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J).
Mood's Saved
I Can Honestly
Say This
fly Life
For fears I was ln a rery serious eondltioa
with catarrh of the stomach, bowels and bladder.
I suffered Intensely
from dyspepsia, and
In fact was a miser
able wreck, merely
a skeleton. I seem
ed to go f i-aaa ta4
wr. I really
wlnhed I was dead.
I hail no rest day or
night. I did not
.
: medicine of the
wrong kind that It
had poisoned me,
and my Onger nails
fcegaat taira
black and eome off.
I begrtn to take
Mr. W. R. Young,
Potter's Villa. Ta.
Hood's farsaparilla. I had faith In the medicine,
and It i'.IcI more for me than all prescriptions. I
have gradually regaiaed perfect health, am
entirely free from catarrh of the bowels, and
pain in my back. My recovery Is simply mar
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Hood's Cures
Hood's Pills relieve distress after eating.
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Smith.
Stock Taking
Over. . . .
Oar Surplus Stock is much
larger than we expected.
We find many lots of goods
that must be sold during
August, before the arrival
of our Fall Inipoi talions,
September 1st.
Price
will be no object we will
not carry these goods into
another season, so look out
for extraordinary values
during August in
Domestics,
Linen Goods.
; Wash Goods,
Silks,
Dress Goods,
Ladies' Waists.
Ladies' Wraps,
Millinery,
Ladies' and Gents'
Underwear,
Carpets,
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Upholstery Goods,
Furniture,
Housefurnishing Goods,
China Ware, &c.
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Next Door West of Lutheran Church,
Somerset, - Pa.
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as the Cheapest.
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A GOOD HEARSE,
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ished.
SOMERSET - - Pa
omer
SOMERSET, PA., WEDNESDAY,
OLD FASHION E0SE3.
They ain't no style about 'em.
And they're sort o pale and faded;
Yit the doorway here, without 'em.
Would lie lonevomer, and shaded
With a gMMl 'ml blacker shaddcr
Then the morn In' glories makes.
And tlie sunshine would look sadder
For llielr good old-fashion's sak.-s.
I like 'em 'cause they kind o'
Sort o' mnkea teller like 'm;
And I tell you. when I find a
Hunch out whur the sun kin strike 'em
It alius nets me thiiikin'
O' the ones Mutt used to grow
And peek in thro' thechlukln'
(' the cabin, don't you know T
And th.-n I think o' mother.
And how she 111x4 to lore 'em
When they wuzn't any other,
'Less she found 'eh up above 'em ;
A nd biT eyes afore she shut 'cm,
VhlsH red with a smile and said
We must pick a bunch and put 'em
In her hand when she was d.-ad.
I!i:t, as I wuz a sityin',
They ain't no style about 'em.
Very Kaudy or displaying
Hut I wouldn't be without 'em,
't'allse I'm happier Iu these iamb's.
And the hnllyliHWks and sieh.
Than the hiiinuiin' bird tlutt uises
In the roses of the rich.
Jm-rt n'hilcomb Hilry.
A FAMOUS J LIMP.
How George Washington Won the
Tillage Beauty.
George Washington was a wonderful
jumper. Thackeray in "The Virgin-
ianss," gives him the magnificent record
of twenty-two feet three inches for a
running broad. Vouivg Harry War
rington writing home from England a
description of a jumping match in
which he covered twenty-one feet three
inches, thereby beating his competitor,
Lord March goes on to say : "I then
told them that there was a gentleman
at home who could beat me by a good
foot, and when they asked me who it
was, I said Colonel U. Washington, of
Mount Vernon as you know he can
and he's the only man in this country
or mine that can do it." So if Thack
eray is to be believed (Seorge stands
the champion broad jumper of his
time ; indeed, up to 1SS9, he could easi
ly have won all intercollegiate champ
ion comjietitions and most of the na
tionals. What the agile young pater
patriae might have accomplished with
spiked slioes, a cinder path and a nice
plank "take oil" no one can say, but it
is not improluible that he would now
-stand not ouly first iu jieace, first in
war and first in the hearts of his coun-
trymeu, but first on the list of running
broad jumpers as well.
It is rather unfortunate that the de
tails of this remarkable jump arc not to
be found, but I have discovered a very
pretty little story which gives him a
record only two inches short of that
given him by young Warrington.
In a pretty little village in Virginia
there lived iu 17T a rich and eccentric
old farmer whose daughter was declar
ed to be the loveliest maiden in all the
eouutry round. The lieautiful Annette
was eighteen years of age, and of course
had many suitors for her hand and
heart. Some offered her wealth, some
xsition, others nothing but love and
labor, but, obedient to her father's
wishes, she encouraged none of them.
On her nineteenth birthday the old
man invited all the youth of the village
to a grand haymaking frolic, and they
came, amoug them a dozen handsome
young fellows who were known to still
retain a tender regard for the fair girl
whose natal day they had come to cele
brate. The morning passed in merry lalmr.
Iiynoou the barns were filled with the
fragrant hay, and all were ready for the
feast, of good things that had beeu
spread under the shady branches.
"Now, my lads," said the old man,
after the banquet was some time over,
"I've got something to say to you. It
seems that a good many of you have
been casting. sheep's eyes at my An
nette. Now, loys, I don't care any
thing about money or talents, book
laming and soldier laming. I can do
as well by my girl as any man iu the
country ; but I want her to marry a
man of my own grit Now, perhaps
you know it, and jierhaps you don't,
but when I was a youngster I could
beat any one in all Virginia in the way
of leaping. Look here !"
He held up as he spoke three hand
some medals.
"And all of them won in fair fight,"
lie went on, "liesides which I got my
old woman by licating the smartest
man on the eastern shore. Now list
en : I've taken an oath that no man
shall marry my daughter without
jumping for it There you have it,
boys ; yonder's the green and here a
Annette. The one who jumps the
farthest on a dead level shall uiarry
her this very eveuing."
This peculiar address was received
with great applause, and more titan
one youth, as he bounded away for the
arena of trial, cast a glance of antici
pated victory upon the lovely prize as
she stood blushing in-side her father.
Propping their various amusements,
the entire party wended their waj-,
laughing ami singing, toward the vil
lage inn lnTore which spread the green.
In the center this plot of ground was
bare and admirably suited to exercise
of the sort iu which they were about
to engage. Soon all was in readiness
for the contest. The signal was gi-eu
and the young competitors stripped of
their coats and stepped forward.
"Edward Grayson, seventeen feet !"
cried oue of the judges. The youth
had done his utmost, but it was clear
by the look on his face that he had
little hope. With a longing glance at
the prize he could not win he left the
grounds.
"Dick Boulden, niueteen feet !"
Dick, with a little laugh of satisfaction,
replaced his coat and joined tbe on
lookers. "Harry Preston, nineteen feet three
inches !"
"Well done, Harry !" shouted the
spectators. "You tried hard for the
acres and the homestead." Harry,
who was a rattle-brained sort of a fel
low, laughingly vowed he only jump
ed for the fun of the thing. It was
thought, however, that he would not
have said so if he had felt sure of win
ning. Charlie 8imm, fifteen feet and a
halfr
"Hooray forCharlie! Charlie wins!"
set
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cried the crowd with good-natured sar
casm. Charlie grinned, threw off his
disappointment with a slight uplift of
his shoulders, and was soon creating
roars of laughter with his wit, which,
by the way, was far more nimble than
his legs.
There was now but one leaper left,
for several had liccomediseou raged and
retired from the contest
"Now for Harry Carroll !" shouted
the spectators, and Harry stepped for
ward amid great applause. Carrol was
the ntliletej.f the village, and he was
so general a favorite that everyone
wished as well as anticipated his suc
cess. Moreover he was a handsome
youth and it Mas well knowu that be
tween him and the beautiful Annette
there existed a strong mutual attach
ment. Harry cast a swift glance at his
sweetheart and at the villagers, and
with a gleam of triumph in his eyes he
laiunded forward.
"Twenty-one feet and a half. A
magnificent leap!" cried the judge.
"Hooray for Harry Carroll. Harry
wins !"
Hands, hats and handkerchiefs were
waved wildly by the delighted villag
ers, and the eyesof the happy Annette
sparkled with joy.
Now just liefore Harry had leatied,
and while every one's attention was
fixed utMHi him, a stranger had entered
the throng unjierceived. He was a tall,
gentlemanly young man iu a military
undress frock coat, who had at that
moment arrived on horseback before
the inn. He was just in time to wit
ness Carroll's great leap.
The first burst of applause over, the
spectators awoke to the stranger's
presence. The man's handsome face
and easy address at once attracted the
eyes of the maidens, while his manly
and sinewy frame, iu which were hap
pily united symmetry and strength,
called forth the admiration of the
young men.
"Mayhap, sir, stranger, you think
you can beat that," said Charlie
Simins, remarking the manner in
which the newcomer scanned the are
na. "If you can outleap Harry Carroll
you beat the best man in the colonies."
"Is it for amusement you are pur
suing this pastime?" inuired the
youthful stranger, "or is there a prize
for the winner?"
"The sweetest prize man ever strove
for," answered one of the judges;
yonder she stands."
The stranger cast a resptctful glance
at the blushing maiden, and his eyes
looked admiration.
"Are tlie lists ojien to all?" he ask
ed.
"All, young sir," replied Annette's
father, with interest, his youthful ardor
rising as he surveyed the proportions of
the straight-limbed young stranger.
"If you will try you are free to do so.
Here is my daughter, sir; look at her
and decide.
With a smile the newcomer threw
otr his coat, drew his sash tighter
around his waist, and stepped forward.
Annette looked anxiously at Harry,
who stood near with troubled brow
and angry eye, and then she cat upon
the stranger a glance of piteous en
treaty. All hearts st'd still as the
young man bounded forward.
Twenty-two feet and an inch !"
The judge's words were received with
murmurs of surprise and wonder. Not
without a feeling of pity for poor Har
ry, all crowded round the new victor,
offering him their congratulations.
The old farmer approachel, and
grasping the young man's hand, ex-
ultingly called him his son, and said
he felt prouder of him than if he were
a prince, lo the oiaatniete me true
patents of nobility were physical
strength and activity.
Itesuming his coat the stranger
sought with his eye the fair prize he
had, although nameless and unknown,
so fairly won. She leaned upon her
father's arm, pale and distressed.
I'oor Harry Carroll stood aloof,
gloomy and mortified, admiring the
stranger and his ability, but hating
him for his success.
"Annette, my pretty prize," said the
victor, taking her passive hand, I have
won you fairly.
Annette's cheek became paler than
marble, she trembled and cluug closer
to her father, while her drooping eyes
sought the form of her lover. At the
words of the stranger Carroll's face
grew dark and determined.
"I have won you, my pretty flower,
to make you a bride tremble not so
violently I mean not myself, however
proud I might lie," he added, with gal
lantry, "to wear so fair a gent next my
heart I think there is a favored youth
among the competitors who has a
higher claim than mine. Young sir,"
he continued, turning to the surprised
Harry, "nicthinks you were the victor
in the lists before I strove not for the
maiden, though one could not well
strive for a fairer, but from love of the
manly sport iu which I saw you en
gaged. You are the victor, and as
such, with the permission of this
worthy assembly, you receive from my
hand the prize you have so well and
honorably won."
The youth sprang forward and grasp
ed the stranger's hand with gratitude,
and the next moment Annette was
weeping from pure joy upon his breast
The place rang with the acclamations
of the delighted people, and amid the
excitement the newcomer withdrew,
mounted his horse and rode briskly out
of the village.
That night Harry and Annette were
married, and during the festivities
many and many a bumper was drank
to the health of the mysterious aud
noble-hearted stranger.
Passing ou several years we find that
Harry Carroll has become CoL Harry
Carroll of the revolutionary army. Oue
evening the colonel, after just return
ing from a hard campaign, was sitting
with his family on the piazza of his
handsome country house, when an ad
vance courier rode up and announced
the approach of General Washington
and suite, who would crave the col
onel's hospitality for the night The
necessary directions in reference to
household preparations being given the
colonel ordered his horse aud rode for
ward to niect the distinguished guest,
whom he had never seen, though serv
ing in the same widely extended anny.
That evening, at the table, Annette,
now the dignified matrouly, and still
AUGUST 14, 1895.
handsome Mrs. Carroll, could not keep
her eyes from the face of the illustrious
visitor. Every moment or two she
would steal a glance at his command
ing features and half-doubtiugly, half
assuredly shake her head to look again
and be still more p'JzzletL Her aWnce
of mind and embarrassment at last I s
came evident to her husband, who in
quired affectionately if she were ill.
"I suspect, colonel," said the goncral
who had liecu some time, with a quite
meaning smile, observing the lady's
curious and puzzled scrutiny of his
features, "that Mrs. Carroll thinks she
recognizes in me an old acquaintance."
And he smiled with a mysterious air
as he gazed upon I Kith alternately.
The colonel stared, and a faint mem
ory of the twist seemed to lie revived as
he gazed, while the lady rose impul
sively from the chair, and bending ea
gerly forward over the tea urn, with
clasied hands, and an eye of intense
eager inquiry fixed full ujm.ii him,
sftxal for a moment with her lii part
ed as if she would speak.
"Pardou me, my dear madam par
don ine, colonel I must put an end to
this scene. I have become, by dint of
camp-fare and hard usage, loo unwield
ly to leap again twenty-two feet one
inch, even for so fair a bride as one I
wot of."
George Washington was indeed the
handsome young athlete whose myste
rious appearance and disapearaucc in
the native village of the lovers is still
traditionary ; aud whose claim to a sub
stantial btxly of bona title llcsh and
blood was stoutly contested by the vil
lage story-tellers until the happy denou
ement which took place at thehospita
ble mansion of Colonel Carroll. Seorge
H. Westley, in Chicago Inter Ocean.
Western Dast Storms.
There is no perfect climate on the
face of this round earth we call ours.
Paradise may afford such ; but mean
while, between here and there, is a
chance to make a variety of interest
ing observations. The dust storms of
the "Great American iX-scrt" are not
fully treated in the "attractions" of
various new towns issued by siM-rula-tors.
The dust storms of Colorado,
New Mexico, Arizona the whole des
ert section in whatever State are im
portant factors in the chances for com
fort and success of the new settler.
The signs of a coming dust storm are
many. The air is electric, a feather
will cling to the fingers, the sky is oft
times gray and streaked, the children
iu the schools, even the primaries are
nervous. Suddenly the bits ofpajH-r
in the streets liegin to whirl ; soon you
will see the dust coming like a rolling
storm cloud ; the sky is olise-urt.il ;
everything out of doors is "on the fly;"
the slim branches of the scant cotton
woods slash the air, and if you are un
fortunate enough to lie out of doors,
your eyes, nose, and mouth will be fill
ed with alkali dust, while you ore
striving to make headway against a
whirlwind. If you are under cover,
you will hasten to drop w indows and
shades; but the dust is so flue it will
pv-netrate whatever air can. The pat
tern of the carjiet may lw obliterated,
and in some of the worst ones in New
Mexico an eye-witness has said that
drifts have been fnrni.il ou the floor
from one to two inches in depth.
"How long does a storm last?"
Sometimes an hour, sometimes time
days coining with great violence at
intervals. We have known one that
continued a week, with the exception
of one day for a recess. The effect upon
a nervous temperament is distressing ;
there is a desire to hide the head like
an ostrich ; tj creep into some hole, to
cover the face so as not to see the wild
turmoil of whirling things. The irrita
bility Is so great with some jiersons as
to culminate in tits of weeping. This
is followed by exhaustion.
It is not improbable that sand storms
had an influence in the building of the
"clitr dwellings."
A dust storm may occur at any time
of the year, but the spring is esiiecially
prolific. When the "kamsin," the
wind from the doert, "blows," be it
summer or winter, the worst kind of a
storm may ride ou its wings.
The huge, cone-shaped mounds of
ossified structure, which stretch for
miles here and there on the plains, tes
tify to the whirling winds that over a
thousand leagues of desert have had
their mad sweep for centuries.
By some, dust storms are considered
scavengers. Some think the air seems
purer just after one, and so it does, on
the principle that the tooth feels better
when it is done aching. Some think
them heathful, as dry earth is a disin
fectant, lKit the injury to the throat
and to the nerves and the disastrous
effect on vegetation seem to overbal
ance this consideration. Hartford
Times,
The Name Aroused Her.
Mr. Rudolf Lehman ii declares that
he once found political animosity of
great service to him in paititing a por
trait His sister was a London lady who
belonged to a family ronowmil for its
stanch political opinions. It was the
height of summer and very hot The
lady was inclined to lie stout, and under
the influence of the heat she now and
then fell into a nap, to the serious an
noyance of the painter.
Her husband, who knew her weak
ness in this regard, asked Mr. Leh
maun in the lady's absence if he had
experienced any trouble of this kind.
Mr. Lehmann could not deny it
"Very well," said the husband "the
next time it occurs you just mention
Mr. Gladstone, and you will have no
further difficulty."
The artist took the hint, with imme
diate effect. Henceforth the lady was
almost too wide awake. Youth's Com
panion. "little, Bat Oh, My!"
Thus ran the refrain to the old song,
and the same may be said ofIr. Pierce's
Pleasant Pellets. They are little, but
oh, my! don't they drive away the
blues, expel malarial poison and bil
iousness from the system, cum can
stipution, sick headache, clear the
clogged brain and cause the dejected
sufferer t) bratM up and realu; that
life is worth living after all!
THE STORY OF JOHS BROWN, JR.
His Stirring' Account of the Straggle
for Free Soil in Kansaj-
Chiit(ft) Jtcdtnl.
The only man living to-day of the
eighteen who, with John Brown, of
Ossawattotiiie, struck the blow at Har
jier's Kerry, is Jason Brown, w!m resides
at Pasadena, Cal., and he is old, older
than was John Brown, Jr., who died
recently at the age of seventy-live, at
his home tin Put-in-Bay Island. So
lime passes away; the wide breach be
tween North and South has narrowed,
atid Is being bridged by sympathy and
a better understanding. No o:te would
have entered more heartily into the
ceremony of unveiling the monument
to the Confederate dead than John
Brown, Jr., who had worn manacles in
a Kansas prison for his hatred of
slavery; who mourned a father and
four brothers; who had seen the hair of
his wi.e turn white at the age of thirty
through grief and terror, and who had
before him, until his death, the remind
er of that terrible sacrifice of the pea-e
and security of his family in an im
becile son, born to him while he was a
hunted fugitive.
The writer of this sketch had an in
terview with him on his Island hont
one bleak autumn evening six years
ago, when the summer guests had all
departed from the big hotels at Put-in-Bay,
and he could stride thu beach
unmolested by curiosity or the camera
For he was not only a historical char
acter, but also a local celebrity a man
who woultl make his individuality felt
in any community. He had a robust
frame, and stood half a head taller than
the average men, even at the age of
sixty-tight. He was broad of shoulder,
st ron g of st ride, handsome of face, w i t it
a shock of iron-gray hair and patriarch
al white beard. He was free and cordial
of manner, had a liberal culture, and
ww uncompromising in principle.
"Every man who deserves the
name," he said, "has a principle for
which lie sacrifices much or every thing.
Mine is prohibition, Addition abolish
ed. It's too early in the day to say
that prohibition is not going to prohib
it. It will when there is a Moses in
spired of God to lead the children out
ttf their bondage to drink. I don't
feel the call as did my father. But it
took the essence of abolitionism, con
centrated through ten generations of
Browns, to produce my father. It lie
gan with Peter Brown, the carpenter
who came over in the Mayflower. None
of the family ever owned a slave,
though the custom wascommon enough
in the North in colonial days, and the
Browns were always prosperous men.
I remember once my father reading the
Constitution of the I'nited States to his
seven sons, and saying: 'Some one will
arise and secure to the black man the
life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness
guaranteed in that document. Home
of the free! What a mock.Tyr lean
rememlicr a hundred times in my youth
how we were thrilled by my father's
tremendous earnestness. As we grew
older we noticed that he prayed often
alone. We liclieved in him as the
family of Mahomet liclieved in the
prophet, and wo'ild have followed him
uiiquestiotiingly at any tim'. When
Kansas was opened for settlement, and
the slavery question was U-ing agitat
ed, he said: 'Now, lys, is the time.
Kansas needs Free-Soilers who will
tight and die if necossary.' Without a
word of argument Jason, Owen, Fred
crick, Salmon, and myself five Brown
brothers went to Kansas with seed,
fruit trees, livestock, implements, our
young families, anil two squirrel rilles
ami a revolver.
"Six thousand border ru!U tis from
Missouri had voted at the election of
the spring la-fore. There were less than
one thousand electors in the State at
the time. We had the ague, and while
we were sick our crops rotted. We
lived in the midst of h istili- neighbor
and were amenable to bad laws. The
murder of Free-Soil men W-gan iu vt.
Six months later these assassinations
were avenged by the hanging of six
pro-slavery men at Pottawattomie.
Any one who had heard him, as I have
a hundred tinu-s, would have known
that my father was an in.-trument pr
dilccd by the exigencies of the time
that required him. I do not lielieve any
volition of his owu could have prevent
ed the march of events or his part in
them. His failure was victory; his
cause triumphed over his ik-.ttli. He
headed no party, changed no law, won
no kittle and suffered an ignominious
death, but he left a principle that
animated io.OnO.iss) people into action,
lifted the burden of slavery from the
South, and brought civilization for
ward one hundred years at a single
stride. Aud his soul goes marching on!
I cannot tell you how my heart leaped
the first time I heard that song. I
never heard how it originated, but all
at once half a million soldiers were
marching to victory inspired by the
soul of martyred John Brown. The
Nation had just caught up with him
who five years before had been swung
off to immortality and immortal fame
from the end of a rojie.
"Harper's Ferry? I was not there. I
was in Canada, getting supplies ; sup
port the fighters. I missed the heuin
necklace, bat I wear 'slavery bracelets
yet" He rolled his sleeve alve his
elbow, and showed a ring scar that
sunk deep and encircled the arm.
"That ring of skin came otr with some
ropes in a Kansas prison. After the
massacre of the six men at Pottawat
tomie, Owen, Jason, and myself were
captured. My arms were tied back
with a heavy rot?, and I was forced t
run before a cavalry escort all the way
to Osawattomie in the hot sun. I
went insane, and did not know when
the ropes were removed, but I luid torn
the flesh otT my swollen and bleeding
arms in my agony, and there are the
bracelets. I was in prison for months,
wasted with fever aud violently insane,
so that if I had not lieen chained to the
floor, I should have killed myself,
probably. They did not attempt to put
any of us to death, because they were
afraid of my father, who had his band
of Free-S ilers in the swamp, but who
rode in and out of the town unmolested
So terrible had his name become that
the border ruffians were afraid to come
to vote in H V'., and the State was car
ried for Free Sjii. Ojr work in Kansas
ULO
WHOLE NO. 2298.
was done, but Brother Frederick was
murdered, my wife's Lair was snow
white, I was slowly recovering mind
and strength, and my infant boy utter
ed ouly scnsvle! babblings."
The "boy," a man of thirty-two then,
was sitting o:i the opposite side of the
fireplace, smiling with imb-ciie a:n
iability ukiii thf visitor. John Brown.
Jr., swept his s'.iock of gray hair Ikw-'k
with Ills hand, and resumed his story.
"No, my father was not a large man,
or ro'.u-t, like me. lie was only five
feet ten incites, a:i I weighed b'.it It)
)Unils; yet such was his asect that he
carried the impression of a ma-sive
buiid. He had a military look aud
liearing, like the tiixl-l'earing Puritans.
His eyes were a keen blue, under shag
gy brows, and he rarely smiled, Irtit was
serious and in-litative not sad, be
cause never discouraged. He always
appeared to his followers, and even to
his eiicmii-s, to lie In I lie foremost
ranks of in. n. Emerson once said that
Cromwell was the only other man in
history who would have justified a
violent a-t on bis own part as a special
commission. But of his erso:ial ap
pearanee?ike John the Baptist crying
in the wilderness. Only once in the
last four years of his life did he wear a
suit that was not ragged, and that was
on the scaffold. His hair grew long
and wild in Kansas; his fu-e was un
shaven for weeks. He wore a leather
belt that bristled with knives and pis
tols, and iu this garb he held religious
services iu theswanqis and prayed with
his band of men. '1. not despair he
said; 'one and G sl are a majority.' It
was tlutt little taud of men, with God,
that carried the day iu Kansas for Free
Soil. At home he was lik a child. He
rocked us nil to sleep at night, and sang
us bis favorite song 'Blow Ye tlio
Trumpets, BlowT so that the martial
strain sounded like a lullaby. Every
thing weak and suffering found protec
tion and comfort on that gentle breast.
From Kansas, father and the other
boys, with my brother in-law Thomp
son and my young sister Anne-
went to Virginia, where they lived as
cattle-buyers under the name of Smith,
until Harper's Ferry. Converts kept
coming until .here were eighteen.
You know the rest.
"He did not hate the Smth. He
hated slavery, the institution. The
border ruffianism in Kansas was not
the South, and be always said so. I
believe he foresaw the reconciliation
after the straggle, and believed that the
whole moral at;notsp!iereof the eouutry
would lie strengthened and sweetened
bv the conflict Htf would have had
'love and tears for the Blue, tears and
love for the Gray.' The kindliest.
gentlest, bravt-st heart that ever beat
in a hum in br.-tst was thatofOssawat
toinie Brown. And the pr widest title I
bear is John Brown, Jr."
A LIa:a-Paz2lad Husband.
There is a married man living who
was badly frightened the o:her night.
He sent a note to bis wife about '
o'clock to sav that he wouM not be at
home until late. The messenger Isiy
who delivered the note to his wife
happen--! to i.i -n:io:i that he had gone
to tne wrong house, and had Iven very
wr.ithfully treated by a man for dis
tur'.'ing him. The wife rend the note,
w hich was on a scrap of pajer. She
thought a moment Then she said to
the messenger Isiy:
"I'll give you a shilling if you take
the note back to my husband and tell
him that story without saying that you
cam here at all."
The Uiy iockcled the money and
went back to the husband with the
note.
"Well, why do you bring this liack?"
he asked.
"Because they wouldn't take if. A
null came to the door, and told me If I
didn't go away he would break my
neck for me."
The husband did not stay out late
that evening. On thecontrury, he got
home as fast as the underground train
could take him. He looked suspicious
ly at his wife, and said:
"I sent a note, but the boy must have
taken it to the wrong house."
"I siipp-tse so," said the wife inno
cently, "I have'nt got it."
The man was dying to find out if
anyone had called, but he was afraid
to ask.
The B iirnin? Gold Mine.
The interior of the Ctica mine,
Angels Camp, Cal., the greatest gold
producing mine in the I'nited States is
tm fire. Shortly after the 7 o'clock
shift went down the timbers in the
slop, near the s:0-foot level were dis
covered to be burning. The men were
rapidly hoisted through the three
shafts. Many of the miners were in an
exhausted and faioting condition when
they reached the top. The mouths of
the shafts were staled, aud an inef
fectual attempt was made to smother
the flames with steam. The mine is
now being tltkNled. 1,3 M inches of
water pouring ino it The fire is not
spreading to any extent It will re
quire about Is,!.),!,) gallons of water
to reach it, and it will then take alaait
three weeks to pump it out The loss
cannot be estimated with any degree
of certainity, but is likely to reach a
quarter of a million dollars.
He Had Traveled.
A Windham county man, who
roumlcd ut seventy-five year of his life
without ever going more than twenty
miles from his birthplace, was one day
answering the questions of a distin
guished Western visitor who had come
ou to the old town from far beyond the
MbtsUsippi Valley to learn of the chibl
hood of bis father and mother, who
were born in Windham county. The
old native gave the Westerner just the
details the latter was seeking.
"And I suppose you have always
lived around here," said the man from
beyond the Mississippi.
"Oh, no," replied the native, "I was
born two miles from here !"
For any of those unexpected emer
gencies common to children in the
summer, Dr. Fowler's Ext of Wild
Strawberry is an unfailing cure. It is
' nature's specific for summer complaint
' iu all its form?.
A Mechanical Tii tar-
To watch a tinker at his work, with
soil 'erin g iron and rosin, one would
little think that his humble sphere of
t!r-fiihn-ss would over Is- filled by a ma
chine. Inventors have lucn working
for year., at a mnchine to nuk-f a tin
.an. A few dsT-.-rettt design.-, I:avs
' t v.: r vj-'tt out, '.."J! la', t o!e::t
i-. Ui V.ij!i. r in." ;un-'. Tins -lilei s
Is.ili t'ie ti-ps ;,u. Uittonis ol" round
cans on to the cuu ImmI:) s; wis-s, cools
and ili-charges the cans without any
other IiaO'l'.Iip than putliic; the cans
into the atltoioat ii- fct-dilig ?ev"ne.
The i-niis are pol into the feed. Tbe
feed delivers the cans rf elly t-ntr.il
on the chucks of the carriers. Movim;
from the left to the right the cans as
sume an inclined Msition, uudoneend
f the can is rolled Ibri.iib a Uilii f
molten solder. Al't r jc-ing through
the batSt the carrier brings the (tan
again to an upright Mwition; it then
passes an automatic wiper, and after
that a cooling pipe. By this time the
can has completed a full circle around
the machine, niel the currier is now
swumr, by nu-aiis !' cams, into the
inner circle of the machine; this at th
sum" time turns the can end for end,
and it goes now in this inner circle
through the same oj r.il ions of sobb-r-v.i,
wiping and ia!in, as alx.vc !,
scribed, arter w hich the cans are auto
matically discharged from the machine
and the carrier swings again into the
outir circle to receive a fresh can.
Its compactness is one of the virtues
of this machine, buting the process
of soldering the can desori!-s two full
revolutions around the machine. This
eiial.ics this bit of inaci.iriery to Iw
btiilt in half the space that has here
tofore liecll required.
A Cycler Tricked a Judge.
The consternation with which even the
most distant approach to the apear
ance of censuring royalty is still re
garded in some parts of Ivirojie is
amusingly shown in an incident whicli
has occurred at ( 'op-nhageii.
A well known w ag and cyclist was
summoned for ridini; on a footpath
leading to Lyngoy Church.
"You have l.vn cycling on the Lyng
by Church fia.tjctth," said the judge
serenely.
The cydi.-t admitted it.
"You are fined four kroner."
The ofl'-nder took out the coins and
laid them down.
"May I a-k, your wor-'aip," he in
quired, meekly, whether Prince Wul-ib-mar
and PriR'-css Marie have per
mission to cycle on the path ifl ques
tion?" The judge l.aiked uneasy. 'Tin-no
certainly not. Is this your first of
fense'."' "It isand will V my last"
"In tiiat Case," said the judge, "I
w ill let you off w ith a caution this
time."
The culprit picked up his money,
Iwwed and walk's olf. As he reached
the d sir, the ju lge's cariosity over
came his discretion.
"Wait! I'id you actually see Prince
Waldemaraud Princess Marie riding
on that path?"
'I! your worship certainly not,"
replied the wag, with a look of mild
surprise; and then with a twinkle in
his eye he disappeared, leaving the
judge to what mut have liecu queer
reflection..
Ciiiness Cooking.
This knowledge of what we are phas
ed to call artificial digestion runs large
ly throiigh all Chinese cocking.
Whenever l tears, eset-ia!!y the heavy
and indigotinle class, are to lie em
ployed as food, the cook iucrea-es their
tissimihitive character by the iw of
p:ptoiiiferis tripe and vinegar. I Lave
often out of curiosity examined the
num-ero-os :n ide dishes of the Mongol-c-jisine
with a view to ascertaining
their constitution. Whether it was
sols or stews, ragouts or fricassee-' ,
ot roasts or Isiiled, I have found trijie
finely shrcded or thinly sliced in three
dishes out of every five. The ratio was
largest ill households of wealth, where
well paid cooks were the rub, an l
smallest in those where the conditions
were otherwise. As they dis-overed
the peptic virtue of tripe in all f.l
unima'.s, they likew ise found the same
quality in the gi.'.ar I of the bird king
dom. They have employed the giz
zard even more liberally in their cook
ing than they have the tri;e, and they
regard it, as is the scientific truth, as
the mst valuable of all animal tissues.
"An Ex-Consul to Anmy" in Diet
etic and Ilvgitnic Gazette.
Lemin Jaice tor Iron Surface.
Lemon juice applied to oast iron ar
ticles gives an excellent finish to the
surface of the metal. It turns the p r
tio:i of u!ishcd oast iron to which it is
applied to a bronze black, and when
touched over with shellac or varnish
to preserve it. Too much lemon juice
would set-in to be a weak aud ineffect
ive acid for metal; lut every one
knows bow- tii kly a knife blade of
steel will blacken when Used to cut a
lemon, and the darkening of polished
iron bv the acid is wry beautiful.
long -Distance Whispers.
Professors Burrill and Davenport, of
tne I niversity of Illinois, claim to have
discovered by accident a remarkable
phenomenon in the Garden of the ( iods.
at Ctdorado Springs. The fact is thU:
If a p.-rsm plac.-s hioi-s-lf near the
centre of the east side of the rook north
of the entrance and another stands up
on the hill opp:ite. across the valley.
distance of a! nit a third of a mile,
common conversation can le distinctly
heard between the jKtrties. They low
ered their voices as much as possible
and were able to hear raeh other very
distinctlv.
Estimating a Horse's Height.
The Aral have two methods of esti
mating the height to w hich a colt will
grow, the first U-ing b stretch a cord
from the notstril over theearsand down
along the neck and compare this meas
urement with that from the withers to
the feet, and the other method being to
emu pa re the distance Utween the knee
and the coronet In the first method it
is considered that a colt will grow as
much taller as the first measurement
exceeds that of the second, and the
second method, if tlie f nqsirtion U as
two to one the hor.e w ill grow no tal
ler. The Last Word.
Mrs. C Have you made up your
mind where you are going this sum
mer? Mrs. B. Not yet. I am awaiting
John's preference in the matter.
Mr. C. Do you always defer to his
choice?
Mrs. B. Not exactly. I wait until
he decides ou a place, and then I in
sist on going somewhere else.
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