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your flesh soft
and have you lost
in weight?
These are symptoms of
anemia or poor blood.
They are just as frequent
in the summer as in the
winter. And you can be
cured at one time just as
well as another.
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of cod liver oil 'with hypo
phosphiles will certainly
help you. Almost everyone
can take it, and it will not
disturb the weakest stom
ach. It changes llx light color of
poor blood to a healthy and rich
red. It nourishes the brain ; fives
power to the nerves. It brings
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;! how many? ,
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I paid on the day jj;
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3 plus of $50,000,000 si
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Jacob D. Swank,
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MPOKTAKT TO A DYEETISKKS.
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In Itoraington'a Coacty Beat Iahm. Blirewd
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ItiKUt in,
I'wking like ain.
Willi an A 1 wrait h
To inau h !
lvik out
When you hoo in pout !
I'm a bird, 1 am,
I'urle Sam.
A bad bird.
And I inuKt lie hon.nl !
What's the matter with that contrary
Old ciHiuniMsary f
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Iok out for the gravel
When I travel ! i
IIanlta-k, eh !
Keedinit 'em bay?
No oofl"ie or tea?
Well, b'tee,
WaU h out
What you're about !
My fealhprs are rullled.
Fate's cards have tteeii Khullled,
And I'll be onto you,
Whir-rMx !
With lth clawa.
With cause;
Yen, you, my huckleberry.
My Mtiuiry, dried-up comuiissary 1
III.
The loy are GghLiuj; Tor uie,
U'Keo !
And when I oood 'em,
Souielioily ought to loed 'em !
Well, I guasH
Yes!
lint they can't fight.
Not by a tin rue. 1 silit.
With empty atoniHclut ; no,
Nor stomach Tod on Uw !
Now, by the trral rbby-dut-djb!
If they do not Krub
Hitthl away,
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And ire whiz! you w ill holler,
My fairy.
My bright coirjiniMsary !
Yw, you !
Whir-r-oo !
Sj-mi-use Herald.
AMERICAN GUNNERS
E THE
Tte remarkable shooting of the
American gunner ha opcneil theeyeM
of the naval meii of Kuroia;. It hie
csiiviucetl the tiatioun tli.tt after all it
is the man behind the KUn, ami not the
thicktutu of armor or Hie estimated
horse iower of the engines that com
prises the chief defense of a ship iu a
naval tighL It is no new thing for
Kngland to get Iu a state of fear verging
on panic at the condition of her navy,
says the Military Naval Record. Peri
odically a furious onslaught is made on
the naval experts and admiralty offi
cials by some member of Parliament
or crauky taxpayer, aud the whole
country trembles at the idea of its
naval strength having beeu overesti
mated or willfully misrepresented.
These scares are useful, for they usually
have some foundation in fact, and
serve to draw out columns of newspa
per articles aud correspondence, which
iu the eud result iu improvement and
the allaying of the chronic fear of the
taxpayers that they are footing huge
hills and are getting nothing stable for
the defense of the empire.
Just now the scare owes its origin to
the remarkable accuracy and deadli
nes of the American gunners. Britons
are comparing the records made at
Manila with the scoring during the
practice lire of the British crews, and
are asking with a giod deal of feverish
apprehension where theirown gunners
cone in. tins lias started a mass oi
eorrefjiondence aud special articles on
the subject of naval gunnery and naval
training, and lha subjects of the uoen
are learuing U their dismay that wry
little, if any, importance is attached to
the training of the gunners of what is
supposed to he the first navy iu the
world. Among the numerous contri
butions on the subject the most start
ling is that of a prominent naval officer,
who knows whereof he speaks, and
whose clear cut statements have caused
a seiisatiou here.
According ta this authority the gun
nery practice iu her Majesty's navy is
regarded rather more as a necessary
evil thau ah a duty that, for the good
of the service, should he of first place
importance. Here is his calm state
ment regarding the gunnery practice
iu the royal navy: ,
"It isa usual thing for the signal to
lie made, 'Spread for target practice;
rcjoiu by such and such a time,' the
consequents being the practice is car
ried out iu a hurried, panicky way,
without sufficient supervision or cor
recting of errors made, in order to 'get
it over.' Who has not heard some
thing like the following. 'Why don't
you lire that gun?' Cu't see the tar
get, sir.' 'Never miiid that; fire at the
pplash.' . Rang! Aud away go muih1s
aud pounds of the unfortunate ra!e-4
payers' money into the tea. The al
lowance of ammunition is very small,
only eight rounds a quarter being al
lowed for such guns as a 5.7 or (i inch
quick firiug gun, teu rounds for the
lighter quick firing, and four rounds
for the 12 inch wire and upward. The
allowance for the heavy quick firing
represents four rounds each for Nos. I
and 2, or less than a minute's firing
once every three months. If, in addi
tion, this allowance is exceeded when
prize firing (when the number of
rounds fired In the two minutes allow
ed is unlimited), the amount fired Id
excess of the allowance has to be de
ducted from the next quarters allow
ance; or, suppose a smart 4.7 gun's
crew fire sixteen rounds, which they
should do in two minutes, they get no
more practice for six months, which is,
as Euclid would say, absurd. Out of
the teu rounds allowed for tbe light
firiug guns has to come the amount
fired from these guns in boats, likewise
the amount fired la night practice,
which leaves about four rounds for No.
1 to fire at his quarter's practice. Ills,
to say the least of it, hard to traiu a
man to pick up Lis range quickly, and
keep it on such allowance, which
might well be doubled; and, IT expend
ed in an intelligent way, the increased
proficiency would well repay the extra
expense iu wear and tear of ammuni
OOIF'CTSOt
SOMERSET, PA., WEDNESDAY,
tion. Thef'Hir rounds per heavy turret
gun give four rounds to the captain oi
the turret aud two to tbe captain of
each gun, no other man of the turret's
crew getting a chance.
"In addition to the ammunition
projier, however, the admiralty allows
an Immense amount of cannon ammu
nition, which is iutended for the in
dividual instruction of untrained or
partially trained men, nd should be
expended as such. It is, however, too
frequently fired at the same time as the
heavy gun practice takes place, with
every available tube going at once, for
the same old story, to 'get it done.'
The range suitable for heavy gun prac
tice is, of course, quite out of the range
for tube camion, while from the nuiu
her of guns goiug at once no man can
see what his shots are doing, and in
dividual supervision becomes impossi
ble; the result is a lima comes up to his
gun, blazes away his ten rounds or so
with a fixed sight, which is probably
wrong, aud departs as wise as he
btarted.
"If the admiralty and admirals in-
siiecling paid any attention to the gui
liery efficiency of the ships In commis
sion they would compel the captains
aud officers to develop that efficiency
to the utmost of their power, and es
tablish a healthy rivalry. At present
in the Mediterranean far more trouble
and time are expended ou filing the
chase of a gun bright aud burnishing
it (which is absolutely contrary to reg
ulations) than to insuring that the
men are well trained in the useof it,"
These criticisms are severe enough, but
the officer quoted goes even further.
1 le declares that returns of the practice
at the targets are "fudged," or, in other
words, the figures are giveu as first
class, when iu reality the practice has
been abominable,, thus deceiving the
admiralty officials and giving the Brit
ish public an entirely erroneous idea
of the skill of their seamen guuners.
It would be thought that such a sug
gestion as that crews sent out to prac
tice with small guns at points distant
from the ship throw the ammunition
overboard to save the trouble of firing
t, and return to the ship with tiie re-
lrt that so many oiuts had been
made, would not be put forward in
sober earnest, but a writer actually
states gravely that "he does not think
this is done now," but he goes ou to
say that ammunition might almost as
well Is- thrown overlxiard as used in
the way it is for practice in the royal
navy to-day.
To sum up the matter in the language
of the exjiert referred to, after viewing
the recent great victory at Manila, he
says:
"It cannot lie denied that theship
that gels la the first hit stands a ft) per
cenL better- chance of . w inning the
action than when she started; a ship
that could make certain of 50 per ceuL
hits under ordinary conditions of
weather at a range of Iv'X) yards, and
inside, could cheerfully engage three
mobilized vessels with scratch crews."
This is so impressive a summing up
that John Bull may well stand aghast
as he peruses the statements of those
who are in a position to know concern
ing the woeful Inexperience of naval
guuuers.
Queer Claims in Congress.
There is no end to the variety of old
laims that Congress is asked to pay,
says the Washington 1'osL One of the
moss-grown demands for government
money has just been brought to light
again from the committee ou war
lainis in a report to pay $12,000 to Ir.
Winslow Ayer. The rejwrt, drawn
y a Michigan member, is remarKame
n its opening lines, for the statement
that lr. Ayer "was educated at Har
vard L'uiversity, Boston, Mass., ami
luly graduated in medicine aud sur
gery, and for many years was well
known iu authorship aud journalism."
larvard University is in Cambridge,
Mass., some four miles out of Boston.
The story of Dr. Ayer's services as
printed iu this report exceeds in thrill-
ng interest an up-to-date dime novel.
It Is probably true that Dr. Ayer was
very active in bringing to justice sev
eral conspirators, who were member
of au alleged treasonable organization
known as "Knights of the Golden Cir-
le," and were plotting "subversion of
the Government and the establishment
of a North western Confederacy."
The argument of the report is that
there were three entire regiments of
Sons of liberty" in Chhsigo in July,
sol, and 100,000 men in the Htnteof II-
inois belonged to the order. It is claim
ed that these facts were known to Dr.
Ayer, but were not known to the olli-
ials of the State, The rumor was cir
culated among Dr. Ayer's friends that
le had abandoned his profession to lie-
come a common deU-tive, on account
of which he is said to have lost his
iractice and incurred popular displeas
ure. At one time several shots wer
fired at him from ambush during the
uighL The claim Is hacked up by many
affidavits concerning the trial and con
damnation of conspirators and con
cerning Dr. Ayer's efficiency in secu
ring damaging evidence.
Discovered by a Woman.
Another great discovery has been
made, and that too, by a lady iu this
country. "Disease fastened its clulru
es upon her and for seven years sb
withstood its severest test, but her vijal
organs were undermiued and death.
seemed imminent For three moutbs
she coughed incessantly, and could liot
sleep. She finally discovered a way to
recovery, by purchasing of us a U4U
of Dr. King's New Discovery tot Con
sumption, and was so much relieved
on taking first dose, that she slept all
night; and with two bottles, has keen.
absolutely cured. Her name Is Mrs,
Luther Lutx." Thus write W. C.
Hamnick A Co., of Shelby, N. C
Trial bottles free at J. N. Snyder'
Drug SUire, Somerset, Pa., and U. W.
Brallier's Drug Store, Berlin, Pa.
liegular size 50o and $L00. Guar-4
an teed or price refunded.
Over 300 years ago Sir Francis Drake
built an open aqueduct tweuty niile
long to conduct water from the hills oi
Dartmoor to Plymouth, Kngland. Th
town has Just outgrown this supy,
aud a li rge reservoir Is to be builL
ESTABLISHED
A Famous Trio Meet-
Richard Harding Davis sends to the
New Yerk Herald tbe following graph
ic description of the meeting of Ad
miral Kumpson, Gen. Shafter and Gen.
Garcia, 12 miles west of Santiago, on
Monday:
The flrvt landing of the regular
army has just taken place at this little
point of land, 12 miles west of Santiago.
It was a lauding for conference only,
and the most interesting feature of it is
that without military escort of any
sort, Gen. Shafter, the commtaider of
the army of invasion, and his staff, and
Admiral Sampson and Lieut. Stanton,
bis chief or stair, have landed in a
small boat on the shore of the enemy's
country within 12 miles of 12,000
Spanish soldiers and the castle of Mor-
ro, without a mui-ket or a revolver to
protect them. The Marblehead lay oil
shore. A ragged escort of Cuban sol
diers met them on landing, tut of
United States soldiers, except In the
sense that the officers of the highest
rank ia the army are soldiers, there
was no one. It is a historical moment
in the history of Cuba, if not of Amer
ica, for Gen. Garcia, Gen. Shafter and
Admiral Sampson to have met for the
first time. They are gftauped together
under a sun so hot that it burns the
eyes, on a high dill" overlooking a mag-
uillceut valley of royal palms, which
meets motionless a blue sea broken
only by lines of white breakers on the
shore and which further out Is brokeu
again by the slow-moving hulls of 30
transports aud 30 ships of war. The
three commanders are seated on boxes
uuder the palm-leaf roof of au open
hut. One of them has a blue print
map ou his knees, and before they roil
it up again the attack on Santiago will
be decided upon and its fate sealed.
Outside this hut are five negro senti
nels, uaked to the waist, and ou the
open space about the hut are hundreds
of the Cuban army officers, well-armed
and well-uniformed privates of every
shade of skin with every make of
weapon, ami laughing boys armed
with machetes, or not armed at all.
The palm leaf hut where the confer
ence is taking place is open to the hot
air at both ends, and on each side and
standing about it or. kneeling on the
ground in order to obtain a better view-
is the strangest gathering of persons
that this war has thrown together. Col.
Jean Jaib Astor ia crowded by a black
giant with only a guard belt to cover
his naked shoulders. There Is also
Gen. Ludlow, of the engineers; Gen.
Costello aud Lieut. Mi ley aud Admiral
Sampson.
Col Goetzen, the German attache, in
spotless white, and a Cuban officer, in
a linen blouse aud with bare feet, are
talking in signs, and with them is
Caj L Lee, tke British attache, Nioted
and spurred, with field glasses, helmet
aud immaculate kharkl. Capt. Stew
art Briee, in the uniform of the volun
teer army, in a bluejacket, with breech
es rolled above the knee, aud a group
of ensigns from the warships act as a
background to the principal actors, and
still further back of them are the
Cuban soldiers, squatting on the ground
curious aud luterested, and showing
their teeth in broad smiles of welcome,
and touching their straw hats wheu
anyone of the American officers looks
their way. Any land would seem fair
after a week ou the troop ships, but
there are few lauds more fair than this
me, and few places on it more beauti
ful thau this camp of Garcia' s lying
betweeu the great mountains and the
great sea, shaded by the royal palms
and colored by the brilliant and scarlet
tlowers. The conference is ended, aud
t ten. Shafter and the admiral are bid
ding good-by to (ten. Garcia, who
looks, with his b-ard aud mustache of
the third empire, like a marshal of
France.
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ards liearing written or printed mes
sages, advertisements or Illustrations
may be sent through the domestic
mails at the postage rate of I cent each,
payable in tamps affixed by the send
er. For private mailing cards sent to
foreign countries the letter rate of 2
cents will be required.
Following are the regulations of the
Post Office Department governing use
of these cards:
Only the superscription, which may
nclude the occupation or business of
the person addressed, will be allowable
on the face of the cards. The cards
must not exceed ,";x.V incites in dimen
sions, and in quality must lie substan
tially the sanid as the Government pos
tal curds. Upon the addressed side the
words : "Private mailing card author-
iated by act of Congress of May 1!, ISilS,"
must be printed ; in the upper right
hand corner there should be an oblong
diagram with the words: "Place a one
cent stamp here," aud In the lower
left-hand corner the words: "This side
is exclusively for the address." Iu color
the cards may lie white, cream, light
gray or light butf.
A War Story With a Lei son.
A war story with a lesson Is related
by the Omaha World-Herald, which
has it from a petitleman of that city,
a Confederate captniu in the Civil
war.
Lincoln was urged from the begin
ning of the war to take Richmond, but
talking of taking Richmond and taking
Richmond were two different matters.
General Scott, who was not retired un
til after several futile attempts hail
been made to take Richmond, was
summoned before the President.
"General Scott," said Mr. Lincoln,
"will you explain why it is that you
were able to take tho City of Mexico in
three mouths with five thousand nteu,
and have been unable to take Rich
mond in six months with one hundred
thousand men?"
"Yes, sir, I will, Mr. President,"
replied General SootL "The men who
took me Into the city of Mexico are the
same men who arc keeping me out of
Richmond now."
Hundreds of lives saved every year by
having Dr. Thomas' Kclertric Oil in the
house just wheu it Is n eded. Cures
croup, heal burns, cuts, wounds of
every sort.
1827.
JUNE 29. 1898.
Roosevelt's Bough Eiders.
In the expedittou which sailed from
Tampa for Santiago some time ago to
co-operate with Admiral Sampson in
the attack upon Admiral Cervera were
two squadrons of unattached cavalry.
These squadrons consist of volunteers,
and it is safe to say that when the time
j arrives they will make the regulars
look alive to keep up their reputation.
.The squadrons are composed of men
who have lived in the saddle and have
slept on their firearms nearly all their
lives. Tbey are known as Roosevelt's
Rough Riders, and are probably more
accustomed to the habit of dashing pell
melt through the underbrush aud ob
structions to lie encountered In Cuba
than the regulars.
The writer recently witnessed the
manoeuvres of the Rough Riders at
Tampa. The men for ttie mokt part
are big, brawny frontiersmen, who
have left cowpunching aud the ranch
to follow Colonel Roosevelt iu the Cu
ban campaign. They are all expert
horsemen, crack shots with both re
volver and ride, aud handle a machete
with a dexterity that would make a
Cuban envious. Not one of them
knows what fear is. While iu the
camp the troopers were assembled for
drill. At the command of "forward"
the, horses leaped out at a gallop and
fairly charged to a point within half a
score of yards from the position of the
siectators, when the line halted as sud
denly as if It had encountered a stone
wall.
Another command, and with a wheel
as suddon as it was unexpected, the
line charged fairly at the spectators,
who were seated and standing among
the trees. The br.tad, heavy blades of
the machetes Hashed from their sheaths
and circled the air with a thrilling
swish that was really dramatic. The
women screamed, and were about to
take Might, when the plunging steed
reined up with a jerk at their very feet,
the rough riders saluted with their ma
chetes, and gracefully liowing, turned
like a Hash and were otF like the wind.
Through the trees they went, form
ing Into two squadrons as they rode.
One Isire off toward the south, and the
other toward the north. They were
too far away to hear the command, but
turned suddenly ami dashed at each
other, riding like centaurs. The ma
chetes leaped out as the lines closi-d in,
and when they came together there
was a clash of steel that wxs jsmitively
Hcrt.
It was real, too, fur the men wore no
masks or other protection, and one of
them hail the eud of his nose split as
neatlji as a surgeon could have done it.
The wounded member was plastered
up by skilled hands, aud the incident
was dropped with an officer's remark:
"He should have remembered his In
structions about guarding, and he
wouldu't have been touched. He
won't be again."
Wheeling, circling, yelling and rid
ing with a positive abandon that can
be seen nowhere else, the men showed
how practically impossible it would be
for a fo it soldier to defend hiiuelf fr.mi
machete charge. No one who has
never seen it cau firm any idea of its
impetuous dash" and irresistible fierce-
news.
The fatal machete blow U delivered
downward, at an angle of about forty-
five degrees, and usually lands on the
side and back of the victim's neck. He
may lie a suierh fencer with rapier or
sabre, but he knows no guard that will
avail against this blow.
"It is a remarkable fact," said au offi
cer, who has seen many a Siaultrd
after the machete has done its work,
"that almost every one struck at all is
struck m thesideand back of the neck.
The blow almost severs the head from
the body."
I had little regard for the machete as
a soldier's weapon until I saw it used
by these men. Army officers who have
seeu it have, to a considerable number,
armed themselves privately with the
murderous cornknife of the Cutians.
StraiigH to say, the machete is not
made In Cuba or Sain, but in Hart
ford, Conu. Aside from these wea-
ons, this force Is armed with six-shooters,
and either -TV-calibre carbines, Win
chester 30 40 rilles or the Mauser ritle.
They are all crack shots and experts
with the pistol.
The Sixth United States Cavalry is
also a part of this expedition. This reg
iment includes among its troopers those
marvelous Cossack riders who electri
fied New York audiences some months
ago at Madison Square Garden at the
mititary tournament A Troop, in corn
man J of H. P. Kingsbury, ably sec
onded by Lieuteuaut W. C. Short, Is
famous throughout the army for the
dariag of its riders. F Troop, of the
Third Cavalry, Captain G. A. Dodd, Is
another equally uotetl troop of Cossack
riders; so the rivalry between them is
marked to a degree.
Lieuteuaut Short kindly ordered out
several of his men to show what could
lie done In the way of Cossack rid ng
iu rough ground, where underbrush j
and palmetto sprouts made it more diffi
cult than in a tan barked arena.
Such little tritles as picking up bits
of paper from the ground from a run
ning horse, leaping high obstacles,
mounting and dismounting at a charge,
vaulting entirely over a running horse,
or vaulting from the ground, alighting
on the horse's back and facing to the
rear, wheeling on fore feet, wheelingon
hind feet, etc, were rapidly executed by
these men, and they appeared to en
joy t. .
The drill, when completed by a troop
er, gives him entire and alwolute com
mand of his mounL The horses are
trained to do everything, and the en
tire troop will move sldewlse at a trot
an almost improbable thing to ima
gine yet It Is true. The entire trcop
will charge over fences, ditches or hur
dles, with the men standing upright in
the saddles. Every horse will lie down
Instantly at the word of com maud, and
thus a force of cavalry in tbe woods
can be concealed uutil an euemy ap
proaches within a few yards.
One of tbe most difficult feats, well
worth illustrating, was performed by
one of the men riding at a gallop over
very rough ground. He handled two
horses, both snirited steeds, and rode
! liolt upright, standing fairly in ihes vl-'
.1 die, oue font on each animal.
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The Legend of the Water-Lily.
What's in a name? It all depends.
If you call one of the beautiful clear
lakes of the Catskills, "Tupper's Lake,"
as it is now called, there is nothing in
its name; but wheu the Indians lived
ou its shores and fished upon Its waters
there was much in Its name, for, lie
cause of its beauty and its many inlets,
they called it the "Lake of the Clus
tered Stars."
It was upon the bosom of the Lake
of the Clustered Stars that the water
lily had iU birth, and this is the way
it happened: It was springtime, and
the Sun, chief of the triie, had lieen
away at war. Then he returned, and
there was wild feasting to celebrate his
victories. All were full of joy, except
one lovely maiden, the sweet singer of
tho trilie, called Oseetah, the Bird. She
stood farotr, sad and quiet, fur in her
heart she had made a vow that, accord
ing to Indiau creed, she must keep or
die, though no oue knew of it save the
Great Spirit, to whom she bad giveu
her secret thoughts.
Slowly the Bird withdrew from the
revelers, and crept to the eile of the
Clustered Stars. There she sprungiuto
her canoe, and paddled swiftly away
under the curtain of the branches along
the shore. But the chief hail seen her.
He guessed her purjMwc, and running
to the lake, leaped into his canoe, and
went after her.
On they flew, until the Bird, seeing
that she was pursued, leaped upon the
shore and rati up to the edge of a high
cli ft. There she called out to the Sun
not to come to her, but to let her chsse
her own way out to the Spirit. But ttie
Sun did not hear or understand, for he
came bounding after her, intending to
take her back to the village, and per
suade her to take back her vow. Then,
seeing that she could not stop him, the
Bird raised her face to the sky, and
spruug like an arrow down into the
lake below.
The Sun leaped in after her, and
swam with giant strokes in search of
her, liut she was gone, and at last he
weut slowly and sadly back to his peo
ple, and told them what had happened.
Now the next day, at norm, a stran
ger came into the village, holding in
his hand a wonderful white itower,
sweet and pure. Every one was filled
witii ama.ement. No Indian had ever
seeu such a bhiHsom U'fore; and their
surprise was even greater when the
stranger told them that he had found
the bosom of the Clustered Stars cov
ered with such tlowers all around the
base of the great high rock. Swiftly
they ran to see for themselves, and
there stood fdlent, looking at the great
white lilies floating on the water.
Then the wise man of the trite waved
his hand and told them that because
Oseetah, the Bird, had been true to her
vow, the Great Spirit had giveu her
this form; that the white was for her
goodness, and the yellow cup for her
faith; aud that, if they would watch,
they would see that she would open to
the Sun as he came up at daybreak,
but close her eyes wheu he left her at
uight.
So it is that the water-lily is to the
Indian the emblem of good faith, and
that they see in it the disembodied
spirit of Oseetah, the Bird, of the tribe
of the Saranacs.
Mexican Dollars.
One of the most interesting jr'ia ra
tions for the outfitting of the Manila
expedition has just tieeu announced.
The government hits purclutsed 2.",l
Mexican silver dollars, which General
Merritt w ill take along to defray the
expenses of the expedition. This
amount is not expected to last long,
but more will U" seut him torn time to
time.
By purchasing Mexican dollars a
great saving is made. It is possible to
obtain Mexican dollars at forty-six
cents each, thus obtaining for one
American dollar two Mexican ones,
aud leaving eight cents toward the pur
chase of a third. Tbey are bought in
San Francisco.
T tl tli.. 111 it i n.Mi . M.Ytiuin ib.ll'tr
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will buy more than auAmericun dollar,
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lilun niv taiitc- t iiriirmi .uri i u n
expedition, after it ouce lands iu Ma
nila, will be less than one-half what
they would otherwise lie. The soldiers,
will be paid, according to law, in
American money, but the paynutster
will give each soldier two Mexican
dollars for every American dollar
due him on pay day. New York
Press,
Fingers Better thaa Eyes.
The manner in which the latf Dr. IT.
O. Coxe, libraria I of the Bedleian Li
brary at Oxford .'or many years, discov
ered the falseneis oi the Gospel manu
script gutteu up by Constautiue Si
monides which deceived all the Ger
man professors, is told in the old gen
tleman's own words in a recent num
ber of the Spectator. It was his deli
cate touch that helped him, as he did
tint look at a page of the manuscript.
He told the story as follows: "I never
really opened the book, but I held it iu
my hand and took one page of it le
tween my finger and thumb whUe I
listened to the rascal's account of how
he found this most interesting antiqui
ty. At the eud of three or four min
utes I handed it back to him with the
short comment: 'Nineteenth century
paper, my dear sir,' aud he took it away
In a hurry and did not come again.
Yes, I was pleased. But I have han
dled several aucient manuscripts in my
time, and I know the feel of old pa
per." . Yellow Jaundice Cured.
Sullen ng humanity should be sup
plied with every means possible for it
relief. It is with pleasure we publish
the following : "This Is to certify tnak
I was a terrible sufferer from Yellow
Jaundice for over six mouths, aud watt
treated by some of the best physician
in our city and all to no avail. Dr.
Bell, our druggist, recommended KJee
tric Bitters; and after taking two bot
tles, I was entirely cured. I now take
pleasure in recommending them to
any jrson suffering from this terrible)
malady. I am gratefully yours, M. A.
Hog-arty, Lexington, Ky." Sold at J.
N. Snyder's Drug Store, Somerset, Pa.,
and G. W. Brallier's Drug Store, Ber
lin, Pa.
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"WHOLE NO. 2M8.
A Motherly Cat-
"I read an interesting st ry In the By
and By column vesterday," said a lady,
"about a kitten aud a puppy, and it re
minded me of a kitten story. My little
boy had as pets two mother cats, one of
which had five tiny kittens aud the
other six. A surly dg killed one of
the cats and the kittens of the other
cat When the kittenless cat discov
ered the loss of her kittens she was In
consolable, and went wandering abut
the ulace as if in ereat sorrow. She
wraa taken to the litter of motherless
kittens and elforts -vere niade to induce
her to liecome a good stepmother. She
sni tied at the kittens for a momeiit, and
then walked away, paying no further
attention to them. She was taken back
to them twice again with the same res
ult A sudden thought struck my little
boy, and he took the motherless kittens
to the place where the other kittens hat
been when they were killed by the dog
ana a watcn was Kept 10 see u tue ait
teniess mother would return to her old
haunts. She did so, aud as she spied
the kittens she evinced the most joyous
demonstrations, evidently thinking tiie
kittens were her own, although they
were one more In number and not ex
actly of the same color. Slie derided,
however, they were her-i, and front tliat
iusUut gave them the same attention
that she had given her own kittens.
S the kitteuless mother found kittens,
tW motherless kittens found a mother,
a4 everybody, especially my little boy,
wra satisfied." New Orleans Times
JJmuoorat. Current Topics.
CiKintry girls in Spain seldom wear
Vrals or boiuiets of any kind, aud in tlie
unuller places thy do not e'eli put
Mantilla on their heads, adorning
tUsc hair with tlowers instead. It
was in Spain, by the way, that the cus
tom, of a bride wearing orange blossoms
in her hair originated.
Krwui the f ict that Massachusetts
liad twenty-seven steam rollers iu 1S!.?,
suid that there are now 127, the Ronton
Transcript arrives at the conclusion
that the good roads question is receiv
ing five times as much attention as it
tie! five years ago.
Nearly all the countries of Europe
have been invited to take part iu the
international exhibition of iirds to le
held in St. Petersburg next anuimer.
The specimen of the feitlhered tct'lsj to
be gathered together at this unique
show will nil u her hundreds of thou
sands, aud will represent all lines and
climates. Ornithologists the world
over are interetted in the preparations
now iu progress under the patronage
of the Czar.
"A Solomon City woman went into
a revival meeting the otli-r day aud
said that in her heart was :I serpent
with eyes like balls of fire a-K.' a head
as big as a wash-bowl," says tit Kan
sas City Journal. "The good ayo-iitu
was evidently misguided in a rIaA'e of
doctors. She ought to tell thatory
to a Keeley physician, not to a prwi 'h
jr." In notiug what the Governor o,"
States are doing or have done per
alhy tiward.s theequipmoait of the vol
unteers the New York Tribune say
that Piugree, of Michigt n, has ottered
to Uy shoes for a regim nt out f his
own pocket : Powers, f Maine, paid
the State bounty 27.)oo of the Maine,
voluuteers; Tyler, of Virginia, will Is
responsible for his order for shoes for
all his troops, aud Adams, of Colorado,
has olfered to ad vane a 'I the ntoney
needed to equip Colorado tnaip-. Imt
several citizens are iusistii g on h; ring:
this honor with him.
Hobson's Choice.
Many years ago oue Tobias Hob 'n
kept a stable iu Cambridge, Englam I.
On days or nights when there was s '
great demand for horses, Tobias, to
avoid favoritism among his patrons.
established the rule that a customer
should take the horse next to the stabl
'' door, instead of running down
s ... . ,
to make his own choice. In
the stalls,
short, it
was Hobsou's choice, and not the man'
who wanted a horse. So it has come
to mean that you have no choice at all
wheu it is Hobsou's choice. Just how
this liears on the Santiago episode ls
not so clear as it might be, yet there are
lots of people who see a close connec
tion. The Doctor's Opinion.
"My little boy broke out all over his
body with painful sores and kept run
ning down in health. The doctors said
his blood was out of order and that the
best blood purifier was Hood's Sarsa
parilla. We began giving him this
medicine and he was soon entirely
cured." Mrs. Grace Armstrong, Rick
etts, Pa.
Hood's PilU are the favorite family
cathartic. Easy t take, easy to oper
ate. 25c.
Be careful in mowing the lawn during
very dry weather. If th gra-s plot is
kept too close the grass may die out
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ens the plant at first, as every success
iiii.'i'iLtir,'. i lit. ruLiiiiv ail irrnsH u1 u u u
ive growth is in the direction of pro-
ducingseed. Any plant can be destroy
ed if kept cut clos3 to the gruu nd. It
may ntake new growth several times,
but sooner or later becomes exhausted.
When moisture is abundant, however,
the plant ban better opportunities tort
new Its growth.
Where several varieties of plants of
the same kiud are grown together it
will not be proper to save seed theri
from. The different kinds of melons,
)eas, sweet corn or other crojis have
their pollen distributed by the winds
or by insects, aud seed saved uuder
such circumstances will prevent uni
formity next year. The greatest care
should be observed to avoid mixing
when saving seed Is the object
If fertilizer Ls broadcasted over the
field and well harrowed in, it will not
be uecet-sary to apply anything to the
hillsof corn. Keep thegrassand weeds
down aud the corn roots will not be
lou iu finding the plant food.
Military Courage.
The question of the comparative pro
portion of really bravi men in ai7
army will probably nevr be deteruain
eL Great offiiers on the Coutinent
keep their knowledge on that subject
rigorously as a professional secret, and
assume as a certainty that all soldier
are brave. They know very well, how
ever, that they are not, and when con
fidential will admit, its Mar-shal von.
Moltke once did in public, that with a
great lumber it takes discipline, anil
severe discipline, t.o, to induce them
to face shells uushraikingly. Ameri
can officers have been mown to ac
knowledge that of their men, who are
as brave as any in the world, tweuty
per cctiL would run away if they could.
and In every army, even wirs, when a
man aiders only of free will, there Is a
certai.i proportion who can not over
come their fears. They are stricken
with a sort of paralysis.
The proportion Is proliably not high
in any army, the majority, if in health,
being able to do their duty, and having
intense motives to do it ; but neither is
the proportion high of those who liter
ally fret no fear.
There are such meu, who do not quite
understand what the emotion is, as
there are also some who have in ex
treme danger a sense of pleasure, which
sometimes not ouly quickens their
blood, but distinctly increases their in
tellectual force. This is said to have
been true of General Picton, who,
though a hard, rough mau, was an
"angel when bullets were about;" and
was undoubtedly true of the first Lord
Gough, who had a trick, highly disa
greeable to his staff, of seeking poiuU
of danger. London Spectator.
A conscience-stricken resideut of a
small town in Maine receutly seut ten
2-cent postage stain ps to Secretary Day,
with the explanation that they were to
replace stamps which, being Imperfect
ly cancelled, he hail unlawfully us-d a
second time.
A new form of accident insurance
policy guaranteeing the holder agaiust
the consequences of the damage he may
inflict upon others, is being Issued In
Paris. Parisian drivers are notoriously
reckless, and they look upon this
method of protecting themselves al
small cost as a good thing.
Mrs, Anna Diggs, of Kansas, with
her spring bonnet set all awry in the
excitement of the occasion, addressed
the Kansas Populist convention the
other day us follows: "I want to say
to you, gentlemen of the convention,
that, whatever ditiercnees there have
been lietween myself and Governor
Leedy, I will use every faculty that
God has given me in working Tor the
success of the Populist ticket," The
Kansas City Journal observes that
Mrs. Diggs should first use the faculties
God has giveu her to keep her bonnet
on straight, fr reform and crooked
bonnets cannot go hand iu hand."
The battle of Manila Pay and the
bimbardment of Santiago have fur
nished the fireworks artUta with a new
field for the eiercise of their skill this
year, and lart.lt of tljese events will le
reproduced in mauy niuuu ipal eeiebra
tionsouthe Fourth. Oue New York
firm is making set picee of tiie hatties,
forty by one hundred feet, showiugtUe
forts tropical landscape and ship.
Dealers are receiving hundreds of or
ders for tire portraits of Dewey, Samp
son and Schley aud pyrotechnical re
productions of Old Glory.
Chamberlaiu's Pain Balm has no
equal as a household iiiiitueuL It is
the best remedy known for rheuma
tism, lame back, neuralgia; while for
sprains, cuts, Lruises, burns, scalds and
sore throat, it is invaluable. Wertz
A. Pike, merchants, Femandina, Fla.,
write: "Everyone who buys a bottle
of Chaiuberlain's Iieiut-diea, eouice bai t
and says it is the beat medicine he has
ever used." 2 and M (Ceuls per
bottle at all drug sttsrea.
Milwaukee has decided U euUiJ
married womeu from the hoidiugo
tosu'ous as tea-hers iu the puWitf
Jioots. The rules in Chicago permit
IUmi. to serve unless they have ehiU
irt-s under two years of age. though
; stune4f the mcmliers of the Board of
lEthictfi'in think that preference alvtuht
lie jiveK to unmarried womeu, who
have to support themselves.,
Some time ago, in the court of a cel-ehr-aUsl
SiilU-tu borough, a man was
rltar-rd with the theft of a pig. The
wort by lailie, iu -juencing the pris
oner, refked that ,pg-stealiiig In the
burgh had lately beeu U rife, and fin
ished hU peroration thus: "Aad unless
I make an enuuule of you, it' very
certain that none of u will UsiaiV."
Weekly Telegraph.
1 During the sumiuer of lSl, Mt
fTias. P. Johnson, a wefl known at
Ixn of Louisville, Ky., had a vfj
wv re attack of summer etMiipJatn
juit i a number of different remcdii
were, tried, Uit failed to afford any re
lief, a friend who knew what wa
need-xl pioeured him a bottle of Cham
berlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhiea
Remi-dy, " hich quickly cured him and
he thinks, , saved his life. He say9 that
there has 'ot been a day since that
time that he . "-as not bad this remedy
Iu his househo. -peaks of it In
the li'ghest pt. and take much
pleasure in reeon 'mending it wlienever
an opportunity h orTc-reiL For sale by
all druggists.
Of the varieties of . sweet corn there
has not been round on. that Is superior
fo Stowell's Kvergre n, considering
quality, hard ji ss, sixe V ear, etc. It
is not as early a some kiivls, but it is
an old standard wiety that has heeu
tried In all sections, and Los giveu
satisfaction where many others have
failed entirely.
Once Tried, Always Used.
t At w.j sen one u
7 If w sell one liottle of Chamberlain's
Cugh Remedy, we seldom fail to sell
tbe same ierson more, when it is again
teeded. Indeed, it has become the
faatily medicine of this town, for
emsghs and colds, ami we recommend
it because of its established merits
Jos. K. I lamed, Prop. Oakland Phar
maey, Oakland, Md. Sold by all drug
gists. The tomato produces fruit throughout
the season until frost destroys the vine.
It will have blossoms, green fruit and
ripe fruit at the same time, and is con
Dequently a continuous bearer. To do
this profusely, however, It should have
alilieral application of fertilizer applied
broadcast over considerable ground
around the plant, and the soil should
be kept clean, while the vines will !
benefitted by having support.
It is an old remark that cabbage
ran not be worked too frequently.
They seem to take a fresh start every
time they are cultivated and given a
good hoeing between the plants. This
li particularly the ease with late cab
bages, which have portions of the dry
yeason to contend with.