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Co. itwelTe tpeml wtiu, wlihoot chiiii, in th Scientific American. rA-r'uj SS'JNN&Co.36'8'-New York tuMETilT TO ADVERTISERS. n.mx.f Ka oramtrr rariera in fom4 v v. . j i r - in Ecminjrton's Conctr Seat Lists, fclirewa M .. . i . i . sdTcrusers avau ttietnscires ox uj ubuj, cony of which t bo had of Eemingtoa Bn. of Kew York k K'tsburg. I e 44. TEE PEICE OF "WAS. We have fed our ea for a thousand yeara. And she lit Ilk us, glil unfi-J; Ti e nc- er a wave of ail her wa ves lint nuirts oar Enplivb dead. We have mtvwn our twt to tlio vrfrtl'i unrest. To the t;l -it and the Hbeering gull ; If blood be the price of admiralty, (i od Uod, we have pid it full ! There' never a flood goes shoreward now liut lifts a ked we manned ; Tiiere' never an -hl tfoen araward now Eut drops our dead on the sand Put drops our diid on the sand forioni. From the Iucie to the Mla: If b'ood be the price of admirahty, Good Liod, we liave paid It in ! We must feed our sea for a thousand years. For this U our doom and pride. As it was when they sailed with the (jo'.den Hind, Or the wrei.-k that struck last tide: Or the wreck that lieon the sprouticg reef Where the g:h:iHtiy blue lights Hare; If blood be the price of admiralty. Good Uod, we have bought it fair! Rudyard Kipllnj. A FIRST OF Ml FORFEIT. BY N. A. M RUE. "Uoand kisi Howard, EK""0!i, I can't' "IVjaw! Yosyoucau. too." I l'a April Fool's Djy." There was a gleam of mischief in her brother's eyes, and an answering gleam appeared iu Elsie's when she fully took iu the meaning of his remark. She cros.-Hl the room and stood before Howard Payne a moment, and then said very demurely, with her eyes on the carpet, her hands behind her, looking the very picture of bashfulues, though under the long lat-hes her eyes were spark ling with fun: "My forfeit isto kiss you, Mr. Payne. I wonder if it is a hard one." He laughed, thinking how pretty she was, and how shy, and said: "We'll try to make it easy." She thought to herself, "How dread fully tall he is w hen he stauds up. I wonder if I dare do it," and then just as he bent down to touch her lips she whispered: "April Fool," tivllikea flash the disappeared through the- hall door, leaving Howard with his mouth in such good position for whistling that he couldn't help doing it, and then when they all laughed and Mac said: "How easy you made that for her," he sat down much discomfited. Everybody t lse fotgot all about it, but he couldn't forget it, and when Elsie came again I nto the room and sat down by her father, he couldn't help looking at her and wondering how S3 much mischief could be hidden under siK-h a demure exterior. Every time be caught her glance stie dropped her eyes, but she could not keep a little smile from curling her lips when she thought of the trick eh; had played on her broth er's college friend. Elsie's birthday was the first of April, and all the cousins came to help her celebrate it. Besides the crnisius, her brother Mac had brought his col lege chum, Howard Payne. Such a tall, good looking, good-natured fellow could not h-ilp being a favorite at once and while they trimmed the big par lors he decided he never had been with such a jolly set of young people before and entered into the fun with all the zest of a student off for a holiday. With no home of bis own, paying his own way through college, refusing to go out very much lest his studies be lost, he had falleu iu with Macfarland Kinney, and a strong friendship sprang up that gave to the one ax-iety which he liked, and kept the other from too hard work aud the accompanying de spondency. Mac talked constantly ot his home, and most of all of his little sister Elsie, that when her birthday came and Mac invited him to go to his home and see her, he was ready to ac cept, especially as a kind note from Mrs. Kinney came soon after, saying how glad they would all be to welcome any friend of Mac. "But Howard, you mustn't take much notice of Elsie at first, for if she dislikes anyoue nothing can make her change her mind, aud I do so want her to like you. She can't bear Jo Stuart He's one of the western cousins, and the pranks she played on him when he visited us last year would fill a book. She came to me one day in a perfect tempest because Jo had trie-d to kiss her, and she had scratched his face, ana she didn't know what pupa would say. Mamma ar.d papa both tried to make her apologize, but she said Jo shouldn't have anything of hers, not even an apology, aud I stood up for her. I did my best to talk her over into liking Jo. He is very pleasant, and we all thought him so nice, that it was a great trial to us that ELIe wouldu't. She was the only one of us that he seemed to care about, but do what he would, he couldn't win her regard. If he came ueur her she was off like a bird." Thus cautioned, Howard studied Elsie from afar, uot saying much to her, and wished she would lookup more often, bctause she bad such w on drfui eyes; so big and btight eyes that talked; eyes that f-parkled over a joke; eyes that were wry grave and deep when the soul that looked out was quiet. When the rooms wete deco rated with their green wreaths and rope of evergreen, aud the vases filled, and all in readiness for the cousins who would come to the cutting of the cake, all hands sat down tired enough to rest a little, and "what shall we do? ' was the question. Get I toward to tell you a story," said Mac. Oh, do, dof' was the cry, and How ard began oue of the German folklore stories, and kept on talking till he de clared he couldn't think of anything more to say. A most interested audi ence they were and called for more every time he stopped. Elsie stood leaning on the back of Mac's armchair looking at Howard with her great eyes, tiking in every point of the story, aud giving Howard keen pleasure ts he Hatched her sensitive face change at each new phase of the story. By and by she sat down on the arm of Mac's chair and threw her arm around his neck, leaning her head agaiust his in a confiding w ay that made a lump rise In Howard's throat, and he tuddenly brought his tale to as abrupt clote. At the table Elsie cut the big cake tnl handed the firs', slice, wiih the BomerBet SOMERSET, PA., rose that had lain on top beside it, to Howard. Mac laid hid hand on How ard's knee under the table with a pres sure that meant: "You have won ber, sbe will like you," and Howard felt his heart throb as the grave eyes, now sweet and tender, looked at him, and the red lips smiled, as she wished him as happy a birthday as she was having. Then came the evening games and forfeits, aud the kiss he hadn't had, and be wondered if Mac was mistaken and Elsie didn't like him after all. He was just as wide awake at three as he was at twelve, and turn as he might, her eyes looked up just as they did w hen he bent to kiss her. Fallen in love, do you say? Well, perhaps so, but he realized that sbe was Mac's sis ter, and if she did not like him, would it not take Mac from him also. Sure ly, she was only a child, but then Mac had said she never changed. Irritated and puzzled, yet with a great longing for the good will of this household that had been so kind to him, he finally dropped asleep. On entering the drawing-room nest morning he saw' Elsie standing at the farther end e.f the room, looking out, and lie crossed to her, saying in his cheery voice: "Good morning, Elsie; rather a dismal landscape, isn't it? I think it's pleasanter inside, with such a bright fire, don't you?"' "Yes indeed, I do," "Then turn this way and tell me if you think people ought to pay their debts when they can just as well as not? I have a very peculiar case in mind, where a paymeut has been evad ed, aud apparently no effort made to reach a satisfactory settlement. I am in a quandary about it. What would you do?" "Is it a debt to you?" "Yes; and I cauuot afford to lose it I want iL" The dark eyes flashed a little as she said: "I would have it if I had to go to law. I think it is a dreadful thing for folks to purposely keep other peo ple's money, or anythiug that does not belong to them." "This isn't exactly money, but it be longs to me, all the same. I am glad you think as I do about it. When you say anything that does not belong to them, it includes kisses, of course, and" a wave of confusion went over Elsie's face, ' and then a mischievous look iu her eyes, and at last she put her handkerchief tc her mouth to cover the laugh that she could not keep back. Her eyes sought the dwr as if sh wanted to escape; but no, Howard stood in front of her, and she could not le so rude as to push him out of her path. He was laughing, too, she sa when she looked up, aud her courage grew as she said: "That's outlawed, and, besides, it was April Fool's day," and the smile again dimpled her face. I have read some law, and there is nothing in any of the books about for feits outlawing, and so of course they run right on; and as for the day, why. I am sure you would consider money loaned on Sunday to be a debt just ax much as if it were contracted on Mon day, though the law would not requir it to be paid, for business must not bt done on Sunday, and any note mad- that day would not be good. "Oh ! there comes Mac," and a look of relief showed itself in her counte nance, for she seemed to have lost her ready wit before this young man, who could argue a case so well. But sht turned again as they weut out to break- fait to ask very demurely: "Who is your collector, Mr. Payne?" (J iick as thought came the answer : "Mr. Howard Payne, and if you havo any bills to be collected I should bt glad if you would put them iuto my hinds. I promise prompt attention and quick returns." "I agree to that, Howard ; for I know when you want anything you get it 5 some way, aud when you once get bold you never let go," said Mac "He will have that kiss, and I sbalf. give it to him, I know," E!sie thought. "I'll just keep out of his way." Ami so when the time for the cars drew near, she started on a long walk, and. did net reach home until the carriag had bet n gone ten minutes. Now Mac aud Elsie held a lengthy correpnd nice, and a jolly writer sin J was too, filling every inch on tw i sheels of paper with jokes and happe n- i in 'a and family sayings, so that it wan. , almoit like a visit home to receive one i of her letters. Seeing how eager How ar J was to hear, he allowed him to reac them all. Once Howard sent her a. little note aking if she would get t specimen of a blue flower growing near j her home, as he could find nothiog o the kind w here he wa, and when i came back it was pressed in a note or her handwriting, which he carrie. about till he feared it would be tx-worn-out to look at, so he packed ic away with the souvenirs of bis mother, and bis father's last letter. Of course, thanks must be sent, and finally every letter either way had an extra note for or from Elsie. Then Elsie went away to school, and. several years weut by w ithout his see ing her. Mac graduated and went t California. Howard weut into a law yer's office, and when the senior part -ner died he went in with bis son to con tinue the linn. Now Elsie was coming to visit her aunt In Hartford, and he. might see her if he would calL Thai; day was waited, for he could do noth- s ing, his mind was so full of her. How would she look ? Would her eyes have, the same luminous light? Would In dare ask for the kiss she had owed s loug? He had become a regular correspond ent, and, though no love had been, spoken, he at least was sure of his owit heart Such a pretty picture as met his eyes when he was shown Into tut room, where Elsie and her aunt were sitting She was in the dep eaychair with a. great tiger cat curled up in her lap. He. paused a moment on the threshold V take it all in, and then Elsie sprang upr thus unceremonioatiy dropping the cat,. which hurried away with a much-dis gusteJ look to a f.wtstool at the other end of the room ; but he could not stay angry with ber long, and just as soon; as the introductions were over, aud. they bad settled down to a ctzy talk, she called him, and, stretching him -s !f lazily, he walked back and Jumpee!l into her lap again, where he curled ESTABLISHED 1827. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13. 1898. himself down as contentedly as though he had never been disturbed. I "Mr. Payne, Elsie says she owes you something, and that the bill has been running for several years. She would not tell me what it was, but I am sure if her people knew it it would be paid at once. I have been talking with her and she has promised to pay it to-morrow. I am extremely sorry about iL" Oh, it was of no consequence ; I was glad to let it run. I will eome up to morrow." Then the conversation turned, and nothing more was said about the debt ; but Elsie's eyes were sparkling when she bade him good-by at the door, and when she reached her room she sat down and laughed till the tears came laughed at the joke she was to play next day, and cried because sh had said it wa4 of no consequence, and he was glad to let it run longer. As early as possible Howard came to receive his due, and fully determined to ask for all her kisses. But only her aunt met him, and said her mother had sent for her to come home, and she had left early that moruiug. She left a little package for you. Here it is, and I presuma it contains the money she owes you. I can't think why she should have let it run so long." In his oftlee he took off the cover. An immense pink-and-white kiss lay in the dainty box, and that was all. He sat down, sayiug in despair : "She des not care for me after alL" Soon as he could think what to do he drew a paper toward him and wrote a formal receipt iu full, and directed it to Elsie Kinney. Then he found the time tables, and three days later was on the ocean bound for England. At regular inter vals he sent a message to Elsie, but he was discouraged, and her no:es iu reply were so short and so unlike those of old, that he was more despondent than ever. Then came a letter from Mac that made the 6un shine again. Mother says that Elsie Is moping, and she fears she is going into a de cline. She does nothing but lie on the lounge with her eyes sbut, or look out of the window, and don't seem to want to do anything. Her Bpirits have de serted her. and where she used to be the life of the house, now she is so very quiet I can't understand it, though mother says that once when your name was mentioned she burst into tears and ran out of the room. Don't, I beg of you dou't Well, she Is my little sis ter still, aud I am all uuue-rved at the thought of her being, other than the bright, happy child I have always loved so we!L If you care for her tell her so ; if not I ought not to h-.tve written as have, but you know how my sister has been a great part of my life, and you wi 1 forgive me fr tae sake of so old a friendship." ' The next mail for America carried this letter : "Mr Darling Elsie: I always call you my little love, my darling, my heart, and why shouldn't I put it on paper, since you have never forbidden it? I am coming back very soon, and shall come first to you, for your aunt said you were ready to ay the debt you owe, and, as I collect my own bills, I shall hope to collect that one. Perhaps you thought the candy kiss would liquidate all demands, but I think you were to give the kiss yourself, aud your aunt gave me that, and if you will no tice the receipt you wilL find it dated April first, so that it is not well, don't consider it good for much, do von? Are vou aware how long the J debt has been running, aud what an accumulation of interest there will be? I want not the single kiss, but all your kisses, and the lips that give them, and the heart, and those wonderful eyes owned by a little girl who began to make a fool of me years ago, and who has made such a complete success of it that I am ashamed to offer the work of her hands to any one else. I am com ing to hear you tell me how you like your work, and find out from you I may be your lover or only an afflicted creditor and April fool. I will sign my 'i self for this once, If never again, Yours, H nd yours out v. Howaui Payne." ; A June day, aud the light wind is I stirring the little rings of Elsie's hair as sbe sits by the window of her room. Howard Payne is in the drawing-room, but her heart is beating so she is afraid to go down. The door opeus and Mrs. Kinney enters. "Are you net coming down, El-ie? Mr. Payne is here, aud has asked for you." "In a moment, mamma." A figure in white, roses of June in her belt, big, bright, dilated eyes, trem bling, sensitive lips, are w hat he sees as she crosses the room to greet him. As he looks down at her he thinks of that time when he looked dowu iu the same way long ago, and she glances involun tarily toward the door through which she fled, and he said : "Dj you want to escape, dear?" "No, oh, noP and the breath of crushed roses fills the room a he hears that whispered resjwnse. Good House keeping. Two Enterprising Draggit. There are few men more wide awake and enterprising than J. N. Snyder of Somerset, -and J. W. Brallier of Berlin, who spare no pains to secure the best of everything iu their line for their many customers. They now have the valuable agency for Dr. King's New Discovery for Consump tion, Coughs aud Colds. This Is the wonderful remedy that is producing such a furor all over the country by Its many startling cures. It absolutely cures Asthhia, Bronchitis, Hoarseness aud all affections of the Throat, Chest aud Lungs. Call at above drugstores and get a trial bottle free or a regular size for 50 cents and 11.00. Guaranteed i to cure or price refunded. Hardly Gathered. " "And so the old man was gathered to his fathers?" "Well, you could hardly call it gath- j ered-dynamite explosion, yoaknow." Odds and Ends. Accidents come w ith distressing fre quency on the farm. Cubt, bruises, stings, sprains. Dr. Thomas' Eclectric Oil relieves the pain 1 nt tan tly. Never eafe without it. TT I 'TEST "WE FORGET." Congresiman Cousins' Xobla Tribute to the Heroes of the Maine. The noblest tribute uttered to men who lost their lives in the service of their country, of recent years, Is that paid by Congressman Cousins. It fully deserves to rank with that classic of patriotic oratory, Lincoln's address at Gettysburg. Mr. Cousins, by a single speech, has placed himself in the fore most rank of the country's spokesmen. The measured force and pathos of his words are not the wild shriek of the jingo, nor the trembling, halting hint of the craven. Perfectly self-coutained he calmly awaits the outcome of pa tient inquiry and thoughtful considera tion of all the facts that go to make up the step of historic importance. The address, brief but nobly sustained, closes with no less nobly eonooived lines from Kipling's Recessional: "Lord CSod of Host, bo with us yet. Lest we forget lest we forget. Following is the full text of lier re- sentative Cousin's tribute: "The measure now proposed is most appropriate and just, but hardly is it mentioned iu contemplation of the great calamity to which it apiertains. It will be merely an incidental, legisla tive foot-note to a page of history that will be open to the eyes of the Repub lic and toe world for all time to come. No human speech can add anything to the silent gratitude, the speechless rev erence already given by a great and grateful nation to its dead defenders aud to their living kin. No act of Con gress providing for their needs can make a restitution for their sacrifice. Human nature does, in human ways, Us best, aud still feels deep in debt. Expressions of condolence have come from every country and from eveiy clime, and tve-ry nerve of steel aud ocean cable lias earned on eiectric breath the swee test, tenderest words of sympathy for that gallant crew who manned the Maine. But no human recompense can re-ach them. Human ity aud time remain their everlasting debtors. It was a brave and strongand splendid crew. They were a part of the blood and bone and sinew of our laud. Two were from my native State of Iowa. Some were only recently at the naval academy, where they had so often heard the morning an J the evening sal utation to the fljg that flag which had been interwoven with the dearest mem ories of their lives, and which had col ored all their friend-ships with the last ing blue of true fidelity. But whether they came from naval school or civil life, from oue State or from another, they called each other comrade that gem of human language which some times means a little loss than love and a little more than friendship that gen tle salutation of the human heart that speaks in all the language of man, that winds, turns, aud runs through all the joys and sorrows of the human race through deed, and thought, aud d ret in; through song, and toil, and battlefield. "No fie had ever challenged them. The world will never know how brave they were. They never knew defeat ; never shall. While at their posts of duty sleep lured them into the abyss, then death unlocked their slumbering eyes for an iustaut, to behold its dread ful carnival. To most of them the sum mons came just when life was full of hope and all its tides were at their highest, graudest flow just when the early sunbeams were falling on the steeps of fame and tlxxling all life's landscape, far out into the dreamy, dis tant horizon just w hen all the nymphs were making diadems and garlands, weaving laurel wreaths before the eyes of young and eager nature just then, when death seemed moet unnatural. "Hovering above the dark waters of that mysterious harbor of Havana the black-winged vulture watches for the belated dead while over it and ever all there is the eagle's piercing eye, sternlv watching for the truth. Wheth er the appropriation carried by this res olutiou shall ba ultimately charged to fate or to some f.ie shall soon arp.-ar. Meauwhile, a patient and a patriotic people, eulighteued, by the lessons of our history, remembering the woes of war, both to the vanquished and victo- .....a nous, are ready lor me trtun auo lor their duty. 'The tumult and the shouting dies The captains and the kin js d.-p tri SUll stands the ancient s kcridre. An humble and a contrite heart. Lord Clod of Hosts, be with yet, Ist we forget lest we forget." Sashes of Surgeom. A great many people do not know why army surgeons wear green sas'ies It is uot so much an insignia of rank as it is a protection to the wearer. Ac cording to the ode of war surgeons are never shot or taken prisoners. To de diberately shoot a surgeon while he is wearing his sash is considered a viola tion of the code, punishable by death, says the Omaha World-Herald. Because of this provision surgeons of one army never refuse to look after the wounded of the other army if it is ps sible for them to do so. During the civil war it was often the C:tse after a battle the field hospitals would contain almost an equal number of men dress ed in blueand gray. The Federal army had the best surgeons aud the be-st stores, and a wounded confederate con sidered himself in great luck to bleared for by federal surgeons and physicians. But in the heat of battle a green sash Is not much protection, and surgeons wrt often wounded or killed. But this did not keep surgeons at the rear until the battle was over. They were often found in ihe thick of the fray, dressing wounds and sending the wounded to the rear. Theirs was a perilous as wed as a noble duty, aud they performed it well. "I feel it my duty to give you a truth ful statement of what Chamberlains Colic, Cholera and Diarrhiei Reme dy did," writes J. S. Collins, of Moore, S. C, "I had a child about two years old, that had the diarchies for two months. I tried all the best known remedies, but none gave the le-ast relief. Wbeu this remedy oarua to hand, I gave it as directed, and in two days the child was completely cured." SjKI by all dmgg'wU. Pigeons For Use In War. From The Philadelphia Imtuirer. "Five thousand birds, ail trained and experienced flyers, could and would be placed at the dispetial of the United States government by Thiladelphlans in the event of war between this coun try and Spain; that is, if the govern ment would accept them." The speaker was one of the best- known raisers aud trainers of homing pigeons iu the United States. In a chat w ith an Inquirer reporter yester day afternoon he told a whole lot of in teresting things la connection with homiug and carrier pigeons and the service they could render to the United States iu a war with another nation. "Of course, you will understand that it is only it a naval engagement," I e said, "thai the birds would be valuable. In laud battles the telegraph and the field telephone would furnish more rapid mean of transmitting mcsig-s. But on the sea, where it U likely that most of the fighting i-e-tween this ttountry and Spain will bo done, If auy is done at all, electricity cannot le used, for reasons which are o'ovI-ki. Still, it is often just a important t'vit quick eorutnunicatioa be had with the shore aud with the naval oflljials at Washington during a battle between the warships as between regiments of land-lighters. FKEK TO THE CiOVERXM EXT. "Philaddphians have paid more at tention, perhaps, to the raising aud training of homing pigeons than the people of any other one locality in the country. As a result, there ar at least thirty thousand birds of various ages aud iu various stages of eievelopu.ent and training owned in the city today. Of this number at least teu thousand are fit to be put to work carrying war messages, aud five thousand, I have not the leat d mbt, wjuKI be oil-Ted five to the Navy D.-pirtuunt th-i minute it became known that they would le used. Some of these birds h;ld champion ship records for 1 ong distance flights, and all of them are irood ones. Take the loft owued by W. S. Torkinrt m, jr., of West Puilalelphia, for instance. Mr. Torkington, by the way, w rote to Secretary Loug only a few days ago offering the pick of his flyers to the government. Included iu the number are birds that have won the W.'st Puil adidphia district championship-tat 2, 3.J0 aud 4 miles, and o.ie that finished second in the 500 mile raco. H:s loft is bred principally from Kiugitou and Twilisht. two of the most famous breeders in the world, and the birds he would tuin over to Secretary Long could be depended up m to bring h ome everv lime the messages with w hich they were intrusted. NOTED ONES AMUNO THEM. "Charles II. Jones, of Clifton Heights, the racing secretary of the National Association of Hominr Pigeon tn- ciers, is auother whosa lh of long dis tance flyers would b3 turned over to the Government He has one hundred and twenty-five or more birds. Arthur McGinu, the weil-kuowu contractor, has also offered 100 of his r.") flyera to the governme.it, oue of them beina: the celebrated Gainesville, the homer that finished second in the world-fam ed race in which the winner ll.-w tilt miles between sunrise and sunset. The loft of Conuol & Sloan, located in West Philadelphia, would furnish fifty first class birds, the mist celebrated Using the winner of the 500 mile West Phil adelohia district raC3 la-st year. An other breeder whosj bird arj at the disposal of the government is L"uU A Mehler, of Twentieth anl Diamond streets, who turned over a lot, of the homers to Secret try of the N avy Her bert during Clevelanl's last adminis tration, the latter miking a number of highly satisfactory experiments with them. Bit the list could ba extended indefinitely." The method of utilizing the pigeons by the Navy would bd extremely sim ple. Cotes of birds would be carried on board each of the warship, oue cote from each city or town with which it m'ght become desirable to communi cate. Tiiese coul d be coast or inland cities although the form-r would be preferable, asall cornmuuie itions could bi forwarded from them to Washing- bin bv wire uoon thi arrival of the message-bearing bird more rapidly than the pigeons themselves could make the trip. SEN DI Nil AMESSAtSE. Before or a'fter a battle, or even dur ing an engagement, should the com mander ot a ship or of the fleet want to seud word to the national capital or to any other plac, he would simply cau-te the rnessage to be w ritten on the light paper that Is used for the parp se anl fastened to the tail feathers of the bird whose home loft was in the town near est to the place for which the message was destined. Oace given its liln-rty, th? intelligent and home-loving flyer would do the rest. During a war w ith Spain it is probable that amy ority of the most important naval engagements would be fought within one huudred and fifty miles of the Florida c oast Under such circumstances, two hours from the time a bird w as liberated from a warship it could b in Ky West or Jacksonville, and three minutes later its message would be in Washington The government has already decided to adopt homing pigeons as a p irt of its lighthouse equipment, ud it Is alto gether likely that th?y will beconu valuable adjuncts of the U ultel Suites n-vw. A war with Saaiu co-ill cer tainly furnish an opportunity to de termine their practical worth for war nurnres. and fanciers all over the I r country are sparing no efforts to in duce the government to give the birds a trial. Philadelphia is in the lead, however, and It Is practically a fore gone conclusion that the first of the flyers used w ill come from Fallal tl phla lofts. The Best Liniment "Chamber lain's Pain Balm is the finest on earth," write Edwards A Parker, of Plains Ga. This is the verdict of all who use it. For rheumatism, lame back, sprains, swellings and the numerous slight ail meuts and accidents common to every K..h..u tt.u liniment has no eiual. With it in the house, a great deal of pain and su Teriug may be avoided, For sale by all druggists. lUiLHJLo WHOLE NO. 2437. Expensive Exercise He was sitting at a table talking to a party of friends. "Well, I've tried everything," he was say in?, "but what is the use or worrvioil aooui inese things? S 'U3 men are fat, some are lean. I tell you it can't be helped we're built that way." 'Ever tried walking?" chiaxed a lis tener. "Do you walk much?" Tried everything, I tell you. But, by the way, thtt reminds me ef an ex perience I bad one time. I was dis cussing the subject one. evening with my wife. Saesud: 'Jim, you ought to walk more. I think walking would do you good, aud, besides, look at the money you'd save 20 centsalay, f 1.20 swet-K, ami ftamnntn. justtnina what y Mi'd save in a yearP 'By George! I never thojht ot that before.' said I. 'I never looked at it that way. I guess I'll try it' "I started to keep my resolution in the morning, so I walked to the offlce. Although somewhat tired, I felt better. In the evening I started to walk home, but when I got down the street a little way I met a friend who patted me on the shoulder, shook hands, said he was glad bo see me, and also said, 'Come in and have something.' "1 weat Inside were a ptrty of gen tlemen whom we both kuew, and we all of us bad something. We chatted anl talked awhile, had asmotte, talked another while, and had something m ire. L-ooking at my watch I realized it was past my sapper time. My hu mor was in exeelJeut mood and I in vited the bys to eome up town with me anl have a good supper. We had lotsof fan at supper time. Some one eveu suggested that we go to the thea tre. O." courts we went. After the sliowwelial soaieining more to eat and driuk. We also had a fewsruokes. 'O't, I ha I a g y1 time. I walked enoug'i la it nigV, I tell yo a. Dida t reduce my fat, either. I g t home about I o'clock. My wife, astonished at the unusual h"ar of my arrival, asked where I'd been, why it was I came home s. late. 'Dearie,' said I, 'I walk ed home to-uight, and it cost me just H" "0 to get here.' 'I never tried walking much after that." New Haven Register . How to Look Good. Good looks are really more than skin deep, depending entirely ou a healthy condition of all the vital organs. If the liver is inactive, you have a bilious U)ok; if your stomach is disordered, you have a dyspeptic look; if your kid neys are affected, you have a pinched look. Secure goeid health, and you will surely ba"e goenl looks. "Electric Bitters" is a goml Alterative and Tonic Acts directly on the stomach, liver and kidneys, purities the blood, eures pim ple, blotches and boils, and gives a gixnl complexion. Ev'ery bottle guaranteed. Sold by J. X Snyder, Druggist, Somerset Pa., and G. W. Brallier, Druggist, Berlin, Pa. 50c j.er bottle. Weigh!! the Bab. The story Is of a young an 1 devoted (tether. The baby was his first, and he wanted to weigh it "It's a bumper!" he exclaimed, "Where are the scales?" The domestic hunted up an old-fash ioned piir, and the proud father as sumed charge of the operation. "I'll try it at eight p ounds," he said, sliding the weight along the beam at that figure. "It wou't do. She weighs ever so much more than that." He slid the wight along several notches farther. "By Georger' he said, "she weighs more than ten pounds 11 12 13 14! Is it possible?" He si.t the baby and the scales down and rested himself a moment. "Biggest baby I ever saw," he pant ed, resuming tie weighing process. "Fifteen and a half 16! This thing won't weigh her. See, sixteen is the last notch, and she jerks it up like a fea.her! G o and get a pair of scales at some neighbor s. i ll net a tenner mat she weighs over twenty pounds, Millie,' he shouted, rushing into the next room, "she's the biggest baby in this couutry weighs over sixteen pounds!" "What did you weigh her on?" in quired the young mother. "Oa tb.3 old scales in the kitchen." "The ogures ou those are only o luces," she replied quietly. "Bring mo the baby. John." Pearson's Weekly. Thousands suffer from Catarrh or cold in uean ana nave never irieu me popular remedy. There is no longer any excuse, as a 10 cent trial of Ely's Cream Balm can be bad of your drug eist. or we mail it for 10 cents. Full size 50 cents. ELY BROS., 50 Warren St, N. Y. City. A friend advised me t try Ely's Cream Bilm and after us'ng it six weeks I believe myself cured of ca tarrh. It is a most valuable remedy. Jose-ph Stewart, C24 Grand Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y. Love's Young Dream. Hand in band they strolled in the uuiet evening, happy in themselves and ibt-ir surroundings. Suddenly the girl halted and said: "Percy, what Is that? Percy, without releasing her hand, stooped and said: . "Gladys, darling, it's a snail." And so they wandered on for a sweet half h ur longer when the maiden again said: "Percy, look, there's another snaii: Percy again bent his manly form and, looking up, replied: "No. Gladys, 'tis the same snail P New Or leaus Times-Democrat The larger portion of nitrogen deriv ed from manure is in the liquids, and - l the farmer wh3 depends upon the s olios, permuuug u " w ill haul out to his land balky material that will disappoint him when he har- vests his crops, lae nquwuwuu w I carefully saved. All Arooad the Farm. Auy sort of a tester is better tbn ootMiatalL Take as many glass tum blers of equal size as you have cow?, aud fill each to the brim w ith milk from oue cow: Let these stand for 12 hours, and you will get a very fair idea of the cream or butter producing capacity of your several cows. This !s not equal t a Babcoek tester nor a churn, but the butte-r will soon follow. Rural World. It is not so generally known as it ought to be that squashes may be pro cured several weeks earlier than is pos sible in the open ground by planting the seed iu an Inverted sod and put ting it in a hotbed until the seed ger miuates. Then take it out and set the young plant in the open ground, where it is to perfect its fruit, enclosing It with a box, w hich should be covered with a heavy mat at night to exclude the cold. In this way the squash may be advanced several weeks in readiness for market and will sell for enough higher prices to make the experiment highly profitable. American Culti vator. The draught horse never has so hard and sound a hoof as the horse used from colthood to rapid driving on the noad. He not only needs to be kept shod wheu driven, but the greatest care should be ta'ten that he never be overdriven. It is not in their lungs, but in their feet, that draught horse most often go wrong when used freely on the road. Their weight unfits them for rapid driving, as even if their feet were sound the extra weight with which each foot would come upon the ground means a jar not only to the foot, but to the entire system. But in most cases it Is the fe that usually give out after hard driving on the road. Amer ican Cultivator. The best art Is simple in its expres sion, and the highest form of art in gardening is perhaps that which, tak ing advantage of such natural condi tions as it finds, makes the best of them with the smallest expenditure of labor ami money. Simplicity of design means not only ecouomy of construc tion, but what is of even more Import ance, economy of maintenance. Gar den aud Forest Every farmer should see that bis barns and contents are well insured. Nearly every day the daily p ipers con tain accounts of fires in rural districts, barns and contents and outbuildings, and iu some cases the whole season's crop going up in smoke without a cent of insurance, leaving the unfortuna e farmer p?nni!ess. Fire and life insur ance are two things that should nevt r be neglected. The cost Is trifling com pared with the benefits in case of ac cident. Bear in mind that wheu using oil or grease of any kind on fowls ouly a little should be applied, as grease will some times destroy chicks. As a spray for poultry house use kerosene emulsion (or kerosene), adding a gill of sassa fras oil aud half a pint of crude car bolic acid to a gallon of kerosene or emuLsion. Two or three applications will destroy not only the lice, but the "nits" and eggs. Mirror and Farmer. The tart of the g ooseberry is gener ally so well liked that it is a surprise that more of thy fruit is n ot generally grown. Undoubtedly the fact that the gooseberry bushes are extremely liable to mildew is one reason why this fruit is little cultivated. American summers are too hot aud dry for it For the same reasons lew gooseoerries are grown iu France, while the fruit is common in England, Scotland anil - Ireland. It used to be a saying that grapevines and gooseberries could not be grown In the same climate, but if gooweberry bushes are planted in low moist aud shaJy places and are mulch ed in hot weather, the tendency to mil dew will be lessened. The mildew itself will be destroyed by sprayiug with Bordeaux mixture, which can be dou-s early, without any danger of injuring the. fruit Vice Director Glazier of the OkU- bomi Experiment Station,. says : As to time and manner of grape pruning. there is no little discussion among vi ticulturists. We think there should be a departure from the old beaten paths of our Northern neighbors. In this Ja'itude we can afely prune our vines in early fall, without fear of the winter destroying o ir rem Uuiug e ines. Toe objector urges thit the fa!! pruueti vines wid force their buds out earlier in the spring th a vines pruned, say, in February. We are q-iite sure that this error U mislealiag, as evidenced by the fact that grapes will put forth bu Is, and b'.oom as well, with out root action. Again, if pruning is left mtil late spring, a larg- reserve force la lost an I cast away by tae ne Hess canes. Via-e-yards occupying a proper altitude are- not often expose 1 to late frosts. We believe th it the safer c our? to pursui ts t pmni in fie fall, thereby con serving all food material f.r the year's crop. Buttermaking has undergone many changes of lato years in the line of washing, salting and working. Form erly it was churned until it was one solid mass; it was washed oace, salted and workeL It was thought best to churn at a temperature of about 62 de grees, but gradually the temperature has been lowered until no it is not unusual to churn as l ow as 4-i degrees. Alow tenperature his many advan tages. Toe loss iu butter fat will bo less, the butter will nee I less washing and have better b Jy than when churn ed at a higher temperature. With proper precaution, the boss of butter fat in churning need not be more thau about one-hundredth of 1 per cent The loes depends largely upon the tempera ture and the evenness of ripeniug. If the cream has been gathered for several days, unless the oldest has been he-Id at a low temperature t prevent any partial ripeniug, or it has beeu thor oug ity stirred each time new creaiu was added, it will uot be evenly ripen ed anl the lo will be unduly large. Less time will be required t o churn at a bgh temperature, but it will beat the expense of butter fat. Indian Farmer. T. B. Terry, of Ohio made an Inter esting experiment with a potato last year. This potato he cut into 74 piece, each piece having one-sixth of au eye. The pieces were planted in 74 hills ai inches apart each way. The land was clover sod, the planting being done late, after a crop of clover had been cut, and the crop suffered from lack of moisture, but by the time the potatoes had matured the vines covered the ground and from an exact square rod the yield was over five pecks of large tubers, at the rate of 200 bushels per acre. Mr. Terry does not recommend the use of one-sixth of an eye in plant ing, but he thinks that one eyetoa bill Is sufficient; his experiment ough to prove this. He says only potatoes e strong vitality would be capable m making such a yield as bis potau : made. Rural Canadian, ! .
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