V ii.i.j li.Til -rM - ypli-JWi MW-AbrV.,..u SLEPT LIKE A CHILD. Gained Twenty-Seven The Story Prom tht Trmteript, JVttna. IIL o mm ij Vtt known od liWeJ in that ! happiest hours I had known for years. Tr.al rvsh ti- of Illinois coocties, ofwhifli Phut j uik-tit I went to sleep easily and skpt Mracdiy h toe centre, than genial Chester S. Ha' ring- as child, and awoke refreshed. I Lnaut tn, of Prmerville, For many yea. Mr. four aceksafter beginuiiiK the treatment. ten Harnninon has traveled throueu the ecuntry I had taken tour boxes of the pills. I found 1 profitable journcvs aa an itinerant roer- had increased in weight, from 1I poumls tu chant, and everywhere he fr-.es he is f ven a 14c pound. Thiijreatlv surprised roy friends heartv -.demur bv the people who oepend who thought my case as bopeleMi one. I upon hi. visit for" the purchase of tn Pieces- hemn my ork on the road ntain, and have, sane and some of the luxuries, of life. continued it right along ever mice in excel- Mr.' Harrington ia a veteran of the war, lent health, and from thi fact ia mace the remarkable " Let me tell yon a remarkable thin? that experiein which he related at the Trans- was a side iw-ue. hut a valuable gain to me. enpt office rwen'lv. Hie tory, telling of Y found that while I waa taking fr. W'il theevi'.s of which" the Civil War waa bn: I liamn" Tint Puis, I had been cured of the the ginning in his own, and iu thousands smokiiip habit, which had lecn formed when of ctlwreasea. waa as follow.: 1 1 was a hoy. mx years old ana which had I nerved three vrars in the 124th Illinois, ! rlunp to me all these year. The craving for eiilixtinr at Kewnnee. 111. I was in Libby j tobacco left we, and I hare never expericneed Prison, and u5Tvd, like manvanothcr North-1 it since. 1 have recommended the piila to rrn aol'.iier. I ntil reeemiv f was a mimUrr ! many. fthePnnceviiiePost.oftheG.A.K. j itmed) CHFKTFE 8. Harringtow. The Ktrain oi army life did its work in Chester S. Harrinrton. beinp duly sworn. m.r hniih. Ml'.hoi'L'h the col- defuses and savs. that the matters contained l.ipe did not come fjr years. For some time I Kuti.xwl t"itn jreneral debility and nervous-c-ss, so badiy that I could not slop. For fifteen years my sleep was completely broken up. Iiidnn-rtion. resulted and my misery in creased. My eyes beean to fail, and as my body lost vi'aliry my mind seemed to pive way also. I could scarcely remember events titat rapnened but a few weeks Itefore. "For two vcars I was unfitted for Iiiisj. r . ;,..., mA t. i rfpn .round durincr the prenter pxrt of this time, and there were ; time, when I coma not cei upm.n. u.. brother is a doctor, but all h' effort to help nie failed to pive me any relief. I tried a number of remedies, without rail. Finally, havinp read article repxrd enres that' had been effi-cted by Dr. W :1- ' , , . . ti r lams' rink Pill" lor rale reopie, i on-n i. trr them That was in ISfS. I ut'ht 1 box and took the pills acrordinp to in- j ttrnctiona. Just four days la:er I had the ' FIELD GUNS IX WAR. THEY ARE THE FAVORITE WEAPONS AMONG MILITARY MEN. Thea Lour Kanga Death Dealera Cu Re Fired With Great Sapidity, A.-, as Ao- , carax as Rifles at Their Bans cad Ex ert Tremendous Energy. The bt'ttrment of tha modern field fun is fnliy equal to the development of other branches of military armament It has been especially rapid within the last doztn years. The work of special ist and the. results of extended tests have ended in the production of a weap on of preat accuracy and of titanic force. The field pun of today is the fa vorite weapon of the military man, and lie expects from it some very remark able demonstrations when opportunity to use it occurs. Napoleon is credited with the remark that Providence is always on the side of the heavy artillery, but the artillery which Napoleon knew waa not worthy to be mentioned on the same day with the lipht, frraceful and deadly am with which the moderns are prepared to do slaughter. The first great step forward was taken when the breechloadiug ac tion was invented. Well known scien tific rulea of boring and the improve ment in projectiles and powders have done the rest. The field gun now in nso by the powers is as acturate at its range as a rifle and has tremendous energy. The United States has no butter field guns tlian those with which the armies of Germany and France are armed; but they are every bit as good. Like our other ordnance, they are all made on this sido of the water. The American manufacturer yields to no one in ability to make a perfect weapon. Indeed many of the chief improvements in field guns and in the larger sizes, sometimes called "siege" guns, are the productsof Amer ican braine. The field guns of the United States army are made at Watervliet, Ji. V., just as the large guns for the navy and for coast defense are turned out at Washington. They have a caliber of a little more than three inches, are, of course, breechloading, are rather lengthy for their width and are lightly bnt strongly mounted. They use a point ed shell which explodes either on con cussion or by time fuse, generally the former, and are fired with great rapidity. Each gun of a battery is in command of a lieutenant, who, ender the eye of his superior, sights it and directs its working. He has his elevation, depres sion and wind gauge formula? at his fingers' ends, and with him good shoot ing is mainly a question of care. The powder nsed in these guns is of the smaller grained brown hexagonal kind, though the pheroidal is preferred for some calibers. The recoil of this gun on level ground is 26 feet, with the wheels unlocked. With the wheels locked it recoils live feet, and is run forward and resighted very 6wiftly. Its point blank range is 2, 200 yards. It can be made effective at a much greater distance, of course, but officers prefer that range for accurate shooting. It fell to me some seven years ago to report the first field trial given the Watervliet guns. Three of thrrn were sent to Fort Sam Houston aPJSan An-' tonio, where Light Battery F, Third artillery, was stationed under command of Major James B. Burbank, a most ca pable officer, now attached to the staff of the governor of New York. Major Burbank was instructed to try them out thoroughly, and for this purpose select ed an ideal range cn Oanahl's ranch, 60 miles north of San Antonio. The guns were planted in line and 20 feet apart on the fide of a green bill and pointed across a shallow valley. On the opposite hill, 2,200 yards away, a tent Cy was put np as a target. It was 15 by 9 feet in dimension and was stretched on two poles. At that distance it looked like nothing in the world so much as a man's pocket handkerchief. One shot was fired as a rango finder, and that shot proved the range was found. Then the work legan. For half an hour theso guns pitched shells through or under or over the tar get, according to the firing directions, with as much accuracy as a man would tu a Winchester rifle at 100 yards. The work was done with the precision of a clock. There was the rush of the jie ?e into its first position, the quick command to load, the rapid aim and discharge, the faint scream of the shell, the puff of smoke and dull report as it struck and the dust rose up in a pillar. When it was ended, we rode across the valley and up the opposite slope to the spot where the eut f-j had stood. Bits of it lay about here and there. Chie of the poles was bitten short off. For tO yards below the 'other pole, for SO yards on either side of it and for 100 yards above it the earth was net plowed it was harrowed. An ant could not Lave lived on the ground. It was not difficult to i niacin, what would have become of an opposing force. ilo.u and horses would have been dead and all guns dismounted in five minntes after the firing began. There could have been no better illustration of the abso lutely fatal character of these pieces. It was found that they did not taerome , unmanageable through heat, tlu;t the breech mechanism displayed nc sign of strain, that 'the recoil was not greater than was calculated and that accuracy was as perfect with the last shell as with the first. These findings were re ported to the Washington authorities, and the manufacture of the guns went on. The regular army is now thorough -It supplied with them. Chicago Tinies lierald. Jast What It Basis. "It seems like a dream, " be said in peaking of his courtship. "My boy, replied the veteran, "when yon wake np after n:.imuge yon will tad that that is just exactly what it is nothing but a dream. " Chicago Post. Pounds in Four of a Soldier. Weeks. in me aoove siaiemcm ny mm Mjnieu are true. CHESTER S. IlA KKISi,T!. Subscribed and sworn to before me, a notary public, this 1.5th dav of July, 1W7. Lincoln M. Coy, Xotaiy rublie. All the elen;ents necessary to pive new life and richness to the blood and restore shattered nerves are contained, in a condensed fiTtn, in Ir. Williams' Pink Pills for Pule People. They are an unfailing specific for such diseases a locomotor ataxia, partial paralysis. M. itus dance, w-i iti, rteurakna. rheumatism, ncrv- ous heal.-M-hc. the after efteets of la prippe. palpitation of the heart. pr.le and sallow com plexions, all forms of weakness either in mala or female, and nil diseases resultine from viti s'ed humors in the blood. Ir. Wiliiams' Pink Pills are sold bv all dealers, or will ie wnt post paid on receipt of price, 50 cents a box. or six U.xes for 2.V they are never ...Id in hulk or by the 10b! by addresMnc Dr. Vt lliauV Medicine Company, Schenectady. . 1. PLAGUE OF LEGISLATORS. Why Soma of tha States Ones Bad Tw Capitals Baton Rouge freely translated means red stick. That is the limit Tif my un derstanding of the affair, however. It is a quaint old town, consisting chiefly of river. When I studied geography several decades ago, I knew that I Louisi ana had two capitals, one at .New Or leans and the other at Baton Rouge. They liave got tired of entertaining legislators at New Orleans of late years and have unloaded the whole job upon the smaller and more nearly defenseless city. Looking back to those old days, I re call that Louisiana was one of the very few states which required two vents for their legislatures. Connecticut was one, with Hartford and New Haven as cap itals, and Rhode Island, the smallest of states, was another, with Provideno and Newport Of late years there has beon a -sort of centralization of capitals. The fashion of having one at every en terprising city in a state has fallen into disuse. You might tramp all over any of the states nowadays and not fun the risk of blundering into a legislature in full Mast where it might have been least expected. I asked the Pocatt-llo' man what he thought was the reason for the wealth of capitals in earlier times. "In those days, ' he said, "the state were young and tender and had not fully developed taeir muscle and their power of resisting great assaults. It was therefore to distribute the evil of a legislature sitting over a great deal of country so as not to give any particular city the worst of it. As time went on and a town showed escial hardihood and ability to stand great calamity the legislature was switched upon it as u. perpetual and permanent institution. New Orleans and Newport and other towns which iu other days were capitals had the good luck to draw two aces and to win out, sending the legislature in the one instance to Baton Rouge and in t he ot her to Providence. It takes a garnet town to stand a persistent plague of legislature. "Chicago Record. COLOR IN FLAGS. Red Predominate. Largely la tha Stand ards of the Chief K at ions. Though the policy of military au thorities in using less glaring colors in uniforms lias been very marked of lata years red remains the most popular col or for national standards. Of 25 coun tries 19 have "flags with red in them, the lirt including the United States. England, France, Germany. Austria. Italy, Spain, Denmark, Belgium, Swe den, Switzerland, Turkey, Mexico. Chile, PortufrJ, Venezuela and Cuba. The countries which have blue as aa element of tht'r flags are the United States, Russia, France, England, Hol land, Lcruador, Sweden. Chile, Ven ezuela, Portugal and Cuba. Three coun tries have black as one of the elements of their flags, Germany, Belgium and China, but Germany is the only one of three which has black and white to gether. There are five countries (excluding from consideration Ireland, the familiar flag of which is not officially recognized among the national standards) which have green as a color ; Brazil, the flag of which is green chiefly; Mexico, Egypt, Italy and Persia. There aro uiu conntrius in which the flag is partly of yellow. These countries are Austria. Spain, Belgium, Egypt, Sweden, China, Persia, Brazil and Venezuela. Countries with flags partly white are the United States, Frauce, Germany, Russia, Aus tria and Italy, six of the seven chief powers. There is no white in the national standard of England, but the British naval flag has a white background. Other countries having white in their flags are Switzerland, Turkey, Persia, Japan, Mexico, Holland, Denmark, Por tugal Cuba, CLile and Ecuador, the flag of which is nearer white than auy other country, being made up of two parallel white columns, between which is a column of blue, upon which are wnite stars. New York Sun. Had. Sara of IU Some time ago I was at a small vil lage in Somersetshire fitting npa steam dairy. As is well known, water is a most essential thing in a dairy. So, being unable to obtain a sufficient supply from a wtJl already sunk, it was suggested to open a disused well uear and try the water there. Instructions were given to the men to be careful on opening the well, as it might be unsafe to descend on account of foul air. They were told to light a candle and let it down, and if it continued to burn they would then know that there was no danger in descending. On the frilowing day, on asking if it was safe to go down, one of tho men replied: "Yes, that's safe enough. I took the candle down with me, and it burnt beautifully. " London Globe, lUseaarasHaaj. Would Be Suitor Good morning. Miss Brown. Quite an opportune meet ing, indeed. I have been waiting for a nance to ask when it would be agree able for me to call on you. Miss Brown Oh, you are at liberty to make yonr own selection. Would Be Suitor Thanks. Ey the way, I see that you have been getting a new horse and carriage. Miss Brown Yes? Come around soon and pall take great pleasure in driving yon out Richmond Dispatch. There are about 1,500 American stu dents in Paris, most of them in art, and about aoo in Berlin, most of them in nitudc, philosophy and the sciences. In Frauce tha degrees and diplomas are granted by the national government and nut by the universities. 'The Roman penny was valued at about 13 cents. A QumJnt Fletarv of Hamy. "He (William Harvey) waa not tall, but of the lowest stature, round faced, olivastvr oomplexinu; little eie, round, very black, full of spirit ; bis ha ire was black as a raven, but ciuite wbte 20 yeares before he dyed. I have heard him say, that aftvr his booke of the Circula tion of the Blood came-out, that he fell mightily in his practize, and that 'twas bfJ-ri by the vulgar that ke was crack -brained ; and all the physitians were against his opinion, and anvyed hhu; many wrote against him. With much adue at last, in about 20 or SO yeares time, it was received in all the Universities in the world; and, as Mr. Hobbes saves in his book 'Do Corpore, ' he is the only man, perhaps, that ever lived to see bis owne doctrine establish ed in his lifetime. "He was much and often troubled with the gowte, and his way of cure was thus; he would then sitt with his legges bare, if it were frost, on the leads of Cockaine house, putt them into s payle of water, till he was almost dead with cold, and betake himselfe to his stove, and so 'twas gonne. Ke was hott headed, and his thoughts working would many times keepe him from sleepiuge; he told me that thenh;s way was to rise out of his bed and walke about his chamber in his shirt till he was pretty coole, L a, till he began to have a horror, and then returne to bed, and sleepe very comfortably." Au brey's "Lives. " Tha Original Siamcsa Twias. The sleepy village of Biddenden, not far from Tenterden, celebrates yearly the memory of the two maids of that ancient hamlet who were the original precursors of the Siamese twins. In life they were joined together by a mysteri ous cord of flesh, and they died on the same day, leaving their, property to be distributed among the poor of the par ish and among all who care to apply for a dole of bread and cheese on Easter day. This benefaction has been in exist ence for six or seven centuries, and at present its value is about $200 a year. Formerly tho doles consisted of bread and cheese and ale, but the latter pro duced so much hilarity in the village that it was aDiiished, and the charity is now limited to (he two first, mentioned nutritive articles. The breafl is made, up in the form of cakes, bearing a rude representation of the twin maids of Biddenden, and are generally preserved as curiosities by the recipients. They are baked very hard and are admirably adapted to give work to dentists by breaking tho molars of those who at tempt to penetrate their mysteries. The pxir of the parish as distinguished from neccssitor.s strangers are supplied with ordinary quartern loaves and cheese. Loudon Telegraph. 4 Sensible Arrangement. What Si Daniel Lysons believes to have been tfco first case of a settlement of an "affair of honor" on the Duke of Wellington's plan is described by him in his "Early Reminicences. " It occur red in Halifax about the middle of the present century : One day Captain Evans came to me boiling over with wrath and indigna tion. He said he had been g?rs.sly in sulted by Captain Harvey, the overn or"s son, and begged me to act as his friend. I agrwd, provided he promised to do exactly as I told him. He con sented. I called on Captain Harvey's friend. Captain Bourke, and we agreed to abide by the Duke of Wellington's order about dueling, which had just then been promulgated at Halifax. We carried out our intention as fol lows: We made each of our principals write out his own version of what bad fxvurrcd. We then chose an umpire. We selected Colonel Horn of the Twen tieth regiment, a clear headed and much re-iected officer. With his approval we sent him the two statements, and be directed us to come to his bouse the fol lowing morning with our principals. At the appointed time we arriw! and were shown into the dining room. We bowed formally to each other across the table and awaited the appearance of our referee. Colonel Horn soon entered, and, addressing our principals, said: "Gentlemen, in the first place, I must thank yon for having made my duty so light. Nothing could be more open, generous cr gentlemanlike than your statements. The best advice I can give yon is that you shake hands and forget that the occurrence has ever happened. " They at out walked up to each other and shook hands cordially. They were the lest of friends ever after. Central of Palsied Hands. The control men get over their hands by constant practice was being discuss ed. One cited the case of an artist who is afflicted with palsy so badly that he cannot convey his food or drink to his month unaided. And yet this man with pallet and brush in hand can paint as well as ever he could. Before his brush touches tho canvas his hand trembles violently, but the moment he feels the brush touch his picture his stroke be comes firm and strong' and just what he desires it to be. Almost a parallel case is that of a veteran soldier well knowu in Kansas City, "Peg Leg" Smith. Smith is now in the Soldiers home in Leavenworth. Wlien in Kansas City, ke used to run a cigar wheel at the city nail square. Smith comes to Kansas City frequent ly, and when here likos to go to a shoot ing gallery on Walnut street and hoot at tho targets. He is a good shot and enjoys looking along a rifle barrel. Smith has the palsy in an alarming de gree. When he raises the rifle and aims it at tho target, it jerks around in such a lively manner that one would wager he could not bit the side of a house, but just as he is about to pull the trig ger his hand steadies and the next in stant the bell rings. The palsied man has hit the bnllseye. Kansas City Star. The Story the Cab Reporter Didn't Get. One day a cub reporter was sent to cover a meeting of an east side literary club, which was to debate about arbi tration and its effect upon international peace, but he came back to the office within an hour looking disappointed. "Where's your story?" asked the city editor. "There wasn't any 6tory to write," replied the now reporter, picking up a newspaper. "They couldn't agree upon the wording of the subject, and they got to argcing and calling names, and finally the meeting broke up in a free fight So I came back, sir. " The city editor camo down from his desk and gazed pitifully upon the cub. "They were to have debated on peace," he said sorrowfnlly "and the meeting broke up in a fiht and there was noth ing to write ! Yon may go. " That is a story tiny tell along the row, and it is an old one Scribuer's, Family Ecanosny. Uncle (to the children, who have just had a done of cxxl liver oil all around) Well, do you like ood liver oil? Children Oh, no, but rnitr.ip,a gives us 5 cents for every spoonful Uncle And then do you buy some thing nice? Children No, mamma puts it into tho savings bank. Uncle And then you boy something by and by? Children No, mamma buys mors cod liver oil with it ! Fliegende Blat ter. Facta la the Case. "My son has accepted a position in Judge Hobbs' office." "Yes. I met him when he was run King his hgs off getting indorsements on his application for the job. " Cleve land Leader. To a person who uses the brain a good deal a light novel or an amusing bock ot travels or social essays will be found to be of the very greatest value aa a rest tonic. Where one is fond cf children an hour spent in the nursery will be most restinn. ..... Dedaoas Scheme. ' "I say, old san," said Dodson, as he loaned his friend Blobson a nickel to pay his car fare, "why don't yon try my scheme?" "What scheme?" growled Blobson, as he mentally tried to figure out how much his wife had realized in her mid night raid. ' "Why a scheme to break yonr wife of going through your pockcte vben yon are asleep." "I say, old man," cried Blobson ea gerly, "if you have any scheme by which I can break my wife of going through me. fur heaven's sake put me ou tu it, and I am your friend for life!" "Well, you see, I used to suffer from this thing until I discovered means by which I broke my wife of the habit I gathered together all the counterfeit money that I had accumulated in 20 years of business and filled my pockets with it The next morning I discovered that it was gone. That same day my wife went shopping and was arrested for passing counterfeit money. It look ed very black for her when they found the rest of the stuff that she had, and she was jnst ready to faint when I ar rived on the scene. Of course I played the indignant husband and threatened to sue the whole outfit for damages. But the scheme worked. Since then the only thing my wife will accept is check." Detroit Free Press. Monitors and Torpedo Boats. A monitor is a peculiar battleship, having a low freeboard, light draft and flush deck and guns mounted in heav ily armored revolving turrets placed on the deck. A monitor is a floating but tery more than a ship and derives its name from the first of the class ever constructed, which battled with tho Confederate ironclad Merrimac in Hampton Roads. The original Monitor was described as resembling a great cheesebox on a plank, bnt it did vain able service and revolutionized naval warfare, I Torpedo boats are the racers among the war vessels. They are swift, small craft, designed to launch torpedoes near urge vessels. In order to do its work properly the torpedo boat must go close to the object of iU destructive designs, and having placed the instrument of destruction in position its next object is to get away and out of the reach of the enemy. A torpedo boat must be small, and the men who form its small crew must bo absolutely fearless. A torpedo boat catcher is designed expressly to catch or to destroy torpedo boats. In order to be fitted for tho work the boats are larger than the torpedo boats. They can make better tiruo and carry heavier armament. New York Tribune. Ticioa. Blaefiah. The greatest enemy to tho best 6pe ci38 of fish is found in the vicious, vo racious and dangerous bluefish. In size ordinarily as long as your arm, with teeth like barbs, he can snap in halves a fish of his own size, and nearly all fish stand in mortal dread of him. Gen erally traveling in schools sometimes as much as five miles in length they will in short order decimate a school of shad, spot menhaden or such lika In his stomach can be found numbers of smaller fish, according to size. We have opened one which contained a trout of almost his own size, while another contained a shad nearly as large. Still others are found having within themselves one or more of their own species of smaller size. But their destrnctiveness does not end here. We have seen them behind a school of shad, spot or menhaden, and sometimes schools of mackerel and cod, snapping and slashing their prey until the water was all a-foam. They eat until they can hold no more, but their viciousness is not abated. With a snap a shad is cundered and spit out, and the next shares the same fate. They never tire, and the fish destroyed, but unbeaten, cover the sur face of tlie water. Exchange. Ilia New Lea;. In a city not many miles from Troy is an organization which believes in cures by faith. The president is a wom an, zealous of good works. For somo weeks sh. bad observed a worthy ap pearing '.ldly man daily going by her home, and noticed that he walked con siderably Jama She thought him a sub ject of prayerful consideration and be gan daily prayers in his behalf. One morning soon after she noticed him go ing by, apparently freo from any lame ness, and ventured to 6peak to him cf this fact "Yes, " he responded, "I do get along a good deal better today than for many days past My old cork leg had got somewhat out of good motion, and yes terday I obtained a new one." Tny Press. The Kervooa Preacher. In preaching his extempore trial ser mon before Bishop Tait and Dean Stan ley a candidate for priest's orders grew very nervous and stammered, "I will drive my congregation into two the converted and the unconverted. " This proved too much for the bishop's sense of humor, and he exclaimed, "I think, sir, as there are only two of ns, you had better say which is which." Greedy. Office Boy Please, sir, can't I go, to dinner now? It's almost an hour past my time, and I'm awfully hungry? Employer Hungry? WelL I wonder if anybody ever saw such a greedy boy. Here yon have been licking envelopes and postage stamps all the forenoon and et yon complain of being hungry I earsou's Wetklv. A plant grows in Assam the botanic al name of which is Gymnema sylves tre and which has the peculiar prop erty when chewed of temporarily neu tralizing the sense of taste as regards swo t and bitter things, while sour and saline substances remain unaltered. The Hindis claim that the plant is an anti dote to snake bite. Gratitude la Women. Are feelings of gratitude absent in women? That clever gentleman who does the Private Diary in The Corn hill Magazine is not quite satisfied upon the subject This is his way of putting it: "As gratitude depinds upon imagi nation, it may well be that women, hav iig less imagination than men, are less grateful. The doctor to.d me intermit tent heart' is a not uncommon female ailment." To sugar tho pill, however, tho diarist says: "In defense of the ma ligned sex I should like to record a case of gratitude in a woman that left me a little mourufnL I had sent Charlotte a book for her birthday List autumn, and at breakfast today she said. 'Oh, thank 1 yon for that delightful book you sent me!' Oh, I said, 'what was it:' 'Dear Tte, ' said Charlotte, 'I have quite fur- gotten. . A Novelty In Bells. Herr Apiunn of Hanau has invented a bell of a new shupe, which is said to have a very deep toue and to be as pow erful as considerably heavier bells cf the form at preseut in vogue. The snape is peculiar, being hemisp'yrieal, while the metal is uniform in .nickness ex cept near the "sound bow" (or -the thickened tip which the clapper strikes). From the edge to some little distance above the sound bow the metal is very thick, and then alters suddenly to the uniform thickness which it has for the rest of the bell. Invention. The Art of Talkias; Back. "I hardly know how to answer you," said she when the widower proposed. "I would not let that worry me," said he soothingly. "That is something a woman learns perfectly soon after marriage. " Cincinnati Enquirer. Pniyn Why, aren't your wife's gowns of ths latest style? Rrohsou -Of course not ! That wom an tvas uev-r punctual in her life! Liooiryu Life. Aalntal Drunkards, Most of the higher animals as mon sjeys, elepl tints, bears, horses and dogs bave a natural fondncas for fermented liquors, and suffer from the abuse of these liquors as men da From the book cf Maccabees it is evident that war ele phants were maddened of old with new wine, as they bave been and are with arra k down to the present time. Man agers of menageries and fmplT,ees at tho various zoological gardens know that the elephants Tinder their care are prepared to go ou a wild drunk when ever opportunity offers. Whisky is offi cially given tbem when they are ill or low the quantity varying from five to ten gallons, according to the require ments of the case. This is put into their drinking water. Bears and monkeys drink beer like German students, and love whisky equally well In Africa the natives make use of this evil trait to capture their poor relations. The monkeys there are extremely fond of a beer brewed by the natives. So the latter place quantities of the liquor within easy reach of the monkeys and wait until their victims are thoroughly befuddled. In this state they are unable to recognize the difference between ne gro and ape. When the negro tal es tho hand of one of them to lead him off, a second monkey takes tho baud of the first a third tlsjt of the second, and so on. A single negro may sometimes be seen carrying off a string of staggering monkeys. Fresh doses of beer in de creasing quantities are administered to tho captives, so that they may only gradually awaken to the sad results of their spree Li ppincott's. Belgian and German Farmlna;. In Belgium a two aero holding is sufficient to maintain a fanner and his family. The typical two acre farm in that country contains a patch of wheat cr rye and another of 'barley. Another fair portion grows potatoes. A row of cabbage grows all round on the sloping sides of the ditches, with a row of on ions just inside, leaving bare walking room between them and the grain. The shade trees round the house are pear trees. Every foot of land is made to produce, and the farmer keeps pigs and chickens. In Germany, out of C,276,000 farms, l.IWa.OOO, or 23 per cent of the whole, are each under 2J acres in extent and of tho farms above 06 per cent are cul tivated by the owner himself, over 28 per cent partly so, or about 85 per cent altogether, leaving 15 per cent out of every 100 per cent that are let to ten ants. In Germany, notwithstanding this Email size of a large proiortion of the farms, 178 out of every 1,000 inhab itants are nevertheless engaged iu agri culture, whereas in England no more than 52 aro thus occupied, in Scotland only 61, though 195 per 1,000 in Ire land being thus engaged raises the pro portion ir. the whole United Kingdom to 73 out ff that number, less thf.n half, however, the percentage so em ployed in Germany. Ia the Moose of Commons. Membei-s are not allowed to refer to each other by name in debate. The only member who is properly addressed Ly name is t be chairman who presides over the le!ibi 'rations of the honse in com mittee. On a member rising to sicak in committee he begins with "Mr. Low ther," and not with "Mr. Chairman," as at put lie meetings. When the speak er U in the chair, the formula is "Mr. Speaker, sir." In debate a member is distinguished by the cfiice he holds, as "the right honorable gentleman the chancellor cf tho exchequer," or by the constituency he represents, as "the honorable gentle man the member for York." Some make uso of the terms "My honorable friend" or "My right honorable frk-ud. " In case of family relatious the same form is usually observed. Occasionally "My honorable relative" or "My right honorable relative" is heard, but "My right honorable father" or "My right honorable brother," though no doubt allowable, has not been hitherto used. Nineteenth Century. Love'a Sweet Work. A London paper tells this touching story of Professor Herkonier: "Hisaged father, who lived with him in his splen did borne at Bushney, used to model clay in his early life. He has recently taken to it again, but his fear is that soon his hands will lose their skill and his work will show the marks of im perfection. It is his one sorrow. At night he goes to his early rest, and when he has gone his talented son goes to his studio, takes up his father's feeble attempts and makes the work as beauti ful as art can make it When the old man comes down in the morning, ho takes the work and looks at it and rubs his hands and says, 'Ha, I can do as well as 1 ever did. ' " She raralyaed 'Em. Counsel Wha is your age, madam? Witness Forty-seven, sir. Counsel Married or single? Witness Single. I never had an offer of marriage in my life, and if it ia of any interest to the court I don't mind saying that I have worn false hair for nearly 80 years. Counsel Hein ! That is all, madam. There is no vise trying to shako the di rect testimony of so truthful a woman as yon are. London Tit-Bits. Trials of Ignorance. Casey I called one av thim Johnnies a liar, an he says to me, says he, "Tu noque. " Now, what might that mean? Dooley It means, "You're another. " Casey Fwat! An I let 'nm get away widout hittin 'nm! Ah, that is what a man gits for havin no education. Van ity Fair. Coatly. "Yes, I'll admit that I thought my wife was an angel before I married her." "And what do yon think now?" "Well, she's still an augd, but her feathers come high. " Chicago Ncwa Bncklen's Arnica Salve. The Best Salve in the world for Cuts, Bruises, Korea, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fe ver Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin Erup tions, and positively cures Piles, or no pay required. It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction or money refunded. Price 25 ceuts per box. For sale at J. N. Snyder's Drug Store, Somerset, Pa., or G. AV. Brallier's Drug Store, Ber in. Pa. In a combined baby carriage' and wheel chair the front section is binned to the rear and can be dropped down ward to allow the use of the vehicle as a wheel, the carriage having only one large pair of wheels and a small pai r In frout, to prevent it from tipping over. Liquids can be safely transported and preserved by a Dew German invention consisting of a vessel to carry the liquid, with au elastic sack inside to be filled with air from an ice chamber located in the top of the can. "Our customers say you manufacture three of the best remedies on earth," said the mercantile firm of Haas, Har ris, Brim A Mr-Lain, of Dawson, Ga., in a recent letter to the Chamberlain Medicine Co. This the universal ver dict. Chamberlain's Pain Balm is the finest preparation In the world for rheumatism, neuralgia, lame back, quinsey, sore throat, cuts, bruises, bums, scalds, pains and swellings. A 25 cent bottle of this liniment in the house, will aave a great deal of suffer leg. Buy it at all drug stors. A household oeeeMty. Dr. TliomsV F-elecfric Oil. Heals hums, tills, wounds of any trts; cures sore throat, croup, catarrh, asthma; never fails. Einta about Xilkiii?. 1. Always confine the cows in the stable to le milked. It is In-tter than having them chase oue another around the yard. 2. Have the stable clean, and have the cows clean, or you can't get clean milk. Lime and whitewash for walls and its is a good thing, laud plas ter is a good absorbent in the stable. 3. Before commencing to milk, brush all loose dirt from the sides and udder of the cow. 4. After a little manipulation of the teats and udder, the milk is ready to "come down." Then is the time to take it, and do not delay. 4 Milk as rapidly as possible with out Irritatiog of worrying the cow. 6. No definite rule can be given as to bow the teats should be handled in milking, as cows differ and hands dif fer so much; but be sure of one thing please the cow if possible. 7. There should always be a friendly feeling between the cow and the milk er, and milkers should not be changed if it can be avoided. 8. A cow will not "give down" her milk to a milker she hales or is afraid of, and what she does give will be defi cient in butter-fat. 9. Always milk a cow iu the same manner, at about the same time and speed. Any change will irritate and tend to excite her. 10. Always milk in the same order and at the same time of dtsy. 11. When it comes to a cow's turn to be milked, she knows it, and expects it, and wants to be milked. 12. If you disappoint her, and milk half an hour later, the chances are that you will get less aud poorer milk than if you milked at the proper time. 1:5. Always milk the cow dry before leaving her, but do not continue strip ping after the milk is all drawn. 14. If part of the milk is left at each milking in the udder, nature will soon stop providing it because it is not taken. 1 j. The last milk drawn from a cow is much richer than the first. The bast tmart usually contains more than three times as much butter-fat as the first M. Milking should be done with clean, dry hands. Wisconsin Farmers' Institute Bulletin. Thousands Celebrate With thankfulness their restoration to health by the use of Hood's Sarsa parilla. Think of the vast army who have been cured by this medicine Men, women and children, who have sutlered the consequences of impure blood, who have been the victims of scrofula sores, eruptions, dyspepsia, nervousness, sleeplessness. They have tried other medicines and have failed to obtain relief. They tried Hood's Sarsaparilla ami it did them good. They persevered in its use and it accomplished permanent cures. lo you wonder that they praise it and recommend it to you? The Bicycle. A punctured tire flatly refuses to carry one comfortably. There is no duty on a bicycle taken to England by a tourist. An English paper asserts that four sevenths of the population use cycles. Vienna has a bicycling female mon key at the zoological gardens in the Prater. ' The Pennsylvania supreme court has decreed that no municipality norths state has a right to levy an annual tax 011 bicycles. In France drivers of all vehicles and horseback riders must go to the right on the approach of a cyclist, so'as to leave the cycle a space of at least five feet. The Italian government has imposed a tax of ten lire on bicycles, and in fu ture all machines will have to carry a mark showing that the yearly tax has been paid. An Ohio justice of the peace has just returned a verdict which oftlolally rea ognizes the bicycle as a De"eswity in the Buckeye state. Any one of the 300,0(10 wheelmen in the state, comments the Cycling Gazette, could have told him that long ago. A man in Virginia, rode forty miles, to Fairfax Station, for the express pur pos of getting Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, and took home with him, a dozen bottles of the medicine. The druggist adds. "Your remedy seems to be a general favorite wherever known." Its effects are indeed won derful in all lung and throat troubles. Procure a bottle at any drug store. Aa Explanation. The reason for the great popularity of Hood's Sarsaparilla lies in the fact that this medicine positively cures. It is America's Greatest Medicine, and the American people have an abiding con fidence in its merits. They buy and take it for simple as well as serious ail ments, confident that it will do tbem good. Hood's Pills eure all liver ills. Mail ed for 2.-.C. by C. I. Hood & Co., Lo well, Mass. News From the Biliville Brigade. All the boys are well, but the com pany has lost the "joker" from the euchre deck, and we are compelled to use the deuce of spades. We had a sham battle for dinner yes terday and dress prade for dessert. We are promised alligator steak for supper. This Is tough. Send all the newspapers you can. There is a well authenticated rumor here that the United States is fighting Spain, aud we want to know more about It Remember us in your prayers and incidentally your purses. We expect to move at any time, as a regiment of local creditors is bearing down on us. Atlanta Constitution. In a Xtw Krglerd patent oil is va porized and the gas used with an in candescent mantle for lighting pur poses, the reservoir being suspended at the top cf the lamp with a feed pipe, which extends in close proximity to the flame to transform the oil into gxn. Notice to Farmers and Stock Breeders. My Arabian Stallion will make the sea son of 1MS at the following stands on the da tea given below : Somerset, at Zeijrler A Parson's barn, Ha ft and IU. land'Jl. June laud 2, Uaudli, U and ij, July 1 and 2. Mlpevvill-. al ;eore FrlUX May It and 12, 23 and 21, June .land I, ljand la, aud 27. Jenner X lUmdjtt Joseph J. MIshler's.Mar ZnndS, Hand 14, -Saudi, Junesaod7, 17 aud 1 aud -4. Krieden. at Nthanie! Dickey's, May 4 and S,lii--.1I7, 27audJS, JunegacdS, ajandil. aud It Son.eiMetTnwnhlp. I. P. MrAllster. Mar and 7. Ik and Itf.SUaud 1, Juno 10 and 11, and 2Z, and M. Will be at IjraD"Tlile (borne) with mr Nrweon Saturday evening 7 :l oVlork and .ViO o'eli k Moiidny niorninrof the ilowlns; dates. May 7 and , 21 and 23, Ji-ne 11 and 13 2i Mild 27 - will leave all stand at 5 .10 p m . on eeond day. Pernois coming from a distance kept free of cha rge. J. II. COrNTRYMAN. Uwuer aud Keeper. THE - Somerset Iron Ms, i formerly Sonerxet Mccham&il Woria,) OPERATED BY A NEW FIRM, Has been refitted w ith New Machinery and is now prepared to furnish Stoves, Plows and Castings Of all kinds on short uotlee. Also builders of the -IMPR0YED- BarrettGas Engine, Best In use. Any size. Call and see it We also carry a line of BRASS GOODS, STEAM FITTINGS, PACKING, OILS and ENGINE SUPPLIES. Having put in a new and complete line of Machine Tools, are now able to do all class of work, such as Ke-boriug Cylinders, Planing Valve and Valve Seats, or any kind of Engine Work that may be re quired. We earnestly solicit your work and will guarantee satisfac tion. Office and Works near the R- R. Station. Somerset Iron Works, Somerset, Pa. OOMERSET MARKET KJiPOKT UVtatKaVi. 1 B.LT W V . la Jul Cook & Beerits, Wednesday, June JS9S. U es c '( per bo 11.00 dried, t ... , . 4c evaporated ft , lc Apples, Apple Butter, per gal .. to c ( roll, per t -T1, , , l- Batter. 1 freah ke. per l"e (creamery, per It... -.-.3ic Beeswax, per 2 , country bam. per . -10 to 12c Bacon. suicareurea nam, per l-'y? mue, per . o iu : uHiluer, per IV b) to sc white Davy, per bus "e Heana. Voffee. Lima, per th green, per t ! roKMted, per .,,, I t'umherUn.l, per bbl.fl.Hl to 1.2i ' men'- Portland, per f.M $.S0 to 4.IJU l ore-ieai, per . .j.,c l.ges, per a ox : .... l.-l r .-..u fSbhl per ;).-. ri-..-r.... v- bl, per fcl io Honey, whit clover.per S 15-lc Lard, per tt .7 to lor l.lnie, per bbl Ji.Uli Mola.ws, X.O., per cat . onions, per bu $i.UU to l.ji Potatoes, per nun ...... O- Pejicties, evaporated, per tt .. to 1'ir Prune-, per t to lile I N. Y.. per bbl 1.! I Ptttbune, per bbl l.uo Hail, I Dairy, v, bus Hack I S Sue 1 " 4 bns anrks. lrount alum. Isu tb -ack. - t maple, per St 6to0 imported yellow, per B yc Huar. white, A. per to ,.SJ,e granulated, per Tb .S1,c I Cube- or pulverised, per S m: Kvnm IP"' K"1 rP- 1 maple, per gal tUtoTiv Htonewnre, u'iiou c Tsilow, per B H to Vinegar, per h1 20 to c I timothy, per bua SI.w) 1 clover, per bu $..) to -l.nl Heeds. 1 " crtra-ou. per bus 4. 00 I " alfalfa, per bus 30 I " alxyke, per bua 7 iO Millet, German, per bus l. barley, white beardta , per bus. 12 buckwheat, per bua. corn shelled, per bus- oata, per bus. . rye, per bus wheat, per bas.. Urain : to 47e 4U to -V UIC A Feed bran, per iiv wm corn aud oata chop, per Hu t.... Ve flour, roller proreaa, per bbl ..( " spring pulent and fancy hleh trails $ . s.T' Floor. flour, lower rde per 140 Jl..") Middling I whll- FrM) 6a 1 red, per n CONDENSED TIME TABLES. Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Somerset and Cambria Branch. SOUTH WABD. Johnstown Mall Express. Roekwnod 11:10 a. m., Nomerxet ll::44, Stoyextown 12.-02, Uoov- ersvuie i.-ua, jonuaiown i.-ui p-m. Johnstown Accommodation. Rock wood. r.lh p. m., Somemet i.W StoyestowntS:07, Uoov ersvUlefclH. Johnstown 7:06. aorrrawAan. Mall. Johnstown 8:Wa.m..Boo-ers-ille9:IS stoves town ui, itomerev 10:2 Kockwood 10:S. Express.-Johnstown 20 p. m., HooTersnile 81(1, Hto-estown .1:2, Momerset 1j2, Hock woinl 4.: IS. Dally. I. B. M ARTIV. Manager of Paasenieer Trafflc pENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD. laaTCSSJ STANDARD TIMC IN EFFECT NOVEMBER 29, IS97. OOSn-Kg-D SCHXDtU.B. TralDS arrive and depart from the station at Johnstown aa follows : wnrrvAtp. Western Eipre-s... :? 1M S:a :10 ayjo 2t" 4 (Me) :30 Sooth western Kxpresa Johnstown Accommodation... Johnntown Accommodation... Pnr.ltte Kxpresa.. Way Paaaenrer..... Pitivbura; KxpreM.. ..... . Past Line... Johnstown Accommodation... KASTWAan. p. iu. Atlantic Kxpresa Seti-Mhore Kxpreas . 5:2S a. ra. . 5:40 ' Alloona AocmniodUa., Ibiy Kxpres ....... Main Line Kxpr- Altoona Aecotumodulion. Mall Kxpress... Johnstown Accommodation. Philadelphia Kxprena...--. Fast Line.. A:24 : " 10:15 12i'2 p. m. 4:1.1 " :-') 7:11 lu-.:iO KEFFER'S NEW SHOE STORE! MEN'S BOYS'. WOMEN'S, GIRLS' and CHILDREN'S SHOES, OXFOfiOS and SLIPPERS. Black and Tan. IjUext Styles and Shapes at lowest .....CASH PRICES..- Adjoining- Mrs. A. E. Uhl, South-east corner of square. .SOMERSET, PA. HUMPHREYS' WITCH HAZEL OIL C Piles or Hemorrhoids Fissures & Fistulas. Burns Scalds. I I Wounds & Bruises. Cuts & Sores. . . Boils & Tumors. J" Eczema & Eruptions. SaJt Rheum & Tetters. E Chopped Hands. Fever Blisters. Sore Lips & Nostrils. O Corns & Bunions. Stings k Bites of Insects. Three Sires, 25c, joc. and $1.00. ( Suld by druzcatts, or aaat puss paid aiw:;or pries t xrKiirxia.es., 111 a 111 hsj.u,,wm ) xrmmmmmimwmrnmmrmmmmmi iShvdfirx Pharmar.v -aar w -- -a- w a I " It require- a good selected btctk tid natijr enaijid iv room to do a brisk business. I WE HAVE BOTH OF THEM. t: ProcrnrvHnn ComPundiEs we gE I 1 tOVjl iy UUll Anything not advertised, ask fa & we are sure to have it. Yon are always sure of getting te i 1 OntiYsl Pnnrk Glas3ea fitted t0 SBit ,le': U jJ LiLCLl UUUUO Call and have your ejes te: Trusses Fitted. All of the best and most approved Tra-. j kept in stock. Satisfaction guaranteed. 4t: Louther's Drug Stc Main Street, Somerset, Pa. This Hcdel Brag Ster is Rapidly Bsccaing a! Tavcrlts witls People ia Search cf FRESH . MB . PURE . Ml Medicines, Jye stuffs, Spotiges, In Supporter. Toilet Articles, jptrrf umes. &c. I - X Taa aa. M U ' I' WI'L I JUUUlllUl 0 iiuouiiyuuiiu eaXJLT CAJtX BUNS TAKEN TO CSB OXLT FKBdH ASB rCB AKTICLia. SPECTACLf -. EYE-GI-ASSE And a Full Line cf 'Optical Uoods always on hand. F-:: large assortment all can be suited. THE FIIEST BBMDS OF CIGAi lway8 on hand. It is aUnys a pleasure to display a to intending pu" r asers, whether they buy from cr elsewhere. J. M. LOUTHER itf. D. MAIN STREET SOMERSET Somerset Lumber Y, ELIAS CUlSnSTLTSTGH-S: jkLaXCTACTUKKS A2TD DlAItl 1HD WHOLCSALB ASO RxTAILIX OF Lumber and Building Materials. Hard and Sort Wood Oak, Poplar, Nldlncs Walnut, Yellow Pine, Hoot-ins, Cherry, Shingles, Doortt, .Lath, White Pine Itllnds, A general line of all grades of Lumber aud Building atertal and RooKart stock. Also, can furnish anything In the Una of our buslneaa to order with rts ble promptness, lorta aa Brackets, odd-alxed.workete. Elias Cunningham, Office an4 Yard Opposite S. A C R. R. Station, TheN.Y.WeeklyTribuf BOTH ONE YEAB FOR $24 The N. Y. Tribune Almanac 'i"vnni lam. the rofstltntl.-T Zt tb- t: il .Htatrs. I lie Constitution of the t.te of .N. . , ami apotnt-rs. Amt,d.r,.!,i.. He ; the p-rm.nn-l of ' rp- .nm";b omrerVof the different su tea. command". officer, of the A rtuy aud By. les; Tables of Fubltc stlltt. Wert ion Ketorua. 1'arty Platforms and 1. mi n. ....... .... . vat amount of other Talu'i lu art rl on thet orrrnry, tioid and Ktlver. tnd a va-t amount oi o t.n.iui a ir..... .uthoraliveand complete, corresponding The Whl i hlttaker's Aintanae In Kurope. . . , UI.f hrtoe 5 cents, f ustage pa.d. end all orders to THE HERALD. 0l( IT WILL PAY YOU TO BUT YOCB Memorial Work or WM. F. SHAFFER, HOMEKHET. PE2TJTA. Maonbtetorer of and Denier In Eastern Work runitaned on Snort Notlcs lIUtELI 111 HIM Hill Also, Agent for the WHITE BRONZE I Persona In need of Monument Work wll And It to their InU-reat to eaii at my shop where a proper showing will be given them M-aiit(action guaranteed in evrry rase, an r-rlcea rery low. 1 Invite spvcuU attention to lb Whit Bfin, Or Pur ZIne Monti mar H. F .rod need by Re-. W. A. Ring, aa a decided uipruvemrtnt In the point of Material and Construct tou, and wbtcn la destined to be the popular Monument fur our c bang sable c II uat. Uiee nsaeail. Wm, F. Shaffer. Pnro r.mfrc 1 make Jt a pint to W ? 1 UitJ JJILlO large line of Drugs in a po; Fresh and Good condition. In the way of JOHN N. SNYDER, IDrxm rist. SOMERSET. I, THB LXXTOR GlVtCto PEJtoOJi-t L ATTKIfTIO! TO TH COMP0CKDI50 OF Family Plvlteta, M Sah. rl Bal arters. C'hw Xewel Posts, l ie. THE GREAT MTli-VMAI trAM' NEWSPAPER For FARMERS a VILLAGERS, and year favo'ite heme P? Tie Somerset M POMERSET, VA-- Send all Orders to the Herald. .7.-..... : ..i.i .-ri nra ratnt : rr-l4l.ni mcm" ' CCIZtTIC'i S AS f"t--' iITiCAIIYFJvT riy...im?tls .) miMiM Over SOO 3eautifu ' Oe.la;rt, r--Wrt . a. -I - -W" 1 1 aa. o'-r-l WI' iilH BRONZE r-.J-ii.Ujiilt ; t T- T