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This ml old maiden true and j-uod ; Por her life iM-ld u --civl crown Of mit!irhuod. Yet to the shelter of Iter tide The litue orphan children pns. Tis known sL? niolln re fur and wide The motherless. The poor and tiu!!rriii love her well, Such ready f-ytr.pathy she show. Theoorrow-burdi-iic-d freely tell To her their woes. For those wlio sluml.le, those who till, Jler limit with gtntiest ruth Is vtlrrc-J. She has a kind'y smile for all A cheering wonl. With tilo she never Tp'i strife. It must b; right, sinec tiK! knows bert. And o t.he livti her useful li;e. likK.-ini; an 1 lilesL She stn-wg the thorny path.-: wi;h flowers ; She turns the d:iiknes into day ; And as we clasp her tutud In ours We riu but my: D .ir friend, so rich in love and truth. With lare, warm heurt and R'.eudCiKtmlnd. Tat.-us well for some th it in youryouth The in.n wen blind !' E. Miitheson, in Chambers' Journal. THE ST0UY OF TRIXCESS MARVEL. Eetold From the Romantic Folk-Lore of .Russia BY EIiWAItl) IOI KTNKY. Every country lias its Wouder Book, and its Twice Told Tales, but who ever tires of hearing them, though they are read to us ag.iin and again. This story of the I'rincess Marvel is of Jin-iiti origin, and may not be old to some of you, but it lias delighted the heart of many a Hu.-,-;au boy and girl. To begin then, there was an i.-land in a di.staut sea, and ou it .1 -vrH a be ing wonderful to behold. Her b.aaty combined th-i glory of the day and of night; of the ti mers and of the -stars. The clouds loved to lxk upon her, but the jealous sun drove theiu away. The wind, and the stars and the m.on, all loved to talk to her, as did every tiling In nature. But beautiful as was this maiden. kind a-ishe was to all who were worthy, she had a power that could work ill to any one that roused her t-j exert iL Such eyes as she had hai never before beeu seu, for with a glance, if she so desir-d, she could change whomsoever she looked upou into a block of ie. So here she dwelt with twelve maid- enn, each one lovelier thrm the last, and the island they lived upon was rich and verdant, and bloasomeJ and bloomed luxuriantli'. All went well for a long time, and the maidens were very happy in their secluded home in the sea. But, sw I have said, the cloudy and the winds, the stars, the sun, and the in xa, lov ed to look upon Princess Marvel, so after looking they all went their way, aud spoke to all the world of her charms. And so it came to pass that geat kings and princes came front far oT lands and sought this isle of the sea. Kven this was well for a time, for though many oflered the princess their thrones and vast estates, she gent ly refused the honors they sought to bistow upon her. Aud to all who took her refusal iu gooa part, and departed to their homes, it was well; but woe to those who returned with armies hoping to force the maiden to yield ! They saw their armivs vanquished, and then were themsjlves fr otia into statues of ice, nor could the belated suu of re penUn x thaw theiu agaiu to their for m t state of splendor and priJe. But nimy of thj rejected suitors ch to remain on the island with all th.-ir attend tuts, and so it became a won lerful kingdom, fall of the valor and glory of kings, aud knights and chauipious; and each defeated one was ready to help defeat bis possible suc-ces-r, had it been nece-mry. Now there lived at this time, in his kingdom of the underworld, a big giant named Koshchel, who one day came up to the top of a high mountain to look upon the whole earth; and as he looked he saw the Trinctss Marvel, and determined that no one but she should te his ;ueeu. With three stamps of his mighty foot and a muttered incantation, Koshchel foun J himself tran-jiorted to the island of the prince--, aud he straightway demanded that t-he thould accept him as her future lord aud mat-Ur. There is no knowing what the fair lady might have done, so terrible was Koshchel to look upon, had it cot been that in a dream she had feu a chant pi au wear ; n i? goldt n armor and mou u t ed ou a fiery steed aud armed ithaa invisible club; and the princess felt that she could endure anything to know that this brave prince would rescue her. She called forth her army then, but with his prisonous breath, which swept like a wind among them, the giant la d all the troop-- lo-, in a deep stupr. Tae fair Marvel escaped, however, for, turning an angry glance at the giant as she fled to the palace, she changed him into a block of ice. Wdeu she reached the palace, how evtT, the princess fouud everyone as'.eep, nor ojuI i fc'ie waken them, and oaly toj 8u did slid disc ver the meaning of iL The giant was im mortal, and her glance, which had slain to many enemies, could do no more to hi in than pit him to sleep fjr a time in a frozen stale of amaz.nieuL H i, when the effect of her glance wore off, he put an euchanted tleep ou all the inhabitants of the island save the prhjet-ss and himself. Bat not daring to again encounter her gae, he rsi-ed a magic wall of iron arouud the caslle, at. J placed a twelve-headed dr-gon at the gate t. gunrd it. llvtry day, then, Le cuine and plead- ; e-3 witn litr to reieiu; uui iijc piiurew thought forever of the champion of b r dreams. And now she Ulkedtothe ojIv friend that could hear fcer. To the cloud hovering over her garden be said one day: DO HQ SOMERSET, PA., "Tell mo, do ou know my prince with the golden armor, who rides the fiery steed and bears an invisible club? D.m-s he ii.uk of me, and will he hast en to my rescue?" But the cloud grew dark with sad ness and said: "Alas, I know him not; but ask the wind." And to the wind she said: "You come from afar. Know you my champion prince of the golden armor. and the fiery steed, and invisible club? Will he hasten to rescue me ?" And the wind said: "I come and go afar, but I know not Ask the stars." So the princes waited till night, and then asked the stars and the moon, but they only blinked with tears of sorrow in their eyes, and told her to ask the sun. Aud iu theinorniugshedid; aud the sun comforted her, saying: "It-joice, princess, and dry your tears, for the prince is hastening to you. Three times has he seen you in his dreams, aud night and day he strives to come to you. He has found the magic ring of the sea, which has given him a great army to vanquish the gi aut But it is of no avail, for Kosh chel can slay the largest host with his breath. I will hasten to your prince, however, aud advise him; so be of good cheer." And the sun went onward in his jour ney, and when he had come to the lund of the prince, he said: "Hear what I say, and obey me if you would succeed iu your quesL Your army is of no avail, for it can not over come Koshchel with the poisonous breath. Your only success can come by the death of the giant; to kill him you must learn the secret of his life from, the Yaga. Go towards the east till you come to a vast plain where stand three oaks. Near them you will find an iron door iu the ground, and withiu you will discover a horse, which will bear you to the Yaga. Dj as she sa vs, aud all will be well with you." The prinee thought long on these words, which came to hiiu on the ravs of the sun, aud feeling their wisdom, lie obeyed. H-i threw into the sea th-i magii ring, and immediately the vast army vanished. Then he journeyed to the east, and afier many days he found the plaiu with the three oaks aud the iron door. Oa entering the subterranean vault. he found it to be a great palace. Ior after door opened, till he reached the twelfth, where he di--covered the fiery steed, bound by twelve chains. In a ttK'iuent the hor.e was freed. having been thus confined f or ages bf a magician till such a brave prince as this should rescue him. "Mount my back, dear prince," said j the horse, "and grasp the invisible club that hangs by my. 6ddle. Tell me where you wi-h to go, and I wili obey you, and at your command U e club will do your bidding without your even dismounting." With this fine equipment the priuce soon reached the dark forests where dwelt the Yaga. There he saw a hut supported by fowls' legs, which kept turning round and round. "Hut, hut, stand still," said the priuce; and immediately it did stand sL.11, aid the prince entered. There he saw the Yaga, who said to him: "Priuce, why come you here where no one before ha ventured ?' And when the priuce tod her his er rand, aud of his magic club, she dared not defy him, but told him the secret of the giant's life. "In the middle of the sea is the island of immortal life," said she. "In the midJ'.e of the island is a great oak, and at its root is an iron box. In this box is a hare, and under Uie hare, a duck, and in the claws of the duck is an egg. This egg holds the life of the giant. When it is broken, the giant will die. But no one can get the egg." She would .say no more; so, mount ing his steed, the prince soon reached the seashore and looked far out to where the island was. At he sat peu sive, he saw a huge fish caught iu a net, which spoke to him, saying: "Kind prince, stt me free, aud I shall not forget you." - Tbe prince was good-hearted ami kind, aud he freed the fish, which im mediately swam away. Then the horse spoke: "Mount my back, my master, and hold fast, and I'll carry you to yonder island." In a moment they were plunging through the sea, but they soon reached the Immortal Island. There the prine found the tree, which he grasped with all his might and tore up by tbe roots. All then happened as the Yaga had Kii J. He found the iron box, tbe hare, the du. k, and the egg. But be found the egg only to lone it. "i) sooner was the box cpened, than the hare ran away, and the duck flew over the sea, carrying the egg in her daws. In a moment the prince stnt an arrow after the Li rJV w hich fell, dy ing, into the sea, but the egg fell into the water to. Then the prince sat on the bank in do-pair, but tu-ldenly be heard a voice: Here is the egg, priuce; I have not forgotten you!" Aud before he co.ld express LU thanks, the S-ih swam away. All was now easy. Tbe fiery steed carried the prince to the kingdom of the Princess Marvel. He saw the iron wall and the guarding dragon, and commanded the invisible club to slay the monster, six of whose heads tl-jt while six were on guard. How the creature tossed and fonnied at tbe awful strikes, and at last, seeing no enemy, it turned upon itself and soon lay dead, torn to piece by its own fury. The prince then entered the gate and fouud the prine-ess. While he talked to Ler be commanded the club to lay on the giant Then there was suet; a com motion a-i was never felt before n earth. No one but the giant could have endured the strokes; yet he could not die because the egg was still unbro ken. But liis agony made the waves rise aud the earth quake; and at last, in frenzy, he came to the iron gate. There he 6aw the prince, and with an awful voice cried ou'.: "So! It is you that make me mf fer so!" He was then about to breathe his poi ESTABLISHED WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1898. sonous breath upon the prince, when, holding forth his hand w ith the egg in it, the prince pressed the delicate shell. The yolk flowed to tbe ground, and, as it did so, with a terrible groan, the gi ant fell dead. And iu his death his en chantments ceased. The iron wall dt apieared, aul ail the people awoke. I suppose I need not tell you that in a few days there was a wedding, and that the Princess Marvel became the bride of th; Golden Armored Prince, nor that they continued to live upon the island, happy, forevermore. Nasi of Texas. Mountley S. Stokeley, of Dubuque, la., some time ago wrote Governor Cul berson, asking why Texas is called the "Lone Star State." The latter has an swered the request iu an elaborate let ter, giving all the history bearing upon the subject. The Governor says that there are only two accounts of the ori gin of the designation. One is that Henry Smith, the first Chief Execu tive of the Texas republic, having no seal with which to stamp otTlcial docu ments, cut a brass button from his coat, on which was engraved a star, aud used this as a seal. Another, supported by John Henry Brown, the Texas histo rian, aud Governor Culberson, is that the lone star was chosen by the young republic in contrast to the constellation used by the United States. The Gov ernor concludes: "The first Cmgressof the republic of Texas met October 3, 1W, and during the session adopted a tlag and a 9t-al which are those now in use by the State. The flag is of red, white aud blue, with a five-pointed sin gle star of white, and the seal is a star surrounded with a wreath of lanreland oak. The conclusion is entirely reason able and logical that the flag and seal of Texas were originally suggested by those Hags of her revolutionary war, in spired themselves by the American in siguia of sovereignty, and that the des ignation of the 'Boue Star State' comes from the use of a single star on her standatd." Springfield Republican. Washington' Wooiiiff. George Washington was a colonel when be first met Mrs. Custis. He was on his way to Williamsburg to see the Governor when he was met by & Mr. Chamberlayuc, who owned a plan tation along the way, aud was asked to stop and dine with hitn. Washington replied that his business was urgent, and he was only persuaded when Cham berlayuc told him that be had a young w iJow visiting him who was rich and fair to look upon. He finally accepted, saying that it could be only for dinner. aud that, the meal over, he must hasten ou to Williamsburg by moonlight. He then threw the reins of his horse to Bishop, Lis boJy v. r .uut, and told hiiu to wait for his return. Dinner being over, the Virginia colo nel was so pleased with his company that he was in no hurry to go. He for got all about poor Bishop and his horse aud accepted an invitation to remain over nigbL It was, it may be said, a case of love at first sight. Washington went on to Williamsburg the next day, and on his return be called at the house of Mrs. Custis aud asked her hand in marriage. She accepted aud they were married in great style at her home on the Pamunkey river on the Gth of Jan uary, l"o!i. A honeymoon of several months was spent here and then the couple took a wedding tour to Mount Wash i n gton. San Francisco A rgo nauL President Adams' Trees. Thousands of Americans travel far to visit the White House aud walk through its grounds, yet few of them know the most interesting fact con nected with the place, that is, that John tiincy Adams, when he was President, planted most of its fine trees. President Adams wa3 full of energy; for mouths he made a practice of swim ming across the Totomac every day ; then he took to walking around the Capitol square for an hour every morn ing; then he found the best exerciseof all iu attending to the planting of the White House grounds with trees; they were very bare in this rep?ct, and he went into the whole science and art of plantation with an enthusiasm very like Sir Walter Scott's on the same subject He was then 5S years old, but he wrote about the growth of his oaks and chestnuts as eagerly as a school boy would about hunting. Beats the Kbniiie. Mr. A. C. Thomas, of Marysville, Tex., has found a more valuable dis covery than has yet been made iu tbe Klondike. For years he suffered un told agouy from CMisuicption, accom panied by hemorrhages, and was abso lutely cured by Dr. King's New Dis covery for Consumption, Cjughsand Colds. He declares that gold is of little value in comparison with this marvel ous cure; would have it, even if it cost a hundred dollars a bottle. Asthma, Bronchitis and all throat and lung affections are positively cured by Dr. Kings' New Discovery for Consump tion. Tiial bottles at J. N. Snyder's Drug Store, Somerset I'd., and O. W. Brall ier's Drug Store, Berlin, Pa. Regular size 50c aud $1.00. Guaran teed or price refuuded. A Poser. Mr. Bradla'Jgh was once engaged in a discussion with a dissenting minister. Bradlaugh insisted that the minister should answer a question by a Simple "Ye9" or "No," without any circumlo cution, asserting that every question could be replied to in that manner: The reverend gentleman rose, and in a quiet manners. .id: "M'. Bradlaugh, will you allow me to ask you a ques tion ou those ter jis?" "Certainly," add Bradlaugh. "Then may I ask, have you given up beating your wl ft?" , This was a poser, for if answered by "Yes" it wou.d imply tbt be had pre ioasly beat-n her, and if by "No" that he continued to do tux New York Commercial-Advertiser. Croup lustactly relieved. Dr. Tho mas' Eciectiic Oil. Perfw-ly safe. Ntver ails. At any drug store. 1827. Cameron's Announcement From the Washington star. Colonel John O. Winship, of Cleve land, was in town the fore part of the week. He called upon his old frind aud former chum, Speaker Heed, and they together related many incidents of their early life in Maine. "Meeting Mrs. Hannibal Hamlin at the Shoreham," said Colonel Win ship, "recalls tbe last time that I saw her distinguished husband. During the Blaine campaign, in lS-4, Hamlin made a few speecbesin Ohio, an 1 when he came to Cleveland, I invited him out to my home. He was in a plea-taut mood and told a number of funny stories. One of them, which I recall now, I tell in his own words, as nearly as possible. " 'In 1So2, w hen I was a Democrat,' said Hamlin, 'I was announced to ad dress a Democratic meetiug with James Buchanan at Lancaster, Pa. Simon Cameron presided. The meeting was held in a large auditorium, from which all the seats had been removed. The hall was packed to the door by men standing up. There was a perfvet sea of faces. "I was the first speaker aud for an hour or more held the undivided at tention of the big audience. It seems that w hile I was speaking several per sons in the back part of the hall bad suffered the loss of their pockclbooks. The sergeant of police, who was in the hall, worked his way through to the stage and whispered to Cameron to an nounce that there were pickpockets in the hall and that the people should be on their guard aud protect themselves. " 'Cameron, of course, intended mak ing the announcement at the close of my speech, but iu the applause that followed he forgot it. When quiet was restored, he iutroduced Buchanan to the audience as their distinguished fellow-citizen. .Sjchanan got up, and, surveying the crowd of his old neigh bors, began: ' "I as-sure you, my fellow-citizens, that it is indeed a pleasure to return to my old home and meet you agaiu. I like to look Into the honest faces of the people of Lancaster. A more honest people does not exist than iu this dear old county " " 'Cameron just at this point thought of what he had forgotten, and, inter rupting Buchanan, said: ""'lam requested by the sergeant of police to state that several persons in the audience have had their pocket books stolen, and to ask you to be ou the alert t iutercept ths gjilty ones." " 'Of c ur-', third Wii gr.it'. laj.i ter, but Buchanan passed itofi'casualiy and proceeded with his speech.' 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Therefore, since for this we have prayed, we must take our plasms at the front and say with the greatest refor mer of the sixteenth century: "H -re I st tud. I cau do no other. God help me. Amen! Instead of iac-?, I was to participate in war; instead of the sweetness of home, never more loved than I loved, I was to become a wanderer ou the face of thi earth; instead of libraries, I was to friqileut pjo'i-j halls and railway cars. Tae knights of the old chivalry gave woman the empty husk oftlittery; those of the new offer instead the wholesome kernel of just criticism. The knights of the old cnivalry drank our health in flowing bumpers; those of the new invite us tosit do.ru beside them at the banquet of truth. G:k1 made woman with her faculties, her traits, her way of looking at all great questions from the highest to the lowest, and He made her ti be a help meet for man, and he made man to bi helpmeet for her; He made them to stand side by siJe, sun-crowned. He made them to stand ia a republic as I believe, bearing equally its magnifi ceut burdens. We only wish to turn ail the builets into printers' type; we only wish the war to be a war of words, for words are wings they are full of lightning. Every brain Is the open furrow, every word the seed ca&t in. Free Pills. Send your address to H. E. But-klen & Co., Chicago, and get a free sample box of Dr. King's New Life Piils. A trial will eouvlnce you ot their merits These pills are easy in action and are particularly effective in the cure of Constipation and Sick Headache. For Malaria and Liver troubles they have been proved invaluable. They are guaranteed to be perfectly free from every deleterious substance and to be purely vegetable. They d i not weaken by their action, but by giving tone to the stomach and biweU greatly invig orate the system. It -gular siza 21c per bos. S!d at J. N. Suydtr'a Drug Stor-f, Sjmerset IV, and G. W. Brail ier'a Drugstore, Berlin. Pa. A hors? trai lid t walk fait, whether he be for tbe saddle, single harness or team, always commands a better price than one equally good in other re-p-ets, but a slow walker. Getting Heady ia Earnest From the St. Louis t;!olc-I-n-ocrat. Now that congress has seriously be gun the work of war pn paration a proper settlement of the Cuban troubles becomes a possibility. Spain now knows that her threats cau have to further effect than to spur this country to make ready for tbe conflict. It Is within our power to render the odds against Spain overwhelming, and that Ls the best plan to pursuu. The Madrid government has ascerti.ined that the American people are a unit in the con viction that tha reign of atrocities has lasted long enough. If nothing but in tervention w ill free Cuba, then it has iu the United States a practically unan imous support Temporizing measures to wait upon the result of half-way con cessions have had their day. There can be no peace in Cuba without inde pendence. Nor will anything less avert a collision between the United Statea and Spain. When Cuba is free the pressure from this ualiou w ill end. Spanish diplomacy stopping shoit of that is time wasted. Cuba has been the victim of merciless oppressors long enough. The condition of the i.shu.d, which grow s worse constantly, has also entailed upon us enough of loss and danger. Spain continue to send tr-Kips to Cuba. Fifteen hundred arrived this week and several thousand during the last month. Spanish armed ships are gathering within l'X) miles of our terri tory. It was high time for congress to take up the question of coast defense in an energetic spirit Some of the mod ern heavy guns require more than a your for construction. Artillerists to handle them must bo trained fr months. Our weakest point is iu our many harbors. The exposure to dis aster along our coasts would be worse but for the quickness with which .sub marine mines may be planted and hostile ships assailed with torpedoe. The supply of devoted men to handle torpedoes with the fearlessness of Cu.shing is unlimited. Our navy at this time tl.ould Le large enough to crush the ships of Spain at a blow. If we had two fleets, each larger than that of Spaia, there would proba bly be no war. When Spain purchases a battleship we should purclia.-e sev eral. It would Im prudent to repla'-e the Maine at once with two cr three similar vessels. As for land operations, our superiority after duo organization is all that could tie asked. Spanish troops iu Cuba would be between two fires, with the bae of supplies thou sands of miles away. Il is in.pirtar.t in case of war to make every blow struck at Spaiu proportionate to the greatness of our resources. It the au thorities proceed rapidly w ith the work of preparation. And let it be equally kept in mind that nothing short of in dependence can be ef the least benefit to Cuba, nor satisfy tbe just demands of our own people. It Will Surprise You. In order to prove the great merit of Ely's Cream Balm, the most effective cure for Catarrh and Cold in Head, yo'ir druggist wi'l supply a generous 10 cetit trial size or we will mail f r 10 cents. Full size "0 tts. ELY BltO.-L, 55 Warren St., N. Y. City. Ely's Cream Balm has completely cured me of catarrh when everything else failed. Many neq'iaintances have used it with excellent results. Alfred W. Steveus, Caldwell, Ohio. Color of Sin. From the C'h'e-i;r Chronicle. At a recent meeting of the Methodist Ministerial Assoiati n, held in the parlors of th Meridian Srreet Metho dist Cuurch, liev. J. W. Milan said that h-i had recently come across a very in teresting discovery, made by someone working in the Smithsonian Institu tion. The discovery reVed to tbe col or of sin. Several f tie ministers present sa: d the colcr of s-i u was scar let, because the Bible said so. Mr. Mi Ian replied that the scientist who had ni-tde this investigation had discovered that sin has a distinct color of its own. He ha by me!ns of a chemical process, examined the p-rspi ration of i-rrsous aroused to sinful passions. When this was subjected to a certain test the per spiration became pinkish iu color. He had made more than forty experiments and iu every instance the result was the sanii. Tue perspiration oming from persons not uud r the influence of evil passions does not have this crior. Thus be is led to believe that sin is in color a peculiar sickly pink a piuk that rath er has a wicked l 5k of its o vj. Dr. Milan regarded this as another instance where science agreed with religion, for the Bible frequently refers to the color of s'n, its reference to scarlet b -iug used for the reason that that c lor was found the most dilllcult of all dyes to remove. By a close study of the Bible many sec tion can b -fxi id w.iich strengthen the claim that sin has a color of its own, and that that color is something ou the ordr of pink. A TTsefal Mais. "Tom, that old &wayba-ked mewl o' yourn ain't no good under a saddle, is he?" "Nop; too slow an' klumscy." "Ner in th' buggy er waggin'."' "Nop?; too awkwatd fer tiint." "N -r at rulliu' ov the plow?" "Nop?; waut to graz-! tx m ich." " Whut yo j k-sepin' him fer, then?' "Wat, you s.-e, we ain't g-t no cl k at our hous-?, an' th it ole m;l brays right at dinner tloi; jest ez shore ez the yearth turns over. Yasser, I've b-en called tj diun?r by that m-wl's bray fer the past five years, an' I a:n alias right plu.up on time." Atlanta Jour uaL For some time, I have suffered with rheumatism and tried every Imagina ble remedy, without effect. Mr. F. G. S. Wells advised ma to try Chamber lain's Pain Balm, teliing me that it had eureJ many eases of long stand ing like mic. I have used four bottles and feel sure that one more bottle will make my cure cooip'ete. A. P. Koot, Claremore, Ark. Sold by all druggisU WHOLE NO. 2431. lied to the Swamp. From Youth's Coiitniiim. During the first year of the revolu tionary war the ni-)t conflicting and alarming reports spread to tbe re-mote country towns. In the "History of Windham County," Conn., there is a description of a serious panic which oc curred at Thompson as a result of such rumors. A saucy boy was knocked down by a suspected Tory. At the same time a courier from Boston rode through the town, too muh in haste to answer questions. Soon dreadful sto ries were afloat. It Is said that tbe patriots' homes were in danger ; that "Malbone's nig g rs" were coming, burning and slaugh tering. "The Tories are coming! The Torits are coming!" was the cry every where. Not a man was left at home save the old and paralytic, and they had no arms, no ammunition. Flight seemed the only resource, and a dismal, miry swamp was selected as the place of ref uge. A boy was sent to rally all the neighUrs. He ran to Larued's store, then a well-kuowu business centre. Mrs. Larned, who was in charge, was not one to run from tbe face of dan ger. A big fire was blazing In the huge kitchen fireplace, kettles of water were heating, aud every iron implemeut that could 1-e mustered wason the coals, and w ilh hot water and hot irons she in tended to make a stand against the in vaders. "Old t irau u y Leavens" the aged w idow of the first William Lar ned, of Thompson was with her, and was equally resolute. She had surviv ed several Indian wars aud two hus bands. "If I am to be killed by the Tories to night, why, then, I shall le," she ex claimed, "so I'll e'en stay with Becky." The example of these two women had no effect ujKin their weaker listers, al ready iu full flight. "Tell Becky," they rctoru-d, "that hot inns will never do for the British." They hurried off to theswattp, a panic stricken company. "Ui.c!e Asa," a lame o'd man, was suf fering from a disease incident upon ex-ce-y-ive flip thinking. "Thither," he complained, as he hob bled along. "Thither, I've forgot my p'.atbtcr. Oh dear! Oh dear! "Hurry up, Asa, or you'll never put a i-l.tstt r ou your knees again iu this world," answered his sister. The swamp w as so "damp, moist and unpleasant" that all could join with Aunt Nabby in her hert-felt ejacula tion, "I'd give a wedge of gold as big as my loot for one good drain." The unfortunstteold people, too feeble for flight, were iu a still more pi table condition. Ooe bedridden old woman, who had not st.nnl on her feet for yearw, and was forgotten in the flurry and left at home alone, managed to crawl out of lied and stow her-lf away in the cup board. An old captain, trembling with p ilsy, barricaded the door and valiant ly held it w ith a pitchfork. The ni.'ht passed. Nothing was heard of Malbone or other marauders. In the morning the wearied fugitives stole t-aek trom the swamp. Their fright and (light and ridiculous sayings were to!d all over the town, and even carried to camp, giving the soldier a hearty laugh amid all tbeir uncomfortable sur roundings and forebodings. Hcral Free Eilivzrj. The fact that the postal appropriation bill coutains an item of f J,0') for ru ral fr.-e d.-Iivery daring the next fiscal year, w hich is J1-)),000 more than has Iven available for the purposj during the present fiscal year, will doubth-ss m.ike a large increase in the number of applications to the department for ex tensions of the service a much larger number thau the appropriation will provide for iu theeveutof its approval. It w ill go without saying that $l"ti,000 would be of small use if an eil rt were made to extend rural free delivery to all w ho would le giad to have it. It is oue of the objections In its extension that those not living in the regions where it is applied may urge that they have as good right as anybody to share in its be nefits, and to charge favoritism and discrimination in the selection of the region where it is employed. This is an o!'j-ctioii, however, which noth ing short of universal application of the system wculd b3 sulTiciect tore- move, aud is one likely to be much overdone at all stages in the extension of the system. It may hasten the ex tension of the system if those interest ed in it extension will take the person al interest to write to their representa tives in Congrvss, urging them to cause such an overirtuliug of the pistal bas- iuess as will bring about at least a smaller gp bitween the receipts aud expenditures. Tne Loub Bil!, which was recently laid on the table by so large a vote as to be considered equiva lent b its dith, was hi this direction. but was tr narrow, paying more atten tion to increasing postal rates oa cer tain classes of matter than to making better bargains for the governm ?nt in the letting of government contracts, and to investigating other matters of expenditure who eouoaiy Is qjes- tiotied. If those favoring rural free delivery have ideas to advance along this liae, they should advance them - cot at the village poutoffices nor through the newspapers, bat in direct communication with their representa tive iu Congress, whose success at the tol!s d-p-rniL upon their votes. Hi Cirbtiaa Seel Apply. This advertisement from the Indiana Pioneer teilsilsown story: "Wanted Au experienced Butler for a bachelor. Must understand the cire of uniform aud a'-coutrvm-uU. Must be clean and active, and if possible honest Must be eq'ial to camp life. Xj native of Bel gium need apply. No Christian need apply. Wag Its. 11. Address Cap tain Tyler, Royal Artillery, Belgium. It is well known to every intelligent visitor to India, and to every one (adds the London Sketch) outside of the fl-jcks" rho subscribe to missionary s-H-ieiies, that no one would care to em ploy a converted native, his conversion being generally only a subterfuge for cheating his master. Much of the winter killing of clover is due to the f:w t that the fields are too closely cropped by live stock late In the fall, and there is no top left to protect the roots. Ff left to grow up after the 1st of Octol-er there would be less cause for com plaint Many f.-ri-ale ninths have only rudi mentary v. iiL's. ird pufate in the ground; they liaNe to tlimb the trees to lay their egg. For this reason sev eral ( our destructive moths can Im kept otl the fruit trees by a slight ap- lication of tar aud grease. The canker 'rorm and tussock moth are case in poinL Grape vines usually need very little manure other than mineral, and that chiefly potash. In Eunqx-au countries it is the habit of vinevardists to Uiru the pruuings each year, and apply the ashes. No other fertilizer is ih-cd. Ill f-t, stable manures are injected to, as they make the vines grow rank, and the fruit will lack the flavor that be longs to fruits whose vines are ouly manured with ashes. Much of the ex cellence f French wines is possibly due to this sparing use of manure. A writer in an English papVr gives this recipe for preventing rust in carnation.--, which he received from a gar dener in Germany, whose plants were unusually fine and in healthy condi tion. He mixes two pounds of vitriol aud four pounds of freshly -slacked lime iu 27 gallons of water, aud stirs well together until it is char, not blue, and then he adds two pounds of sugar and mixes all agaiu. With this be syringes his plants once a week, early in the day. The syringing should be done quickly, finely and evenly. A swollen udder often causes a ewe to disown and abuse her Iamb. The milk flow is then usually deficient, which only makes the hungry lamUt more persistent, the ewe more desper ate, and a bad matter worse. In such a case we put the lambs In a box or bar rel near the ewe, supply them with al most enough cow's milk from a bottle with a nipple, or let them to some other ewe, and only let them to their dan euough to keep the milk taken; in the mean time bathe the udder with tepid water and witch hazel or aruica. Do this often at least every two hours for a day then extend the times uutil the sorenets and swelling are gone, and the milk flow increased, when the Iamb will be received. Indiana Farmer. Recent German trials indicate that the separator removes from cilk and cream not only the dirt and slime which pass through the strainer, but the greater portion of bacttfia. As cows are usually cared for aud handled there is always some dirt and daudruff from the cow's udder getting into tbe milk. This cau not always be caught in a strainer, but if any passes through, it is included with the slime which re mains in the separator bow L The Ger man trials indicate that most of the bacteria remain w ith it Dr. S. B. Partridge, of East Bloom field, N. Y., is raising celery ou a large scale ou the bed of a reclaimed swamp. He set 121,000 plants last year, of tbe dw arf Golden Self-Blanching, and pro duces from loOO to IsOO dozen branches of celery per acre, marketable nt from 20 to 30 cents dozen. His celery kept for winter market is placed in trenches made by means of a crib, M feet loug and 14 inches wide, w hich is placed iu the row and filled with celery. Then a deep bank of earth i thrown up on either side to the top of the celery, after which the crib is taken up and moved forward its length, and the same pro cess repeated. The trenches are left open at the top until the approach of cold weather, when they are covered with straw aud earth. New England Farmer. If you have never had a "rattling good garden," suppose you make an effort to have one this year. I know from experience that a good garden is a great money saver, a well as a sys tem renovator. You can grow more gn-d 'Spring medicine" from a dollar's worth of garden seeds than you can get for V) from a drug store. Some people like to regard everything they eat, In the way of vegetables, as a remedy for this or that disease; a liver renovator. a kidney stirrer, a lung balsam, or a stomach soother. I much prefer to con sider them as real good, palatable food. Cor. Rural World. In choosing varieties of potatoes for priug planting it is advisable to select those that have been recently produced from seed, provided, of course, that their quality and prxluctiveness have been tested and are generally knowu. Tne variety that is newly produced 9eed is generally more vigopMis then than it Is likely to 1 after a few years' cmtest with potato bugs and the blight and rota, which all help to decrease po tato vigor and productiveness. But it is not advisable to plant potatoes, how ever good, which are very uulike stand ard sorts, and whose good qualities are not generally known. There is so much difference in potatoes that the mere fact that a potato is a potato ix not enough w ith most consumers to se cure a market for it until after they have given it a triaL In a Bad Fix. "Now" said the lawyer, who u conducting the cros-examination. you will please state how and where you first met this man?" "I think," said the lady with the sharp nose, "that it was" "Never mind what you think," in terrupted the lawyer. "We want facts here. We don't eare what you think. and we haven't any time to listen to what you think. Now please Ml us when and where it wxs that you first met this man?" The w itnesM made no reply. "Come, come," urged the lawyer, "I demand an answer to the question I have put" "The witness will please answer the question," said the Court in iinpretsive tone. "Can't," said the lady. "Why not?" "The Court donea't care to hear what I think, doc it?" "No," "Then there's no use a questioning me any further, I am not a lawyer. I can't talk without thinking.." So they called the next wltnesa. Cleveland Leader. From all over the country eotue words of praise for Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. Here is a sample let ter from Mrs. C. Stiep, of Little Iio k. Ark. : "I wad suffering from a very se'-'ere cold, when I read of the cure that had been effected by Chamber Iain's Cough Remedy. I concluded to give it a trial and accordingly procur ed a bottle. It gave me prompt relief, and I have the best reason for i-eeom-mending it very highly, which I do with pleasure." Sold by all druggist
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