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I a'pow 'at t'll always atay That awful word of "don't. It's " Jon't you make a bit of noise," A nd "don't go out of door," And "don t you spread your stock of toys About the parlor floors," And "don't you dare play in the dust," And "don't you tense the cat," Aud "don't you get yourc'othlng miuM-xt," And "don't" do this aud that. It seem to uie I never found A tiiinsl'd like to do. Bat 'at there's someonif-lse around At's got a "don't" or two. An' Sunday 'ill's the day 'at "don't" Is worst of all the seven. Oli, goodness, but I hope there wou't Beany "don'ts" in heaven! Ntxox Watebxax. COlLYf DECKERS' REPRIEVE. On January 7, 185 . Prinoe Degen - Hussars, wm thai, colonel of the- opening the carnival with a ball in his hou.-e, and his eldest daughter, Prineee Pauline, was being pressed for farniore dauoes than could possibly lake place bffre daylight Even if Pauline hair had been sandy and her shoulder of unequal height, is is probable that her card would have been full, for wan 6he not the colonel's daughter, and did not everything depend ou private favor In those far-oir dayis? Rut, as it hap pened, her hair was of a beautiful rich brown, and her thoulders as though hewn out of marble, while the rapid, unexpected movements of her almost too lithe figure, and the everchanging light in her intensely dark eyes gave an impression of vivacity and some what ietulant grace, more remarkable even than her undoubted beauty of feature. Small wonder that the eyes even of sober staff officers lingered about the brilliant apparition; while as for the lieutenant, the mtv glitter of the diamond star that trembkd uoove her white forehead seemed to have gone to their youthful heads as infallibly as champagne. Before the Srst wait, was over there was not one of them who had not had his turn with her. Almost the only mem tier of the regi ment who had not approached her was a big dark-browed man almost too biir for a" representative of what waa then known, par excellence, as "light cavalry" and bearing the insignia of a captain. It was a tine though slight ly heavy face, except for the morose expression and the loweriug brows which almost masked the eyes. A close observer would have noticed that tho3e shaggily fringed eyes were forever busy in one direction. With his back against the wall, Captain Breuter stood qui escent, watching from afar the group which was forever forming and reform ing around Princess Pauline's chair; and as he watched, certain Blight twitchings of his black mustache, as well as a spasmodic contraction of the eyelids now and then, betrayed some strong inward emotion. This attitude of looker-on was his usual one on oc casions of this sort; even at the supper table, when his comrades with the full purees and the high-sounding names were chatting gaily of their connec tions and their proepects, he generally played a passive part. Uis own name was not high sounding, nor his purse particularly full, and this, at a period when an Austrian cavalry regiment was a very hotbed of young princes and counts, anxious to acquire the much-coveted military "gloss" at the cost of at least a part or their latnera fortunes, meant a position nothing short of paradoxical. Rigid self-control and dosrtred perseverance were the only qualities which could make it tenable, and both these qualities uremuer pos sessed -in a supreme degree -excellent things, in their way, no doubt, but the exercise of which, under certain cir cumstances, is apt to harden a man's judgment of others aud embitter his views of life. Had he not known him self to be an excellent fllecr he would never have ceased to regret the milita ry ambition which had put him on this road of life. Presently, over Brentner's dark face there passed a quicker contraction, while his broad back changed its posi tion against the wall. Another dancer had approached the queen of the ball. He knew that slender-waisted figure well, with the close-cropped sunny hair about the high bred temples, and the boyish self-confidence on the full freeh lips and in the dancing blue eyes. Count Neckers was generally account ed the most "dashing" officer in this particularly "dashing" regiment, and if the number of female hearts con quered was to decide the question there could be no doubt that he deserved his reputation. Even Erentner, though very far from loving his subordinate, was forced to acknowledge that the man's looks were well calculated to en snare the feaiale fancy. He could not even wonder that the beautiful Pauline herself should have fallen a victim to those brilliant looks. That this was the case the whole regiment could see, as clearly as Prince Degenthal himself, towards whom Brentner now shot a quietly observant look. Yes, it was easy to note the gratified smile, badly concealed by the fine silver-gray mous tache, while the old aristocrat's usually so icy gray eyes, resting furtively on the c up!e just across the room, were lit up by a gleam of unmistakable sat isfaction. Even Prince Dengeuthal could scarcely hope to secure for his favorite child a more desirable husband than the heir to the titles and fortunes of thelooj line of Neckers. And no djubt he would get his wish. True, it w l not on Neckers alone that Pauline had betowed her favors, for, reveling in the aense of her own power, and per hapj a little intoxicated by the adula tion poured out at her feet, she had in the natt two carnivals succeeded in turn'nz several heads beside that of young Count Neckers. Not even the deep, devouring passion wun wuicn h had fft the first iaspired him could blind Brentner to the fact ttiat fie woman be loved -T'julte hopelessly, sine, of ourse, hewas n?t a fit hus band for a Princfc IVgeu thai often tma lai;gerouy near to deserving SOMERSET, PA.,. the name of flirt, though obviously an innocent one. In fact, it had occurred to him once or twics before to-night that he himself was almost the only man in the regiment on whom she had not tried her hand, probably because he looked too clumsy or too grim to be lightly experimented upon, or possibly because she had guessed his secret, and was merciful enough to spare him. An incident in the course of the even ing seemed to belie this latter theory. Thecotillion was in progressand Brent ner, still in his attitude of looker-on, was standing well out of the way of the dancers when, quite unexpectedly, Pauline Degenthal stood before him, holding out in her hand one of the ribbon-favors with which the lalies were occupied in decorating the gentle men. She smiled as she looked at him the brilliant smile of a woman who knows the value of her favors. In his astonishment Brentner stared back at her so long and so hard that the color began to mount in her cheek. It was the first time that she had seemed to take any notic- of bim; could it be that she wanted to play him as she played with the others? "I do not dance, Princess," he said, almost roughly, setting his teeth even as he spoke. The smile wntout suddenly like a light blown out, while another light leaped to her angry eyes. It was not In this way that she was used to see her marks of condescension received. "Ah, you don't," she replied throw ing up her dark head so vivaciously that the diamond star seemed to spit fire. "Then, perhaps, I shall find someone else to relieve me of this bit of ribbon." A dozen hands were stretched forth ou the instant. She looked about her with dangerously bright eyes. "Count Nepkers, you have one of my cocardes already, I lielieve; but I think your coat ha3 room for a second." And in the next moment she whirled away in the niueh-envied mau's arm. Tue latter part of the evening was a far worse ordeal to Brentner than the earlier hours had been; fir, dating from the cotillion, Pauline's glances and smiles were reserved almost exclusively for Count Neckers. It was like driv ing nails into his own breast to stand thus and watch them from afar, and yet it was impossible not to watch them; and when in the misty darkness of the January morning the wearied-out man stepped into the street, it was with the consciousness that he hated his suc cessful rival with an iuteusity which almost frightened himself. There was something tearing at his heart with what felt like real, sharp claws, aud he knew that the name of the monster which be carried with hint was Jeal osy. "And to think that that boy imagines he can love her as I do!" he groaned to himself in the solitude of his room. When, two hours later, they met again in the riding i-x-hool no longer as dancer and looker-on, but as supe rior and subordinate the first glance at the lieutenant's face, as fresh aud smiling as though he had not spent hi night in an over-heated ball room, told the captain that the monster wa wideawake as ever. That smile of serene assurance, and the sight of a yellow rosebud peeping out from under the uniform coat of the young Count was as a goad to the horrible feeling iftging within him. He remembered quite distinctly that Princess Pauline had held a bouquet ol yellow roses lu. her hands last night. His face dark ened and the tone of his voice rang suddenly sharper as he shouted the next command to the lieutenant, who, mounted on a half-broken horse, was having some difficulty with his steed. It was the first time that he had ever allowed bis private feelings to influence! bim in the fulfillment of his duty, bur. to-day something had broken bound within him, and, although fullaa-aro that he was losing his self control, the desire to humilate this man before hi comrades was too overpowering to be resisted. He was the highest otlieer present, and the spectators could do nothing but listen in submission to words that are generally only address- ! ed to raw recruits. As the minutes. ; passed and the captain's animosity be came unmistakable, a look of under standing began to touch one face after another. It was one of those glance caught by Brentner, an J accompanied by a whispered word, which brought about the catastrophe. There was a bar to jump, which the brute ridden by Neckers would nob eveu approach the easiest opportuni ty possible for a superior disposed to harass his subordinate. Couut Neck ers, smiling till now, was beginning b look grave. "tfpurs!" shouted the captain, and! added with an unmistakable sneer; ' One would think you had never used your spurs out of a bail room. It was at this moment that he caught the whisper alongside, and understood that his secret was betrayed. Quite suddenly he seemed to be looking at himself through the eyes of the by standers. A black curtain seemed to blot out the morning light. "If y.a're afraid to use them here, say so,'.' he laughed disagreeably, "and I will et someone else to put the beast over.," And he added a word which, he would not have spoken if he had. not been tent less with rage. Count Neckers' boyishly rosy fact turned suddenly pale. He had borno a great deal, understanding the reason of his persecution, aud perhaps tri umphing in it; but this time the insult was too obviously intentional to be ac cepted by the high spirit of bis race. Before anyone could interfere the young man had jumped from the back of bi foaming horse, and, forgetting every thing but his threatened honor, bad drawn his sword upon his superior. Brentner parried the blow easily with his uplifted right arm, and the other lieutenant-: had pulled back Neckers before a second could be dealt, but the? event was just as irrevocable as if streams of blood bad flowed. "You are uuder arrest," said Captaiu Brentner, looking steadily at the dis tracted young man. He himself was experiencing the sensation of a person, whp grows suddenly sob-r afier several hours of druukeuness. The brief mad- I2STL33I,ISHKD 1827. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 2. 1898. nXia U-OO IV'4.1. tint ft Aniivmnfuu ' were yet to come. A week later ho sat alone in his bulging, staring blankly at the clock on the wall, and asking himself wheth er there existed no means of stopping those steadly creeping hands. The court-martial, which wus the Inevita ble sequel of the scene in the riding school, had pronounced the inevitable sentence, and this was the day on which Lieutenant Neckers was to die by pow der and shot for the crime of insubor dination. He had known that it could not end otherwise, but he had not yet coma to accept the event. From the moment that the young man had stood opposite to him, sword lu hand, and that in a prophetic flash he had seen his fate sealed, the feeling or hatred within him had died out as completely as though it had never been. The favored rival was going to be removed from his path forever, but there was darkness, and not joy, In the thought. Abouf one hour and a half still separat ed him from the moment of the execu tion, which he bad escaped attending by having himself put on the sick list. No doubt the matter lay in the col onel's hands for that was the time when the commander of a regiment wield ."d almost magical power but to know Trinee Degenthal was to under stand how faint a hope lay in that di rection. Exactly because he might be supposed to have a personal Interest in preserving the life of this desirable son-in-law, would the grim old soldier seize this opiartunity of poo.ng as a Spartan In the public opinion. Presently, standing shielded by the window curtain, Brentner caught sight of two figures turning down the street. It was this he had been wait ing for; he knew that the two young lieutenant's of the regiment who, in accordance .with an old-established custom, had been sent to beg for the life of their comrade, would have to pass by his lodging on their way back from the colonel a residence. One glance at them was enough; they walk ed slowly, their young faces were grave, and they bore no white flag iu their bauds. He had known that the deputa tion would this time be no more than any empty form, and yet his heavy heart sank by another degree. Another look at the clock barely an hour now and then he sat down at the table once more, holding his tem ples with his two closed hands; the pressure seemed to help him to think. Within the same miuute he stood up again, having apparently come to some determination. A few minutes later he was on his way to the colonel's house. "Tell Princess Degenthal that I must epeak to her at once it Is urgent," he said to the servant who opened the door. The Oidu, wL Lad received or ders to admit no one, hesitated for only one moment, and then silently led the way. There had been something in the tone which would not take nay. Something of this impression must have transmitted itwrlf to the report he made, for the old Princess, receiving the message, hurried submissively to the drawing room. Brentner was Htaudiog in the middle of the big room the same room in which the ball hud taken place up right, and with his two hands resting on the hilt of his sword. "Tell Princess Pauline that I must speak to her at once," he said in exactly the same tone be had used towards the servant "At once," he repeated, "aud alone." The Princess, who was a miid, easily bewildered woman, looked at him iu a flurry, and vaguely understood that something was wrong. This tete-a-tete with an unmarried man was dead against even the rudiments of Austrian etiquette, but in the presence of that set face she felt that she had no choice. She was not very clever, but she guess ed at that moment that there might after all be things in the world more important than etiquette. "Only for a few minutes?" she asked tremulously. "Only for a few minutes ; it will be enough, but it must be at once." "As you wish," she murmured, with drawing hastily. There was only a short pause liefore the door opened again. Pauline, look ing very beautiful in her close-fitting gown of dark-blue velvet, but paler and more subdued than was her wont, slip ped noiselessly into the room. "What Is it you want of me?" she said so low that Brentner only just caught the words, and standing still beside one of the old-fasti ioued, high- backed chairs, she took hold of its gild ed top as though to steady herself. Brentuer, who had been staring blank ly at the window, turned quickly, not having heard her enter. "I want the life of Neckers," he said, looking at her steadily. "I need the life of Neckers, and it is only you who can give it to me." She shook her bead faintly. "I can not save him." "You can and you mast. It is not only his life ; it is the peace of my whole future that is at stake. You have me to save as well as him." You?" "Yes. You have probably heard that it was I upon whom he drew his sword in the riding school, and perhaps you think that I am giving way to ordina ry scruples; but that is not so. You know nothintt of the motive. I will tell you the truth now, but only in very few words, for the time is short. It waa true that he was insubordinate, but only because I goaded him beyond eudurance. Why did I goad him? Be cause I had loved you for years, as you probably know, and because I saw that he had your favor. It waa the day after that first ball at which you so distinguished him here, against this very piece of wall I had stood and watched his happiness. I saw the yel low rose in his coat I saw his triumph ant smile, aud I went mad for a little. And now he is wailing to be led out In order to face the loaded muskets ; and when the muskets have hit their mark, j it will cot be our military law that has , killed him, but I I who am the real j executioner. Has not erery one of my I comrades who looks at me now got the i thought written in his eyes 2- And they Jare right right to look at me so, for mine is the hand that did it Do you understand now why he must le saved ? Tlt-k van ur.nt nm fi forru tliA ninrtc nf ' his blood upon me to the end of my J ihiys? But the end would soon come," j tie added, as though speaking to him- trlt "sine I do not think that I should ever go down the sttirs again after see ing them pass my window with the empty muskets." He stopped short, breathless w ith the hurry of speaking, and looked at her with flaming eyes that commanded far more than they beseeched. Her own, wide open and affrighted, were fixed upon his troubled face, while her shak ing fingers clutched tb chair back yet tighter. fpeak ! say something V he said fiercely, as she did not yet break the silence. "There is no time to lose. Even at this moment they may be leading him past my w indow." With an effort she appeared to rouse herself. Yes," came the broken words, "I see that he must be saved, but haw ? I have already pleaded to my father in vaiu. You know what he is like when he thinks he sees a duty." Plead onca more ; there must be hope. Can not a father s love be made to triumph over an imagined sense of duty? Everyone knows that your p wer over him is boundless ; use it then, in God's name; use it to obtain this boon I And go quickly, I implore you ! I tell you that even at this mo ment the people are collecting to m-e him die. Surely you w ill not stand by tamely while the man you love Is being shot down like a sick dog? Use every argument you cau think of. What have you said as yet? Have you told your father that you love him ? She grew a little paler. "No, I have not said that" "Then ey it before it is too late. To save your happiness wnen once ne knows that it is at stake, be wnl grant the reprieve. (Jo, oh ! ko ! Tin re is not a moment to spare, and remember that you are saving two men." He advanced with outstretched hands, as though to push her from the com. For a moment longer she sUkxI search ing his face with her w ild eyes, and ap parently struggling to speak. I will go," she whispered at last; "and I will tell my father the truth as you bid me." Alone in the deserted drawing room Brentner stood for a short space, deba ting with buuseir as to whether lie should await the result of the appeal here, but finally snatched up his cap aud almost ran bat k to his lodging, to take up his pst once more at the win dow. A quarter of an hour later, just as the clock hands told him that barely twenty minutes were wanting to the moment cf execution, his straining ear caught a sharp clatter of hoofs on the pavement, and the adjutant galloped past, holding a white handkerchief in his hand. Bv that sigu Brentner knew that Pauline had been to her father and had told him that she loved Count Neckers, aud so intricate are the work ings of the human heart that he actu ally groaned as he turned fiom the window. Upon Count Neckers' reprieve there followed immediately his dismissal from the array, but to a man situated as he wa, this closing of his career involving, as it did, no taint upon his personal honor was not necessarily a crushing blow, and Bnutner, as little as anyone in the regiment, doubted that his betrothal to the beautiful girl whose Intercession bad saved his life could be but a question of weeks. It was in order not to be fored to witness Count Neckers' happiness that he took three months' leave of absence that spring. He was much more amazed than pleased when, at the end of three months he came back to discover that the betrothal had net yet taken p.ate. This was a prolongaticn of torture on w hich he bad u t ctuntcd. The sum mer drrgged by without bringing any change in the situation or any solution of the enigma to the lookers-on. At last there came a day when Brentner, finding himself unex pectely alone with Pauline Degenthal, felt that he could bear the strain of sus pense no longer. It was during one of the large riding parties which the Prince loved to organize, and which were attended by most of the efficers stationed in the place. Tduline, draw ing in her horse after a long gallop, found herself outstripped fcy all except Captain Brentner. They were in broad forest clearing, straight as an av enue, aud carpeted w ith golden brown moss. Overhead a ribbon ef pale blue sky, to the right and to the left w alls of whispering leaves hist beginning to be streaked and spotted and tipped by au tumn's many-colored brush, while far on ahead the other riders were vanish ing out of sight It was the first time these two had been alone sinee that day in February, whose elate had been fixed for Count Neckers' execution, and, as he met her furtive glance, Brentner In stinctively felt that Pauline, too, was thinking of that day. "I have never until now had the op portunity of thanking you, Princess, for your kindness in acceding to my wish when I asked you to go to your fathtr," he began in a stiff, formal voice, very different from the impas sioned tone he had y-ed on tLat occa sion. Pauline flicked at the tree branches with her riding whip, and made no answer. "I am more thankful than I can say that your prayers were not spoken in vain." "I, too, am thankful," said Pauline, with what sounded like dawning irri tation in ber voice. 'I suppose the Prince was very hard to move?'' nmirked Brentner hesita tingly. "He was not easy to move," was all sh"-ad, in eut apparently on nick ing oif as many leaves as she could retch. Brentner, looking towards her avert ed face, began to I e devoured with im patience. "Princess !" he burst out, after a few moments' secret struggle, "explain to me this riddle ! The man whose life you saved everyone knows that he is your slave, and I know that it was by the avowal of your love that you sof.- eue-d your father's heait. II jw Is it TT 1 1 ! AFl 1 ft then, that until to-day he has not claimed his own?" Then Princess Pauline turned slowly in her saddle and looked w ith flashing eyes at ber companion. "His own?" she echf?d haughtily. 'Who tells you that I am his to claim ?" "Hut did not your own lips say so on that terrible day ?;' "You are dreaming ; It was your lips that said so not mine." "And yet you told your father " "I told my father that in order to save the man I love he must take back the order for Count Neckers' execu tion. 'The man you love?" echoed Brent ner, almost blankly. 'Oh, how slow you are !" cried Paul ine with a burst of characteristic petu lance whieh swept aside every other consideration. "Do yu not understand yet that it was for you I got the re prieve, and not for Count Neckers? Had you not as good as told me tl at you wouiu put a ball iiirougn your head, rather than live a murderer?" It took a little time to convince lx-th Brentner himself and the regiment at large that Princess Pauline w as serious. aud that be'hiud her numerous flirta tions of the past two years there had bf n slowly growing up an interest destined to ripen iuto love in tlie rk, silent man who kept so studiously iu the background, but in whose eyes she bad early read a devotion far more real, a passion far purer than was mirrored in the smiling faces of her more Lrill iant and youthful admirers. By what means she suc-enled in o! ining the old Prince's consent to her marriage always remaineel a mystery to the world, as great a mystery as the exact scene between father and daugh ter which bad takeu place on the occa sion of the famous reprieve. Dorothea Gerhard in Illustrated London News. Clinrte and EeaUh. A change of climate is highly recom mended by physicians to those who suffer from many cf the prevailing dis eases of life; indeed, this change seems a sort of panacea for all of the ills and cares of existence. While variety is unquestionably ad vantageous to sick people, it is some times quite as much so to those who are well, but a profound study of the change of climate theory fails to estab lish the belief that there is as much in this as the fancy of the would-be tour ist aud his friends and physicians would wish us to think. One is ill either from an accumulation of waste matter in the system or from lack of vitality. In the one case the physical machinery has been clogged until it is almost past moving; in the other there must be some portion of the system that does not act properly, and is, therefore, equivalent to a broken cog in a wheel or a leak in a steam pipe. Something is wrong. The question naturally arises, is a change of climate going to effect a cure? It is an expensive remedy, and in many cases au unattainable one. Under these circumstances it U the duty cf philosophers and scientists to bring to thedotrof the sufferer who caunotget away from his environment some remedy that will tide him over the shoals and quicksands of his im mediate present When the Creator of all things put together such an in tricate and amazing bit of machinery aj the human frame. He provided for it not only the means of going on in its regular course, but of restoring lost vitality and correcting many evils. One of the most imptr tan t items iu health culture is to keep the lungs and heart in good condition. It is possible to breath sufficient air to so oxygenate the blood that it will consume the waste and poisonous matter cf the sys tem, as fire burns up chaff or tinder. People who feel dull, heavy, stupid, un willing to exert themselves, indeed, oft en unable to do so, will find that a reg ular courseof breathing exercise will be of more benefit to them than all the me?dieine iu creation. There are many times when the use of mediciues mere ly aggravates the existing ill. Itis sim ply a further accumulation of undesira ble material that must be carried about until nature is asssisted to cast off or burn it up. This, in many instances, Is all the benefit that comes from such migration. D eafxess Can Net be Cured by local applications us tlu-y can not reach the diseased portion of the ear. There is only one way to cure deafness. aud that is by constitutional remedies. Deafness is caused by an inllaiued con dition of the mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When this tube is inflamed you have a rumbling sound or imperfect hearing, and when it is en tirely closed, Deafness is the result, and unless the inflammation can be taken out and this tube restored to its normal condition, bearing will be destroyed for ever; nine cases out of ten are caused by catarrh, which is nothing but an in flamed condition of the mucous sur faces. We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that can not be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars; free. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O. SirSold by Druggists, 70c Too Good a Boy. Mamma "Now, Edward, the best portions of the fowl are for the guests, so what arc you going to say when I ask you what you will have?" Edward "Just a few of the feathers, if you please." New York Life. When you are suffering from Catarrh or Cold in the head you want relief right away. Only 10 cents is required to test it Ask your druggist for the trial size of Ely's Cream Balm, or buy the 50o size. We mail it ELY EROS., 50 Warren St, N. Y. City. I was afilicted with catarrh last au tumn. During the month of October I could neither taste nor smell and could bear but little. Ely's Cream Bum cured it Msrcus Geo. way, N.J. Shautz, iUh- WHOLE NO. 2127. Batter "Without a Ow. A Baltimore inventor asserts that he has discovered a process of making but ler dirtM-t from the ve-getaMes which constitute the usual food of cattle. Electricity is the forevi employed, and according to the Boston Herald, the in ventor evolved his process fam the discovery that the peculiar eharac'.erls tic traits of different varieties cf butter, cheese, etc., wereowing t i two general canst s. One w as the kind of food on which the cow was fed; the ether was the kind of microbe nourished at and by the roots of the plant which furnished the ftx.-d to the cow. He succeeded in producing from the vegetable kingdom oils which differed very slih kingdom. !y from tuose ;I tne animal Having goue this far, the rest stop was to chauge the vegetable oil by giving it the sane chemical con stitution as that p.)sse-ssed by the animal article desired. The se-vxet in this part of the process the inventor found to consist in the fact that animul and vegetable carbohy drates ttrongly resemble each other. The differences which ore found in oils are nearly till owing to the nitrogenous sheaths iu which the globules of oil are contained. Thus to this sheath is due the tallowy smell of tallow, the mut ton smell of mutton, as well as all the rank odors of many vegetable oils. When oils arc extracted by heat, or the mechanical violence of pre ssure, the deleterious nitrogeuocs characteristics of the globule sheaths are imparted to the oil globules themselves, and no art can separate them afterward. Here comes in the great discovery in the use of the electric light. It was found that, when these oils and fa's were subjected to the radiant energy of powerful electric light, the nitrogenous sheaths were shriveled, and their contents put in a condition to le milked out or e-xtracted by a gentle presi-ur", without Lt ittg contaminated by the characteristics of the a: iuiul or plant itself. Another effect was also produced. Whatever microbe wa associated with any particular oil cr fat was killeel by the actiuic powerof the light, thus leav ing the article free from any of its native microbes and ready to be used as a culture medium for any desired microbe. Among the ciicrobc3 destroyed by the light are those which cause putre faction and di-c:iy. As a result, the various kiiid-i e.f butter, cteese, etc, made umhr the new prce-ess show re markable keepit g power, far surpass ing those produeed by the old-fashioned methods. For the same reason, the new articles are not ctlVetevi by any disea.es, such as tuberculosis, and typhoid fever, which nriy t e csrrieel and transmitted in the milk cf cows, as well as by contamination from barnyard associa tions. Ccasunptioa Positively Cured. Mr. II. B. (in eve, merchant, of Chil howie, Ya., certifies that he had con- s;in'p;;on, was given up to Uie, sought all medical treatment that money could procure, trie I all cough remedies he could hear f, but got no relief; spent many nights sitting up iu a chair; was induced to try Dr. King's New Discov ery, and was cured by use or two bot tles. F.r past three years has been at tending to business and says Dr. King's New Di.-covery is the grandest remedy ever made, as it has done so much for him aud also for others in his commu nity. Dr. King's New Di.-eovery is guar anteed for Coughs, Colds and Consump tion. It don't fail. Trial bottles free at J. N Suyd-.T's Drug Stor, Somer set Pa., and i. W. Bralihr's L'rug Store, Ik-rlin Pa. Children's Parties. A word of warning on the subject may not tie amiss at this season. It is impossible not to realize that the so celled "pleasure" of a children's party involves a very large measure of excite ment both before and after the event, so that, apart from the exposure to the chances of "chill," aud improper food and driuk on the occasion, there is an amount of wear, tear aud waste attend ing these parties w hieh ought to be es timated, and the estimate can scarcely be a low one. It may seem ungracious to strive to put a limit on the ple-asures of the young, but it must not be forgot ten that early youth is the period of growth and development, and that anything aud everything that causes special waste of organic material with out a compensatory stimulus to nutri tion ought to ber avoided. Tumiug from the physical dangers to the men tal and nerve injuries iutlioted upon the growii-g organism, these are cer tainly not to I disregarded. Excite ment rages iu the little brain from the moment the invitation has been receiv ed until af.er the evening. Sleep is disturbed by dreams, and afterwards the excitement tiocs not subside until days have elap-ed. AH the amuse ments of young children should be un exciting, and as free as possible from harmful influences. Ledger. It Ls not often that a physician rec ommends a patent mediciue; when be does, you may know that it is a good one. Dr. J. P. Cleveland, Glasgow Ya., writes : "I have used Chamber-' laiu's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhiet Remedy iu my practice and it has proven to bean excellent remedy, where a thorough course of medicine had failed w ith nie. I recommend it to my patients every tints for cdicauddiar rho'A." Many other progressive phy sicians reosumend and use this rem edy, because it always cures and cures epiickly. Get a bttle and you will have au excellent doctor iu the hous, f r all bowel complaints, both for chil dren and adults. For sale by all drug gists. How She Managed It . Ella "He seemed to question me w ith his eyes all the eve ning." Hattie "Theu I suppose you used your no's in answering him?'" Ella "On the contrary, I waited un til he found his voice, aud then . Don't you think my engagement ring ukv ly, dear?" Chieago Xew la old times, w hen the country was new, and shops and store-a were a day's journey from the door of the house holder, borrowing appeared sometimes a neee-v-Ity. The good man or woman of tl e hou-e came to an emergency where nothing but a call upon the neighbors seems to meet the case. In m -t inH'.aR-.s lendiujf wb a cheer'ut court-.-y, and the Isirrovr.r merely fi-lt under obligations- to reeiproeate if oet .i io'i otfrred. But every community had wha might 1 called its profes sional tiorrowers families who, per haps, were not as improvident as they were greedy and selfish. What they borrowed they didn't have to buy, and anything obtained in this way wm cie-ar gain. They would borrow any thing that the neighbors would lei d them, from the carving knife to the family carriage, and it was a fortunate circumstance indeed, if the things came back in good condition. No ir.ntur what the breakage, the entire family would testify that it was cracked and came to pieces almost immediately. Borrowing, with some yeople. is a" most equivalent to a peremptory de mand for one's property without the slightest idea or intent of compensa tion. There is one kind of borrower, however, who is more difficult to get along with than all the rest It is the man who comes on one's premises lit the absence of responsible persons aud take-s away w hat he wants, telling hi neighbors afterward that as nobody was home lie took the article, for he was sure the owner would not mind. Possibly the owner might not mind so much if the thing were returned promptly and in g'od order; but it is likely to le something cf every djy ne cessity, the lack of which cau. es its owner great inconvenience, if not se rious loss. How to Look Good. Good looks are really more than skin ileep, eh-pe'ndii'g entirely on a healthy condition of all the vital organs. If the liver be inactive, you have a bilious look; if your stomach Le disordered, you have a dyspeptic look; If your kid neya be atf.-ctetl, you have a pinched look. Secure good health, and you will surely have good looks. "Electric Bitters" is a good Alterative and Tonic. AcLsdirectly on the stom ach, liver and kidneys. Purifie-s the blot, cures pimple, blotches and boiis and gives a good complexion. Every bottle guaranteed. Sold atJ. N. Suy- ler's, Drug Store, Somerset, Pa., aud W. Brtilie-rV, Drug Store, Be rlin, Pa., o0 cents per bottle. Cattle In Tezis- The Texas Live Stctk Association, one of the largest live stock organiza tions iu the country, is now holding its annual meeting in St Louis, Mo. Sme idea of the importance of the industry it represents may 1 judged when it is stated that the lst authori ties ou the subject estimate that there are now in Texas something over l,r)00,- JiW head of e-attle, of all classes. This is about one -seventh of all the cattle iu the Uuited States. The aggregate value of these 6,.j00,0".K) eat tie is over? lOO.faiO.im Some idea of the activity of the Texas cattle market may be had when it is tated that .fully one-fifth of the t;,.Vi,- 0-iy cattle in the State have changed hands during the past sixty days, whieh. would make the aggregate amount in volved In there transactions something like J,WO,000. The principal cattle market in Texas is San Antonio, and scoi'es of the leading cattlemen from lol parts of the State have been making this city their headquarters for the past three or four months. The cattle trans actions consummated here during one week in the month of Decern ber aggre- g:itei $.!,O,0OO. There were about lS-V).) hea l of Tex as cattle at the elifferent eil mills on whit is known as "first feed," aud be fore the season closes about tiVlKSO more head will be placed on "second feed." It is estimated that alsiut per ce-nt. of the "first feed" cattle have already gone to market Mr. F. C. Ilelbig, a prominent drug gist of Lynchburg, Ya., says: "Di e of our citiz ms was cured of rheuma tism of two years standing, by one bot tle of Chamberlain's Pain Balm. This liniment is famous for its cures of rheumatism; thousands have been de lighted with the prompt relief which it affords. For sale by all druggist. One having a fancy for preserving naturatll owers may do so by dippicg them into melted parailine. The mix ture should be only warm enough to remain fluid. Hold the flowers by the stems, which should be free from all except the natural moisture; dip them in the fluid, give them a quick turn to remove the air cells, and place in a glass until the coating becomes firm. To Our Customers. Chamberlain's Cough IU niedy is the best cough syrup we have ever used ourselves or in our families. W. H. King, lsa:,c P. King and maiy others in this viciuily, have also pronounced it the be-st All we want is for people to try it and they will be convinced. Upon honor, there is no better that we have ever tried, and we have used many kinds. It A. Blake A Son, General Merchants, Big Tunnel, Va. Sold by all druggists. Carryinj a Flattery Too Far. The Doctor. "It's twins, sir." Young Husband. "I might have known it; it's my wife's hobby that two can live as cheaply -as one." Tit Bits. Bicklen's Arnica Salve. The Best Salve iu the world for Cuts, Bruises, Sore, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fe ver Sores, Tetter, Chapped Haii!., Chilblains, Corns, aud all Skin Erup tions, and positively cures Piles r no pay required. It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction or money refunded!. Price cents per box. For sale at J N. Snyder' Drug Store. Somerse t, Pa., or G. W. Braliier's Drug Store, Ber In, Pa. A Surprise to ths Village. The Atlanta Constitution says: A dis tinguished author vitited bis old home in Georgia the other day. "Don't you kuow that man on the post office ste ps," a citizen said to an old Inhabi tant, indicating the author. 'I can't say as I does," a.. id the man, af.er he had looked well at the author. "Well, that's so-and -so who used to live around here; he's a great man now." ' Onpossible!" exclaimed the old in habitant, "how could he ever 'mount ter anything. Why, he use ter tote water ter my mules!' Is it a burn ? Use Dr. Thomas' Ec. lectrlc Oil. A cut? Use TuouW lectrie, OIL At your druglita.
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