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SOMERSET, PA.
BUGGIES. SLEKIUS, CARRIAOES,
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THE GFtEAT - IVI
ForlBrufses and Burns.
Fresh, Strong, Convincing Fact.
Beat Ktalt I Tr linn I . J-Vtl
wuu u m 1. 1 . .r 1 1 1.1m .t 1 c..
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FU tr a 1 ' hralMt -4 ipr-W-1 wr M
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AT Iritrotiirra ax Ika. .
THE CHARLES A. VOGELER CO.. BarHawa. Ha.
High -Pressure
Living rliaractflrizrii theso nuxlern ilaya.
Tbe renult in a fearful increikne ( Brain
and Heart Oiaeasea (ieneral Ie
blilty, InaoraniM, I'aral) sia, and In.
unity. C'lilorul and Morphia aui;uient
tbe eviL Tbe uiiHlii ino best atiapted
to do permatient goud is Aver'a Sar-
aaparilla. It rmritle. rnrirlies, and
ilalizea the btotid, and tbu ltrengtliena
every lunotion and fwulty o( tlie body.
"I have uited Ayer'a Saraaparilla, In
my family-, for year. I Lava fount! it
invaluable as
A Cure v
for Nerrons Drriility ranfod riy an in
active liver and a low statu f tiie lilod.
Hfnry Ilaion, Xenia, Ohio.
"For some time I lmve rx-en troubled
triih b'art disease. I netvr fottud any.
t Hi tin to help me until I l'eii osint;
Ayrr'a Sarsaiiarilla. I bave only nd
this radi ine Aix tuoaths, but it lias r
lieved nie trow my troulil!. ami enabled
me to resume work." J. 1. I'arianett,
l'erry. III.
"I bave Tieen a prai-tifin); physician
for over half a century, and daring that
time I have never found jto powerful
and relialJe an alterative and blood
jmritier as Ayer's Sursaiwrillu." Ir.
I. Max.stitrt,xuisviUe, Ky.
Ayer's Sarsaparilla,
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Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co Lowell, Mass.
rrioc $1 ; iix bottle., H. Vanh f a to'.tl..
b i ii jnt yi i e "i iT
$yffr.Dp ef a Hew Jarttry Senator. Dyfp? It. Sick
HiJataci-TarriUt TlMifu
There re ft few thinf tht I beliere im with
all m Uu-t" The !feker a- ex Senator Al
bert Mcrrilt, bead of the large fruit Arm, 82 Park
Pkr N. Y , and the rene hii office. I wan
Kick and fear ed I had baaome fated to endure the
Tortures of Dyspepsia
and afTi-ct:ooof the kidney. A rrlalire aid to
toe. 'Try Ir. Kt-nne-lT Kaorite Rrtnedy, made
ai Roo laut. N. Y. I did bo. 1 ftvir better, coukl
ea( htt p. and work with a clrarer bead, and tbe
re low iklr of my skin gave place to the healthy
color anrroa&rfnr. pure blood. Vr. Kennedy1
Favorite Remedy it entitled to tbe credit of tax
ing my life. 1 ran give you the naie and ad
drewitf Utiy perAm ho a3irm. aa I do, that
Kaorite Remedy " has ien u tbom a blewinf
fn time of need' Mr. A. l Krere, TarryMan,
N. Y.,siy "For a long time I wis troubled
with !evere attack of dixxinew and
Blind Sick Headache
due to Impure Mood. I wnnadviM-d to try lT.
Kttfiiicly n FtiV'-nu li(mjy. I did m and I
have been complete iy cured. It's the bet thing
1 ever iieri m lor ai.y rtnMnlet ol that naturv,
a Till 1 hve rs-otmnm-ixle! H to rwny wiib tike
wa-cifv." Mr. ImiiiU-I KUt. Tutiiod, Man.,
nay-. "I lviitn.iiieiid Jr. K-m.fly Favorite
Rtmcdy for 1j-a aud -rk tieailat-hr. It
riir-l me.' 1 y-p-nxta. Uiitipati-n, NervH
Btw, iK-biiity. Ku- uuiatirii. and like lllf peruiiar
to iai-u. mvanattiy y.eldto
DR. KESSEOYS FA VORITE REMEDY.
rEti-ARED nv
Dr, David Kmnnody, Uondant, X. Y.
Si per botil. Six ftf . Ity all drucsi
Cam Near Being- Totally Blind.
Mr. ori!et tii:bfnir, tbeexpreodriver
at I'niontown, l'a., had been blind in one
eye for years. Last moulli a wrere inflam
mation attacked the other eye. soon putting
him in a condition to be led. Ail the medi
cal men he consulted pave no more than
hope for one-fourth jijrht jrmiltd he would
hare the worst one taken out.
Mr. James A. Morris, whose fatlier Doc
tor Saddler, S04 I'enn avenue, ritt-bursrh,
had rei-toreil to siirht afier 2" yeur blind
ness recommended Ir. Sadler he conultl.
He did so. and in thirty days his sight was
as (rood as ever, and without t ikinz out an
eye. Mr. Gils. II. Taylor of Indiana, Indi
ana Co., Pa., blind in one eye for LH years,
has been rwtored to siirht through an 0'r
alion by Ir. Sadler. The eye was perfectly
well ill 10 days, and without serious pain.
It is to Your Interest
TO BUT YOUR
Drugs and Medicines
Biesecker k Snyder.
srHWRS TO C. !. BOYD.
None but the purest and best kept in stork,
and when Ini)rs become inert by stand
ing, as certain of tliem'do, we de
stroy them, rather than im
pose on our customers.
You can depend on having your
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filled with care. Our prices are as low as
any other first-clas, houte and on
many article much lower.
The people of thi county seem to know
this, and have given us a large share of their
patronage, and we shall still continue te give
them the very best good for their money.
Do not forget that we make a specialty of
FITTIXO TRUSSES.
We guarantee satisfaction, and, if you hav
had trouble in this direction,
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SPECTACLES AND EYE-GLASSES
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So
TRUE TO BROTHER SPEAR.
I can't decide why Urv&er Spar
Wan never joined to me ;
It wasn't becaa the find old tar
IfaduH every e lance to be ; .
If Poetry re mar led one time
Tiiat Woman hocI U trne.
It's more than probable that I'm
The ose it had In view ;
Fur. search the city low and high.
And no one will yu hear
To amy or hint but what that I
Wat Irw to brother Speer.
I mothered all h i daughters when
Their mother'a lli cut short,
AHhoturh they didnl ow or tfaetv
bo mmh as thauk me firt ;
I laoxhcd though aoorched with inside raye
And Mid I didn't care.
When bis young son, of fpank'ble ars.
Removed my surdiu hair ;
X called and called and called there ; why
Ht u er was iu seemed queer ;
The uouse-inaia even owned that I
Waa true to Brother gpear.
I hired ft lining In the ehnrch,
Sear him but cornenrLie,
Fo hisemotknift I could search
With my devoted eye ;
And when the sermon awd to play
On tore, divine and free,
I nodded htm. m If to say,
He's hitting yna aud me !'
lie went and took another pew
i if " lliouitand Uinguet ' in fear ;
But what sin was it to b true
To good ol J Brother ptrar?
Pvr man ! I recollect hespke.
One largo iM-ayi-r-meeting nijh
And to!d bow nilIUh we all look
Iu Heaven's majestic sight :
He said, Not worthy h had been -
By canscienw e'er abhorred
To be a dtur-keepcr within
Toe temple of tbe Lord ;
An 1 that hi- plat-2 for evermore.
I'udoubhdiy and elrar.
Was mainly baek beitimt tliedr
Iiw humble brother i? pe.tr!
And then I roe. ami made a speech,
Brimlul of wil-dlstreas.
And told them hnjr words cm Id not reach
My ovnunworthinc:
Hiw orphanage I tried to soothe.
And eheerie-4 Widowerhool ;
Iu; in the I-ord's gnat hnse, in truth,
1 x felt far fr.m gil
" And that my t rem filing heart and mind
Compelled it to appesr
Tha my place he'.H:efirth wi bvhind
The di"r?r, ith Brother Spear
PKjr man ! he ne'er atrarn, they say,
Va he.rd totmng!y speak :
He too'i dwn ill that vey day.
And dkl within a week.
But one prayer oft they heard him give
That when hi9 days were o'er,
still upou 1 1 u earth m yhilive
A thousand years or more.
A bi b -one 1 1 figure ft w.
And she1 the frequent tear ;
Abd alt In relatives will Vow
I'm true to Brother Spear.
-Will Carleimi, In ilarper't Jf.uKi-T frr April
FIGHTING FOR FAME.
The Indomitable Stanley Sends
a Graphic Account of His
Progress and Research.
TERRIBLE SUFFERIXG ENDURED.
Sir Frincia tie 'Wintm, Chairman Of
ths Eanin Pacha ReliefCoramittee, makes
public the letter which he received April
1st from Henry M. Stanley. It is dated
Bungangeta Island, on the Aruwhimi,
Angut 2S, 18S8. After confirming his
short dispatch of Auutt 17th, already
published, announcing that he had te
lieved Emin, Stanley proceeds to relate
the story of bin movements from June
2S, 18S7.
lie says he had established a pallirad
e camp at Ynmbtipa, on the lower Aru-'
w himi, just below the first rapids, and
appointed Barttelot commander. On the
arrival of the men and goods from Stan
ley Pool and Bo I o bo, the officers were to
te;xirt to Barttelot for duty, bnt no im
portant action was to be taken without
consulting Messrs. Jamieson Troup and
Waid. The odicers admitted that the
instructions were explicit and clear. Bar
telott hitd 2"7 men. lie was to slay at
Yatubuya until the steamer arrived from
Stanley Falls with men and goods, and
ifTippoo Tib furnished the carriers be
promised, he was to march, following
the track blazed out by Sanley's advance
column, If the carriers did not arrive,
B-irtelot might disregard these directions
and liegin short journeys until Stanley
should come down to his relief.
Stanley's column set out June 28, 1SS7,
from Yatubuya with 3S) oHic-era and
men. Ou the first day the Datives they
met fired their villages and began fight
ing. The skirmish lasted only fifteen
minutes. The natives continued for five
days along the march to impede the ad
vance in every way they knew of, but not
a man of Stanley's party was lost. The
jiarty reached the river again on July 5
ami from that time till October IStli fol'
ed the left bank. After 18 days continu
ous marching, they halted one day for
rest. On the 24th day they lost two men
by desertion. They made only foar halts
in July. On August 1st the first death
occurred. It was from dysentery. They
now entered a wilderness, which it took
nine days to march through.
l-KFT.RIXiS IXCEEAsr.
Their sufferings began to increase, and
several deaths occurred. The river heljw
eil them, as the ranoes relieved the men
of much of their burdens. August 1.1, on
arri ing at Airsib.a the natives attacked
thetn, and five men were killed by poi
soned arrows. Lieut. Stairs was wound
ed near the heart, and suffered greatly
for a month before recovering. On Au
gust 15, Jepson, commanding the land
party, got too far in and was lost. His
contingent rejoined the main party on
the 21st. On the 15th they arrived In
the district of Airjeli and camped for
awhile opposite the mouth of tributary
Nepoko.
IiESPBTEUS GET AWAY.
On August .11 tbe party fell in with a
caravan of Manyema under I'ledi-Baly-ns.
This was most unfortunate, as Stan
ley had taken the route he did in order
to avoid the Aral. As expected, sever
al of his men were tampered with by the
Arabs, and.within three days 2 bad de
serted. On September 1.1th Stanley ai
rived at camp opposite Vgarrowas. Ho
could not rely on friendly relations with
tbe chief and finally made a trade with
him, leaving SO sick men with him and
$." a month apiece was to be paid the
chief for taking care of them. Three
days later Stanley left I'ga rowas, and on
October IS reached a settlement belong
ing to Kilingalongh, a Zanxibarese slave
of Abid Bin Salim, tbe fierce old Arab
who has made so much trouble in the
Congo State.
AH AWTtT. MONTH.
Stanley saya ; This proved an awful
month. Not one member of our expedi
tion, white or black, will forget it. Out
of the 3S9 men with whom we started we
oaer
SOIERSET, PA., WEDNESDAY,
lost 't by desertion and death between
Yatubuya and Ujrarrowas, and left SO
sick at the Arab station. On reaching
Kilingalongi we found we bail lost 56
more inert by starvation and desertion.
We had lived principally on wild fruit
and nuts. Abed Bin Salim's slaves did
their utmost, short of open hostilities, to
ruin the expedition. They induced the
men to sell rifl. and clothing, so that
when we left we were beggared and the
men nearly naked. We were too weak
to carry the boat and 70 loads of g -!-),
and we left thetn at Kilin.iloni under
Surgeon Parke ana Captain Nelson, the
latter of w hom was unable to march.
After marching 12 days we reached Ib
wiri. The Arabs had devastated the en
tire country so that not a native hut was
standing between Ugarrowas and Ibwiri.
What had not been destroyed by slaves
of Abid Bin Salim the elephants ruined,
so that the whole region was turned into
a horrible wilderness. But at Ibwiri we
were b?yon I the utmost reach of the de
stroyers. We were on virgin soil, in a pop
ulous region ab mu ling with food. Our
suffering from hunger, which began
on August :51, terminated on November
12. Ourselves and men were skeletons.
0,it of the 3) men we now numbered
o tly 174, and several of these now .had
ni hope of life left. A halt was ordered
for the people to recuperate. Hitherto
they were skeptical of what we had told
them. The suffering had been so awful,
the cala uities so numerous, the forests so
endless, that they refined to b-tieve that
by and by we should see plains im I cat
tle, aal the Nyanza, and the white man,
E nin l'aclia. We felt as if we were drag
ging them along with a chain around our
neck.
"B'vond these hardship," said I,
lies a country untouched, where fxd is
abundant, and wheie you will forget
your miseries ; so cheer op, bovs ; be
men ; press ou a little faster," Tliey
were deaf to our prayers and entreaties,
for, driven by hunger and suffering they
sold their rides an le j lip nents for a few
ears of Indian corn, deserted with the
ammunition, ami were altogether demor
alized. Perceiving that prayers and en
treaties and mild punishments were of
no avail, I then resorted ti vnitin; u;jn
the wreu lies the death peua'.ty.
IXFUCIiSu THE HEATH I'ENAt.TY.
Two of the worst cases were accord
ingly hanged in the presence of all. We
halted H days in Ibwiri, and reveled on
fowls, goats, bananas, corn, sweet p da
totM, yams, beans, etc. Tiie s ipplies were
inexhaustible. The people glutted them
selves. Tue result was that I lia 1 173
sleek and ni Mtly robust men when 1 set
out for Alliert Xyanxa on November 21.
(One man had been killed by an arrow.)
We were still 12i miles from the lake,
but with fod such a distance seemed as
nothing Oa December 1st we sighted
the open ciuntry from the top of the
ridge, which was named Mt. Pisgah, be
cause it was our first view of the land of
promise and p!entr."" December Mh wrr
emerged on the plaint, and the gloomy,
deadly forest was behind us. After 100
days' continuous gloim, we saw the light
ofdiy, making everything beautiful. We
thought we had never seen grass so green
or country so lovely. The uten leaped
for joy, and ran with their burdens.
A PITCHED BATTIX.
At Kilongasongas, on December 9, we
caine. to the country of the powerful
cheif Mazambrine. The natives sight
ed us and were prepared. We seized a
hill as )on as we arrived in the center of a
mass of villages about i p. m. on Di-cero-ber
".occupied it, and built a jureba of
brushwood as fast as we could cut it.
The w ar cries were terrible from bill to
hill across the valleys. People gathered
by hundreds from all points, and war
horns and drams announced the struggle.
We checked the first advance of the na
tives with a little skirmish anil captured
a cow, the first meat we hud tasted since
leaving the ocean. Night wore on, and
passed peacefully. In the morning we
opened a parley. The natives were anx
ious to know who we were, and we
were equally anxious to glean news. They
said Mazouiboni only held the country
for Kahbarega, who was their real king.
They finally accepted cloth and brass
rols to sliov Mazomboni, and hostilities
were suspended until morning when Maz
omboni sent word that we must be driven
from the land. The proclamation was
greeted in the valley with deafening
cheers. Their word Kinwani signifies
peace and Kurwana war. We hoped we
had heard wrongly, therefore, and sent
our interpreter nearer to inquire. They
responded ' Kurwana," and emphasized
it with two arrows fired at him. Our
hilt was between two valleys. I sent 40
men under Lieutenant Stairs to attack
the natives in one valley and 30 uader
Jepson into the other valleys. Stairs
crossed a deep riverin face of the natives,
assaulted the first villace and took it.
The sharpshooters did effective work and
drove the natives back up the opposite
slope nntil the fight became general.
Jepson also drove the natives in front of
him. We marched straight up the val
ley, driving back the people and taking
villages as we went- At 3 p. m., not a
native was visible anywhere except on
one small hill a mile and a half west.
THEY SIlillTEP SYAV7-.
On the morning of the 12th we con
tinued onr inarch. During the day we
had four little fights. On the loth we
marched straight east, and were attacked
by new forces every hour until noon
when we halted for refreshments. At 1
p. Tt. we resumed our march and 15 min
utes later I cried : " Prepare for sight of
Nyanza." The men murmuted and sa d:
" Why does master continually talk this
way? Nyanza, indeed. Is not this a
plain, and can we not see the mountains T'
But 15 minutes later, and, after our four
days' march, the Albert Nyanza was be
low them. All came to kiss my hands
in recogniztion of my prophecy. Our
position was 5.200 feet above the sea, the
lake over feet lelow us. We were
then in I degree 20 minutes latitude.
The south end of the Nyanzi lay map
ped out about six miles south of this
Kition. We were attacked during the
night, but drove the attackers away. At
9 o'clock next morning we reached the
village of Kakongo, bnt were unable to
make friends with tbe inhabitants. They
would not be friendly because, having
never heard of a white man, they feared
we would scare their cattle away. They
wouldn't aiivpt any presents, or indeed
have anything to with us, though tbey
were perfectly civiL They gave as wat
er to drink, but nothing else. Tbey
set
ESTABLISHED 1827.
showed ns the path and we camped half
a mile from tbe lake. My couriers from
Zanzibar evidently had not arrived, or
Emin Pacha would have arrived at the
southeastern shore of the lake. My boat
was 100 miles distant and there was no
tree in sight large enough to make a
canoe.
On January 7 we were in Ibwiri again,
Lieutenant Stairs being sent to Kilongal
ongas to bring stores. Only II men were
brought into the fort out of 38 sick, the
rest having died or deserted. Soon after
Stairs's departure I was attacked with
gastritis and an abeesa on the arm. I re
covered, and after 47 days set out for Al
bert Nyanza on April 2, Captain Nelson
was lt.'t in command of Fort Redo.
A LETTER FRO KM IN ru II.
One day's march from Nyanza the na
tives came from Kavali saying that a
white man named Malcjja had given
their chief a black packet to give to Stan
ley and asking him to follow them.
Thev remained that night, telling won
derful stories, which convince! Stanley
ttiat this white man. was Emin Pacha.
The next day they met Chief Kavali,
and he handed Stanly a note from Emin
Pacha, which was to the effect that, as
there had been a rumor that a white man
had been seen at the south end of the
; lake, he bad gone in his steamer to make
I inquiries, but hail been unable to obtain
I any reliable information. However, he
! had heard that Stanley wa in Mozam-
bonis country an I he begged him to re
' main where he was until he could com
municate w ith him. The note was sign
ed " Dr. Eaiin," and dated March 2H.
The next day, April 20, "a strong force
bxik a boat to the Nyanza, On the 2ilth
they sightel Muwa station, tbesouthern
raost belonging to Euiih Pacha, and were
hospitably received by the Egyptian
garrison. They were failed as brothers.
EMIN A.Vn STANLEY MEET.
Stanley then continues: "April 20 we
once again reached th bivouac ground
occupied by us on December 1(5, and at 5
p. M. of that day I saw the Khedive
steamer seven miles away steaming to
ward us. Soon after 7 r. M. Emin Pacha
and Signor Casata and Jepson arrived at
our camp, where they were heartily wel
comed by us. We were blgcther nntil
May 2o. On that day I left him. Four
teen days later I was at Fort Bodo, w here
were Captain Xylson and Lieutenant
Stairs. The latter hud returned from
I'garrowwas 22 days after I had set out'
for the lake, bringing wi.h him, alas
!ti men out of oil. All the rest were
dead. My 20 couriers whom I bad sent
with letters to Major Barttelot hail safely
left Ugarrowwasfor Yambuya. On March
10 Fort Bodu was nourishing, nearly 10
acres nniier cultivation. June 10 I left
Fort Btslo 111 Zanzibar and 101 of Emin
Pacha's jieople. The garrison consisted
of 50 rifles. I had deprived myself of
all my officers in order that I should not
be encumbered with baggage and provi
sions and medcints, which would have
4u be taken if accuuipaai led by European ,
and every carrier was neccessary for the
vast stores which hud been left with
Barttelot. June 24 we reached Kilon
galongas. and July 10 Ugarnwas. The
latter station was deserted. Ugarrowwas
having gathered as much ivory as he
could obtain front that district, and pro
cecdeo. down the river three months be
fore. August 10 we overtook Ugarrow
was, with an immense llotilla of 57 ca
noes, and to our wonder our couriers
were reduced to 17. They related an
awful story of hairbreadth escapes aud,
tragic scenes. Three of their number
had been slain, two were still feeble
from their wounds and all but five bore
on their bodicsthe scars of arrow wounds.
August 17 we met the rear column of the
expedition at Banalya, Bonney met me
and told me of Barttelot's death and
that Jamieson had gone to Stanley Falls
for more men and Mr. Troujw had gone
home sick.
THE FOIMKS WIIECKED.
"I found the rear column a perfect
wreck. Out of 357 men only 71 remain
ed, and out of these only 53 were lit lor
service ami were mostly scarecrow s. Ac
cording to Bonney, during the 14 months
since I left the record had been one of
disaster, dissertion and death. Many of
the details seem incredible. There re
mained still far more stores than I can
carry, at the same time articles needful
j w ere missing. Ieserters had spread the
i reKrt that I was dead,, and the officers
j accepted the report and agreed to cancel
my instructions, they accordingly sent
my persona! kit, medians, soap, candles
Bnd provisions down the Congo as super
fluities. Thus, after my immense sacri
fices to relieve and cheer them, I find
myself naked and deprived of even nec
essaries. A to::;:iii ioxe oi tkit.
"But, strange to say, I have kept two
iiats, four pair of boots, a llannel jacket,
and I propose to go back to Emin Pacha
and across Africa with this truly African
kit. On returning here we lost only three
men, one by desertion. Out of the 257
men I left at Yatubuya only 71 remain
and 10 of these will die. - This great loss
shows that despite the sufferings on
march, the mortality was not so great as
in camp. The survivors of the march are
all robust, while the survivors of the rear
column are thin and most unhealthy
looking."
The pnrty passed 100 days going
through one continuous forest Stanley
estimates its area at 240.000 square miles.
Between Yambuya and Nyanzi five dis
tinct languages were spoken by the na
tives. Fifty miles before reaching Nyan
za they saw a mountain about 13,000 feet
high, its summit covered with snow.
Referring to Emin Pacha, Stanley says
the Pacha has two batullions, one of 750
men and tbe other of 040. He is keeping
up a line of rommnniition along the
Nyanza and the Nile, aliont ISO miles in
length. In the interior, west of the Nile,
he retains three or four small stations.
He has with him about S.000 people in
cluding women and children.
On May 1. 1SSS, Emin Pacha came
ashore from his steamer and had a long
talk with Stanley. Emin Pacha said he
bad decided that it was best that his par
ty should retire from where they were.
The Egyptians were willing to leave.
But of the regulars composing the two
battallions, Emin had some donbt as to
their willingness to leave. Tbey had led
such a happy life and woold demur at
leaving a country a here they bad enjoy
ed luxuries they cannot command in
Egypt. The soldiers are married and sev
eral have harems. Emin feared that if
left behind all discipline among them
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APRIL 10, 1880.
would end ; the more ambitious would
aspire to be chiefs by force, and from' the.
ri valries would spring bate and slaughter,
until none were left.
Stanley's letter concludes as follows :
'The Pacha proposes to visit Fort Bodo,
taking Jepson with him. At Fort Bodo
I have left instructions to the officers to
destroy the fort and accompany the Pacha
to Nyanza. I hope to meet them all
again on the Nyanza, as I intend making
a short cut to the Nyanza along a new
road. Signed. "Henry M. Smm.fy."
All Sorts.
A canvasback duck is said to be able to
fly SO miles an hour.
An Englishman has invented a bonnet
which can be taken off in the theater,
folded np and used for a fan.
A young lady being asked where her
native place was, replied : "I have none ;
I am the doughter of a Methodist preach-
! er."
A pigeon missed seven times at ashoot
j iog match in New Jersey finally broke
i the string attatched to its leg that it
might be again used as a target, if not hit,
and flew off.
An Indian girl flared up and tired a
pistol at her young man because he was
half an hour late on Sunday evening, and
he didn't want to explain that he had
been washing his feet.
"A superior house parlor maid who can
teach elementary music" and a "plain
cook, under 25, who knows shorthand."
were advertised for in a recent Issue of an
English paper.
A portable house has just been com
pleted down iu Orlando, Fla, It has on
three floors six comfortable rooms, and
being constructed in sections 20 inches
wide, it can be taken down and transport
ed like any ordinary lumber.
A revivalist at Tama. Ia., recently ask
ed all of the congregation who paid theie
debts to rie. All rose but an editor, who
explained that be didn't pay his debts
because the rest of the congregation owed
him on subscript i ns.
i
A whale and her calf were washed
ashore at Barbara, Cal., during a rcent
storm. The discoverers rigged up a wind
lass and hauled the carcasseson the beaelt
and will fry out the oil. They expect to
get several hundred barrels.
In purchasing medicines, don't try ex
periments; the first and only considera
tion should be genuineness. Ayer's Sar
saparilla has stood the test of forty years,
and to-day it is in greater demand than
ever a triumphant proof of popular ap
proval. Mr. Sweeney, of Cummings, Oa., lias
some extra smart stock. He says that
one day recently one of their hogs slip
ped up on a large hen hawk that was de
vouring a chicken and caught and killed
it. At another time a cow ran down and
cought a rabbit-
"Keep your seats, please, ladies and
gentlemen," said a theatrical manager,
"there is no trouble whatever, but for
some inexplicable reason the gas went
out."
Then a boy sho'ited from the gallery :
"Perhaps it didn't like the plav."
In Tallapoosa, (ia., a party had run n
large bill with a merchant, and given his
promissory note in payment. To avoid
paying a legtimate debt, the said party
brought action to show that said merchant
had never had bis w eights and measures,
tested, and for this reason could not col
lect any bills for xoods sold by weight and
measure. The law is rigid on this oint.
and specifies that merchants cannot col
lect bills for goods sold by weights or
measures not bearing the stamp or seal
of the ordinary.
A young married mm of Washington
who has been annoyed by vagrant dogs
at night, conceive I the ide of settin
fish-hook to catch, one. He succeeded in
catching one, which h killed. A few
nights afterward he dreamed that a black,
dog was atter him ; after a while the do-.'
changed to a bear, which seemed intent
on his destruction. His gun dropped
from his hands and he set np sucii a i,
unearthly yell, calling for his nearest-
neighbor to come and kill the bear, as I
awaken hiin and frighten bis wifealino-t. j
to death.
A gentleman of Ainericns, (ia., s
i bragging of having the best wife in the
State. He says that in the ten years h
has been married she has never asked
him for a dollar. He never give hern.
dre-M, ', n r anything H- g.-nerally
borrows money from her, and she makes
more than he does, yet he is a merchant.
She self -tall home products such as meat.
j lard, chickens, wood, hay, etc., and beat
his store. He does not buy anything bur.
! sugar, coffee and little rice, as be ha
everything else to sell off at bis place.
He says she is above all price to him.
Discussing the Ministers.
Several children were discussing the
good and bad qualities of the ministers
of the respective churches that tbey at- !
tend.
One child declared that his minister
was "all over eves," anil that " nobody
I or nothink couldn't do anvthink with
out him seein'. Why, one Sunday I
made three snoot-faces at Billy Brown,"
continued the excited youngster, "an our
minister came tootir bouse the next week
and when I was alone with him, he as't
me what I made them 'snoots '.at Billy
Brown for. Now, some ministers would
told toy mother on me an got me licked,
but he didn't. He's a trump, be is."
"My minister ain't got but two eyes,"
piped up a little girl, but he's got a mous
tache what he keeps feelin' of all tho
time to see if it's there, so he don't ree ai!
that's goin' on. My gwaruma was sick
an' way from chnrch awhola lot of weeks
an' he said he didn't know nutiin of it
My mamma said that didn't s'prise her j
a bit."
"Every Spring.'
Says one of the best housewives in
New England, "We feel the necessity of j
takinga good medicine to purify the blood
and we all take Hood's Sarsaparilla. It
keeps the children free from humors, my
husband says it gives him a good appetite,
and for myself I am sure I could never
ao an my wora 11 11 was not lor mm j
splendid medicine. It makes me feel i
strong and cheerful, and I am never j
troubled with headache or that tired fetrl- j
ing as I used to be." 1
A Canine Friendship.
The following story of friendship be
tween two digs may, I think, interest
some of your readers. Soma time ago, I
used often to stay with a friend of mine
in Wiltshire, w h'Me park is separated
from the house by a lake which is about
150 yards broad at the narrowest part,
Being extremely fond of animals, I soon
became intimate with two delightful dogs
belonging to my hostess, a large collie
called Jasper, and a rough skye terrier,
Sandie. The pair were devoted friends,
if p isstb'.e always went out together, and
sad to rvlate.even poached together. One
afternoon I called them as usual to go
for walk, and making my way to the
lake, I determined to row across ami wan
der about in the deer park. Without
thinking of my two companions I
sprang into the boat and pushed
off. Jasper at once jumped into
the water, and followed the bout ; half
way across, he anil 1 were both startled
by despairing howls, ami stopping to
look back, we stw poor little 'Sandie
running up and down the bank, and bit
ter'y bewailing the cruelty of his two so
cailed frien Is in leaving him behind.
Hardening my he-art, I sat still in
lence, and simply watched. Ja-qer was
clearly distressed ; he swam round the
boat and looking tip into my face said un
mistakably with his wise brown eyes,
" Why don't you go to the rescue?" See
ing, however, that I showed no sigs of
intelligence, he made up his mind to set
tle theditti -ulty himself, so turned and
swam back to forlorn little Sandie ; there
was a moment's pause, I suppose for ex
planations, ami then, to my surprise and
amusement, Jasper stood still, half out
and half in the wa'er.an l Sandie scram
bled on to bis back his front paws resting
on Jasper's neck, who swam across the
Like, and landed him safely in the deer
park ! I need not describe tiie evident
pride of (he one, or the gratitude of the
other. London Wir.
The Old Ox Team.
An .ox team on tbe streets of St. Paul
is said to be quite an unusual sight, but
the resident of Minneapolis w ho cares to
be reminded of bis old New England
farm days with the sight of a yoke of
oxen doing yeoman servh-e in front of a
wagon needs but to go down in the vicin
ity of the city market or over to the city
hay yard on Lyndale avenue and be will
lie pretty sure to find one there on almost
any pleasant day. The farmers who
drive horned steers into the metropolis
are usually of the regulation down east
pattern, typical Yankees, who are slow
in abandoning the customs of their en riy
days. Many of the farmers and gnrden
ers aliout the shores of Minnetonka are
eld settlers from way back. For years
afier their advent in the territory of Min
nesota the ox team was the old stand by
in all the various details of farm labor,
and for many a year was even the favor
ite mode of locomotion. Tlnse old farm
ers in later days have become gardeners
as well, and either out of deference to
old traditions or liecause they find him
profitable, they still continue to make
use of the patient ox, and are not to l
deterred by any metropolitan customs or
hifilutin notions from hauling their pro
duce into th city behind their faithful
ox teams. St. Paul I'lunrrr ..
Transporting a Herd of Buffalo.
The Manitoba fist freight train from
Winnieg brought in a herd of eighty
three live buffalo, which were on their
way to C. J. .Tones' ranch, noarOanien
City, Kansas. Mr. Jones bought these
queer cattle front Warden Benson, of the
Northwest Territory, who, since H7T, has
succeeded in raising this herd from five
animais captured at that time. Mr. Jones
has already on his ranch (.bout fifty head
of bison, and a goodly number of ani
mals resulting from a cross lietween the
bison and ordinary Iseef cattle. The-mat-ter
of domesticating these animals is at
tracting much attention among breeders,
as the w ild bison is alimxt extinct, and
buffalo meat is worth 50 cents' a pound in
Chicago. A great many curious sight
seers visited the Manitoba yards while
the cars stood there. iliiinniji l Tri'
nnr. The Wrong Train.
Thrv-e Phil tdelphia card sharps enter
ed a train the other diy and succeeded
in getting seats along-ride of a green look
ing fellow w hom thev knew had a big
wallet. They were v;-ry jsilite ; he was
genial. Heexplained that he was going to
Washington. They were, too ; so lucky,
etc.. etc. A littleg-.ime wxs proposed and
started. The countryman played awk
wardly, but was evidently enjoying the
fun. High stakes followed ; very high.
They let the countryman win, of course.
Suddenly he started up. " I must get off
here," he sai I ; "I am on tiie wrung
train."
"Eh! What?" they t-j iculate.1. "You
said you were going to Washington."
" Yes, I am," he replied, " to Washing
ton, Pa. Good-day."
The grpen countryman wa not so green
as he looked, and he was not going to
Washington. Pa. lie took the next train
to Washington, D. ('.
The Juggler and the Scotchman
One of bis most surpriipg feats' was
performed on one of our arty. a Si-oteh-inan
named McKarlane. Placing in Mc
Farlar.e's hands three pice small copper
coins equal to one farthing in value he
requested the Scotchman to hold them as
tightly as possible and not to permit them
to escape him. MeFarlatie bad a great
deal of confidence in himself anil very
little in jugglers, and would have wager
ed a round sum that hecoul I hold three
pice for the balance of the day. B'lt in
a few moments the pice Is gau to swell,
and McFarloiic declared he could fi el
them squirming. At last be dropped
them, and behold the coins bail changed
to young cohra-dicnpcllos, each about six
inches king, and these disappeared from
our siirht as tnys'eriously as they bad ap
peared. fVtamoKtiilin.
. -
A spoonful of fine salt or horseradish
will keep a pan of milk sweet for several
davs.
Boils, pimples, hives, ringworm, tetter,
and other manifestations of inif-ure blood
re cured by Hood's Sarsaparilla.
Robbie's mamma put en, by mistake,
a light stocking on one loot, and a dark
one on the other, when he reminded her
that "thev were not twins."
WHOLE NO. 1900.
The Latest News of Prohibition.
From ll.irper'f Weekly nf Marrk Jtt. Has.
The prohibitory movement has reached
an interesting stage. It is a question of
expediency, because the weight of intel
lectual public opinion is wholly in favor
of a wise regulation of the liquor traffic,
and the signitti-ance of certain recent
events cannot be overlooked. In Rhode
Island, where a prohibitory amendment
to the constitution was passed two or
three years ago, the'.I.egislature has de
rided to submit to the voters the question
of its repeal. In New Hampshire the
proposition of such an amendment has
lieen voted down by a decisive nijority.
In Massachusetts the opinions of well
know n citizens who are prominent in all
good works and of the most enlightened
public spirit have been published, which
reveal the sober .ind intelligent thought
w hich will finally deride the question.
Among thes opinions is that of Prof.
James II. Thai er. of the Harvard Law
School, which presents the question in a
light which will be new to many of the
earnest supporters of prohibitory amend
menu to constitutions. Prof. Thayer
shows the nature and purpose of such in
struments, and in so doing reminds us f
the unwisdom of ill-considered, however
well-meaning, attempts to divert consti
tutions from their proper objects. Prof.
Thayer says l and his words are worthy
of careful rellection) :
" Our State constitutions, besides pro
viding for the framework of government,
the qualifications of electors, and the like
were made to U- the guaranty and char
ter of a few simple, well-established, nn
controverted principles, lest in moments
of passion or inadvertance, or under the
temporary pressure of special interests,
these should be disregarded. They were
not made to be codes cf laws, or to em
body the opinion of a monetary majority
upon an entirely unsettled question like
this of the best way to deal with the
drink question. Te process of using
constitutions in this way is a process of
degradation from the example of our fa
thers." The prohibitory amendment is not a
declaration of fundamental principals ; it
is substantially a law. Its object can be
as completely and more satisfactorily ob
tained by a law than by a constitutional
provision, because opinion constantly
changes upon the question of expediency
of forms of restriction. Constitutional
provisions should be fundamental, and
not the subjects of constant agitation.
But the best and sincerest temperem-e
1 1 1' n 1 rn fw,? an. I w. V. .. . . I ,
- ........-. ..tr.!, fiuitj uven, snil j
never can be, agreed that a particular
method of regulation of the traffic, or its ;
total destruction, may be regarded as a
fundamental principle. It is especially a
subject for law, and not for constitution
al provision. Prof. Thayer, in empha
sizing this truth has performed a timely
and important public service.
Pounded Class For Poultry.
The war on oyster sne'ls has bronght
to light the fact that ponltrymen have
been buying oyster shells when they can
use something niiii h tietter, and that is
broken glass. The only use of shells is
to as list in grinding the food in the giz
zard, but they are too soft, while the
siiarp, cutting edge of the glass are ben
eficial. iHm't lie afraid of the glass; it
will not injure the birds, for nature has
provided the liens with the power to I
utilize the hardest and sharpest of sub
stances for the purpose of grinding the
food, and the more broken glass and
pounded crockery yon give the hens the
fewer thy cases of indigestion and chol
eri will lie the result. It opens up a
chance to utilize nil the broken lamp
glolies. panes of glass, cracked plates an 1
cups, and provides the hens with just
w hat they moat ardently desire. Round
gravel d.ies not provide grit. As soon an
the gritty material has the f harp, cutting
s!0'es worn off ia the gizzard it is avoid
ed. Iu other words. 'the bird does not
grind its food in the gizzard so much as
it cu.s it.
One of Gov. Hoard's Stories.
W isconsin's homely executive enjovs
a w ide reputation as a spinner of yarns,
and none doe-i he tell with a keener rel
ish than those t his own expense. Gov.
H ar. possesses in a high degree the
indescribable" knack" of telling stories.
The tfovernor tells a story which, as re
lated by him, is intensely funny, of a
Yankee, who had a spedy team, which,
be claimed, hod never been passed but
once. One day tbe Yankee overtook a
funeral procession which had been
brought to a sudden halt by the giving
out of one of the horses w hich drew the
hearse. The Yankee volunteered the use
of his horses to tike the place of theoth
er team, and in a few uiiiutes he found
himself on tiie hearse, driving slowly bis
; 9;edy animals. Just at this juncture a
: rival whom iie had frequently vanquish
ed on the roce track came speeding hy,
evidently highly exultant at once getting
j his old a Iversary at a disadvantage. Hu
i man-nature assi rte 1 itself in the Yankee
however, and he let his horses out. Then
an exciting race wo liegun, only w hich
! ceased on the jwrt of tlu Yankee when
he was overtaken by a man who rode up
at a furoiu r.ite on horseback and 'old
; him tint " there was a funeral procession
; half a mile lj.u k which was willing to
put ina little tune in a lugubrious way
! if it only had a c irp-ie to hea l it." This
! was the only tmietu.it tiie Yankee was
free to confess that lie had ever been
j passed on the rosd. Chin-go lUntLI.
Deformity From Bright's Dis- i
ease. j
I
S. D. VanB.iskirk, of Demareat, N. J., :
says Aug. 2 . Ks-t ; ltr. David Kennedy's
Favorite Remedy, of K ondaiit, X. Y, has
cured our daughter of Bright's Disease,
after all other means bail failed. She
was so sviolieii that she measured 45
inches around tiie waUt, and IS inches
below the knee. To say that we feel !
thankful forsuch a boon as Favorite Rem- (
edy is bMt a or expression of the feel- i
ings of grateful parents. I
Are your pullets laying nicely now ? If
not yon have nvglected them in some
way. Probably you overlooked an occa
sional feed of cleisn wheat. Try it and
you will be please,!.
Even Turkey moves. Half a century
ago it was consi Jered disgraceful for
Turkish woman to knr.w how to read.
Now, tho Sultan himself has established
tevo schools for girls in Constantinople.
Teaching the Young.
The Listener in the Boston 7n-riy
has given several extracts from a book by
Mis Carnlin U. Ls Row, of Brooklyn,
called "The Yiing Idea," which contain
examples of the results of nievhanicil
rote inslr-H-tion.
Mis Le Row begins in the miiMIe of
tSiugs with a sample school srne, which
simply serves to illustrate the intelligence
of the average tenement house pupil:
The definition of the worl "wicked."'
occurring in the reading !e-oii, is asked
of a class of children from ten to tweUe
yean of age, of foreign parentage, and
living in a tenement house ward.
"What does 'wicked' mean ? Some one
tell."
"A sick person."
"Ob. no. Wicked means very naughty,
rerv bad. Tell me what wicked persons
do."
"Thieves, robbers, murderers, niggers,
ghosts "
"Oh, my dear children ' There is no
such a thing as a ghost, and negroes aru
not all wicked."
' I know a nigger that steals. Our dog
steals. lists steal."
"Is it wicked for a dog or rat to steal '."
"No, ma'am."
"Why not r
" 'CaiLe tbey ain't got no manners!"
The point in the introduction of this
little colloquy is this :
That the teacher's "grade" obliges her
to teach a great many words and ideas
which are utterly beyond suck pupils'
apprehension. They attempt to learn the
words before tiiey do the things. Tiie
rote teacher exclaims: "Dictionary!"
when the oupil asks the meaning of a
word. The pupil lodts it tin : for in
stance, the wonl "monopoly." It is de
fined: "Monopoly from two Greek
wonls meaning alone and to sell. Si'e
permission and power of dealing in any
goods.or with a particular country: ex
clusive command or possession." And
then come the children's exercises, which
show how well they have understood the
definition :
"Our grocery man is a monopoly, be
cause he keeps on a corner all alone."
"Monopoly is something to clean the
floor with."
And here comes in a chance for'a little
moral. The boy may be 'sick with in
formation," but would be the author of
" The Young Idea" want to know, if he
were asked about things which are lo
bim real things, tell you that a pair of
skates were something to eat, a bob-sled
something to wear, and a pin-a of pie
something to play with? Thisearly and
persistent use of words without ideas."
Miss Le liow thinks, "is the worm at the
root of the educational tree, and its
blighting effect can be traced through ev
ery branch of the child's mental labor.
He is from the first in a state of bondage
of words." It isn't only in the matter of
definitions that th bondage shows itself.
It is carried into all branches of the
school work. The child studies all his
lessons in the light of new wonls. 'The
Young Idea," tells how studying is some
times done.
Not long ago a little girl wxs studying
half aloud a lesson in grammar, ris king
herself to and fro, as her glib tong-ie kept
time with the movement. "Appellations
of the Iity should always begin with a
capital. An older sister, sew ing near by.
ventured the question, "What do you
mean bv appellations?" A blank stare.
"I don't know. That's what the bis k
says." "What do you mean by le.tv?"
Another stare. "1 don't know. Tne
teacher didn't tell ns to learn that. Don't
bother nie. I've got to learn my lessons."
S the intellectual exercise was resumed,
accompanied by the rocking and the
muttering, "Appellations of the Ieity
should begin with a capital," until the
lesson was ileelareil "learned."
Here is where scholars learn their im
portant facts in arithmetic, which, by the
way, one of them beautifully defines as
"the sins of number."
"Subtraction is the minuend and the
subtracted end."
"A partial prsluct is one of the things
you multiply with."
"Brokerage is the allowance for the
brokerage and leekerage of Isittli-s."
"Insurance is when you die or burn up
your money and the insurance office pays
yon for it."
"If there is no units in a number you
have to fill it np with all zeros."
"Principd is not valuable like interest
and is never pc.id."
"No man will live Ion.; enough to b
insured unless he has great exjiectatioii
of life."
Miss L" Row comes valiantly to the
support of enera! Walker, and main
tains that about two-thirls of the in
struction in arithmetic in the public
schools is useless and in the way of more
valuable ins ruction.
Here are some characteristic grammar
definitions:
"Grammar is something to talk g-wid
and is divided into diagrams on the black
board. I can't never learn no gram
mar." "A pronoun is when you don't want to
say a noun and so you say a pronoun. It
is when it is not a pronoun but a noun."
"A conjunction is your very much sur
prised at something."
"An interjection is thmwing wordsinto
a sentence o dear is interjection beeau.-e
yon can't pass it with anything."
"Adject'veof more than one syllable
are repared br adding soma more svlla
bles." "An adverb is used to mortify a noun
and is a ern place or thing."
Our Rainless Lands.
The vast region in the I'nitcd States
where the rainfall is insufficient for suc
cessful auricult ure, comprises al.ait two
fifths of our ent're area (exclusive of
Alaska.; It aggregates sl-Mit LJoOiiOO
square miles, and is alsmt equal to tbe
combined area of Great (Iritani and Ire
Ian I, Belgium, lenmark. Frame, tier
many. Italy. Sweden, Norway. Holland
and Aiistnvllumrary.
This arid region embraces nearly ail
the public dom-iin and is capable of sup
porting a population of at least 2". ',
OtO. It is a thirl larger than linti.h-ln-dia,
a country having many similar char
acteristics, and supporting over LtX'.'".
000 inhabitants largely by irrigation. In
solving tbe problem how to utilize this
vast arid region ao as to make homes for
the ieoplc we have the exisriem-v of
tltousands of years to guide us.
The imt populous nations of am-ient
times occupied the arid regions of Asia,
Africa and Europe, and suW-ued by ag
riculture, prosecuted by irrigation. It is
rati male, I that there are ".,) oi now
cultivated by irrigation in t:ie Cnited
States, varying in value from $M totl.iM)
per acre, and yielding a net income equal
to the interest on a much larger sum than
thia valuation. Senator Steaar!, of Ne
vada, ia the F 'fiirt,.
The much-discussed portrait nf;Im.
Hayes in the Green Room of the White
House recently drew frani Senator Evar's
clever witticism. "Time mir do a
good ileal for the picture," he aai.l. " hot
there was a mistake made at first whw-ti
can never be be corrected. The ni-t
painted the portrait in oils. Mrs. Hay.
should always be painted in t-r
colors."