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iij iiuut-tually alleudtxl to. OUiue
t..u ciu! Kireel, oppooile MauinioUi
T W. CAROTHJiliS, M- D.,
5i I'd VaiCi. N AJ1 L'HotX)S,
Soiuerset, Pa.
i on Putriu. blTMut, opposite U. B
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utiin at office.
'X V. F. SHAFFER,
J fllYSlcLAN Au SCKUEO,
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jI .-x.iiirrwt aud vicinity. Office coracr
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ilL J. M. LOUTHFR,
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ou Wain street, rear of Drug store.
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Qt: Crow. 1'aUuH sireeUi.
H. COFFIIOTH,
Kuneral Director.
bit, iluiu Cross 8U lieeidt-uce,
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TiUNK 11. FLUCK,
' Land Surveyor
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Perhaps you have made
up your ixAnd to take
i ii a w
this surr.iTicr.
Then look for
this picture on fl
the wrapper, a
man with a biz
fish on his back. .
Do not let anyone talk i
you of something " ju
LtO
lUSt
1 as cood.
i u hen you iant cod
, liver oil and the hvnn-
phospmies you var.t the
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very Dest. ton will find
them in onlv one clace.
Scorr's Emulsion.
There is no other emul
sion like it: none other
, does the same work ; and
no other has the sam;
record of cures.
All Druirtrists. wc. end
Scott & Boa-nf., Chemists. N.Y.
i " Strongest ia the World."
Use Business
i. Judgment
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In buying life assurance 5;
don't "guess" what
is company is going to pay si
is the most monej. Look si
s at the surplus.
i; See which company has :
i tlie most money to pay. si
: Life assurance is a very
5 simple matter when you si
is get it down to that prac- s-
tical basis. S;
The $50,000,000 Surplus
Of the Equitable Life 5-
Assurance Society is
the measure not only of
its ftrength, but of its
ability to pay dividends.
5;
KDWARD A. WO,!, Man.gcr, S:
I'lrisiiiKi;!!. 5;
L FOSSICK, 6eD2ral Agent, .
z Somerset. S;
THE-
First Moiml Bant
Somerset, Ponn'a.
Capital, S50.000.
Surplus, 53O.00O.
undivided nnn
PKOr I 1 5a, UT)WWi
OCPC (ITS ftECEIVC IN UHCC MDaLl
.MOunra. payable om oto
ACCOUNTS or MERCHANTS. AII,
STOCK DEALERS. AND OTHERS SOLICITED
DISCOUNTS DAILY. -
BOARD OF DTREtTORS.
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EDWAKll St I'LI : : PP.FftIF.NT.
VALENTINE HAY, : VICE PKhWI 1 ENT.
UAKVEY M. BEKELEY, l-A.-:HIER.
Ttip funrts and HW-arities of thlfc bnn are-
eiirvly pnil-t-i lu a cieiiraled t'oKi.imi Kt'B-
ou K i'Koop bah. i ne ouiy suie maae now
inlelv bum-ar-jiront
A. H. HUSTON,
Undertaker and EmbaJmer.
A GOOD HEARSE,
and everything pertaining to funeral furn
ished. SOMERSET - - Pa
Jacob D. Swank,
Watchmaker and Jeweler,
Next loer West of Lutheran Church,
Somerset, - Pa.
I Am Now
prtriared to supply the public
with Clocks, Watcliea, and Jew
elry of all descriptions, as Cheap
as the Cheapest.
ItEPAlUlMi A
SPECIALTY.
All work guaranUl. Look at my
stock before making your
purchases.
J. D. SWANK.
Ask ycur
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f.jr n iri-it'-nms
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Scientific American.
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ruisll-m of an im-m-ii:iI1c Jorn. lemi. a
KUNN & Co.36,B- -Kew York
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IMPOKTAST TO ADVEBT1EK.S.
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in Eeminpton'a Courty Scat Lisw. Eiircwd
dvciier avail Uicinsolve of Ui o lista, a
copy of vhich o&a b bad of Ilouaugtan
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AX INVOCATION.
tiriai Nnlitin, Sovt-rIn of the "Went !
Wliose K'oriotM crown of lilic-rty
Otithiiu-s diamon.'.s thut rt-t
i :i prii.c-.-y lt-:ids acnoi tiie m-j.
GtM gnnl tl::it thou art rijftil !
I s."ctliy -troiii; rit lil arm upr.ti.s. d
To r-!id the t h:iin-i a tyrant forced ;
To hurl a dosj! Iwirk ii!oax.-d
Ili nipiiii i.'-iiiit-J, Willi cin)UtKt KOr"-.
t;o.l frniiit tii!it thou art rij-lit!
Tliy lip-sure u iiltp; thou pjk'd-.t the Wvird ;
Ti;y noli.-st sons :ir- at thy vide;
Thy awful tou tac u.'.iixii heard.
An.! t r '..tl.l.K wait hat doomx ahldo;
tiod grant thy couroe Is righ! !
If victor- come and rmt with tin.
As at the last it will and mus',
M in n Spain is drivru o'c-r tlif kisi.
In tliat proud hour, mayVt thou be Just;
Ood traiit thou niay'st be Just!
Il.-nu-iiih.-r, 'tis not wrtiths of fctuie,
'Tit. not .1 ouii ii ujns fair and Kra.u 1.
Tis nut nt veii(iuw that we aim
Tis freedom's birthright we demand !
Thou, I.rd of llntls, muy we t nk-ht!
W. H. Tuiiipkiiis iu li.H liuxter Herald.
THE STORY OF
JAN'S PONIES.
How They Stormed a House Like a
Troop of Cavalry.
1IY F.LI.A P. MitliV.
The RLick Troop had ravaginl Mio
country during the war. Even afte r h
defeat, in which they had been so cut
to pieces that the surviving members
fled to other countries, aud took ser
vice, aud uflcr peace was declared, fre
iiueiitli' a ruuior of their approach to
some village or outlying country dis
trict would cause a wild panic, aud a
flight of the iuhabilauts.
'fy fatlitr-in-law, the old general,
had decided to retire from the service,
and seek a home in an old mauor-house
ou the northern M-acoast, all ihut was
left lj hii:i tf a once large estate. He
was very indignant because he heard
that it had Ijeett taken by some j-t'oplu
who had turned it into a tavern. Tliey
had first proposed to rei't ic, but
afterwards availed themselves -ftho
war, and the unsettled fclate of lh
country, to ke-p forcible jiossession of
it- The general was now on his wxy
to regain his property, traveling with
his own carriage and stout horses, ami
carrying his whole hoiLschold after the
follow ie.g sti le:
Oa tiie box sat Fritz, the gcneral'n
body-servant, who could do anything
iu an. imtrgency, and who was now
driving, liecause our driver had de
serted us several leagues back, alarmed
by the rough roads, the gloomy skies,
and the rumors of the li'ack Troop. 1
sat beside Fritz; inside was tlieoldgou
eral himself, and his cane, which he
called "Fritz the little;' b.-sidehitu my
wife, and opposite to them, Rettine,
our old nurse, and her faithful but
homely daughter, Rjbeici.
On my wife's lap and the nurse's
were our twins, Jam lien und l'eterkin,
two merry, chubby, mischievous imps
of five, 8bd Rebecca carried "the
Countess," a high-bail Maltese cat
that had never wet her velvet -shod feet.
Ikhind the carriage rode David the
gardener, and a large stag-hound, my
esjiecial comrade, nil abreast of the
horses.
So we journeyed with our whole es
tablishment, prepared to strike deep
roots iu the old land-proprietor's native
soil, but as we drew near our goal it
was at a slow rate. The storm was
upon us in gixnl earnest, sleet and driv
ing snow, aud a wind that stung like a
whip. We were not very sure of our
road, and, unfortunately, we met only
frightened peasants fleeing from their
homes, who were aide to articulate but
one phrase distinctly:
"The Ulack Troop! The Ulack
Troop!"
"What are these people talking or."'
asked the general iu surprise. "Peace
was was proclaimed three weeks ago."
"But the Black Troop does not care
for that," answered a man's voice out
of the dark. "A we-k ago 'twas pro
claimed that our property should be
untouched, and what did they care?
They took all my ponies; not one have
I left to my name."
"What is your name, my good fel
low; and can you show us the road to
the manor-house?"
"My name is Jan, sir, Jan of the
Moor, and I live by herding ponies. As
for the manor, 'tis said the Black
Troop have quartered theru.-olves there,
and all the house-ieople have fled,
taking the steep cliff Mad to keep out
of their clutches. Like as not, the
villagers have run away too."
"Show us the road honest Jan, and
and we'll manage the Black Troop,"
Called out the general.
'Twas, indeed, high time for us to
reach some sin Iter, for we had travel
ed all day, and mother and babies were
worn out with fatigue. Besides, our
stock of provisions had given out. We
believed, however, that the men of the
Black Tnx.p were not in a huudreJ
mile of us.
"There may be some drunken sol
diers," suggested my wife, with an
anxious glance towards Jaucheu and
i'etttkiu.
Jan of the Moor proposed that we
should follow him as quietly as possi
ble, aud he would try to reconnoiter.
We saw nothing, we heard nothing,
hut the storm itself, until wc got near
the great courtyard. There, indeed,
were strange sounds, stamping, ueigh
i ig, whinnying, and in the stream of
light from an opeu door somewhere,
we could discern shadowy forms mov
ing about about in the dark.
"It looks like cavalry," said the gen
eral. Our guide made us a sign to remain
still just where we were, while he crept
forward. One or two sullied the air,
then came a loud whinny, and an ea
ger rush forward with leaps aud pran
cing aud wild-flowing manes. Jan
gave a keen whistle, then cried out:
"My ponies, my owu ponies! Come
along. There's uoliody here."
We drove lu, full of amazement. The
outer door was unbarred, evidently left
so in the panic-stricken flight from
Jan's ponies, which had escajed from
their captors and were seeking their
friend and master.
FriuaudJan contrived to open the
stables, and give the animals shelter
and food. It wtis pretty to see how
Soie
SOMERSET, PA., WEDNESDAY,
well the ponies knew Jau; how they
would rub their black noses against
his cheek, and pretend to nip his
shoulder; how they would reply with
soft, joyful whinny to his voice, and
prance around him.
As for us, it was like an old fairy tale
to step from the batiug storm iuto an
einpty house with fires of logs glow
ing on the hearth and sending the
fragrance of birch and pine far around;
the bedchambers all ready with the
white sheeted beds, and warm with the
lighted fires in the jiorcelain stoves: in
the kitchen everything prepared for
supper, the meat ready for the spits
anil the bread for the oven, and even
the keys of the cellar aud the pantry
fortunately dropped on the floor.
Jaucheu and l'eterkin stared around
with bright wondering eyes, wide
awake over all these marvels. lielee
ca and her mother and David were
quickly in a bustle attending to the
comfort of all. Only the "Countess"
and my staghound took the situation
without surprise, the cat quickly ap
propriating for her dainty iierson the
warmest place iu the room, aud the
staghound choosing a spot close to my
side.
Suddenly we were startled by the ap
parition of a shock-headed peasant,
with wild eyes aud. pale face, peering
in out of the dark, aud quickly van
ishing ugaiu. David gave chase, and
caught the man, bringing him in to
tell his sb)ry before the lire.
It was a frightful tale. The tavern
keeper and his family had lied in wild
panic at the sounds of Jan's ponies,
their tramping hoofs and shrill neighs
seeming to threaten the onslaught of
the wild horsemen that had so long
devastated the country. Iu their terror
the unfortunate eople had taken the
path along the face of the cliif, aud
had fallen into the sea, blinded by the
furious storm and the rising waves.
This man, a poor cowherd, must have
perished with them, had he not turned
lack at the last moment, unable to
give up his cows to lie slaughtered,
lie hoped to let them loose, uupereeiv
ed by the soldiers and drive thfiu to
the shelter of the woods.
When reassured by warmth and
food, he gladly took the milk-pails
and sought the cow-house, whence we
soon heard a joyous lowing, and he re
turned with pails brimming over with
sweet warm milk, which the twins
drank with silent delight.
It was decided that we should keep
watch ly turns this first night of our
alxxle in strange quarters. The first
watch fell to me, and it was not diili
cult to keep awake, so excited was I
with all the strange hapienings of the
day, and with the fierce noises of the
wind in the great fir trees. The waves
too beat on the rocks l!ov with a deep
and thundering sound.
The next day the sun shone, and we
siw for the first time our home, the
deep window-seats in the stone walls:
the heavy dnrs with the date and fam
ily name above the arch; the gables;
the arched and projecting casements,
and the clustered chimneys.
Soon the general was surrounded by
happy faces. Jan was to have free pas
turage in the forest for his ponies; the
faithful cowherd was re-engaged at
higher wages; and as for l'eterkin and
Jancheti, they ran on the terrace with
shouts of glee, and were ready to em
brace every one. Had not tin ir grand
father purchased f.r their sole use the
two smallest and gentlest of Jan's jio
nies? Eemaikable Rescue.
Mrs. Michael Curtain, I'lainfield,
111., makes the statement, that she
caught cold, which settled on her lungs;
she was treated for a mouth by her
family physician, but grew worse. He
told her she was a hopeless victim of
consumption and that no medicine
could cure her. Herdruggist suggest
ed Dr. King's New Discovery for Con
sumption; she bought a bottle aud to
her delight found herself benefitted
from first dose. She continued its use
aud after taking six bottles, found her
self sound and well ; now does her own
housework, aud is as well as she ever
was. Free trial bottles of this Great
Discovery at J. N. Snyder's Drugstore,
Somerset, Pa , aud G. W. Brallier's
Drug Store, Berlin, Pa. Large bottles
50 cents and jd.OX
To Control Cut-Worms.
A correspondent writt-s to the Jour
nal of Agriculture iu regard to cut
worms: "I have plowed all kinds of
sod, in fall and spring, and I discover
that, iewiug khe matter from an anti-cut-worm
standpoint, fall plowing is
the proper procedure. Spring plowing
does not check the cut-worm's progress
as does fall plowing; the former simply
turns them under, where the earih is
warm, aud there they remain until it is
convenient to come out. But the latter
'gets close to their backlmue'j it turns
their eggs under, where the cold earth
has its say with them; they are so far
beneath the surface that they can't
hatch out the 'environment' not being
favorable to their nature. But the eggs,
uearly ready to hatch out, plowed un
der in late spring or corn-planting time,
when the ground is warm and mellow,
soon send forth their crawling crea
tures." Profits in Dairying.
It Is well known that the farmers
who are the most successful are those
who make a specialty of dairying.
This is due to the fact that a market is
always ready for milk and butter. The
evidence that dairy! og pays is the fact
that even with cows that are purchased,
and of no recognized breed, the farm
ers manage to make a profit. With bet
ter stock success is almost certain. It
is possible for a farmer to keep twice
as many cows when he makes a large
profit, because he can iucur greater ex
pense in purchasing food, and thus en
rich the farm with manure; Hit what
is better, the farmer can more than
double his profits with the same num
ber of animals by using those that pro
duce twice as much milk and butter as
the common kinds.
Cau't be perfect health without pure
blood. Burdock Blood Bitters make
pure blood. Tones and invigorates the
whole system.
ESTABLISHED
A Month of Wax.
The war has been under way just a
month, and some results of iermaneut
value have been achieved. On April 'JO
the resolutions of Congress ordering
Spain out of Cuba and directing her to
lie put out if she did not leave peace
fully were signed by the President. On
the Same day Spain's Minister in
"Washington demanded and received
his passports, and on the next day, the
Hist, passports were given to Minister
"Woodford in Madrid, and diplomatic
connection between the two countries
ended. The President Issued a procla
mation on the 22 J, telling the world
that certain ports in Cuba were block
aded. Sampson's fleet established the
blockade on that day.' The same day
the gunboat Nashville made the first
capture of the war, tha Spanish vessel
Buena Ventura. On April 23 the Pres
ident issued his call for 125,000 volun
teers. In one direction not quite so much
has been accomplished in the past
month as was expected. It was gener
ally believed that a permaneut landing
would have been made in Cuba lefore
this time, and that the grand advance
on Havana would le underway. This
outcome has been prevented by several
circumstances. The number of men
fit for offensive warfare has been too
small to justify a landing in Cuba in
force at as early a tlay as many persons
expected and as everybody desired.
The menace of the Spanish fleet on
this side of the water has had some
thing to do also with the delay. More
over, there is a pretty general belief
now among army officers that the in
surgent forces are far smaller thau they
were represented to lie. Therefore, as
practically all of the fighting will have
to be done by the Uuitod States troops,
it was essential that the force to be fwnt
to Cuba be larger thau was first deem
ed necessary.
But in another quarter the success
was greater than was at first lxiked
for. That is to say, Dewey's victory
came earlier than wasexpected a month
ago, und its t' intensions were larger.
Not even the most hopeful of Ameri
cans supposed Dewey would destroy
the entire Spanish fleet, aud that not a
single war-ship of the enemy would be
left in the Pacific. The brilliant tri
umph in the Philippines will otl'set the
delay In the West Indies, for when the
army now lieiug gathered to send to
Dewey reaches him he will complete
his conquest. Even the failure to ac
complish anything tangible in Cuba
thus far need not discourage anybody.
Expectation was unreasonably high, as
it is apt to le amoug a virile and confi
dent people at the ouL-t in every great
enterprise. Seward tb-'tght the civil
war would be ended hi ninety days,
and the earlier volunteers were called
for only three mouths' service. A
month ago many jiersons evidently
supixised Spain would U' driven out of
Cuba and Porto Kiro in four or five
weeks and the war brought to au end.
The expectation was unreasonable, of
course. If the United States had an
adpiute navy aud regular army this
could have been done. Considering
their diminutive size the Uuited Slates
navy and ami' are the best in the
world, but they were not as large as
they ought to have been, and as they
always will be hereafter. We have
doue much in the month, neverthe
less, even in the Atlantic aud Gulf.
The navy has been increased aud put
iu thorough fighting shape, aud an
army of more than 100,000 men has
beenthoroughly trained, aud is now
ready to take the field. Iu the next
month the war will be vigorously
pushed, and the beginning of the end
may possibly lie brought in sight.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Profits in Cattle Raising.
Those who receive the highest prices
for cattle get them iuto market in the
shortest jieriod of time, as the object is
to save a year in feeding. Itisalossto
keep au animal four years if it can be
gotten into market when three years
old, for the year's time saved means la
bor and food as well as interest on cap
ital invested. With the use of such
beef producing breeds as the short
horns, Hereford, Angus and Gallo
ways, an average weight of 2,000
pounds per animal has been obtained
iu four years, while 3 year-olds have
reached 1,800 pounds, and i'-year-olds
l.loo pounds, the daily increase beiug
over " pounds for the yearling up to 2
years old, aud from 11 pounds to J
pounds for older animals. The live
weights only are given, but animals
have dressed 071 per ceut, when in
prime condition. Experiments with
such results have been frequently made,
and should convince all farmers that
they can produce steers that will weigh
l,o00 pounds, live weight, in three yean
if they will use proper breeds. Profit
is made by using the best animals for
the purposes desire I.
Robbed the Grave.
A startling incident, of which Mr.
John Oliver of Philadelphia, was the
subject, is narrated by him as follows:
"I was in a most dreadful condition.
My akin was almost yellow, eyes sunk
en, tongue coated, pain continually in
back and sides, no appetite gradually
growing weaker day by day. Three
physicians bad given me up. Fortu
nately, a friend advised trying 'Elec
tric Bitters;' and to my grt&t Jy nl
surprise, the first bottle made a decid
ed improvement. I continued their
use for three weeks, and am now a well
man. I know they saved my life, and
robbed the grave of another victim."
No one should fail to try them. Ouly
oO cts. per bottle at J. N. Suyder's Drug
Store, Somerset, Pa., and U. W. Bral
lier's Drug Store, Berlin, Pa.
On His Track-
Here is an extract from one of
latest novels:
the
"Gerald Harbison panted heavily.
The close atmosphere of the little apart
ment constrained his splendid lungs.
He went to the window, opened it, and
threw out his massive chest."
All of which would go to show that
the landlady was hot on his track.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
1827.
JUNE 1. 1898.
THE MOST HAZARDOUS SERVICE
IN ACTION.
Gunners Who Occupy the Most Dan
gerous Positions in Battle.
Now, more than ever liefore, the ques
tion presents itself to the American
mind, "What positions iu a great war
oiler the greatest dangers?" True, it
would be cowardly to select a branch of
the service or a function in battle such
as would guaraptee immunity, yet it is
iuiortnnt to know what men mast be
selected to hold those important posts
which appear to promise certain death.
The most dangerous positious in a
naval battle will probably lie those oc
cupied by the gunners occupying the
circular galleries arranged upon the
military masts. Their function will lie
to man rapid-fire guns pouring hail
storms of bullets upon the decks and
ports of hostile ships with sufficient
severity to make the handling of their
largest guns impossible. It will, there
fore, be the first duty of a great war
ship to raze to the decks the military
masts of its adversaries. It is not ex
pected that any ship will come out of a
hot engagement with military masts
standing. One well-directed shot would
be sullicient to trimoU each mast. The
great tower of steel would fall with a
crash, the gunners of the suerstruc
ture di'iug deaths of agony worse than
auy projectile could inflict. The bat
tleship Indiana has twenty rapid-tire
guns mounted in these armored galler
ies. The decks being cleared for action,
their gunners will mount the ladders
with almost certain death staring them
in the face a glorious mart) rdom, but
one disagreeable to anticipate. They
will have but one duty before them to
kill as many of the enemy as they isw-
sibly can before the trembling of the
great mass beneath them announces
their summons to another world.
Torpeuolioats are in greater danger of
destruction thau any craft on the sea,
and their crews will embark in ojhii
battle almost certain of death. During
night attacks there will le less danger
thau in the day, but during all of their
hostile movements their only ho- w ill
lie the avoidance of the rapid-firing
guns of the battleships selected as their
prey, and such a hoje will be at all
events forlorn. A tiny torpedolioat may
wiiw out a So.OOO.OOO warship ctl" the
sea and send "vio men to the bottom,
but the likelihood that any one on
board the former will live to brag of
the destruction is very scant. Iu day
attacks flotillas of torpedoboats will
distribute themselves and hide behind
the great hulls of the giant warriors as
the young chicks hover lieneath the
wings of the mother hen. To make a
bold dart beneath the sun would be
done at a sacrifice, and every one on
board would ex ject death. Their m-ist
valuable work, of course, will lie doue
at night. With all lights out or below
deck, with noiseless machinery, with
smokeless fuel and with bodies painted
the color of the sea, they will venture
closer and closer to the ir giant pre)-,
continuing to launch automobiles until
assured that at least one has taken ef
fect. The giant search-lights of the
adversaries would discover one of these
little sneaks a mile away. Should she
be discovered at this distance she would
have about a miuute-.and a half to do
her deadly wotk. Within that space
of time she would lie in sure reach of a
rapid-firer, and a one-jHiuuder could
send her to the bottom. With the
knowledge that she was wounded and
done for, she would probably continue
under a rainstorm of projectiles, hoping
to remain above water until assured
that her adversary would follow her to
destrue-tion. It is estimated that from
00 to NO per cent, of the torjKilolsiats
attacking cruisers and battleships in
the next great naval war will go to the
bottom.
The great ram Katahdin litis beeu
compared to a bee, for it is said she will
immetliately lose her own life after in
serting her sting. She has been the
subject of more adverse comment,
doubtless, thau has been hurled against
any other ship in the navy, and many
officers prophesy that she will surely go
down with her prey. This is exacted
to occur as a result of her inability to
back out after inserting her ram, or of
mashing her owu bow. Furthermore,
she could readily be torpeded by her
adversary withiu a distance of 000
yards. After one bold stroke her ca
reer would probably lie ended, aud all
on board would go to the bottom. The
full complement, except the captain,
would be sheltered inside during an as
sault, and there would 1 little chance
of escape. They would have less to do
in a fight than any crew in our navy,
yet they would lie faced with the moat
terrible death which might be pictured
in the imagination, imprisoned as they
would be beneath the surface of the
water. The Katahdin has practically
no defence whatever, ouly four little 0
poundera of the rapid-lire type, effect
ive only against torpedoboats.
Iu actual battle the crew of the dy
namite cruiser Vesuvius would embark
on the hostile errand with many
chances to one against a safe return.
She carries an enormous supply of dy
namite, and a Spauish projectile cor
rectly aimed would explode this, leav
ing no trace of the vessel or its crew
above water. She will either hurl dread
ful death at her enemies or suffer more
severe destruction herself jrhaps
both. Should a rapid movement be
made against Havana, she would pre
cede our fleet, exploding all of the
mines aud hostile craft in reach. Her
reairo have been made in Washington
with thia purpose in view. Her tliree
15 inch guns as now fixed will distrib
ute explosive shells a hundred feet
apart, and the fuses will be regulated
so as to explode only after the bottom
of the channel has been reached. Ev
ery hidden Spanish torpedo within 50
feet of each explosion will be destroy
ed, and at each simultaneous discharge
of the three guns she will clear a safe
channel 300 feet wide and 100 feet long,
ever which our warships can safely fol
low. This kind of plowing would cost
Uncle Sam aboul $!0,000 a mile. Mean
while the Vesuvius would be protee'ted,
as far as porsitV, against the guns at
Mono Castleand the other Cuban shore
batteries by the accompanying fleet
These three terrible guns of the Vesu
H A
vius, furthermore, could drop a 100
pouud charge of gun cotton into a fort
two and a half miles us ay, and cause
wide-spread destruction. It could also
drop a 500-pound charge similarly from
a distance of a mile. Such work how
ever, would have to lie undertaken un
der great risk. Should the Vesuvius
avoid hostile projectiles it would cause
in one stroke more sudden and whole
sale slaughter than any ship in the
navy, be-ing the quickest death-dealing
machine afloat.
A Sakcr's Dozen.
Away back in the first half of the
seventeenth ceutury, when Albany,
New York, was merely a Dutch settle
ment, there lived in that town a man
with the modest little name of Baas
Volckert Jan Pietersen Van Amster
dam. B. V. J. P. Van Amsterdam was a
baker, and famous. He was the in
ventor of our gingerbread boys, aud of
special New Year's cakes filled with
caraway seeds. Van Amsterdam was
the most popular baker in Albany, be
cause his bakings were e od. He is
rejmrted to have been good himself, a
great churchman, and if a little stingy,
no one durod say so.
Now, on New Year's night, in Mil,
Ht-rr Van A. was watching the old
year out, and thinking of the good
sales he had made, when there was a
sharp little tattoo at the door. Toe
latch was raised, and in from the eo!d
stormy winds of the Hudson blew a
little old woman, very old indeed. SLe
came right up to Baas, and said ia a
high, cracked voice':
"Give me a dozen Now Year's cook-
les : '
But whe-n Baas had counted them
out for her, siie set up a perfect howl,
so that the people sai 1 next day that
the wind had lieen very shrill that
night.
"A d'..-n! a doz-.-n!"' she cried. You
have given me only twelve."
Then the frugal Dutchman lost his
temper aud a-k'-.l her o-.;t; and away
she went grumbling, and with her
went all of Baas Volckert Jan Pieter
sen Van Amsterdam's good luck.
The very next day his bread fell, the
yeast soured, hi cakes burnt, Whole
bakings would sulljiily W drawn up
the chimney, or fall through the oven
to the Cellar. B'icks were torn from
the fireplace a:id thrown at the pxr
Dutchm in.
Theu the old woman came again, but
Baas was not to 1 ni ived he would
not give l'J for 12, aud away flew the
witch. Af:er this h'n wife Ijcmi
deaf, his children fell ill, and at last,
broken iu spirit, on the third and List
visit of the old woman, he give her
what she askel, and prosperity came
back so fast that every one marveled.
All the custom of Albany flowed into
B. V. J. P. V. A.'s; every one wanted
the extra cake, and the other bakers
had to adopt the cJstom established by
their leader.
So thirteeu beTame the regular num-
ler of a "baker's dozen," and si re
mained until after the Revolution,
which changed some thiug-i for the
better, but others for the worse, as we
have just shown.
No Road for the Sailor.
The mass of the American people do
not know that in the Uuited States
navy there is no path from the berth
deck to the quarter deck ; that there is
no way ir which the bluejacket, le he
ever so brave, diligent and ambitious,
may bee-ome a commissioned oili -er.
The commander-in-chief of the army
aud navy of the United States may
have spent his early days as driver on
the towpath or a rail splitter iu the
back woods, but an American boy,
educated in our common schools, who
ships as a sailor iu the navy, cannot
hope to become even au ensign. New
Orleans Picayune.
It is not a remedy put up by any
Tom, Dick or Harry; it is compounded
by expert pharmacists. Ely Bros ,
offer a 10 cent trial size. Ask your
druggist. Full fcize Cream Balm 51)
cents. We ma 1 it.
ELY BKOS.,
5tl Warren St., N. Y. City.
Since lNil I have been a great sutler-
er from catarrh. I tried Ely's Cream
Balm and to all apjiearauees am cured.
Terrible headaches from which I had
long suffered are gone. W. H. Hitch
cock, late Major U. S. Vol. and A. A.
Gen., Buffalo, N. Y.
A Historic Bell.
The old be-ll that used to cdl the men
to work at the arsenal iu Harpers Ferry,
which disap'ieared during the war, has
lieen found In use before the Grand
rmy hall in Marlboro, Mass. A Massa
chusetts regiment garrisoned at Haws
ers Ferry, in retreating from that place,
concluded to take the bell with them.
They loaded it on a canal boat aud took
it to Williamsjiort, Md., where they
found a loyal woman, who willingly
hid it in the sod of her yard for safe
keeping. In lx.'5 it was exhumed aud
taken to Marlboro, Mas-!. Cumlie-rland
News.
During the summer of lsol, Mr.
Chas. P. Johnson, a well known at
torney of Louisville, Ky had a very
severe attack of summer complaint.
(Juite a number of tlilfereut remedies
weretrie-d, but failed to afford any re
lief. A friend who knew what was
needed procured him a bottle of Cham
berlain's Colic-, Cholera and Diarrh.i'i
Bemedy, which quickly cured him and
he thinks, saved his life. He says that
there has not been a day since that
time that he has not had this remedy
in his household. He speaks of it in
the highest praise and takes much
pleasure in recommending it whenever
an opportunity is oirered. For sale by
all druggists.
Jimmy My big brother is In the
highest class. He's away over in the
end of the arithmetic
Tommy What's he doiu' ?
Jimmy He's doiu' Cuban root,
Puck.
"See here, clerk, are the colors in
this United States flag fast colors?"
"Couldn't be .'aster; they're warrant
ed not to run." De-troit Free Press.
aid
WHOLE NO. 2144.
PUZZLE IN PRONUNCIATION.
For People Who Think They Know
the Dictionary.
The following "episode" has no lit
erary value to commend it, but it will
prove a very clever puzzle to any as
fremblage as a test of the ability of eo-
p!e to pronounce readily and correctly
many common words of their native
tongue. The list, which contains no
words of disputed pronunciation, Ls as
follows:
An interesting inquiry took place ia
the court of oyer and terminer some
time ago. Indisputable evidence was
given toward proving that a heinous
incident had taken place during a pub
lic pageant. It seems that a pretty
girl, rather juvenile in api'arance,
having an extraordinary head of hair,
like an Albino, represented Thalia and
sat on a pedestal erected on one of the
floats. The proet-ssiou was directing
its course down the hall when the at-
tentiou of the onlookers was drawn to
the excited conduct of one of the spec
tator who had fixed her eyes upon the
tiara, set with jewels in the form of a
caret, which Thalia wore upon her
head as she sat in what seemed to lie
her wonted attitude of nonchalence
and leisure. This person was after
wards shown to be a maniacal laundress
whose sipialorand detestation and hid
eous grimaces were all unnoticed by
the mock goddess. What vagary bade
this reptile turn her servile eye, full of
rapine, on the beautiful maiden, it is
hard to say, but suddenly, under pre
tense of seeing something on the
ground, she produced a hiatus in the
crowd, and thus obtained precedence
of all. Simultaneously with her ap
pearance the van drove post. She
then tilled the air with gross raillery
and begau to promulgate anarchism,
society's lack of probity, and the gen
eral predil'-ctiou of politicians for pat
ronage. Then she U-sought her audi
ence to hear her dilate on the glaciers
of the Alps, the ruins of Pompeii, the
female frauchise, the Pleiades and her
patron saint. She was evidently de
mented, and the flow of her vocables
appeared eud'es. Suddenly she raised
a prsile which had beeu hidden under
h. r shawl and threw it directly at the
visor on the girl's bead. Thereupon a
flaccid lithographer, who was cutting
a swath as a tribune on the following
van, grasjied a seine and threw it over
the g-itiut old hag, so tn:'.t her etl'orts
to escajHj were fi'.ile", and she liecame
as docile as a lamb. The pathos of the
atlair lay in the way the girl bore the
ordeal. In court the virago gave au
alias instead of her owu name. Her
defense was that of vawine, whose
presence, as showubya scabious arm,
together with desuetude in the matter
of personal freed om, had produced an
ob-ession which decreed the irrevo
cable d-.ath of the girl. An inventory
of her U-longings was made, and she
was then sent to an asylum ns a victim
of acute homicidal mania. New York
Ti m s.
A Dtlica'a Reminder.
A Washington dispatch reads: The
French Government has taken opjHir
tunity to pay a gracfjl compliment to
this con u try by informing the French
Embassy that an artist has been in
structed to make a copy of the famous
picture, "The Battle of Yorktown,"
which is one of the priceless treasures
of the French National Gallery at Ver
sailles, to ba sent to the Embassy at
Washington. The picture shows the
notable iuctdent in American history
wheu the British commander, Lord
Cornwall's, surrendered to Generai
Washington. T ie picture is about 10
f.-rt ion an 1 six r.-et high, the figures
being hfe-sizH.
When You Are Tired
Without .extra exertion languid, dull
and listless, your blood is failing to
supply to your muscles and ether or
gans the vitalizing and strength-giving
properties they require. 1 lood's Sarsa
parilia cures that tired feeling by en
riching aud purifying the blood. It
will give you energy and vigor.
Hood's Pills are easy to take, ea-y to
operate. Cure indigestion, bilious
ness. :ie.
Lee and the Eammccks.
The volunteers who go to Cuba with
FiUlith lie will ret fltip tn the
grouud if the General can preveut it.
One precaution ranks above all others
in the opinion f (:ii mal Iac. It is
th the Am i lean soldiers s-lu uld not
rest at night on the earth. A hammock
w ith a strip i f canvas stretched over it
to keep otf the dew and the rain is what
he Ls asking for each memlier of bus
command. This will beat tents all to
pieces, he says. He has planned that
the whole oullll, hsucnioek, strip of
canvas and two poles sharpened at one
end, w ill make a compact, easily trans
ported package, that can be carried by
the soldiers if transportati on is lack
ing. Campaigning in Cul-a, Geueral
Lee says, calls for light clothing and
little covering and some provision
agaiust contact with the moist, malaria
exhaling soil after dark.
Once Tried, Always Used.
If we sell one bottle of Chamiierlain's
Cough Remedy, we seldom fail to sell
the same person more, when il is again
needed. Indeed, it has become the
family medicine of this town, for
coughs aud colds, and we recommend
it because of its established merits
Jos. E. I lamed, Prop. Oakland Phar
macy, Oakland, Md. Sold by all drug
gists. Ella What has become of the sport
that used to call on you ?
Stella Pa Ls a believer iu out-of-door
sports, and he threw him out New
York Evening Journal.
The Illinois Experiment Station says
that i-oru can be grown, independent of
rent, tor eight cents a bushel. That in
cludes hu-king. These people who can
grow corn for six aud eight cents a
bushel are marvels to us. That Is all
we can say.
A Ruined Dynasty.
It is one of the ironies of fate that the
boy king of Spain should l an object
of esjiecial commiseration. His position
Is at once the most highly favored and
the most pitiable. In theory a king,
his owu mother exercising the peroga
tives of the crow u peuding his major
ity, both are liable at auy moment to
be obliged to li s? for their lives. The
son is a B urb Tj, the mother a Haps
burg, aud the double flight would be a
d 'Uble ehuiax of royal disaster.
The first Bourbon of promineuce was
Constable of Frauce. The first of the
family to wear a crow u was Henry IV.
of France. That was late in the Hth
ceutury. For two centuries all went
well with the Bourbon dynasty. It
seemed perfectly secure on the Freuch
throne, and early iu the lsth century
the family branched out and became
the royal house of Spain also. But w hen
the Freuch Revolution came it was the
Bourbon Louis XVI. who was behead
ed, and it was his son and heir, the
Dauphin, aUiut whose disappearance
so much mystery has always clung.
He may be set down as the royal Char
lie R iss of history. From that time on
the Bourbons have experiemtd the
truth of the familiar aphorism about
the head that wears the crown. The first
Napoleon was succeeded by a Bourbon, .
whose interrupted reign was uioreof an
aggravation than a satisfaction. Theu
wheu the revolution of 1SLS broke it
found a collateral inernber of the Bour
bon family, Louis Philippe, on the
Freuch throne. Fate seemed to take
sp cial delight in punishing the crown
ed head of the family.
The Bourbons of Spain were hardly
less unfortunate. When Napoleon
reached out and took the pani.-h crown
to bestow it upon his eldest brother.
Joseph, it was a Boutton who was un
crowned. About the same time the
royal head of the Neapolitan branch of
the Bourbon family was also dethroned
by Najioleon.' Iu that case, too, there
was restoration, but the unity of Italy
eventually w iped out that branch of the
I lour lions as a factor in royalty. No
other family tree has borne so mui h
bitter fruit
The tJueen regent of Spain is a Haps
burg. Not quite as obi as the Bourbons,
that family, too has had a series of
kings of the Spanish throne, bidding
on to it until the line ended with ait
idiot. Inj.ead of raising the Bonapart. s
to royal dignity by dethroning the
reigning house, as in the case of the
BourWins, Napoleon's policy toward the
Hapsburgs wasau alliance by marriage.
Poor Josephine was divorced that he
might marry a Hapsburg. The sort
born of that marriage died young and
thus disappointed that hope. It was a
Hipsburg who, ha'f a century later,
conspire i with the last of the Nuih
leons to establish au empire in Mexico.
Maximilian aud Carlotta enjoyed for a
season the satisfaction of founding au
imperial branch of the Hapsburg fam
ily. The executiou of the husband and
the far more tragic fate of his wife were
a terrible blow to the Hapsburgs. Poor
Carlotta still lives, a hopeless maniac.
A thousand deaths could not equal in
s'i!!?ring her miseries. The dead are
at rest, but the insane are under the
whip and sc inrge of a min i dis
traught. Nor did the sorrows of the Hapstures
stop there. Maximilian, the emperor's
brother, fell, shot to death by Mexican
bullets; the Crown Prince Rudolph, the
emjieror's sou, fell, shot to death by his
own hand. Toe kindly old fuher has
never recovered from that shock;
neither has the mother. The nephew
who was subsequently designated as the
heir of the throne is slowly dying
of consumption. He has little prospect
of coming to the throne. The Uy,
Alfonso XIII., who seems now likely
to be the last of the Bourbons ou a
throne, has in the Hapsburg queen
regent at his side a tic com paniou iu
disaster.
Chamiierlain's Pain Balm has no
equal as a household liniment. It is
the best remedy known for rheuma
tism, lame back, neuralgia; while for
sprains, cuts, bruises, burns, se-alds and
sore throat, it is invaluable. Wert
tfc Pike, merchants, Fe-ruandina, Kla.,
write: "Everyone who buys a bottle
of Chamiierlain's Remedies, comes back
and says it is the best medicine he has
ever useL" 2 and 5) cents per
bottle at all dru' stores.
Buy fertilizers in as condeused a form
as Kssib'e ; it d.es not pay to buy those
of low grade, for they contain less of
the desired elements in proportion to
their cost than do the higher grades,
and the cost of freight and handling is
all out of proportion to their value.
Cut the herd down until every cow in
it earns a good living, and then buy or
raise more of the same kiud. Do not
keep a boarding farm for poor cattle.
Let not your pride lie in a large herd,
but in a herd which pay9 a large profit.
Breeder and Horseman.
Apple and p.'ar growers will be glad
tokuow that it is proposed to import
and breed a small bird thai lives on the
codling moth. The bird Ls a native of
Genual) y atd Ls of the greatest value
to orchardists. As the moth threatens
the orchards iu this section this impor
tation w ill lie of incalculable lie befit.
California Fruit Grower.
"He who by the plow would thrive
must either hold or drive," is a truthful
sayiug, but which is open to modifica
tion. With the same ability to manage
and direct help, there is no more reason
why the farmer should not profitably
employ labor which would enable him
to manufacture food products on a large
se-ale, as well as the iron manufacturer.
But unless one has large executive
ability and capital he had better limit
his farming operations to what he can
handle within himself aud family.
The growing bad temper of Lord
Chief Justice Russell, who treats juries
roughly aud impatiently, and who
"rattles" nervous witnesses by the se
verity of his manner, is a subject of
much discussion in England just at
present, One of the London papers
says that no man who ever sat on the
bench could put so much indignation
and passionate anger iu hi gaze as can
the Lord Chief Juslice.
The managers of the telephone com
pany operating the system at Versailles,
France, hold that the expression "Hel
lo!" used in resjionse to a call U Impo
lite. The operators have been instruct
ed to ask the subscriber w ho rings up
the central office. "What do j u t LI".'
This year's electoral campaign in Ja
pan was not as spirited as have beeu
those of former years. The Japanese
Minister for Home Affairs has reported
that in the whole country only twenty
six people were killed aud twenty-nine
wounded during the balloting, against
210 killed and 9J0 wounded lu lsai
i