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on this emulsion when other
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It is the same with larger
children that are delicate.
Scott's Emulsion seems to be
the element lacking in their
food. Do not fail to try it it
your children do not thrive.
It is as useful for them in
summer as in winter.
A si your doctor if this is not rut.
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IXPOKTAITT TO ADTESTItEB.S.
The cream of the country papers ia lixml
In Iiemingtcm' Cutmty SotX liita. Ehrevd
a4Feruaers trail deiaselves cf Lho lists, a
enrty of which can be had cf Eeoicgva
hrJL. U Kcw Torlc A Fttiaburs.
for CottWftv
THE VETEEAJTS DREAM.
Sitlin' down by Keiincmir.
;l to Ihhikln' m llif day
iif tli fi.riniu' mi the Kforuiin
:( Hit- nuiks alona the waya:
Jiui' suu,li Uie kinj u-ax w.-irruin;
Hut I c n Uie n ar-flnn bluxe!
illln' dwu by Keunrauv,
S-skn Hie Iniya In battle fall ;
Hiiit-s iht-y Itiundered, au' I wondered,
JSence tbey had no cloud at all :
In onie api !nod I'd bluudered,
Uoard the ghostly eaplulua call.
Stn the boy tbat wore the gray
Chargin' on the r-.ink of blue;
labln' rlashln' n' the ttiiKhln'
Of the bright fworjj lrijpin' dew.
U'inl the cannon bulls a-enmliiu'
ilukiu' dd!y pathway through.
Then the scene wut changed. The blue
With the sr.iy hukkI r11o by side ;
An' one Hag iimie Into view
(Thar wai bullet holex to hide.
An' a initio' star or two;
Hut the boy niarvhcd aide by aide!)
Side by Bide they maivhed away
At a sudden bule-rall ;
So more blue, an' no more Brtiy !
Jct one ft;ig to wave tor all !
Marched into a brighter day,
AUBwerm' to that bugle-call !
Which wux right, an" which wui wrong
Didn't mailer. Hank looked thin.
But they laurelled true hearU an' strong
tit her rights f r them to win. . . .
I'd been drvumln' purty long,
11 lit I'm in the light agin.
Atlanta Constitution.
THE EXECUTION
OF JOIIX BROWX
One of the Guards at the Scaffold De
scribes the Scene.
Colonel William Fallows, an orange
grower iu the 8au Gabriel valley in
Southern California, in one of the few
persons now living who stood near to
John ISrown of Osawuloinie when he
was hanged.
"I believe I am the last of the guards
about John Brown and his associates
in the jail at Charktstowu," he says.
lie was a near relative of Kheritf
Campliell, who had charge of llrowu
and seven of his youngeruaaociate pris
oners in ttie Charlestown jaiL .Soeral
years ago he wrote out his recollections
of John Brown in jail and on the
acainld, but when it was finished he
destroyed the manuscript. Colonel
Fellows ferved three years iu the Con
federate army, and was in Kichmoud
at the time of tle surrender.
"I don't mind telling once more,"
said Colonel Fellows to a rejHirter,
"my reminiscences of poor old John
Brown daring his last days ou earth.
When I first heard of the bloody alfair
at the engine house at Harper's Ferry,
in the middle of October, ls-39, cobody
probably denounced John Brown and
his crazy abolition followers more than
I did. It seemed to me then that this
shaggy bearded man, Brown, was about
as near a human fiend as one could be.
Yet w hen I came to be associated with
him I almost immediately formed an
aitachment for him, so that to this day
I have never tmite recovered from my
personal sorrow at his execution legal
and necessary though it may have
been. A handsome, promising young
cousin of mine was killed in the mili
tia charge on the Harper's Ferry engine
house, and that made my resentment
against Brown and his men the more
iutense. But later, in the Charlestown
jail, John Brown's fortitude, amid
pain from his wounds, his integrity,
charity, and simplicity of character,
his stern regard for duty, his Spartan
firmness in the face of overwhelming
odds, and especially his modest brav
ery, appealed to me. Sheriff Campbell
aud all the guards had a sympathy
with our aged prisoner, and no real in
dignity was ever otlered John Brown
by any one in jail, as I know not
withstanding the multitude of stories.
In all my experience in the war aud in
border life, where one meets all sorts of
strange characters, I have never known
any oue so serine in the midst of fright
ful circumstances as was old John
Brown. He Vas truly a marvelous
character. As I look back now on the
personality of the man, he aeema f
me to have been more like the heroes
of Scott's 'Ivanhoe' and of the Cru
sades than any oue I have ever nwn,
"I was i"i yars old in 1S50, and was
made one of the 300 guards about the
Charlestown jail, immediately after
John Browu aud several of his men
captured in the engine house at Har
per's Ferry were brought to Charles
town. The whole couutry wa w ildly
excited. I doubt if any event in the
war that raged through that region
for four years roused people likslhe iu
cideut at Harper's Frry. Governor
Wise of Virginia and thousands of
people in the South believed that John
Brown and his men were encouraged
and secretly hired by abolitionists, like
Wendell Phillips, (ierrit and Charles
Sumner in the North, aud that the
Blue liiJge mountains were teeming
with auti-slavery Northerners, who
were watching for an opportunity to
CJtue down in force upon the jail and
litierate Brown aud his associates. So
a guard of 300 armed men was called
out. But it was seen later that there
was no need for such a force, aud I was
chosen by my uncle, Sheriff Campbell,
as one of the half dozeu day guards in
side the jiil corridor. I am the only
oue now living who was employed in
the jail at that time. One of Brown's
lawyers still lives to Brooklyn, X. Y.
"I became an inside guard after the
famous trial at Charlestown, and when
Brown's execution was set f.r one
month later December 2 Brown oc
cupied a cell with one of his captured
followers, a young man named Stevens,
who was executed with the other six
prisoners a month or six weeks after
their captain- When I went on duty
in the jail John Brown was recovering
from a severe scalp wound that he got
from a sabre in the hands of his captor
at Harper's Ferry. I saw the constant
pain the old man was in and the clum
ey way that he hlrnsdf had to dress the
wound, so I helped him, brought fresh
clothes daily and got him ointment
and warm water. For all of this he
was extremely grateful in his reserved.
Spartan-like way. He was a proud,
man, awl liked to show his stoicism.
One day when a guard refund to give
him a letter from his wife ;I thought
John Brown would loe control of hini
i elf and burst Into po.-ion, but he put
Bona
SOMERSET, PA.. WEDNESDAY,
his lips together, and, shoving his
hands deep into his pockets, walked
into his cell. It was two hours before
he nuilil compose himself. He never
displayed the least temper, although
he certainly had occasion to get angry
every day, for he was hated aud dis
liked everywhere in that locality. He
never showed sorrow, except by an oc
casional twitching of the face when he
had a letter from his wife and chil
dren. As all his letters were, of course,
read by Sherifl Campbell, I, as one of
the family, saw some of them. Some
were heart-breaking. All were so full
of expressions of love and tenderness
that I have the Sheriff wipe his eyes
many a time while reading them; but
John Brown never betrayed distress.
He read them over and over and then
would gaze into vacancy for hours after
he had finished.
"Brown was allowed to have two
visitors a day, and I was always near
when he chatted with his lawyer or
friend, but I never observed in his
words a bit of regret for his course ex
cept that his son Oliver had been so
unueces!arily exposed in the battle at
the engine house as to have been shot
down. He seldom smiled, and was
generally buried in thought or serious
reading. He was exact to a penny
about his little money matters, and be
declined to take fxxl outside of the
regular jail fare without paying for it
fully. Sums of money were sent him
by mail by sympathizers in Boston and
Philadelphia, but he never touched a
penny of it He read for hours every
day, and I rememlier he was hurt be
cause the Sheriff, as a matter of pre
caution, cut away the heavy paste
board covers from Brown's books, fear
ing that fine steel saws might lie hid
den thereia. .
"Ah, Mr. Sheriff? said Captain
Brown ijuietly, 'you little kuow me or
my men. We would never escape the
vindication of the law.'
"He was a daily reader of the Bible,
aud morning and night he knelt iu
prayer in his eel!. He never talked ou
religious topics, but he a .ked the guards
whom he liked to refrain from profani
ty at least until he was gone. His fa
vorite reading was Carlyle's 'French
Involution,' Gibbon's 'Home' and a
biography of Toussaint L'Ouverture.
One day he told tue the story of the life
of that San Domingan chief, and said
he put that ioor black man alongside
Socrates, Luther and John Hampden
as the world's heroes. Hi said he had
read and reread all the literature he
could fiud about IOuvtrture for a
doen years, audi kuow that he pat
terned his life after the San Ioming.tu
and that he viewed his own death on
the scaffold in the same light as the
execution of L'Ouverture.
"The morning of the execution dawn
ed clearly and sunshiny. It was De
cember 2, and a mild, pleasant day.
Captain Browu asked me the evening
before to mine on guard at 0 o'clock
instead of 7, because he wanted to be
liberated from his narrow cell as early
as convenient before his execution, to
attend to his last correspondence. The
cell door was always opened for the
day . when the day watth came o i
duty. Brown was dressed and stand
ing at the grated door as I came into
the corridor with several other day
guards that moruiug. I remember
how particularly benignant he looked
as he stood there. His heavy gray
hair, his long full beard streaked with
gray, and his tall and commanding
stature gave him a patriarchal appear
ance. " 'I thank you for your early coni
ng,' said he as he seated himself at a
writing table near the wall of the cor
ridor, just below a grated window.
Several of us guards, who had become
attached to the old man, were too ex
cite! and moved by the preparations
about the jail and outside for the hang
ing of our prisoner to d more than act
automatically, for we feared we might
burst into tears if we dared to do any
talking. I can see the man now as he
sat that hst morning, the sun
beams pouring through the windows
aud resting on his whitened and band
aged head while he wrote, I watched
him from behind with a fascinated in
terest its he read over the last letters
from pis wife, daughters and sous at
the old home iu the Adirondacks of
New York, so as to make sure that he
had noted all that had been written to
him, end tlieu as he wrote a farewell
letter to each memlier of his family.
The only tears I ever saw come from
the eyes of that man of iron were when
he read the tender good-by letters from
his two little girls. Once he glanced
nervously about, and seeing that his
tear-dimmed eyes were observed, he
pulled off his glasses, wiped his eyes in
a trice, aud resumed his correspond
ence as ooolly as one indites an every
day message.
"He ate a simple breakfast, and then,
noting that he still had much corres
pondence to do, he asked one of the
guards to see if a local lawyer named
Hunter would not come and draw up a
will according to the laws of Virginia.
Meanwhile he went on with his letter
writing, stopping now and then as a
thought occurred to him to make some
request of the guards concerning the
treatment of the remaining prisoners
after he Jwas gone. At 9 o'clock Law
yer Hunter came. Brosu told him
how h-wished his property disposed
that isj the weapons, money, camp
utensili-j baggage and cavalry equip
ment, fouud in his possession when he
aud his meu were captured at Harper's
Ferry, i His extraordinary character
istic of justice and equality was shown
in the
litre with which he weighed the
the cla
na of each of his children and
friends
sions
Hi as to uisinuute nis posscs-
th exact fairness. He had evi
hought upon this for weeks, for
dently
he pr
bet we
luced a memorandum from
the leaves of the Bible and
to the lawyer. A half hour
gave
later,
yer II
signei
hen the will was finished, Law
iter read it to the prisoner, who
iU
By&.hat time noise of the prepara
tions a r the public execution grew so
loud t 'at Brown brought his last fare
well K Ver to a quick close. He asked
a guai 1 how soon the Sheriff would
want 'Mm for the 'execution of the
law,'' he always slowly referred to
his d. th. He was told that he had
set
ESTABLISHED
forty minutes more. At that he went
into his cell, brought several books,
and gave one to each guard in the cor
ridor as a good-by present. He took
off his silver watch, aud, producing
the key for it, Insisted upon Deputy
Sheriff Avis taking it,
" 'Gentlemen, may I be alone a iittle
while?' he said to us. We, too full of
sadness to speak, nodded, and he drew
his grated cell door in and knelt down
at his cot to pray. In ten minutes or
so, although it seemed like an age to
us, he arose, took off his prison clothes,
and put on a new suit of black that
had been brought to him from Boston.
At 10:30 o'clock Sheriff Campbell came
into the corridor.
' 'Captain,' said he, 'twenty minutes
more remain.'. ,
" 'Do your duty, Sheriff Campbell;
don't let any one ever complain that
you were not a faithful Sheriff after I
am gone,' was the reply.
"At a little before 11 the Sheriff and
two military lieutenants in full uniform
came into the corridor. John Brown
was seated on his cot waiting for them.
"Do you wish to pinion my arms
here or at the scaffold ?' he asked, see
ing an o llieer holding the arm straps
in his hand.
" 'At the scaffold,' said the Sheriff.
"In a second the prisoner turned, aud
walking past the grated door of each of
the other cells, where his faithful men
were confined, awaiting their subse
quent execution for complicity in the
Harper's Ferry affair, he shook hands
through the grating. 'God bless you,
my dear men,' or 'May we meet lu
heaven,' was all he said to each, for it
was evident he was full of emotion, aud
the sols of his imprisoned associates
moved him so that he could hardly
control his voice. When he came to
us guards he never spoke, but the pres
sure of his two hands about ours and
the tear-sullused eyes told of the emo
tion he felt moving him.
"So John Brown started for the gal
lows with the Sherifl, the lieutenants,
and two of us guards. When we reach
ed the front door of the jail and saw
columns of uniformed Virginia militia
men drawn up ou both sides of the
long street he looked surprised.
" 'I had no idea Governor Wise con
sidered my execution so important,' he
remarked.
"He went down the steps and took a
seat in a platform wagon at the side of
the Sheriff, and with Guard Avis and
myself ou the back seat. The story
about John Brown's having stopped to
kiss a poor negro lioy at the jail door
is untrue, notwithstanding the touch
ing poems that tell of it. There was no
negro boy aUiut the jail, and the old
man was too intent on watching the
militia all abiut him.
"A ride of three minutes brought us
to the gallows. It was erected in the
middle of a great field near town, and
the platform was seveu feet above the
ground. I saw Brown looking it all
over carefully as the wagon drew slowly
up at the steps. The colllu had been
laid at oue side, and I can see now how
pathetically the old man glanred at
that while he was going up the gallows
steps between Sheriff Campbell and
Guard Avis. They gave him a seat
while the soldiers were performing ev
olutions uuder command of General
Taliaferro in order to form a hollow
square aliout the gallows. Sheriff
Campbell read the death warrant.
"Then the arms and legs of John
Brown were strapped together, and he
was shown where to stand on the drop.
The black cap was put on his head, but
not drawn over his face. He looked
taller and more powerful than ever as
he stood there strapped and with the
noose about his neck, towering head
and shoulders above the Sheriff and the
two lieutenants. The Sheriff stood
waiting a minute longer until fussy old
General Taliaferro had drawn his men
up in military order. Amid the sound
ot drum-beats and the tramping of
8'ildiers on the frozen earth, I heard
Sheriff Campbell say:
"'Captain, this is an unexpected de
lay. Are you not tired V
" 'No, not tired, but please don't let
there be unnecessary waiting,' were the
last words of John Brown.
"The militia was still manoeuvring
in the field, but the Sheriff quickly
drew the cap over the face of the
doomed man, aud, stepping aside, the
drop fell. John Brown's body darted
through the opening in the platform,
aud his soul went marching on through
all eternity.
"The only evidences of life were a
few clinching of his hands. I believe
his neck was broken by the fall. After
the body had been hanging five min
utes a physicf&Q went aud felt of the
dying man's pulse. Then the cap was
raised a few inches and an artist for an
Eastern publication sketched the face
as the body swayed to and fro in the
morning breeze. Sheriff CampU-U did
not once look upon the hanging, and
kept his eys turned away.
"At exactly noon the body was low
ered and was put into the colli a. - Law
yer Hunter arranged the collar and cra
vat to conceal the blue marks of the
noose, and arranged the hands and
arms. The body was taken to Harper's
Ferry that same day, where Mrs. Brown
had been for a week with friends. The
next day it was put on the cars and
taken to North Elba, in the Adiron
dack region of Northern New York.
Sheriff Campbell wanted me to remain
as a guard in the Jail until the other
six prisoners were executed in Febru
ary, but I never went into the jail cor
ridor after John Brown was hanged.
"A fact in connection with the bang
ing of old John Brown that I have
never seen in print U that John Wilkes
Booth, who assassinated President Lin
coln in is'i, was a sergeant in one of
the militia companies at the execution.
Sheriff Campbell told mi later that the
day before the execution Booth, a hand
some, fresh, black eyed youth of twenty
years, came and asked permission to go
and see the Brown raid prisoners In
their cells. Lewis .Washington, a
grandnephew of George Washington,
took part as a captain in the military
display that day." New York 8' in.
Hundreds of lives saved every year by
having Dr. Thomas' Eclectric Oil in the
house just when it Is needed. Cures
croup, heals burns, cuts, wounds of
every sort,
TT
1827.
JUNE 22. 1898.
hW DEWEY DID IT.
The Admiral's Story of the Battle of
Manila Bay.
SLAUGHTER OF 8PA2TISH.
Admiral Dewey's full report on the
battle of Manila bay aud subsequent
happenings iu the Philippines was re
ceived at the navy department by mall
Monday. It is about 4J0 words loug.
The report is under date of May 4 and
says:
"Arrived off Bolinao on the morn
ing of April 30, and finding no vessels
there, proceeded down the coast aud ar
rived off the entrance to Manila bay
on the same' afternoon. The Boston
and Concord were sent to reconnoiter
Port Subig. A thorough sea search of
the port was made by the Boston and
the Concord, but the Spanish fleet was
not found. Entered the south chan
nel at 11:30 p. in. steaming in column
at eight knots. After half the squad
ron had passed, a battery on the south
side opened fire, none of the shots
taking eflect. The Boston aud Mc
Culloch returned the fire. The squad
ron proceeded across the bay at slow
speed and arrived off Mauila at day
break and was fired upon at 5:15 by
three batteries at Manila and two at
Cavite and by the Spanish fleet anchor
ed in approximately east and west line
across the mouth of Baker bay, with
their left in shoal water in Canacea
bay.
"The ships then proceeded to the at
tack. The OlympA, under my per
sonal direction, lebding, followed at a
distance by the Baltimore, Baleigh,
Petrel, Concord and Boston in the or
der named, which formation was main
tained throughout the attack.
"The squadrou opened fire at 5:41 a.
iu. While advancing to the attack t'o
mines were exploded 'ahead of the
flagship, too far off to be effective.
"Early in the engagement two
launches put out toward the Olympia,
with the apparent intention of using
torpedoes. One was sunk aud the
er disabled by our fire and beached be
fore an opportunity occurred to use the
torpedoes. At 7 a.m. the Spanish flag
ship Keina Christina made a desperate
attempt to leave the liue and come out
to engage at short range, but was re
ceived with such a galling fire, Uie en
tire battery of the Olympia being ou-
centrated upon her, that she was bare
ly able to return to the shelter of the
point. The fires started iu her by our
shells at this time were not extinguish
ed until she sank. The three batteries
at Mauila had kept up a continuous fir
ing from the beginniug of the engage
ment, which lire was not returned by
the squadron. The first of the bat
teries was situated ou the South Mole
head, at the entrauce of the Pasig
river. The second on the south hantion
of the walled city of Manila, and the
third at Maleto, about 1- miles further
south. At this poiut I scut a message
to the governor-general, to the ellect
that if the batteries did not cea-e firing
the city would be shelled. This had
the effect of sileucitig them.
"At 7-35 a. m. I ceased tiring aud
withdrew the squadron for breakfast.
At 11:11 a in. I returned to the attack.
"By this time the Spanish flagship
and almost the entire Spanish fleet
were in flames. At 12:30 p. m. the
squadron ceased tiring, the batteries
being silenced aud the ship sunk,
burned aud deserted.
"At 12:40 p. m. the squadron return
ed and anchored off Manila, the Potrel
beiug left behind to complete the de
struction of the smaller gunboats,
which were behind the poiut of Cavite.
This duty was performed by Com
mander 1C P. Wood in the most ex
peditious and complete manu?r passi
ble. The Spanish lost the following
vessels: Sunk ft?ina Christina, Cas
til la, Don Juan D'Lustria, Isia D' Lu
zon, Isla D'Cuba, General Lozo, Mar
quis D'Duero, El Correo Valesco and
Isla D'Mindanao; transports captured,
Rapido and Hercules, and tugs and
several small launches.
."Iam unable to obtain a complete
account of the number of enemies kill
ed and wounded but believe the losses
to le very heavy. The Iteina Chris
tiua alone had 150 killed, including the
capiain, and 50 wounded.
"I am happy to report that the dam
age done to the squadron under my
commsnd was inconsiderable. There
were none killed and only seven men
in the squadron very slightly wounded.
"Several of the vessels were Krutk
and even penetrated, but the Carnage
was of the slightest, and the squadron
is in as good condition now us before
the battle.
"I beg to state to the department that
I doubt if any commander-in-chief was
ever surrounded by more loyal, effi
cient and gallant seamen than those of
the squadron now under my command.
Capt, Frank Wildes, commanding the
Itoston, volunteered to remain in com
mand of his vessel, although his relief
arrived before leaving Hongkong. As- j
feistant Mirgenu Kiii(lleiergr, or tue
Olympia, and Gunner J. C. Evans of
the Boston, also volunteered to remain
after orders detaching them had ar
rived. The conduct of my personal
staff was excellent. Commander B. F.
Lamberton, chief of the staff was a vol
unteer for the position, aud gave me
most efticieut aid. Lieut. Brumby,
flag lieutenant, and Ensign W. P.
Scott, aide, performed their duties as
signal officers in a highly creditable
manner.
"The Olympia, being short of officers
for the battery, II. W. Caldwell, flag
secretary volunteered for and was as
signed to a sub-division of t'ae -5-inch
tiattery. N. J. L. Stick ney, formerly
an officer in the United States navy
and correspondent for the New
York Heralt, volunteered for duty as
my aide, and rendered valuable ser
vices. ."I desire especially to mention the
coolness of Lieut. C. O. Calkins, navi
gator of the Olympia, who came uuder
my personal oliservations, being on the
bridge with me throughout the entire
action, and giving the ranges to the
guus with an accuracy that was proven
by the excellency of the firing.
"On May 2, the da; following the en
gagement the squadron again went to
Cavite where it remains.
On the third, the military forces
evacuated the Cavite arsenal, which
was taken possession of by a landing
party; on the same day the Baleigh
and Baltimore secured tht surrender of
the batteries on Corregidor inland, pa
rolling the garrison and destroying the
guns.
"On the morning of May 4 the trans
port Manila, which had been aground
in Baker bay, was towed off and made
a prize,"
Spanish War Stories.
It waa midnight in Havana, just the
same as it had always been at twelve
o'clock g. m.
Tne war had made many and marked
changes, but iu respect of this, none.
Captain-General Blanco sat in the
diningrooomof his palace, chewing the
gristle in the hamtione of a dead hore.
The captain-general had not retired
ere this, because he is not of a retiring
disposition.
At this moment an aide appeared at
the portals of the room aud Blano or
dered him up.
"How fares?" he Asked, as the young
man approached.
"About the same kind of fare as that
you have," replied the aide, with a
grave nod toward the hamlioue that
the captain-general held at a 'present.'
"What's the matter with this?" re
torted the captain-general. "It ought
to ba first-class; it oust $4 a pound."
"Nearly as high as Matanzas mule,
your excellency," said the aide, recall
ing his manners and the military reg
ulations. "Mule meat isn't as high as this
it?"
"Well, your excellency, the inuie
went fifty fet high when the Yankee
shell exploded under him That's
higher than your Havana horse, your
excellency."
"A truce to your badinage, sirrah,"
exclaimed the captain-general. "What
is your business with me, seeing that I
have not invited you to luncheon?''
"Your excellency, I crave pardon.
Word has just iieeu received that within
the next twenty-;bur hours the Yan
kees will have cut our telegraphic com
munication, and we will be abut out
from mother, home aud friends. In
other words, your excellency, there
won't le any more chances for you to
run your typewriter through the tick
er." The captain-general was dumbfound
ed. For as much as two minutes he
could not lift the hand nine to his face.
Then he broke forth:
"Go, and go quickly, he thundered,
"and have them hold the wire till I
get my force ready for their cliukers.
By Caramby Cripes ! I'll s'lip enough
stuff over that wire in the next twenty-four
hours to keep the world stocked
with news of Spanish triumphs till the
war is over. Skip now, and have ev
erything greased by the time I get
there," and the captain-general, hang
ing onto the esculent hamtione, went
flying along the corridors to A-wemble
his hosts. New York Sun.
The Summer Care of House Plants.
Krora Har)ier' Rnx.ir.
When June comes, the woman who
Iias plants will begin to wonder what
she had better do with them during
the summer. Shall she put them in
the ground or keep them in their pots?
Many decide in favor of the first plan,
because plants in the ground will take
care of themselves. But the lalior thus
saved will more than be offset by that
which must beexpended ou them when
they are lifted and potted in the fall.
And it should be borne mind that
plants lifted and potted in September
can not fail to receive a severe check at
precisely the time when growth and
development should not be interfered
with. Two or three wks later they
will have to be taken into the house,
and they will not have re-wvered from
the injury done by mutilating and dis
turbing their roots. Their vitality will
be weakened, and this will make them
all the more susceptible to the debilita
ting effects of a removal to the house,
where they will get more heat aud less
fresh air than I aey need. The combi
liation of these unfavorable influences
puts the plants at a great dL-ad vantage,
and gives them a set-back from w hich
they will not rjxver for months. Be
cause of this I never advise any one to
put her plants in the garden during
summer. If kept in pots you have
them under control at all times. Sud
den changes aud sever.? shocks are
avoided. They may not grow us vigor
ously as plants in the open ground, but
what is gained by such growth if it lias
to be sacrificed when they are taken up
in the fall?
I put many of my plants out of doors
in their poU, on a veranda with au
eastern exjKit-ure, and leave them there
uutil the lAst of September. If auy re
potting is necessary, it can be done at
intervals during the season, and witli
but very little disturbance to the plant.
The result is that when the plants are
removed to the house aliout the only
change Is that of quarter; consequently
they have much less to contend with
than those which liare just been lifted
and polU-iL
Millions Given Away.
It b certainly gratifying to the pub
lic to kuow of one concern in the land
who are not afraid to be generous to
the needy and suffering. The proprie
tors of Dr. King's New Discovery for
Consumption, Coughs and Colds, have
given away over ten million trial bot
tles of this great medicine, and have
the satiafa4ion of knowing it has abso
lutely cured thousands of hopeless
casesL Asthma, Bronchitis, Hoarse
ness aud all dis ses of the Throat,
Chest and Lungs are surely cured by it.
Call i J. N. Snyder's Drug Store,
Somerset, Ta., and G. W. Brallier's
Drug Store, Berlin. Pa. and get a trial
bottle free.
In Valdeck, a little German princi
pality, a decree has been proclaimed
that a license to marry will not b
granted to any individual who has been
in thb laabit of getting drunk. If any
one who has barn a drunkard applies
for such a lieen he must produce suf
ficknt proof of rvtbrmatiou to warrant
his xecei ring it.
11. O
WHOLE NO. 2447.
Gathering War Sews.
Jamaica, West Indies, June ".The
war correspondents who are telling the
world the story of the strangle for Cu
ban Independence meet with some very
interesting experiences. Especially in
the West Indies they are constantly
getting into old (odd ) corners of civili
zation. Conditions are met here which
the average American could hardly be
lieve to exist anywhere in the world
where Bibles and textbooks have ever
been seen.
Since the news center changed from
Key West to the southern coast of Cuba
it has been necessary to cable all matter
from West Indian points. The Island
of Jamaica is the nearest point to San-
tligo de Cuba, aud most of the dispatch
boats have made for the various ports
of Jamaica with their news. The result
is that the cable oflk-es have been
swamped with messajes, and no mat
ter how important the news may be,
nothing more thau the briefest bulletin
can reach the United States for a period
of from forty-eight hours to one week
after the "copy is filed."
The readers of the American news
papers have frequently seen prefixed to
a callo dispatch from these tropical
points the words "delayed in transmis
sion." That expression is truthful as
far as it goes, but the words "delayed
by lack of facilities" would explain the
situation much more truthfully.
For two days the Wanda ha been
lying here in the beautiful harbor of
Kingston. Under the clear blue water
a few fathoms lieueath her keel sleeps
the sunken city of Port Itoyal. More
than two centuries ago, on a June
uight ( in fact June 7 this very night
is the anniversary of the occurrence) a
great earthquake shook the islaud, aud
the city went down. It was the home
of the old Spanish pirate kingo, and iu
the midst of a night of lavish revelry
and debauchery the sea swallowed them
up. Not a "tone's throw from our boat
a red buoy swings and rocks in the
m'ul:ght. It marks the spot where
the oiii city's Cathedral sank. The tail
spire still lifts its pinnacle up iuto the
sea, and the buoy is piaced there to prr
vent ships of heavy draft from striking
k. When the sunlight penetrates the
water at the right angle the mud-covert
d roofs of the old city may still 1
seen. The natives never trouble them
selves about this buried city. They are
content to go on dreaming through the
various generations, hoping that an
other earthquake will never come.
A few hundred yards away is the city
of Kingston, with its narrow streets
aud picturesque eople. It has a popu
lation of 70.UU0, and of this number
only 5,000 are w hite. The woaien fill
the places of horses aud wheels by car
rying most of the city's supplies) on
their heads. The buzzards are the scav
engers and aid the street-cleaning de
partment. Just back of the city tower
the mountains, and lieyoud the mount
ains is the interior, with its ancient vil
lages and simple people, every inch of
it interesting and historic.
Soldier Didn't Walk.
He was a soldier boy of the Twelfth
Kegiment, a clean-shaven, frank-faced
lad, on his way to Petkskill to join his
regiment, which had been ordered to
the front that day. As I eutered the
smoking car of the New York Central
train at One Hundred and Twenty-fifth
street I saw at om-e that the young war
rior was in dire trouble.
"I must have your ticket or you get
off at the next station," the conductor
exclaimed grufily, aud iiassed on
through the car.
The boy's face grew crimson as he be
gan a frantic search through his pocket,
but no ticket came to light. Molt Ha
ven was the next stop, and the con
ductor again appeared on the scene.
"I've lost my ticket, and that's all
there is to it," remarked the embar
rassed defender of his couutry. "It
was punched at the gate as I came
through, aud I must have lost it iu run
ning for the train."
"I can't help Chat," replied the con
ductor. "I must have either your ticket
or your fare. If you have no money I
shall be obliged to put you off, regard
less of your uniform."
At Kingsbridge the conductor again
entered the smoker. "See here," he ex
claimed iu tones which could I heard
by every one iu the car. "I've allowed
you to ride thb far without a ticktt, I
don't propose to lose my jsjiition for
you or anybody else. I want you to
corue to terms, or you get off at Spuy ten
Duyvil, if I have, to hold the train."
In vain the boy explained that such
a course would preveut him from join
lug his regiment ia time to leave for
the South, and that he would be looked
upon as a deserter. It was no business
of his, the conductor said, and pAssed
on with another threat.
As the train neared the next station
the soldier began sadly to gather up his
effects. Suddenly a man sitting in one
of the forward seats jumped to hbfeeU
"Gentlemen," he said, addressing the
other pAssengers, "we have all seen
what has beu going on. This soldier
has been ordered away to fight for his
country. He has lost his ticket and b
about to lie put off. I proposs that we
chip in sums not exceeding ttn cents
each until the amount of his fare is
reached."
The suggestion met with immediate
approval, aud iu a very few moments
the amount was raised, amid the pro
fuse thanks of the young soldier. The
conductor was iu no wise abashed. He
pocketed the money. New York Her
at.!. Response of the Sich.
The manner in which the rich men
and women have responded to the call
of their eiuntry b full of reassurance.
The rich have not become indifferent
to the country. There are millionaires
aud millionaires' sons serving as pri
vates in the ranks of the army which
b to invade Cuba. Among the rich
"400" of New York society, more real
patriots have been found than among
the so-called "Industrial arm ies" which
aiUicted us a few years ago. While
Roosevelt and Astor are obeying the
commands of army officers, where are
the Sovereigns and the Debses? In time
of need, or real heroism, they are as
silent as sacred mice.
Sampson to be Made a Commodore-
Acting Admiral WHlisoi T. Samp
son, commanding the naval forces op
erating in the West Indieo, whixe actual
rank in the navy is that of captain,
will become a commodore on July j by
the statutory retirement for aijeof Bear
Admiral William A. Kirkland, com
mandant of the Mare Island (Cal.l
Navy ard, who is now ranking offi
cer of the navy. In the event of the
successful performance of the Import
ant ditties aiwigned him in -the West
Indies, Captain Sampson is also as
sure 1 cf further promotion to the actu
al rank of rear admiral, being the high
est grade to which he can attain, un
less Congretw shall recreate the grade
of admiral or vice admiral for hi i spe
cial benefit, Thtwe offices were estab
lished duriug the War of the Rebellion
and lapsed with the death of their lasC
incumbents, Admiral Porter and Vice
Admiral Kowen. The plan of promo
tion adopted by President MeKinley
in the CAie of Admiral Dewy and his
captains undoubtedly will be followed
In case of similar victories by Admiral
Sampson and his captains.
In addition to Admiral Kirkland,
five other admirals will retire during
the next few months by operation of
law on account of age. They are Ad
miral Joseph N. Miller, commanding
the Pacific station ; Admiral Montgom
ery Sicard, president of the naval war
board ; Admiral PI O. Mathews, presi
dent of the examiuing and retiring
board; Admiral F. S. Bunce, com
manding the New York Navy Yard,
and Admiral C. S. Norton, command
ant of the Washington Navy Yard.
With the exception of Admiral Miller,
all oi these officers are likely to be re
tained in their present places after their
retirement during the continuance of
the war with Spain, because of the
non-availability of ollicers on the act
ive IUt to take their places. Retired
officers are subject to duty of this kiud
in time of war at the discretion of the
President. It b different, however,
with Admiral Miller. He is in com
mand of a fleet, aud retired officers arw
not eligible for such duty unless spe
cially authorized by act of Congress.
Admiral Kirkland b a native of North
Carolina, and it b his purpose to make
his home in that state w hen he is re
lie vet 1 from duty.
Of the seven rear admirals only two
are in command of fleets Admiral
Miller, commanding the Pacific squad
ron, aud Admiral Dewey, command
ing the Asiatic squadron. Of the six
offhvrs having flag commands two are
full rear admirals, oue au actii:g rear
admiral, aud the others are commo
dores. Admiral Miller, the senior of
ficer, has three vessels iu his squadrou,
and Acting Bear Admiral Sampson,
the juuior of them all, has over seven
ty vessels under his command. The
last-named officer dots not attain the
the actual rank of a flag officer until
he becomes a commodore next mouth
by the retirement of Admiral Kirk
laud. His rank as captain which he
now bears iu the naval register would
not ordinarily entitle him to a higher
command than that ot a single vessel,
and iu putting him in commaixlof the
largest and most powerful fieet that
was ever gathered under the United
States flag the President found it nec
essary to give him the nominal rank of
acting rear admiral. That designa
tion clothed him with all the authori
ty uecc-sary to the execution of the du
ty confided to him, but carried with it
no increase of pay or emoluments and
no jiermaueney of rank. No greater
compliment wasever paid an officer of
the United States navy.
Army and Nary Gossip.
Rear Admiral Sampson b the son of
a day laborer.
The medical examination of New
York's recruits under the first call de
veloped the fact that the m int common
physical fault was lack of weight and
chest meAstire for proportionate height.
In the year before Spain's war with
Cuba legau, the government took in
about Slp'UO.OOO from drafted men, who
purchased their exemption. In the
first year of the war the figure roee to
fj,4'J0,0i0.
The maximum strength of an in
fantry regiment is 1,3:2; ollicers and
meu. This is made up of twelve com
panies of l'ienlisted man each, or 1,272;
three officers to accompany each, or
thirty-six; field aud staff officers, ten;
aud regimental nou-commisniotieJ itaff
eight.
The United States had au army of
12.000 strong when the War of ls;o
broke out. In the following year it
had been increased to lso.Ouo, aud in
1S2 to 037,000. The numbers were
swollen to 13,0U0 in ISist, and before
the war was over had reached more
than l,0fX),00i).
Every oue who has visited the con
ning tower of one of our modern men-of-war
has wondered how a navy offi
cer could intelligently conduct a sea
fight while limiting his vision to what
he can see there. Our plucky navy
olllei?M have solved the difficulty by
remaining outside of the eon ning tower
during a battle. The tower is voted a
useless institution, or one to be used
only iu the case of all-around fire.
Persons addressing mail to those in
military camps throughout the country
should write plainly upon the letter or
parcel the company, regiment, and
State, as "John Doe, Company D, Six
teenth Illinois Infantry, Falls Church,
Virginia." At some of the camps there
are regiments bearing the same nu
merical designation, and it b necessary
in addressing mail ti a memlier of a
regim'-nt to have the State name at
tached. A Clever Trick.
It certainly looks liki it, but there b
really na trick about it. Anybody can
try it who hns Lam- Back and Weak
Kidneys, Malaria or n.TVum trouble.
We mean he can cure him-telf right
away by taking Electric Bitters. Thb
medicine tones up the whole system,
acts as a stimulant to Liver and Kid
neys, is a blood purifier and nerve
tonic. It cures Constipation, Head
ache, Fainting Spells, Sleeplessness
and Melancholy. It b purely vegeta
ble, a mild laxative, and restores the
system to its natural vigor. Try Elec
tric Bittsrsand be convinced that they
are a mirale worker. Every bottle
guaranteed. Only 50c a bottle at J. N.
Snyiler's Drug Store, Somerset, Pa,
aud G. W. Brallier's Drug Store, Ber
lin, Pa.
Cervera's full and complete name I
Pascual de Cervera y Torpete Conde de
Jerez, Marquis de Sunt An. How
he got it all 'nto the harbor of Santia
go b past understanding. Cincinnati
Times Star.
No other preparation has ever done
so many people so much good as Hood's
Sarsapariila, America's Greatest Med
icine. Says Uncle Sam to Mr. Hobsou; .
"You did a very clever Job, scu."
Eochester Herald.