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Extracts From Spanish Sfewspauers.
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4. truM bltws oppuoiU; ilauiiuotli
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j l Ui&iClAJi AKU SURGEON,
I bouitrseV, Pa.
y a; prufessloual -viowi to the cili-
sucn.i-1 auil viciuily-. uitice coriicr
aud l'alnol &UcvU
M. LOUTHEii,
j PUYoltlA ASUBl'KliEUS,
i Main street, nr of Liruu store.
p. 8. KIaIMELL,
j- Li profusxiouitl service to the ciU
f oiuerw.-l auU viciuity. l uless pro
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rf guaiuul-eU MttiUietory. utlii
j uinvir L H. lavis A Co n More,
Crokn aud IVUml klroeU.
: COFFROTH,
Funeral Director.
Muiu Cross St. Rtsidenc,
340 Patriot St.
UK. IJ. FLUCK,
Land Surveyor
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through the vi inter? If so, we
are sure it quieted your cou,h,
healed the rawness in your
throat, increased your weight,
gave you more color, and mac!;;
you feel better fft every way.
But perhaps your couh has
come hack again, or you are get
ting a little thin and pale.
Then, why not continue the
same helpful remedy right
through the summer? It will do
you as much good as when the
weather is cold.
I:s persistent use will certainly
give you a better appetite and a
stronger digestion.
It will cure your
weak throat and heal
your inflamed lungs.
It will cure every case
of consumption, when
a cure is possible.
Don't be persuaded
to take something they say is just
as good.
AU Drrsr'sts, cc. and $i.
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To Guess... I
! That a life insurance j
if company will pay sj
large dividends in the .
future. -
It's another thinqr to -
J guarantee it.
The only safe guar-
antee of a company's fj
:J ability to continue to
r pay dividends is its
i surplus. ;j
if $50,000,000 Surplus i
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Equitable strength.
if -The Equitable i
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5 Pittsburgh. z-
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Somerset.
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Capital, S50.000.
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UN0,vpRSP.ts, 64,000.
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HABVEV M. BEKKLEY, tJsHItH.
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A GOOD HEARSE,
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ished. SOMERSET - - Pa
Jacob D. Swank,
Watchmaker and Jeweler,
Next Door West of Lutheran Church,
Somerset. - Pa.
I Am Now
prepared to supply the public
with Clocks, Watches, and Jew-
elry of all descriptions, aa Cheap
as the Cheapest.
IIEPAIKLNG A
SPECIALTY.
All work guarauUt-d. Xxok at my
Btock before making your
purchases.
J. D. SWANK.
ELY'S CUE AM BAT.M I. a pooHlTecaro.
A pp'T lnto lb. Txwih!.. 1: w quick It .Mnrhed. M
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DcaieHS
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J a l ) f Mrnjitn cu r opinun true w tM Jwr an
liiTenticm Hi probably patefltahle. CofnmttiH'
UofUUnotlrnonDilenltaL Handbook on HatnU
rnt f ro. ildont ai'onr? iMurtnc I -al -.
Iaunta taken Uirooph Mann A Co. rocelT.
tpmat natia, vnhoat ciianra, in Lh.
Scientific American.
A hndomc!r Hlntravt w fairly. Ijinrirt rr
CfilMUon of mnj ttrwMi&c JonuaL 1rm. &
yfnr ; frtnr numtlas, f L ftoid bf all newf3ksr.
.MUNN&Co.'6'6 '-KewYork
hraacb otnoe. ISA T BL, Waabmion, IX C
IMPOKTA5T TO ADVEBTI!EV.
Tlie croaa of tho country pnpera ia fbtiml
Lo liemiiigtorj'a Coucty Seat Liuta Chrcwd
adTortiaers avail Uiemnolvet of llrfwe lista, a
copy of which can be had of BemiiigtQQ
Biuu of Kew York & Plttabiirg.
iff
wvi,0 50 YEARS'
52.
A S0S3 THAT S GOOD ENOUGH.
It lit.-. keg me tired t' heir fulkn say we're got
no national air.
Fer we have ipt a Kplendid one mine better
nny li-re.
Fair France may have lier"M:ireille"-I 'low
it's uiidtltiu' flue
An' (it-nua:iy d middlln' well with her
to:n, "Waehl nm Khein."
An Joiuiy Hull- "c.od Kavc the tjaocn," U
inidd'.ln' fu!l o' vim.
So I don't kick if be as.cru It's good enough
f'.T him.
P.ut 1 d.Tlare wl h all my heart, wherever I
may bi
That ol' "SLir Star Spangled B-inner's' plen
ty good t nough fer me.
There's a -t ins au' vim an' energy about that
grjnd O'' eonfr
Thai fhirly makes a feller shoul as we boldly
num b along.
Au' when tjiit tl-ig it leads us you kin wager
u'i you've pot
That we'll le r!ht about It when it lilts tli'
choseu jKt.
It may not imrl critic' fancy, fer it ain't th'
rUuHic style.
An' It ain't no Wagner opry by about a tliou-
ean' mile.
Uut th' ol' "Star Spaogled Bunner" of this
land o" bnive au' free
It's a otirriu' bit o' music an' it's good enough
fer me.
It's got no frills or furlielowa, nor operatic
shriek.
Nor none o' that Uodtfated style betwixt a
trowl and sgueak ;
lint it's a tune that's full o' vim with wordx
chock-full o tire.
An' why Miould folks be look in' mun' for
betu-r I iuijuiru.
rto let's siuj; it in th' mornin' by th'"Uawniu's
tally liiili. :
An'at'ain ut d-wy eveniu' an th' sua sinks
out o' i-!llt.
Il'saliouta iWg that's wavin' o'er a nation
brave an free ;
Which is why "Star Spangled llauuer's"
plenty good enough forme.
Omaha World-Herald.
OUT OF THE MIST.
To him who has much, much is given
and much i forgiven. Charles Ma
rone had at tho age of 40 wealth and
health, good looks, a considerable repu
tntioti a a novelist and some biisin for
that reputation. He was not always
popular with men, but in recompense
he bad been adored by many wouieu.
Having much, much was p.-rrritted to
him lo be capricious, to be fatiiical,
to have eccentricities, to carry telf-iu-dalgeuce
to the utmost limit, oven to
be cruel.
It was caprice which drove him froru
London in the middle of the seasoji
and made hitu take a little tumbled
down cottage near the village of Low
stead and live there alone, to the anger
of his servants mid the mystification
of his jiersoual frieuds. It was nut all
caprice vanity came iuto iL Ilia van
ity was flattered when he mystified
leopIe. That is easy to explain their
mystification implied interest. There
was yet a third reason. He was strange
ly practical for one so idealistic: he had
made a contract with a publisher to
finish certain work iu a Certain time.
In the country he would be able to
work without interruption.
It had rained all the niornini;, the
drops pattering on the leaded window
in which he sat, with his writing pad
on his knee. In the afternoon tlie raiu
had ceased. The sky was still gray.
The empty moorland, and watr drip
ping from the trees, the cry of the cur
lews all gave the scene a certain mel
ancholy. Toward evening the mist lay
thick and gray over everything. He
was sensitive to this melancholy of the
world outside his windows. Lateiu
the evening, tired of his work, tired of
the French novel he had been attempt
ing to read, he went out. A laboring
man passed him iu the road and said
"tiood night." Marone asked him the
way to the next village, Arumore. The
man pointed to the track across the
moor and warned him to be careful not
to get oil' it. People had btnlostin
the mist Marone laughed, lit a ciga
rette, and, leaving the road, walked
quickly along the track.
There was not a breath of wind and
there was no sound iu the air. The
mist hungniotioulers. The things that
he passed ssemed to jump up suddenly
out of it. A gorse bush or a stunted
tree would take almost a human move
ment in the tricky light. Two or three
sheep cime close up to him out of the
gray veil and as suddeuly turned aud
scamered away a;uia. Hu walke I
on. He had left the track for soaie
time before he noticed that he Lad
doue so.
He lit another cigarette aud sUxid
perfectly still. He had quick ears aud
wa3 ready to catch the least sound of a
footfall or of wheel on the cart track
and to give tlie call which would bring
him home again. If he heard nothing
he w ould fetil!, he told himself, be pa
tient enough to stand there and go on
smxkii'g while the cigarettes lasted.
By that time the mist would probably
have lifted it would be a new experi
ence. Suddenly, though he did not hear the
least sound of any footstep, he was con
scious that somebody was coming to
ward him. At a little distance the fig
ure looked like a tall column, vague
and shapeless. As it drew nearer the
mist illusion pasrd. It was a woman,
veiled and drtased in gray. As it came
close up lo him he saw it w as a very
young woman, and that the lines of Ler
figure were beautiful.. Hiie stopped
when she was close to him, tut did not
speak. Tlie silence seemed almost un
canny. He took oiT his hat.
"Do not let me frighten you," he
said. "I am merely a harmless travel
er lost iu the mist, auJ, I presume, you
are in a similar case'."'
8he laughed. It was a pretty, mu
sical laugh.
"Oh, no," she said, "I know the
moor well, aud often walk here w hen
thj mht is thick like this. Perhaps I
c in guide you."
"It is exceedingly kind of you," he
said. "I am sorry to give you so much
trouble, but if you could put me on the
track which leads to Armnore I should
bi infinitely obliged to you."
"Arnmore?" she'ald. "I aru going
there myself."
He smiled, emoarrassed a little.
"May I," he iaid, 4 exchange my es
cort for j our guidance?"
"Yea," she said. "Come with me.
We may as w ell keep each other com-
pany this lonely night."
And now an idea which had been
growing in his mind, a vague idea of
So
SOMERSET, PA.t WEDNESDAY,
recognition, became more clear and pre
cise. He had heard the voice before;
he was sure of It. It seemed to him to
come from some time of the long ago
sometime of which he had kept no
souvenir.
"It stems a strange thiug to say," he
said, but I cannot help thinking we
must have met lfore. I am sure I
recognize your voice."
"Yes," she said, "we have met You
would have recognized my face, too,
even in thw mist, if I were not veiled.
I knew you at once. You are Charles
Marone."
"Will you not," he went on, "at
least put back your veil? I am sure I
should recognize you jen and know
your name. Wherever we met before
it is strange enough that we should
meet again like this, at night on the
moor I lost in the mist and you my
guide."
"Yes," she said, "it is strange. You
shall see my face, but not yet Perhaps
you will remember w ithout that Tell
me, can you remember 20 years ago?"
"Vaguely," he said. "I was a young
man then a w ild ass of the desert
But w hat have 20 years to do with it,
for unless my judgment is very wrong
you can not remember 20 years ago?"
"Why not?" she said.
"Because," he said, laughing, "you
cannot possibly be 20 years of age."
"Nevermind," she said. "Twenty
years ago you did precisely what you
are doing now. You went away to a
village to get some work done."
"Very likely," he said. "That was
when I was up at Oxford. It is not
impossible, but I have no clear recol
lection of it"
She began to hum a tune. The tune,
like the voice, came back to him.
"I remember now an old mill, an
orchard behind it I was iu the or
chard." She raised a gloved hand, in which
she carried some fast fading, flowers.
"Smell thnse," she said, "and they
also will help your memory."
Their scent was curious, harsh and
heavy; not sweet and refreshing.
"I know," he crieJ. "Tiny grew
there all among the grass, tho.-ie great
red poppies. Now I recall everything
aud could even have sworn that you
were"
"Who?" he asked softly.
"One who 2J years ago had the grace
and the voice aud the figure that you
have now."
Out of the gray mist came a row of
low, white painted railings.
"Let me rest a little," she raid.
She leaned against them. A stone,
dislodged by her foot, fell far down aud
splashed in the water below.
"What was her name?" she asked.
"A strange name for ail English
girl," he said sadly. "She was called
Antoinette."
"I am Antoinette," said the woman
before him.
"But not the same," he said. "That
would be impossible."
She laughed.
"If," she said, "you had been a wo
man instead of a man, you would have
noticed, even in this light, that I wear
the fashions of 20 years ago. Won't
you believe? Look at my face then."
It was the face of the woman whom
he had more or less loved 20 years be
fore. He shrank back a few steps from
her.
"What does it mean?" he asked.
"1 low is it that you have not ehauged?"
He was frightened.
"I came here," she said, "after you
had gone. It was just at this spot that
I read your last letter. Listen."
He heard the water murmuring be
low him.
"It was 20 years ago," she went on,
"I died ilown there because you had
left me. Come back to me now."
Slowly aud mechanically he stepped
forward again toward her.
The lamentable death of Charles Ma
rone while still comparatively young
and at the height of his reputation was,
the newspapers said, the result of acci
dent He had, in spite of warning,
gone out on the moor in a thick mist
and lost his way. The local paper re
called with some jubilation that it had
directed public attention lo the dis
graceful state of the railings on the
bank of the river some time before and
added in a line vein of sarcasm that
the door would probably be shut uow
that the steed w as stolen. Barry Pain
in Black aud White.
A Narrow Escape.
Thankful words written by Mrs. Ada
E. Hart, of (Jroton, S. I). "Was taken
with a b:id cold which settled on my
lungs; cough set iu and finally termin
ated in Consumption. Four Doctors
gave me up, saying I could live but a
short time. I gave myself up to roy
Savior, determined if I could not stay
with my friends on earth, I would
meet my absent ones above. My hus
band was advised to got Dr. King's
New Discovery for Consumption,
Coughs and Colds. I gave it a trial,
took in all eight bottles. It has cured
me, aud thank Ood I am saved and
now a well aud healthy woman. Trial
bottles free at J. N. Snyder's Drug
Store, Somerset, Pa., and tl. W. Bral
lier's Drug Store, Berlin, Pa.
It'gularsi. 50d and tl.OX Guaran
teed or price refunded.
The Spanish Language-
Habla V. Epauol? Perhaps not. It
is a very pretty tongue, however. There
is Latin in it of course. Then there
are Punic, Gothic and Arabic. In these
elements reside its construction and its
history. Spain means "hidden." A
long lime ago the Carthaginians dis
covered the country. When the Ro
mans discovered it, too, they threw a
toga over it The Visigoths stuck their
gutturals there. The Moors brought
their filigrees and arabesques. Latin
was beaten in with the hilt of the
sword, Gothic with a trowel and
Arabic with a scimitar. From those
three assaults the Spauisa of to-day is
the result Edgar Salius in Collier's
Weekly.
The greater includes the less. ILod's
Sarsaparilla cures scrofula, aud may ba
depended upon to cure boils aud pimples.
merse
ESTSJBLISHli:!)
THE MISSOURI MULE.
Oar Army Could Not Get Along
Without Him.
The army mule figured prominently
in the first hostile act of the present
war. A batc h of mules destined for
the Spanish army lu Cuba were seized
from a Spanish steamer at New Or
leans. When the war finally closes,
the army mule will probably be some
where on the spot, aud iu between he
will be making himself useful and en
tertaining, hauling tho ammunition
wagons to the front just in the nick of
time, and varying the monctony of
camp life by exercising his uucultured
voice and his hair-trigger heels.
Uncle Sam's army would not be com
plete without the mule. , What tlie
elephant is to the Anglo-Indian army
the mule is to our fighting brigades.
True to traditions, the oment trouble
began to seem immineu; we began to
collect mulea. Nearly 2,000 of them
had started for the front tefore the war
resolution was signed by the President,
and since then other thou-sands have
followed. In every land battle the
mule will have a share, and when it
is all over no small portion of the glory
will be his.
- The first thing the. United States
government did when it decided to go
to w ar was to call for mules. Men are
quite necessary, but mules are indis
pensable. Of course tlie government
agents went to St. Louis, the distrib
uting point for Miasouri mules. The
government wanted good mules. None
but Missouri mules would do.
The first call was for animals
hands high and weighing 1,200 pounds.
The price paid was f!4 a head. Since
then some unpatriotic mule dealers
have tried to corner the market aud
the price has been higher.
The 8! rvieeability of the Missouri
mule for war purposes is recognized by
the Spaniards and Cubans as well as
Americans. Within the past three
years 10,000 mules have lieeu bought
and shipped via southern Atlantic
jiorts to Cube Most of them were
liought by the Spanish government
The insurgeuts bought some, but as a
rule they f und it cheaper and more
convenient to capture them from the
Spaniards.
The qualities which make the mule
more serviceable iu battle than the
horbe are his hardiness, his equanimity
and his judgment. This last article
has lietn named stupidity. That is a
libel. The Missouri mule is conserva
tive, but well balanced. He never
loses his head. He docs not get ex
e'led. Even when he is indulging iua
runaway he keeps cool and steers clear
f danger, w here a horse would plunge
blindly iuto it.
For army purposes mules are divided
iuto four classes. There are wheel
mules, swing mules, lead mules aud
pack mules. So, you see, the mule is a
diversified species, after all. The
wheel mule is the largest, and is so
called because he is hitched nearest the
wagon. He is the king of army mules.
Sixteen bauds high and upward is the
required size. He is the long legged,
big eared, short buckled animal that is
supposed to hunch himself up and
pull like blazes when the wagon gets
stuck. This is merely a supposition,
however. Maybe lie will do all these
commendable things aud maybe he
won t It depends entirely on how his
last meal agreed w ith him and wheth
er he woke up iu the right humor.
Uncle Sam's animals are not different
from any others iu this rcpect In ad
dition to being 13 hands high, the
wheeler must weigh at least 1,200
pounds. When he throws that weight
of bone, muscb and stubbornness into
any cause, be it good or bad, something
is sure to break.
The swing mule is the middleman in
a six animal team. He is the chsp
that takes up all the slack left by the
whee'er. Ho must be 15 hands high
aud must weigh about 1,0-iO pounds.
So tar as the other peculiarilies are con
cerned he is much like the wheeler,
only a shade smaller.
Tne lead mule is the animal tnat
pul s along to suit himself ahead of all
the rest. 1 le Is a chunky, 15 hand ani
mal aud weighs about 050 pounds.
Last, but not least, is the pack mule,
a blocky animal, 15 hands high and
weighing an even 1,000 pounds. The
pack mule Is supposed to carry a load
larger than himself. It has never leen
definitely ascertained just how much
he can carry. At any rate, the packer
always feels justified in strapping on
his back all that can be piled on.
George Washington is responsible
for the mule in this land. It was the
Father of His Country w ho first im
ported a jackass into the Uuited States
fir use upon his Virginia property.
John F. WiLi.oroimv.
Total Solar Eclipse.
The people of America will have a
very unusual chance to see a total solar
eclipse right here at home on May 2S,
10 W. Astronomers are even now study
ing the meteorological tables for past
years in order to find the localities
promising clearest skies says the Wash
ington Post
The line of totality first touches
the continent ou the Pacific
coat of Mexico, north of Cape Cori
entes, pursuing a northeast course, leav
ing Mexico at the mouth of the Itlo
Grande, crossing the gulf of Mexico
aud entering the United Sta'ts at Atch
afalaya bay, Louisiana. The breadth
of the line is about 50 miles. The eclipse
will be total at New Orleans at about
6:22 a- m., Washington lime. The
eclipse will be visible in Micou, Ral
eigh, Norfolk and iutermedlate and
neighboring poiuts.
Crossiug the ocean, the land first
touched is near the pirtof Coimbra,
Spain, passing southeast across south
ern Europe and the Mediterranean sea.
Thus all the astrouomers iu both hem
ispheres will be within easy distance
and with every facility for using any
amount of instrumental equipment
The greatest duration will be two miu
utes nine seconds, about the middle of
the Atlantic ocean.
Dyspepsia bane of human exist
ence. Burdock Blood Bitters cures It,
promptly, permanently. Regulates
an 1 tones the stomach.
1827.
JUNE 8. 1898.
Captured by a Falcon.
Observers in Prospect Park yesterday
saw a ttrange sight for a city the size
of this one. Crows, which have for
j'ears nested in the thick woods just
beyond the' Line of Defence at Battle
Pass, were put on the defensive by an
invading peregrine falcon, or duck
hawk, one of the swiftest of the preda
tory birds. ,
The falcon came from the northwest,
and swept down from a great altitude,
to which it had ascended presumably
to pass over the fumes of the city, and
skimmed along over the treetojis, just
dusting the topmost twigs. Some rob
ins gave the alarm in the park just iu
from the memorial monument They
whistled and screamed, then plunged
with a wild flutter into the lowest and
most inaccessible bushes. The thrushes
and sparrows took up the alarm and
spread it the length of the park.
The wave of terror which the ap
pearance of the falcon caused spread to
the fow ls on the lake, and they sought
safety in the margin bushes. They
scurried along and gave startled
squawks and cries of alarm and got
out of breath, not breathing easily even
when they lay hid in the densest
places.
The last of the birds to take alarm
were the crows. It appears that there
are two nests in the Park this year, as
four crows came up above the trets lo
take a look. Perhaps the extra pair
of crows are last year's young, who
have hugged the trail of the parent
birds. It began to rain hard just as
the crows went scouting. The big fe
male crow arose fifty feet above the
highest treetop on the lewl and took a
look. Half hidden in the mist, the
hawk was coming, getting plainer iu
view all the while.
Tlie hawk had come parallel with
Flatl uh avenue, and almost to the
stand where people view the passing
turnouts and riders on pleasant day?.
Then it made a great circle over the
flower garden to the Maryland regi
ment monument, and finally came
hissing along the ridge to Rattle Pass,
lieyond which the crowsliave a claim
against all newcomers. They were
prepared to defend it even against the
falcon. They evidently trusted to
numbers and past experience. They
rose, screaming, to the fight, and made
their attacks simultaneously.
The crows' plan was always to get
above the enemy, then come down at
its back with half-shut w ings and bill
tightly closed, hoping to pierce the
falcon's back. The hawk was iu no
hurry. It could easily have out flown
the crows iu a straight-away chase. It
preferred to dixlge. At this game it
lias no superior. Although the crows
were coming at it from all points alicve
aud behind, it held its own. Only
twice was it hit One crow came down
and broke a tail feather of the hawk ;
another hit a wing and spoiled the
hawk's flight for an instant.
One of the crows, after fifteen min
utes of diving and counter-dodging,
came down in a swift plunge. It over
estimated the hawk's speed, aud passed
not a foot before the hawk's hooked
bill. The hawk darted forward aud
downward. It grabbed the crow in
the back with both talous. Tlie crow
gave a loud cry, tossed its head and
wings up, aud then huug limp in the
hawk's grasp. With that the hawk
arose, followed by the remaining crows.
It was struck at a couple of times half
heartedly, and missed each time. Car
rying its prey, the hawk continued to
rise till it was a mere sp?ck, aud then
sailed away to its eyrie, perhaps in the
Palisades, w ith a meal for its mate.
New York Sun.
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There is no use sulfering from this
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the right remedy. You are having
pain all through your body, your liver
is out of order, have no appetite, no
life or ambition, have a bud cold, in
fact are completely used up. Electric
Bitters is the only remedy that w ill
give you prompt and sure relief. They
act directly on your Liver, Stomach
and Kidneys, tone up the whole sys
tem and make you feel like a new tid
ing. They are guaranteed to cure or
price refunded. For sale at J. N.
Snyder's Drug Store, Somerset, Pa.,
and G. W. Brallier's Drug Store, Ber
lin, Pa.
"ilartyrdom."
At the age of 17 Mis Willard re
cords in her diary this tragic announce
ment of the end of her romping girl
hood: This is my birthday and the date of
my martyrdom. Mother insists that
at last I must have my "hair done up
woman fashion." She says she can
hadly forgive herself for letting me
"run wild" so long. We've had a great
time over it all, aud here I sit like an
other Sampson shorn of his strength.
That figure won't do, though, for the
greatest trouble with tne is that I never
shall Le shorn again. My "back" hair
is twisted up like a corkscrew. I carry
eighteen hairpins; my head aches mis
erably; my feet are entangled in the
skirt of my hateful new gown.
I can never jump o'er a fence again
as long as I live. As for chasing the
sheep down in the shady pasture, it Is
out of the questi'ii), aud to climb to my
eagle-nest seat in the big bur oak would
ruin this new frock lieyond repair. Al
together I recognize the fact that my
occupation's goue.
During the summer of lStil, Mr.
Chas. P. Johnson, a well known at
torney of Louisville, Ky., had a very
severe attack of summer complaint.
Quite a number of different remedies
were tried, but failed to aff rd any re
lief. A friend who knew what was
needed procured him a bottleof Cham
berlain's Coli-5, Cholera and Diarrhiei
R:medy, 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. Ild speaks of it in
the highest praise and takes much
pleasure In recommending it whenever
an opportunity is offered. Fur sale by
all druggists.
TT
AM I TH
WHAT WE OWE TO BUMBLE
BEES. The Part These Busy Workers Play ia
the Fertilization of Flowers.
Tlie work of the bumble-ljee iu bring
ing aliout the cross-fertilization of
flowers is as important as that of the
honey ee, and these two stand at the
head of the list of insects useful In this
respect Each has its flowers which it
alone visits, but there are many flow
ers on aeutral ground, visited by both.
So we nay say of the bumble bee, as
cf the honey-bee, the more bumble
bees the more seeds; the more seeds the
more flowers especially wild flowers,
as the tall bell-flower, touch-me-not,
Solomon's sea!, gentian, Dutchman's
breeches, and turtle-head.
And probably the most important
work this insect does for agriculture is
uK:i the fields of red clover. There is
abundant proof that this plant will
not produce seed without the co-operation
of the bumble bee. It is impossi
ble for the wiuJ to bring about the fer
tilization of the seed, as it may do in
the case of Indian corn, grain ami
some forest trees. The tube of r d
clover blossoms, too, is so long thr.t
other insects, including the houey-bee,
are uot regular visitants.
Here is proof that this plant must
have visits from the bumble-bee. This
insect is not a native of Australia,
and red clover failed to produce seed
there until bumble-bees were imported.
As soon as they became numerous, the
plant could be depended upon for seed.
Again, the blossoms of the first crp
of the "medium red clover" of our own
country are just aa perfect as those of
the second crop, but there are too few
bumble-bees in the field, so early in 'he
season, to produce fertilization; hei ce
little or no seed in this crop. If bu.n-blo-bees
were suflioieiitly numerous
there is no reason why much larger
yields cf clover seed might not be ex
pected than at present
Here is what a weil-informed farmer
says about it :
"It was formerly thought that the
world rested on the shoulders r.f A this.
I can prove that its prosjierity rests on
the bumble-Ue. The world cannot
prosjier without the farmers' pr.iduet.
Tb'o farm will pot be productive with
out clover. We cannot raise clover
without seed, and we cannot have
clover seed without the bumble-bee,
because it is this insect that carries the
pollen from flower la flower, securing
its developaietit aud continuance. Let
us learn to know and to protect our
friends." June St. Nicholas.
Some Naval Definitions.
Fathom A measure of six feet.
Turret A tower for the protection of
the gunners.
Crow's Nest A perch for the lookout
at the masthead.
Armament A term expressing col
lectively all the guns of a ship.
Jacob's Ladder A short ladder with
wood rungs and rope sides.
Capstan A machine used on board
ship for lifting heavy weights.
Bow Chaser A gun mounted in the
bow to fire on retreating vessels.
Bulkhead A partition separating
compartments on the same deck.
Cable A long, heavy chain used to
retain a ship in place at anchor.
Binnacle The co-npass box of a
ship, with a light to siiow it at night
Gangway The aperture in a ship's
side where persons enter and deptrt.
Conning Tower An armored tower
where the wheel, engine, telegraphs,
et;., are located aud from which the
captain is supposed to direct his men
during a battle.
Displacement The weight in tons of
the volume of water displaced by a
ship's hull.
Barbette A fixed circular belt of
armor for protecting the guns in a r
volviug turret.
Knot A nautical mile of 2,025 yards,
equal to about one aud one-eigh'h sta
tute miles.
Monitor A low, nearly flat-buttomed
armored vessel, with one or two turrets,
each carrying two guns.
Bridge A platform abive the rail ex
tending across the deck for the conve
nience of the ship's officers.
Elizabeth, N. J , Oct 10, IS:!.
Ely Bros., Dear sirs: Please accept
my thanks for your favor iu the gift of
a bottle of Cream Balm. Lt-t me say I
have used it for years and can thor
oughly recommend it for what it
claims, if directions are followed.
Yours truly,
(Rev.) II. W. Hathaway.
No clergyman should be without it.
Cream Balm is kept by all druggists.
Full size 50c Trial size 10 cents. We
mail it.
ELY BROS.,
50 Warren St, N. Y. City.
Ironical lis.
If a man docs you an 111 turn he will
never forgive you for it.
If a man re-leases a piece of property
he takes a fresh grip ou it
If people didu't have hobbies the
world would soon cease to revolve.
If a man once uses porous plasters he
is apt to become much attached to
them.
If hope assumes the guise of an Eas
ter bonuet it springs eternal in the fe
male breast
If it is necessary to write to any one
you don't care two cents for, use a pos
tal card.
If we listen to the troubles of other
people it sometimes makes us better
satisfied with our own.
If two souls find they have but a
single thought it is useless to waste
any time contemplating matrimony.
If a man marries a woman because
she has more sense than he has, he is
never allowed to lose sight of the fact
Chicago Evening News.
Is It a burn? Use Dr. Thomas' Ec
lectrio Oil. A cut? Use Dr. Thomas'
Ecleetric Oil. At your druggists.
"See here, clerk, are the color in
this Uuited States flag fust colors?"
''Couldn't be taster; they're warrant
id not to run." Detroit Free Press.
H
The Baautifal In Farm Life.
There is some danger that farmers
may become so intent on making their
land-) pay a money return tbat they
will lose sight of much that is beauti
ful in country life. It is not all of life
to lie able to say at the end of the year
that there is a good margin on the
right side of the farm account. This
is all right, of course; we are ou the
farm for business. We ought to do our
best to make it pay. Rit it will not do
to make money the sole ol jet-t of our
labor. This is esqweially true if we
have children. To bend every energy
from daylight to dark, from week'seud
to week's end and from one year's be
ginning to another, to the getting of
money, is demoralizing to the farmer,
to his wife, and doubly so to his child
ren. Life's beginning is a most im
portant era. If to the young it be
clouded by the gloom of a home where
the otily object in living is to get mon
ey, the shadow rarely ever lifts.
The whole life will be tinged with
the memory of those early days on the
farm.
I believe that is one great reason
why so many leave the farm. Their
lives iu the old home were a ceaseless
grind, uu relieved by anything which
touched the tender side cf nature.
What, then, should we do to remidy
this? Suppose the house is old and you
are not able to build another. Beauti
fy it as much you can. Set out trees
around it, dear away the weeds, tumb
led down fences and all unsightly ol
jects. Let grass grow fresh and green
about it. Plant flowers in pleasant
places. And so all over the farm. It
wid cost only a little time to make it
beautiful. Inside make the house
homelike. A few books aud papers;
music if you can afford it; at eventide
let there be an iugathering of all the
children. Read aloud to them nnd
haveth-uu read also. Be one of them,
and have a share iu all that interests
them. Study nature with them.
How many know the names and
habits of the birds which flit about in
suaiuier? Who of us can tell the names
of the llowers which spring tip every
where on the farm? This may seem to
so'ne farmers all "nonsense." From
such a decision I m st earnestly ap
jieal. The little lives intru-tted to us
are the most precious cf Gd's gifts to
us. It lies in our power to dwarf them,
or to unfold and reach heights of suc
cess we ourselves may never attain.
We have no right to entail upon our
children the heritage whica many par
ents do when they teach them to hate
farm life. There is no place on earth
which is nearer to nature's heart than
the farm. We ought to love it and
teach our children to love it, t.w. Farm
life pays if it leave him w ho follows
it one step higher than he wm at first
No matter whether we die rich hi
money or not, if at the last our friends
can say of us that we I ved nature and
nature's God, and printed the way up
to them. Farmer's Tribune.
British in America.
How much property dor British sub
jects own in America? The aggregate,
base-d on absolu'e facts, is known to be
at least 2;),0C0,0lO acres, asserts Tit
Bits
The largest of ail is probably theTex
a possession of tlie syndicate which
includes in its membership the Dukes
of Beaufort and Rutland, Earl Cado
gan aud the Baroness B irdett-Coutts.
The total amount of land held by
this association is 3," X),000 acres. It is,
as is the case with most of the Texas
land, largely composed of what ii cu!l-e-d
range country that is, land that is
lielter adapted for cattle raising than
anything i!.-e.
Cattle and wheat are what the Brit
ish investor seems to think money
should be made on in tlie United
States. That is why the syndicate rep
resented by the British capitalist Vin
cent Scully owi s 3,000,000 acres of land
in Nebraska, Iowa and Illinois. This
property is situated in the heart of the
wheat growing section.
Two American girls, who now wear,
by virtue of their marriage with En
glish peers, two of the highest British
titles the Duchtss of Marlborough
and Lady Randolph Churchill are in
terested with Sir Edward Reed in a
syndicate that owns 2,00',0.O acres sit
uated in Colorado, Wyoming and New
Mexico. This is purely a cattle coun
try, and on it range thousands of head
of live stock.
There is anothe rsyedicate which in
cludes among its members the Earl of
Dalhotisii', as well as Viscountess Cross,
Lady Hamilton Gordon, tho Marquis
Cholruomleley and several others.
There is a holding in a still different
part of the country, for the lands of the
syudie-ate comprise l,S00,Oi)O acres in
Mississippi, including cotton planta
tions, acres and acres of sugar cane and
enough swine to stock 1,000 farms.
Lord Tweeddale is a syndicate in
himself and owns l,.T00,0ti) acres.
Like most individual land owners
with large holdings, his proerty in
cludes a vnst territory which, like that
of the syndicate spokeu of, includes
immense tracts of grazing lands.
Nearly all of this immense possession
is devoted to stock. St Louis Repub
lic. The n.eritof Ho ld's S trip.,rilU
I literally written iu b!.-l.
It U 'n.rl in th- vital fluid
if Dill ions of the human race.
In positive in ' lie-In 0 m rrit
And curative power Is written
l"p :i tn heart, and graven upon
The inlnds of thousand
Of people whom It has cured
And given good htuitb.
When th -re seemed nothing before
Them but ditrkiieas and dvsp tlr.
It cure- al I diseases arising
Kro:n ur promnted by impure
Illoo I by IU intrinsic merit as
The One True B'ood Va ritler.
Mere Satisfactory.
"You don't tell tne," said the loqua
cious individual to the intelligent man,
"that you look in the patent medicine
almanacs for your weather predic
tions?" "Yes, I do," replied the Intelligent
one. "It is much more convtyiient
than lioking up the oiUcial forecast
every day, besides being more trustworthy."
To show the extent of the knowledge
of the Spanish" of our country aud gov
ernment we reprint a few extracts from
their papers:
"Magiuly (meaning President Mo
Kin.Vy) is a naturalized Chinaman,
haviug been born at Canton."
"The country is not lit to live iu.
The climate ii execrable. When it Is
not sleeting er nowiiig the heat is al
most ualiearable. Avalanches are fre
quent at alt times and these threaten
the principal cities. A for the opIe,
besides the few whites erragvl iu
business along the eastern coast, the
remainder of the couutry is one vast
oiaiu covered with Iudiaus called cow
joys and great herds of roaming
cattle.''
"All the troops of the Yankees are in
the far western part of the country,
many thousand miles from the Atlantic
coast There are only a few thousand
men all told, aud they are ill-paid and
ill-fed aud not willing to fight To
utilize this force it will be uee-essary to
bring it to the' eastern sea-board. There
is but one railway by which it can be
transported, and that is an old and
poorly constructed affair. Atone plai-e
this railroad passes over Niagara Falls,
a cataract 1,000 feet high, near Labra
dor. At lsst acouuts the bridge at
this place is in a very dangerous condi
tion. It need surprise no one to hear that
some agency has made it still more so.
It would serve the hateful pigs of Yan
kees right if their miserable army was
thus drowned."
Oae of the papers stated that "the
Yankee president, Magginly, commit
ted suicide for fear the Spanish fleet
would capture New York." The next
day it corrected this aud stated that
"he died from a wound inflicted by a
brave Spaniard."
A Lesion In History.
It was 3-K) years ago, in Florence,
Italy, that the first grand opera wa
produced.
Quinine is made from Peruvian bark
the outer part of a medieiual plant,
called cinchona. It was so named from
the wife of Count Cinchon, of Peru, in
the seventh century, who by its use
was cured of intermittent fever.
In IS'5, the year of the plngue, so
great was the gloom in England that it
has become known as "the still Christ
mas." "The Christmas of the Great
Frost" took place in 1730. The Thames
was frozen from bank to bank and bar
becues were held upon the ice.
So far as the present writer is aware
the earliest mention of "liveries" made
iu history is ia the reign of King Pepin,
of France. This king flourished al cut
the year 750 A. 1)., and because cf bis
diminutive size he bad bestowed upon
him the rather disrespectful appellation
of "Pepin the Short."
In Franee King James II., in his
flight from England arrived on that
day. Ou that day in 17! Napoleon
was proclaimed first consul, and just
four years later he was crowned em
peror. He entered Paris unattended
during the holidays of 1M2, aud his
nephew, Louis Napoleon, was crowned
enqieror during the holidays of ls-52.
It was at Marengo, North Italy, that
the French army, commanded by Bona
parte, after crossing the Alps iuto Pied
mont, attacked the Attstrians, June,
1S00; his army was retreating, when
the arrival of Gen. Dessaix turned the
fortunes of the day. The slaughter on
both sides was dreadful. By a treaty
between tf e AticriaiiGener: IMelasaud
Bonaparte, signed June 15, the latter
obtained 12 strong fortresses and be
came master of Italy.
Once Tried, Always Used.
If we sedl one bottleof Chamlierlain's
Cough Remedy, we seldom fail to sell
the same person more, when it is again
needeil. Indeed, it has become the
family mediciue of this town, for
coughs aud colds, and we recommend
it because of its established merits
Jos. E. Harned, Prop. Oakland Phar
macy, Oakland, Md. Sold by all drug
gists. One of 21 Children Enlists.
Henry L-joy is the name of a young
man from Cohoes who was enlisted in
the regular army at the loe-a! recruiting
station lately. H-e is a memlier of
perhaps what one j was the largest fam
ily in the Uuited States. ll- was
brought to the rendezvous by his father,
who, wearing a long gray teard, looked
like one of thepatrarchs. Among tte
questions which are asked of every ap
plicant for enlistment is, How many
brothers and sisters have you and how
many are dead?
So Sergt Hutton propounded the
question. "How many brothers and
sisters of yours are dead?"
The question seemed to be a puzzler
for the young soldier. He bent his
head as though iu deep thought, and
finally, after a long pause, answered:
"Nineteen."
"You misunderstand my question?"
queried the sergeant "I asked you if
you had any brothers and sisters dead,
and how manj?"
"I have nineteen brothers and sisters
dead," repeated the tmbryo soldier.
"How many have you living?"
"Feur."
"Then you are one of a family of 24
children?" asked the sergeant
"Yes, sir."
Lejoy passed the examination au 1
with nine other recruits was sent to
Fort MiThtrson to join the Eleventh
Infantry. Albany Argus.
Chauiberlaiu's Pain liahu has no
equal as a household liuimeut It is
the be'st remedy kuowu for rheuma
tism, lame back, neuralgia; while for
sprains, cuts, bruises, burns, scalds and
sore throat, it is invaluable. Wertz
& Pike, merchants, Feruandina, Fla ,
write: "Everyone who buys a bottle
of Chamberlain's Remedies, comes back
aud says it is the best medicine he has
ever used." 2 and 5J cents pT
bottle at all drug stores.
A Contrast
Mr. Dapper is one of that class of
men who are scrupulously neat in their
personal appearance, but who never fail
to leave chaos behind them iu the scene
of their preparations. A neighbor re
cently called on Mrs. Dapper aud re
marked: "Oue rarely sees a more well kept
man than your husband. He always
looks as if he had just come out of a
baud box."
"Very true," returned Mrs. Dapper,
"but" with a sigh "you ought to
see the band box!" Pearson's Weekly.
Sail for Soldiers.
The postofllee department issued ai
order to employes at army camps fer
the free forwarding of all newspapers
and packages to soldiers, no matter
how often they are transferred or how
great the distance. This is the first
time in the history of the department
that anything but first-class matter
has been allowed to be forwarded with
out payiugextra postage.