it ia Calcutta and came
hon, in A .y shi ariUn.i the ew.
YVeil, sir, every time we were becalmed
the sailora would try and get my cat to 1
throw it overb.rd, for they think that
uo so win onng wtmi.
This U an .4.1 superstition of the mar
iner. It would he had t sav how it
; nrlnt for wn)e of the strjISiK. terms,
t '
- ln.i tioas ere often asked as to the
meaning of the
simply a q-iaint
rorl "catspaw" It is
lea of a mariner, who
sees in 1 : I ! .-nan I peculiar zephyr that
t rufH.-s the water a resemblance of the
fr.il-.' Cif fl r if. nM hhaiv 11 1 n 1 . r. 1 11 .v. 1
; g-Kl huuiorelly there wilt b a ysxl
; bteeze and fur. Bat when she arches
j her back and swells he tail, then look
out, for her scowling look will be as a
i calm to the st-jrtn it fureMhaiws. and the
t dashes front her eyes hot as sparks to tiie
n, tr ks "f lg-a? lightning which
certriniy illuminate the sky.
A Pitiful Case.
The in.-er.aity of morphine victims to
vi h:is never been
better
i"u trafed than in the case of a t. .una
' airf at a Jiab'e young ladies' boorl
I ing-s.h.J war Pt.Ua-felphia, who has
J just K-en takn away by her parent.
he sai l slie 1 mel to
usj morphine
w-jtuaa, wei!
from a young marritd
known in society in New York, wh-im
:-;ie met at a water.ng place last sum-
... .....
liieULK-tosurecamearjontacci-lentaily.
When tbe yoong stu-lect rr turned to the I
tha .f? ha1 pi. of deep 1
.i.n.lency, and often asked the priv- I
,4,, iiy t P10-i j- the eminary
...V t ,
apital. There she woa!-l
1 time, only wusing her-j
j set apart as a hospit
ue -.r a-.a .1 . i,:::-, uuij roii-in ner- 1
1 self when any oue approached the table
; on which st 1 an ink bottU; and a
t styl-igrapl-rie pen. The nurse having oe- j
j casion to semi a mesae to the .loctor
attempud to write with this pen. the ,
; young trirl at that time beimr asieep.
The pen mn only refused t write, htt
- " ,
to B tUB'1,t;i"n 01 "k
f-arunce bottKbat there was no
Jnk ln u waft oa the
outsi.le an I coaUiued Ma remits sula-
tiL,n '"?"' enoo-gh for one ban-ire-I !
ami twentv-eiht one-half train dose. !
-
Tb principal of the school w sno.- '
"W"11"' imnreItatly, an. I h sleeping !
-irrs arrn ba""L 11 a P- fn
n'u'','f ikiriiot to the hand, ami
tSys live. I brie marks o-nrirmcl the sus
picion, which was ehane-l to absolute
certainty by the ual! abevs which had
begun to f.in in tbe torcn just almve
the wri The habit hl been forme. !
aUj.it two wooth only, ami ther ia a !
tu-ibilitT that a cure can be a-orted.
A coHossal stick of Into her from Paget
Swnd has lieea contributed to the me-
' chanicV exhib-ti.m at San Franc L.
Its ler-trtb is 151 feet, and it is 3 by 20
nt-hes through. It is believed to be the
longest piece cf imber ever turned but
Didnt Dictate
A touriit stopped at a log-cabin to Jet
drink of water. Sotieing s very leas
eer Bear the dser chaw iug s ri, the
tooriM. ad lresKicg the " lamilorl," sai l :
" That's a very lean animal."
" Yes sorter."
"Why doalyoo jrlTa hiar sonethin;
to eat?"
"Ain't he eatia'?"
" Yes, eating a rag."
Wall, ef rag nita him, all right, I
ain't no man to dictate."
" Hell not nuke very good beet"
"Reckon not; don't want him fur
beef. I ride iw" -.
"Ride him'"
" That's what I aaid. Sum faiks moot
perfcr er hosa, but I want er suvr. You
oughter see him trot. Don't low nothin'
to pass him on the road. W j, he's so
math peartcr than any of the hosses
abaMU bet that when any body is in a
harry to go after the doctor they gener
ally come here and get hiro."
" I never heard of anything like that
before.
" I reckon not ; an' ef too stay round
here very longyoall fcwar o'er I manr
things yon never hear I o" beto'. Never
heard 'ole MatTuompson swulWrln" a
snake, did yoa?
" No."
" Wall, he done it."
What for?"
"Snake hungry, I reckon. I seed httu
at the time an' I thought that the pr-x-ed-in
was sorter Strang, but as I ain't n
man to dictate I let him tr !ea 1. Yan
der cornea my soti-ia-Iaw, an' I d- know
that hf' !es account tfu any feller that
ever lived. Look at him sloaiiin aUi.ng
like a fjol."
" Why did y-w permit your -la-JjShter
to marry him?"
"1'i-la t I tell you that I wa'mt a man
to dictate? I reck n y "i' 1 b-tt-r be gvae.
A teller that' bari o' un-lers-amiln' as
you air mout r" a man inter tru'!e.
A Bit of Manners.
It was not be. -anse he was han.Isom
that I fell in love with him. For the
little fellow was not camlsouie as fi!
phrase g;es. But he had clear, honest
eyes that locked friendly into yours and
a mouth that smiled cordially if shyly,
as my friend t-viched his plump httie
hand which rested on the back of tl-ur
car seat. He was with his mother. She
was plainly clad as was Le. She had a
tht.tight'td Cice, perhjj 9 a titt'e sa.L I
fan -ied she was alone in the world ; that
her husband miht be dead an-1 this
little boy her sole treasure. He had a
pritecting air as if h. ,vere In r only cham
pion an-l defen-ler. Rut he could not
have been more than five year M.
We arrived at o.-.r station and left the
car. We waited f.r tl.e long tnjia t-
pass. As tiie car in. which ...i;r little
frien-1 was seated i-ame up he wis at the
window. He caught slA.t of as, an-l
with the instinct of e,Mished cotirte.Hjs
habit Lis ham! went up to his cap, ar.-l
th cap was lifle-L A brght smile on
the bonny Cwv and he was g--n-.
It is not a comment on the manners of
ninety-nine beys that this little five-year-old
fellow is the 'one in a f Mildred "
that we renieniler?
Poor Man.
A buntlar g--t into the in use of a frail
looking, sad-eyed UlUa widow in Tj-..b
the other niht Noi fin-lmg rty valua
bles down stairs he stealthily ascendd
to the second fLmr and entered tte pui
where the sleeping am! unsuspecting -w
man lay with a smile that told of pleas
ant dreams on her lips.
R-ughly shaking her, the dastardly in
tnnler said grutffy ;
" Here, wake np ; bow jtist yoa ket-p.
cool ; no use yelling ; I know as well a
yoa do that you're al.-ne ia the house ;
just ham I over the keys t. here, stop
th.it T let go : help : murder 1 help 1 help !
0-o-o-h! h-h-hr
Y'hen the police finally got them they
found the tnrglar d-.ne np wth a cl ?! -
f line as neatly as a gs er does trp ten
I pi-an-is of sugar. He was jtvt opening?
his eyes in the "ctmin to" prtn ;
when they rested on th littTe wi.l-w
they took on a beseeching t k as lie
shivered aa-l sipped out :
" Don't leave me al--ne with her aiin.
gentlemen; please don't. I've k;!!.-l
Rixky Mmntaia lions snd she bear
with yoangcobn. ami tn-kle-! to hye
nas at a time, but this is my fir-t experi
ence with a lone Ari.r.y wid-ler. t an"!
yoa l-xjsen these ro:-s a little an-l e
I how manv of niv runt is broke, an-l r.ll
me over so" I raa ke.n fmu Txu',ii in-
-
1 . t. . . t. .. 1 1 .
5ne ' aocc. i ont ; ami t -t use
t nn m "R P -"ole.
! an-i 1 oevu w:nj on in a -lzen piaces.
I ra ler l III
never pull through
i.k.s
gentlemen."
- frZ Fsrr
Be Civil.
Nothing can be m.-re v.truab'e f- a
young man or Woman tn civility, and
it is the duty of every parent toincjicate
it b..-th by prw-ept and exaajple. N-
parent can a.T-rl, under any cirr mo-in-ea.
to y an timrivi! won! &achil !.
Tie rwpei-t which perict e-Mirtjey in
spires U the on'y bn.swo4t.it !.ve which
. alone hoe I a i-b,itd to obedience- an-!
t.JrT oVti-ed riht d-.inr dorin. th-
, crllic-jl ti'i- t,f e.wifK - hn tf... .t,--.-.
1 power of fear, which in rhiluhnnd iu:l.t
j be p..t-nt, is no long- effected.
; 1 shop or cotintin -rmt, olfirtr, or
home, it Is not only an invalnaWf p.
sew.-vn. wnicn an may have an-l B-.f
can aJ-1 to be wit'i-mt, but it also
brings ttuit e-iuipoise of personali'y
which enables one to be always at ti:e
best. .Inbre-1, spriugir. frn the hart'
t : . 1.
c.nfim.ed hilet !- i. ,.
tr rrM , and chaa k,
h'er but civility rises wperi-to both "
"1
An Affectionate Dog.
nave yoa -en papa j new "fc-g, 1 ar-
Io she asked, as they lea ther in
the parlor.
Yes," he repli. -nie-f.at ar.easily.
I have had te- Heasnre of ms :ng th-
dx"
" Isat be splendid ? Ife'a T-i;..n-
'ate"
"He is a very pyful animal, b. I
never saw cm saore plavful in all my
life."
" I ai gla.1 to hear y -a sue that."
"Wby?"
" Because I was a little bit afraid Uiat
when he bit the piece out of my pants
to-night he was in earnest. Rut if ho
was only in play of c.nrse it's ail right.
I can take fan as well as anybody."
A party of pienieers from OrfamJo-. Ky.
who explored the'btgeave in iSa-k.-astie
coanty reeent'y, fmd nine-Jinm-r pHtv
mbvn app-rra V oC
"rmU Th? hj,J " "r, rie.l
b-T th ' ' tie7
oaw. vt pterwi . e n-v,ri.
Th ue great lesaoa of C7i
IS)
taiaght in the profesm. that
ia trade.
taoght
One man is over-nice ami benvnes
fi-ay ; Qlr at ami ioaet hi-tn