armer Honkins1 HE TELLS ABOUT THE SUFFERING OF HIS DAUGHTER. a Victim of Ksrvous Prostration and Neuralgia, Saved After Her Physician Abandoned Hope. Am the RrpmU'.zan, Colnmbtu. lnd. "Whi's 5a th nw'jrbhorhoml of Ruirby, t ru1 walfrr, sd1 nir complexion became ao Inisax. recently, a reporter was told tuat low and colorless. he had no trvnsth, and ViM 'Uira Hop iiis, daughter of Mr. IXtuuib the leart noi irritated her, she was so urr 'lopkiii prominent farmer of Hurt ho- vous. We had another physician, and he loroew Count, hsd en the snbject of a ! treated her steadily for a Tear without doing remfcile fr&nsiormati'Wi. The reporter ; her any pooa. In fact, It seerue-i I that the ,n i:in.n ,! learn the tir- tiruiars lie was driven to Hr. Hopkins' nlrndii country boiue, where he had aa iutewtinj conversation with that pentlfman rccmrdinj: the illness of his only daughter. " na luire lieeu correctly informed," niJ Mr. Il-tpkins, "for Clara ha indeed had a mTore iu-. She tried It. Williams' I'iufc liii. f.r l-.U Pontile ini tlu'T did her mure pt-ilhaii aliother medieine ttipuher that the i erer nk. A few boxes of that Medicine i art-am p!ih! the rare of a eaie m a tew old trouble, it. v unanis- nun i ms are months whii:i had baffied physicians for eertain!y a wonderful medicine, which did a ynn. j wonderful food in Clara's eae, doinfr kal ' About three vear o her health bepin several physK-iana failed to accomplish." t fail. The ,l..-t'.rwho!tcnd.l her i1 thi All tbe elements necessary to eire new life w raiwl lv weak digestion. Thi (roduoed and richness to the blmd and restore shatter oervouttieini.which aeniiuniuiied by on- j ed nerve are contained, in a condensed rsJiric troubl e, which at first was located in form, in Ir. William' Pink Pilis for Pale the" nerves about the heart. Of course . this j people. They are also a specific for trou waiia riaiiffer'i location forany sin-h trouble, j We peculiar to ferCalea, such a sup, and she rapidly erew wore, not withstand in c ; sions. irre-.Ailiiritiea and all form" of weak- that the pliyiciaa wan tnatimr her. . This coutinAed till a year aeo l:it November, at which time the was almost constantly confined "The neoraliria lieca-ne rradtisHy r, end finally kite ca a confirmed victim to it. " Xervons prostration net in. and she was toon ail run down. Her blood was impure AXCIEXT TRICKSTERS QUEER CONJURING FEATS OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY. Utile Experiments la Which Koliins; th Beads Off Living AnlmaJs Was it Xcoea arr Adjunct Hew They Ki.'k4t. Horse mod Cared Him Acwisu ConinrtTs in ancient times trere not Tory resiectable ruenibers of society v hf n tu3cxsfnl, tlwy enjoyed the repu tation of having sold their souls to the evil one, and when of inferior ability they gained notoriety by being either drowned or burned. The medieval ma gicians as well as the Egyptian nmgi and the Chaldean sages were only a Btrauge mixture of chemist, conjurer and charlatan, and as these gentlemen were in the habit of using their snp Io:l occult powers to their own atlvan t.ige they were naturally unpopular. The fets of jugglery performed by the.- craftsmen were inteud'-d for the mystification tmd not the amuses. tent of the public, and for centuries conjuring had to it only a black side. The uiuiiteur conjurer of today is not always a popular individual, save with children and the nnsophistoeatod yokeL To the general public he is merely a bore of greater or less magnitude, whose performance is so obvious as to deceive no one. It is hard to realize that this person is no mere musliroota growth of modern society, but in point of fact bis role is one of a respectable outi.juity, for he is to be found trending close upon the bills of the magicians and in the days when witchcraft was stll rampant. This is siguifietint of his reputation even in those early times, for hud any oue tak n bis tricks seriously he would doubtless have been run to earth and done to death as a wizard. In the middle of tho seventeenth cen tury, in the earliest years of the res toration, a numljer of tricks were pub lished in on! of those facetious books which Noeiu to have occupied tho press to a great extent at this time, but which, owing to their popularity, have for the most part perished. The chief recommendation to the greater uuxobcr of these tricks is that no apparatus be yond the utensils cf everyday life is necessary. Also it is snggesol to the performer that he can make mine wuall profit ontof his entertainment by prevailing on his audience to bet with him on the result of the trick. "To set a horse's or an assc's head upon a man's head and shoulders" seems impossible out of the land of Faery, but we are informed tliat by boiling tho head cut oft from a living animal, "the flesh boyl'd mny runne into oyie, " and thwi by mingling the hair beaten iuto powder vfith this and antiintiug the heads f the st;indere by, "they shall soetn tohave horses' or asses' heads" a cottly experiment aud fcarstitne if successful. But, besides this, one can "make peo ple seem Leadlesse," and this without bloodshed and by the following simple receipt: "Break arsenick very lino, aud boyle it with sulphur in a cover'd pot, aud kindle it with a new candle, and tho 6tanders-by will seem to bo head les.se." Doubtlctis a strung imagination is necessary for success. Sjme of the tricks are such as would nowadays cause tho performer to be disliked, to put it mildly. For instani, "have a uu filled with ink, and give this unto another and bid him crack it and see what he can find in that, " which being done "will cause much laughter. " "To keep a Tapster from frothing his Pots" must liave been aa amusement to j the wags of tho period, and for this "provide in readiness, tiieskia of a red Ilering, and when the Tapster is absent do but rub a little 0:1 t:.e inside of liis pots, and he will not be able to froth them, do what he can, in a good while ufter." "To counterfeit a diamond with a white saphir" is a most useful accom plishment, but the fraud is likely i:i these days to be discovered and is uioru a chemical experiment than a trick. Several tricks are reco:;;meudcd which have animal as their tutu cot and are 1 for the most part brutal to our modern ideas. Perbatw the least objectionable is "to seem to kill a Horse and cure him again," which may be thus aocoin- i plished: . I "Take the seed of henbane and give it the Uorso in his Provender, and it 1 will cast him uuto such a deep sleep that hit will seem dead. If yoo will re cover him again, rub his Nostrils with Vinegar, and he will seem to 1 re vived." The "seem to be revived" sounds rather ominous, and it is to be noted that the correct quantity of hen bane is not mentioned, so tlutt it might bo best to try this experiment on some one else's horse. "To make a shoal of Goslings draw a Timber logge" sounds interesting, tut unfortunately the directions are vague. "To make a shonl of Goslings or a Uag gli of Geese to seem to draw a Timber logge is done by the verie means that is us'd when a Cat draws a fool through a Pond, bat handled somewhat further off from the Beholders. " Loudon Standard. Whitehead Torpedoes, A Whitehead torpedo carries pounds of wet gun cotton and weighs ready for service I, I0 jxuukIa It maximum length is 16 feet a inches and ita greatest diameter is IT. 7 inches. At a speed of 2tj knots per hour it has a range of about 850 yards. The torpedo is driven by compressed air at a pressure of 1,350 pounds per square inch, which operates a three stage engine. The men of Berlin have an odd habit of brushing and combing their hair and whiskers in public. Ia the restaurants and caf men pull out their implements and "sproco cp" while waiting for their orders to be filled. They do not take the trouble to leave the table, either. Evidence! Iran continually Ix-comine worse, ut dmiij jve up the case aa hopeleaii, and ai vlwd us to ?et Vt. Williams' rna nus tor raie People for her, as he said that they were the only thing that would Decent her. " I procured a couple of boxes of the pills, and found that their ose helped her con siderably, f-he kept on tukinp them till she wd about a dozen boxes, with tiie result that she was entirely well, and since then Oiere iiu been no cynintoma whatever, of her neas. In men they ettect a radical cure in all cases ariirir? from mental worry, .verwork or r- of whatever nature. Tit. Williams' Pink Pills are sold in bote (never in loose bulk) at 50 rents a box or six boxes for t2.5, and mar be had of ail drnc Fits. or direct by mail from Dr. Williams' Medicine Company, Schenectady, N. Y. THE MOHAMMEDANS. The Qoeer Manner la Which They Mia r Rellgloa and Murder. The miiuth of Ramadan, in which the Erst past of the Koran is said to have been ret ealed, is observed as a fast by all iliiiammedaiis. The fast extends over the whole "month of raging heat" and involves extraordinary self denial and self control. No food or drink of any kind may be taken from daybreak until the appearance of the stars at nightfall The rigor with which a Mohammedan observes this fast and the great gulf be tween its observance and obedience to the moral code are both illustrated by a fitory told in tho life of one of the he roes of India, Major John Nicholson. While Nicholson in 1854 was deputy commissioner in Baiiuu, a native kilh'd his brother and was arrested. Ho was brought before Nicholson on a very hot evening, looking jMirched and exhaustd, fu he had walked many miles, and it was tho mouth of Ramadan. "Why," exclaimed Nicholson, "is it possible that you have walked in fast ing on a day like this?" "Thank God," answered th Ban nuchi, "I am a good faster. " " Why did you kill your brother?" "I saw a fowl killed last- night, and the sight cf the blood put the devil in to me." "He had chopped up his brother, stood a long chase and been marched in here, but he was keeping the fast," wrote the commissioner to a fKend, that he might know what sort of blood thirsty and bigoted people he, Nichol son, had to govern. One day & wretched little child was brought before the commissioner. He bad been ordered by bis relatives of the Waziri tribe to poison food. Don't you know it is wrong to kill people?" asked Nicholson. "I know it is wrong to kill with a knife or a sword," answered the child. "Why?" "Because the blood leaves marks, " aaswered tho trained poisoner. A Pathan chief, who fell by Nichol eon'sside in a skirmish, left a little son, upon whom the English officer lavished care and attention. One day the 7 -year-old boy asked his protector to grant him. a special favor. "Tell me first what you want " "Only your permission, sahib, to go and kill my cousins, the children of your and my deadly enemy, my uncle, Faitri Khan. " "Td kill your cousins?" exclaimed the Englishman, horrified at the answer. "Yes, sahib, to kill all the boys whilo they are young. It is quite easy now. " "You little monster! Would you murder your own cousins?" "Yes, sahib, for if I don't they will certainly murder me." Tho little boy wished to follow Pa than usage and thought it very hard that his guardian should paeveut his taking so simple a precaution' DID THE GIRLS PAINT? Bow the Question Was Decided mad a Bet raid. Two well known society swells went to the Imperial theater one afternoon when "East Lynne" was the bilL A few evenings before there had been dis cussed at their club the subject of wom en painting their facea Several girls were mentioi: id who were suspected by their admirers of wearing an artificial carm'tivn bloom. Others defended tke young damsels and said it was natural How to find out and win a wager that was laid then aud there was the subject of the young men's visit to the Imperial. - "Eat Lynne" is a play which ought to make ail women cry, they reasouel, for it makes even men's throats grow thick. They seuttickets for reserved seats to the girls under discussion, beg ging theai to invite whomsoever thy pleased of their acquaintances, as they, the donors, would not be able to escort them. The rusa was successful. In an upper box sat the young men ready to win or lose the wager, and right below, in the parquet, where they could see their fa-es and every move of (their hands, were the young women. There were six of them, two of whom shed copious tears and hesitated not to wipe them away with their handkerchiefs, while the other four ' never winced. Among those who did not cry were the girls suspected of laying on the red pigment, and it was on just that evi dence that the bet himred. That night the wager was paid with a supper at the University club. St Louis Repub lic Kb Will Testch Bosses Making. . Mile. Valentine About, daughter of Edmund About the author, is going to open a "class in hat and bonnet mak ing. " Everybody in Paris is surprised at the necessity for it, as daring his lifeu:je About kept open house in his hotel on the Bne de Donai, and a fete tliat he gave to the Authors' society in the chateau he had just bought at Pon toise is remembered as almost princely. By what reverse of fortune About' family were left destitute nobody see mi to know. Although he himself began life humbly a the son of a grocer, his daughter was a brilliant young society woman brought np in luxury, and everr body is admiring the courage with which she has undertaken to solve the difficult problem of the "struggle for life. " Boston Woman's Journal. lier Lasekjr Day. A North Carolina paper says: "A negro struck his wife two terrible blows on the head with an ax. The negro escaped to the woods, and his wife soon revived and said: "1 mighty glad he done it, kase now he'll stay el'ar erde neighborhood en I won't have ler seppo't him no tno It waz a lucky day fer me w'en he hit ma wid dat ax" - Very fe'v ci us are as thankful as that fiT the little blessings in tlisgnise. Atlanta Constitution. THE TYRANT OF THE HOUSE. While baby sleeps, W eannot jump or dance or sing. Play J4ly game or do a thing To make a noise. The floor mUiht creak If we should wslk. We scarcely s?eek Or breathe while baby takes a nap Itest w sbould wake the little chap. A strict watch nurste always kesv hile baby slurps! When baby wakes. Bat little grstirade he slioa-s hen otber people wsnt to dose. At c-.pht, wben folks have pone to bed. Bs rouse them all op insrtesd To wait on him. Ma lights toe tamp And warms milk for the little scamp. Pa walks him sp and down the floor, Bometin.es t wo boars and soraet im'j mora. And nurse coraes runniDif, in a stew. To see whit she for bun can do. And Will and Harry, at the row. Call, Whav's the matter with him nosrt" , And I'm waked np stall the clatter To wontlor what on earth's tbe matter. Bach apeosr in the house he uiakt When baby wakl 80, If asleep or If awake. The bouse exists but fur his saka. And suck a tiny fellow be To be bosa of this family 1 Eva Lovett ia Independent. FRENCH HUMOR, M. FVancUqae Sareey and Ilia Groteeqoe Effigy In the Carnival. It is often said that Frenchmen lack humor and dread ridicule, br t M. Fran cisque Sarcey has given an example of tliat humorous good sense which defi mockery. At carnival time in Paris it is customary to exhibit on the boule vards grotesque effigies of well known public men. A modest stranger called on M- Sarcey to tell him that his image was to figure in the procession. "Very good, " said 1L Sarcey. "What can I do for yon?" "Well, if you would be bo kind as to lend us some ot your veritable garments, they would make the likeness all the stronger. " "No doubt," resiponded the critic blandly. "In that cupboard you will find several hats. " "Oh, the veritable hat will not do! Yon see, your head I mean the head of tho eCigy is enormous. " "Tree bien. Take a coat, then." Dressed in the veritable coat, the Sar cey dummy was an immense success. It seemed so strange to literary Paris, however, for a man to aid aud abet the caricature of himself that 5L Sarcey has vol un toe red an explanation, which is a delicious bit of humor. "Ltimar tine," he remarks, "would not have consented to lend his coat for such a purpose. lie was a poet with a sensitive souL So was Victor Hugo. But what would you? We cannot all be Lamar tines and Hugos. Why should we poor journalists, who have no feelings to s'licak of, deny ourselves to the populace when we can contribute to their harm less amusement? Besides, they may not always think it worth their while to notice us. "An agreeable trifler came to me the other day and asked my permission for tho use of my name in a burlesque I gave it cheerfully. 'This may be the last time,' said he. 'What do you mean?' I asked. WelL you are going out of date, and next year yon may not be worth a laugh!' " Exchange. Lying as a Disease. "The liar is a much abused person, " said a well known local physician to a reporter last week. "The liar is not al ways to blame, and if yon have any friends who are addicted to false repre sentation of things advise them to con sult their doctors. There is hope for at least one class of liars. Medicine and medical methods are applicable to those who suddenly develop an abhorrence for the truth aud lie on all occasions, even though the truth might better suit their purpose This has come to be thought of only as a species of dementia that is ofttimes successfully treated. "The malicious liar is a difficult prob lem, for be knows that he is telling a lie and there is no hope for him. But there are lots of people who just lie naturally, without knowing what they are saying or why they say it The in dividual often has nothing whatever to accomplish by lying, but does so just a some people stutter. But, as I said be fore, he should not be blamerfUnd frown ed upon. His mind is unhealthy and his nervous system is out of order. Rest, tonic- and good nursing often restore these people to their normal self, and then the love of rectitude returns, and they are effectually cured of a very em barrassing habit. " Washington Post. France and Catcle Sam. Tho French papers are busily collect ing instances of what tlrey consider American unfriendliness toward France, in order to bolster up their campaign of hostility against the United States. The Figaro recently published George Bancroft's letter of congratulation to Bismarck on the result of the Franco Prussian war, and follows it np with, several other iucidents cf a like nature, among which is General Grant's tele gram of congratulation to the emperor of Germany in 1S70. and the fact that Victor Hugo refused to receive him on account of it during his visit to Pans several years later. The Jewels. "These, " exclaimed Cornelia, as ha often been related, "are my jewels!" Now, the father of the Gracchi was a plain, unassuming man, much inclined, to simplicity a man, in brief, who cut more wood than ice. "Aren't they just a trifle loud, my dear?" he once ventured to protest when the jewels were as yet quite new. Detroit Journal. Paris and Marseilles are connected by telegraph lines entirely underground. They are placed in iron pipe und buried four feet beneath the surface, with man holes 3,000 feet apart. It cost nearly 1.500,000 to bury the wires. At the present rate of increase the population of the earth will double itself in 200 years. "Our customers say you manufacture three of the best remedies on earth," said the mercantile firm of Haas, Har ris, Brim Sl McLain, of Dawson, Ga.r in a feoent 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, cubs, bruises, burns, scalds, pains and swellings. A 25 cent bottle of this liniment In the house, will save a great deal of Buffer ing. Buy it at all drug stora. ' The Sure La Grippe Cure. There is no use suffering from this dreadful malady, if you will only get the right remedy. You are having pain all through your body, your liver is out of order, have no appetite, no life or ambition, have a bad cold, in fact are completely used up. Electric Bitters ii the only remedy that will give you prompt and sure relief. They act directly on your Liver, Stomach aud Kidneys, tone up the whole sys tem and make you feel like a new be ing. They, are guaranteed to cure or price refunded. For sal at J. N. Snyder's Drug Store, Hooie-rset, Pa., aud O. W. Emitter's Drug Store, Ber lin, Pa. In a New England potent oil is va porized and the gas nsed with an in candescent mantle for lighting pur poses, the reservoir being suspended at the top of the lamp with a feedpipe, which extends in close proximity to the flame to transform the oil into g&a. "I suffered for month from sore throat. Eclectric Oil cured me In twenty-four bouts." il. S. Gtut, Ilaw tsville, Ky. C-basherlaaa a ad : je -Paritaa Maid. A Baltimore woman, in The Sun of fiat city, tells this rtca-y ' Joeph Chamberlain whenrhe was in Washing ton in 1887: He was a big. burly man, caring so little for his appearance that at one of the most fashionable dinners of the sea son hia cravat got turned to almost un der his ear and his shirt stud Jiecame unfastened, and he sat calmly oblivions to either incident, nis brains and charm in conversation won him friends wher evtr he went. One day ho called on a lady who happened to be giving a girl3' luncheon. She went out at once to see him, and langhingly said if he did not mind being the only man present she would be delighted if ho would come in the dining room and take the vacant place of one of her young friends who had not come. "He was not afraid to face a lot of 'American beauties,' so he accepted gayly, and the vacant place happened to be next that of MissEndicott, daugh ter of Secretary of War William C. Eu dicott of Massachusjtts, a dovelike. Blunder girl, one of the greatest belles of the day. The outcome of this was the marriage of the English statesman and the 'Puritan maid,' as she was often called, his neighbor at an enter tainment to which he had only been bidden 'jy that 'fate which shapes our ends, rough hew them as we wilL' " Be Got the Pin. A good many people still believe in the little superstition about seeing a pin and picking it np. It makes some of them decidedly uncomfortable when they pass a pin by, and even if expe rience has taught them that there is nothing to be gained by scooping np the pointed bit of wire they still die for one whenever they see it. An aged man was toddling across Payne avenue at its junction with Wil son some time ago when between the street car rails at the very center of the curve he noticed a pin. It was a bright pin, and it caught hia rather enfeebled gaze at oncj Being a superstitions old gentleman, he determined to secure that pin. With considerable effrt he man aged to bend over, when, just as his trembling fingers closed upon it, with a whoop and a roar a cable car came swinging around the curve, at the usual terrifying rate. The old man went one way, his cane and glasses and hat went the other. They rushed to him and picked him up. He was badly bruised, and tho ambulance was called. As they were lifting him into it somebody no ticed something shining between his clinched fingers. It was the pin. Cleveland Plain Dealer. Fooled the Fore matt. At one of the iron works in tho north of England a good story is told at the expense of one of tho foremen at the blast furnaces. The men known as the barrow men have a certain number of rounds or bar rows of ere to wheel to the furnace dur ing their eight hours of labor. One stormy night tho foreman, who was suffering from a severe headache,' retired to his cabin ; but, being of a sus picious nature, he left the door open that he might hear if anything unusual took place. The men had worked steadily on for some time, passing tho cabin with each barrow cf ore on iheir way to the lift. At last one man in passing the door re marked loudly to another, "One more round. Pat, and then" But the fore man, overhearing the remark and know ing it was a long way of "knocking off" time, rushed to the door, exclaim ing: "And then what, my man?" "And then another, " coolly replied the barrow man, and the foreman re tired. Liverpool Mercury. The Mss That Knows. "There are some men," said Mr. Staybolt, "that always know about things. They have a power of judgment that amounts to genius. They discern the truth unerringly. They know what is right and what is wrong in a ques tion, and they know it at the outset without waiting for the event. They range themselves not with confidence, but with knowledge, and however the clouds may lower they are not disturb ed. Indeed they rather like the storm, for they know when the end will be. ' "They are more powerful than other men because they are unhampered by doubts. They don't doubt, they know, and men follow them, as they always wilL Everybody admires a man that knows and is sure pbout it." New York Sun. Killed His Sentiment. A newspaper correspondent at the battle of Atbura tells a good story about a couple of Scotchmen. He was walk ing softly about the camp so as not to disturb the sleepers on the night before the fight wben he overheard a senti mental Seaforth highlander Bay to a comrade: "Ah, Tarn, how many thousands there are at hame across the sea think ing o' us the nicht " "Right, Sandy," replied his chum, "and how many millions there are that don't care a si n. Go to sleep, yon fool." And silence fell upon that corner of the square. Proof of It. "I suppose Saxey and Slims are both truthful men?" "Absolutely so. Neither of them is capable of making a misstatement of fact Why?" , "Oh. I just heard them calling each other liars." Detroit Free Press. Of the eggs exported from Russia to other parts of Europe 2Vjxar cent are broken or have to be thriTwn away be fore they get into the hands of cou iuu:ers. In the public schools of Japan the English language is required to be taught by law. Hull for ths Soldiers. The determination of the Government to establish postoffices in Cuba will be appreciated by the soldiers, and espe cially by their friends at home. Tb boys may not have much time for writing just now, but they can manage to let their friends know something atout their movements, at least. Soldiers in camp naturally think of home, and the thought of faVendu anon forces action in the way of writing If employes skilled in postal work are sent to the cam ps mail can soon be handled, and swift despatch boats ran land it on tbe Florida coast, so that not more than foor or five days need elapwe before friends of the soldiers should be able to bear from the front. When tbe troop, were Unit sent to Chiekaruaiiita and Tampa the postal ar rangement were far from satisfactory Tbe o trice re complained of the lack of facilities. This state of things has been much improved, and now the mail is bandied almost aa expeditiously as it is in the large towns. In Cuba things are not expected to work so velL Much will depend, however, upon the operations of tbe rmy. Koldiers need many little things when away from home that they can not carry with them,, and among these are pens nd paper. A man who has to carry a knapsack and a gun in hot weather wants bis load as light a possible. He la apt. therefore, to throw away everything ex cept what ia absolutely necewary. If he is destined to stay long in tamp, or if be should be so unfortunate as to get into a hospital, hia friends should see to it that he des not lack many small things that be tnust have when be ia at home. If a man comes your way claiming to be an agent of lbs government in quest of borvea. wants to buy two or three and give in exchange a check for an amount larger than tbe debt and wishes you to pay him tke different in money, run him off yoar pit mUe. He is an im postor and l try iu to get awi y with your uiuuey. CAWDOR CASTLE. Bow Macbeth. Wbe Founded It, Hap pened to Select Ita Site. Tho late Ear U of Cawdor was the owner of two charming residences iu Wales Stackpole Court, Pembroke shire, where he died, aDi Golden Grove, Carmarthenshire but these were mere pleasure houses by compari son with tho ancestral home of tho Campbells, Cawdor castle at Nairn. This fine north British dwelling re mained , almost undisturbed from tho death of Sir Hugh Campbell in 1716 for a period of nearly 150 years, when it was conscientiously restored by its late owner. Cawdor castle itself had ita rise in a fierce aud wild age, around which traditions of a hazy nature clus ter. It is a legend in Nairn that tho murder by Macbeth was committed iu an old chamber of the castle tower, and visitors wishing to conduct them selves with gravity and respectful rever ence are expected to receive this story with an expression of solemnity not nn tinged with awa That the "silver skin" of King Dtincan was "lacei with his golden blood" in this particular apartment ia a fable that need not now be enlarged upon. Cawdor castle by its outward aspect is, however, 6trougly suggestive in its gaunt and minatory massiveuess of tho fierce and troublous times of the ambi tious Macbeth. Tho story goes that the thane who founded it was much con cerned about tho choice of an abodo and was warned in a dream to place his worldly wealth in a coffer and to bind it npon the back of an ass and wher ever tho uuimal should halt to set about hia work. The ass "came to a sandstill at the mssctburn- at the third hawthorn from the starting point" and lay down. Curiously enough, as if to confirm this tradition, to this day in the dungeon beneath the tower a liaw thorn grows. Tho other two trees have disappeard, tho last one as lately as 1S3G. Many stirring tales are told of the later history of Cawdor castle, which came fro be. left untenanted for long years owing to the Campbells do parting for Wales, where they married young ladies with ample fortuuus. St. James GazcKo. WHERE THE JOKE CAME IN. The Boys Hauled the Professor Back, Much to Their Chagrin. A very good 6tory is told of the head of a college who was the possessor of a very clumsy, old fashioned vehiclo to which he was very partial and which he constantly used in riding through Uia streets of the town, to tho disgust of most of the students. A plan was formed among some of the boys that on a certain night they would remove this offenswro vehicle from tho coachhontse to a wood about half a mile from tho college. Their in tention was to run the carriage into the thickest of the woods and underbrush and leave it there. But the principal by some means learned or suspected their intention. Accordingly, in the evening, ho quietly went out to the coachhouse, and. well wrapjied up, crouched in a corner of the carriage and waited. fcoou the boys came, very stealthily, and. without looking into the vehicle, began their operations very quietly, and in whispers, and with many a "Hush" and "Take care" and "Look out, " they suL-ceeded in getting it out of the houso and yard find into the road. There they were oil right, but they were puzzled to find the thing so heavy to hauL and amid grumblings and puff ings and pant lugs, varied occasionally with a strong expression of disgust, they succeeded in reaching the woods, the principal listening to their complaints and rather enjoying the situation. Having with some difficulty backed the carriage into the brush, they began to congratulate each other on the suc cess of their maneuver. The old gentle man, letting down the window, to their utter surprise and alarm, very quietly said: VNow, young gentlemen, just take me back very carefully, if yon please. " -Spare Moments. Birds as Sarg-eona. Some interesting observations made by M. Fatio on the surgical treatment of wounds by birds were recently brought before the Physical society of Geneva. In these it was established that the snipe had often been observed in repairing damages. With ita beak and feathers it makes a very creditable dressing and has even been known to secure a broken Unb by means of a stout ligature. On one occasion Jvl. Fatio killed a snipe which had on ita chest a large dressing composed of down from other parts of the body and securely fixed to the body by coagulated blood. Twice he had snipe with interwoven feathers strapped on t the 6ite of a fracture of one or other liinn. The most interesting example was that of a snipe both of whose legs he had unfortunately broken by a misdirected shot. He only recovered it on the following day, when he found that the wounded bird had contrived to apply dressings and a sort of splint to both limbs. In carrying out this operation some feathers had become entangled round the beak, aud not be ing able to use its claws to gel rid of them the poor creature was almost dead from hunger when found. Public Opinion. Clears and Nervousness. "You're nervous," said the doctor. "liuite right," admitted the patient "That's why I sent for you. " "The only thing for you to do, " ex plained the doctor, "is to give up smok ing entirely. " "I don't smoke at all, " answered the patient. "Ah!" said the doctor." "Then the thing for you to do ia to smoke a good rigar or a pipe occasionally. It lias a rery soothing effect. " It's easy to prescribe when you know jow. Chicago Post. CEEVEBA 0EDEEED OUT. Bianco Ordersd Him to Sk Sato. tits FsUl The War Department has received the report of Admiral Cervera to General Biuneoon the disastrous naval fight to ktbe Spanish cause off Santiago. It is as follows : "To tbe General-in-Chief, Havana: In compliance with your orders I went out yesterday from Santiago de Cuba, with all the squadron, and after an unequal cme bat against forces more than triple mine, had all my squadron destroyed by fire. Teresa, Oqoeodo and Vizcaya beached, aud the Colon fleeing. I ac cordingly informed the Americans, and went ashore and gave myself up. The torpedo chasers foundered. "I do not know how many people were lost, but it will surely reach 000 dead and many wounded. Although not in such great number, the living are prisoners of the Americans. Tbe conduct of the crew rose to height that won the most en thusiastic plaudits of tbe enemy. The commander of the Vizcaya surrendered his vewteL His crew are very grateful for the noble generosity with which they are treated. "Among the dead is Villamil and I be lieve LAMaga (spelling uncertain), and among the wounded Coneas and EoUtn. We have lost all ; are necossarily de pressed. "rtHTKRA" A man in Virginia, rode forty mile?, to Fairfax Station, for the express por po of getting Chamberlain' Cough Remedy, and took home with him, a dozen la tt ties of tbe medicine. The druggist adds. "Your remedy seems to be a general favorile wherever known." Itsfrfleet" are indeed won derful in all lut-g and throat trouble". ' Procure a bottle at any drug store. In and About the Farm. By judicious selection of seed good qualities may be bred Into a variety and bad qualities bred out- In this manner F. F. Hallett, of England, in the short jierlod of four years increased the leDgth of wheat heads from four and three-fourths inches to eight and three-fourths inches aud ttie grains per head from 37 to 123. Both fruitfuluess and vitality can be increased by the same process of selection. If a farmer will set apart a plat upon which to grow his seed wheat he can very ma terially increase both fruitfulness and vitality in tbe following manner: Go through the field aud cut oir all the weakly-looking aud short heads as soon as they show themselves tiove the top blade, leaving only large, typical heads to rijien. If this process be kept up for a series of years Mr. Ha.letl's remits prove that much can be doue to improve the type. Now I know, by actual experIen(?ei says a writer in Hoard's Dairyman, tliat a calf can be raised on skim milk, if he has i-uough. We have one now, 011 this place-, that, at four weeks, gets 23 pouudsof bkim milk a day, and, be sides, ail the bright bay it wants, which is a good deal. Aud with this liU rnl feeding it is a beauty; and as for growth as the hired man expressed l "beats any calf I ever did see." The trouble with not only calves but most young stock is that they do not get enough. A growing boy will eat more than a grown man, aud the growing calf wants enough or it will not a grow ing calf. Many farms are estimated lielow their true value because of slovenly ap pearance. Weeds higher than the fences, trees blown down and left to rot iu the same place, fences out of repair, gates and barn doors oil" of hinges or swinging on one hhige, unsightly litter in door yard aud at the barn these and many such evidences of carelJ nets depreciate the value of uy farm. The soil may be excellent, the water facilities all that could be asked for and all natural advantages requisite to make a good high-priced farm may exist and yet that farm scarcely makes its owner a living. It can almost pass for a truism that the i.trmer makes the farm. Many reason that there is no money In keeping the farm neat, no cash in the carefully-kept barnyard aud there is no time for these matters. Such reckon at random. Pleasant sur roundings do very materially aid us to do better work; man suiuml to such influences unconsciously. The Itural World. Mrs. G. S. Waite, of Salina, Kansas, gives the following advice in the kill ing of lice. "Go to a gas house and ask for refuse tar; the amount that you will have to get will depend 011 how much gr und you will have to go over. If you cannot get it, get tar of any kind, only the refuse is cheaper and just as good. Sprinkle it on the roots, inside of the house, in the nests, on the ground; in fact, everywhere. One gal lon may do, and you will not be both ered with lice or niiteseither, as it kills both." How is wax obtained by the bee lor Its normal use in and about the hive? If we examine the abdomen of the worker bee we shall find four rings or folds on the under side of the abdomen which are called "wax pockets." In the process of comb making, little flakes of white wax appear, exuding from the fold?, which are' seized by the bee hen fully developed, and by the legs conveyed to the mandibles, by which it is worked into the nice white combs which we see when the comb is newly built, the same being used either for the reception of honey or brood. At any time when bees are buildhig comb these little flakes can be found on the bottom lioard to the hive, as some are always wasted, especially with a newly hived swarm. London Bee Hive. At the anuual meeting of the Hol-stein-Friesian Association a report was made on a series of food tests on Hol-stein-Friesians, prizes being offered for the cheapest food cost in producing butter and milk. Sixteen cows were in the test, and the cost of producing a pound of butter ranged all the way from 1.1.5 cents down to 4.0 cents. Without making an accurate mathe matical average, the largest number were in the neighborhood of ti.3.1 tenia. On the cost of food for 100 poun Is of milk 5.5 cans the cost ranged from 61.4 cents to iVS) cents. Thegreatist numberwere in the thirties, between 31 and 37 cents. There is no way of exterminating the common daisy except by plowing or destroying the individual plants. Probably plowing In the spring, and constant and frequent cultivating with some tool like the cutaway or disk har row during theputuruer, would destroy most of them. Rural New Yorker. A Canadian experimental farm sends out a formula for sterilizing grape juice so that it may be kept without ferment-J ing, retaining its natural flavor. Heat it gradually to 170 degrees Fahrenheit, and keep it at that temperature for 10 minutes. Have the bottles in a kettle of boiling water, take them out, fill and cork tightly immediately. Being perfectly sweet and thoroughly fcter ilized, it will keep for an indefinite period. Probably cider could also be kept in tbe same way and other fruit juices. Mr. C. B. Bush," president of the Gil mer county court, tells briefly his ex perience with an epidemic of bloody flux in hia family. He writes under date of October 8, lStKj, at Auburn W. Va. "During the past summer we had three cases of bloody flux in our family which we cured in less than one week with Chamberlain's Colic, Chol era aud Diarrlhcn Ketuey. In some instances there were twenty hem niorhages a day." This remedy never fails to cure the worst case of bloody flux and all bowel com pliints and every family should keep it at hand. For sale by all druggists. A household necessity. Dr. Thomas' Eclectric Oil. Heala burns, cub?, wounds of any sorts; cures sore throat, oup, catarrh, asthma; never fails. Notice to Farmers and Stock. Breeders. My Arabian Stallion will make the sea son of at the following stands on the dates given below : Somerset, atZ-'tslcr A Parson's tiarn. Mas 9 nil 1(1. Ji and 21, June 1 and 2, 13 an J 1 1, 1M and ii, Juiy I and i. SiiM-svlll. nt t;f,rxc rritz's. May II and 12, 23 and 21, June Sand 1, 13 and Id. and 27. JcnntrX RnndsAt Joseph J. M.xlil.-r'sMaT andS. Hand 14, iaad4S, JuncSandT, 17 and IS, and 'JS. FrtedMi, a Nathnnlcl IHckcy's, My I and 5, It and IT, iff and JX, June gaud 9, JO and.:), and Somrct Township, T. P. McAllxicr. Mar and, is and is, 30 and U, JuaeiOand 11, XI and Zi, and Al. Will be at Lavansvil! (home! with mjr hnrwon aturdHy evening 7-:i oVliM-k ntid h.X o'clock Mondxy iimrnlnc of tbe followlnr chiles. Vay 7 and 9, 21 anil a, Jrne 11 and li 2ianl7. will Ira all stands at 5 SO p m , on seoipd day Ft rms coming from a distance kept frv of charge J. H. rorXTKYMAX. U utr and Kpar. -THE Somerset Iron WorKS ( formerly Snwtrxel Afechamical Work.,) OPERATED BY A NEW FIRM, Has been reCtted with New Machinery and is now prepared to furnish Stoves, Plows and Castings Of all kinds on abort notice. Also builders of the IMPROVED Barrett Gas Engine, Beet iu uae, Auy 9ize. Call and see it. We also carry a line of BRASS GOODS, KI'EAM KlTm'CS, PACKING, OILS and ENUIXE SUPPLIES. Having put in a new and complete line of Machine TooLj, are now able to do all class of work, such as lie-boring Cylinders, Planing Valve and Valve Seats, or any kind of Engine Work that may be re quired. We earnestly solicit your work aud will guarantee satisfac tion. Ortlce and Works near the It. R. Station. Somerset Iron Works, Somerset, Pa. SOMERSET MAKKET KHPOKT O COBKECTKD WEEKLY Jl Cook & Beerits, Wednesday, July iO, 1893. Iter no ..1.00 Annies driHl. B ' i evupontuJ lb A pple Huttr, pvr xul (roll, i-r to -, Butu-r.-J fm.li kit;, per (erwiin-ry, per . Beeswax. tr lb llc 40 to 5e llu 1"C Sic .23 .country 1mm. per -10 U I Jc , j mnar cur-d luui, per b l'-"y; K;on-"jsld, tu-r t U.c ' Hhouldcr, per t. It) tu xc . fwliiUB navv. per bus - Wie n- 1 Lima, prr B f k r-t' n , rwr s , , , , , , ,, '- uflee. I un,Htf pr t .!( j I'lii'ilierlanit, per bblI.P0 to 1.2 raenu pt)ruMi,d, per Cul 2j lo Ou YirnmeaI, per K . PjC Kys, per iloi, .-, .... 12-1 Fish, lake herring. tJ:, Honey, white clover.per ft ijtnl. per 7 to lc I.inie, perbbU Mutaaxea, N.O per gal Oniuiiit, per in . 11.00 to I.JU Potato-, per bus.... B0-7'ic Peat-liea, evaporated, per to Inc Prunes, per a 10 IDe .i . 1 per uij. 9 i.i.i Plttbursr, per bbl .l.00 Hairy, W 'bus anrkg . 2c s - .Si 10 " 4 bns sacks... rmnnd alum. lau tbsacks wc Halt, maple, per tt . to8e Imported yellow, per Ac white, A. per b 6'-,c trnnulkM, per fc , , , ' t" C'ube or pulverised, per b..!c per iral Sue maple, per al.ti0 to 7uc Kuifar. Syrup. Stoneware, Kiillou ...Je Thllow, per ra .-... Jj to Sc Vinegar, per eal i) to SOc umotny, per ous ti.wj clover, per baa 30 to 4.iJ " crimson, per bus 4.00 aldilfa, per bus ( M m sUvktt ner hus 7 1 Seeds. Millet, German, per bus 1.25 I barley, white beard '.ess, per bus- I., buckwheat, per bua " Grain j corn shelled, per bus.4i to 47c oats, per nua. 4U to K rye, per bus. . wheat, per bos 14) bran, per 100 tm ...'; corn and oats chop, per 100 s...)i:ie flour, roller process, per bbl ti.00 spring patent and fancy hleh crude tu. jb ?rt.7' - Feed Floor. I Dour, lower rrnde per 140 J1..VI Middling "hlte. per !) tSa a MiddllnitM reaper 100 t toe CONDENSED TIME TABLES. Baltimore and Ohio -tAllrottd. Sotnertet and Cambria Branch. XORTHWAfcD. Johnstown Mull Express. Rorkwood 11:10 a. m Homeroet ll:H4, Stoyextown 12.-U2, UooV ersville IxH, Johnstown 1:00 p. m. Johnstown Accommodation. Rorkwood 5:S p. m., Somerset 5::W Woyetown6:u7, HuoV ersvllle6;l Johnstown 7:OV. booth w a an. Mall. Johnstown S:3la.in.,HonTeniTllle:I9 MDvestowu Ih33, Homeret 10 Hue k wood 10:-U Eipre. Johnxtown 2: JO p. m HooverHTllle S.i.xtoyeitown 11, Somerset stock wood 4:15. Dally. P. B. MART7N, Manager of Passenger Truffle. EN8YLVANIA RAILROAD. IsaTtan tTsNDsSQ TlMC IN EFFECT NOVEMBER 23, 1397. 0OHDKJH-I BOH XDFTLK. Trains arrive and depart from tbe station at Johnstown aa follows: WaSTWABD. Western E pre.. Soil I h western Express.. .. lohnatown Acconimodaiion Johnilown AcroiinuodatkD Pacific Expn-Hs Why Passenger.. Pittsburg Ex pres... .. Mail East Llne. .... Johnstown Accommodation.. 4:"B enH :.S3 M0 ::') . JA 4 S.1 &! fct P. Rl. KAHTWAaO. Atlantic E x preoa.. .. Sea-shore Exprea... A It Mir i a Accommodation.... I'ay Kxprewt .... Main IJne Expres. ..... Aitoorut Accommodation Mail Express . .. Johnstown Accommodation... 5:W a. m. 5:40 " : - fc-W 10:15 " lsi2 p. m, 4:1S " 6.--C Philadelphia Kxpresa . 7:11 raat JO-JO KEFFER'S NEW SHOE STORE! MEN'S BOYS'. WOMEN'S, GIRLS' tnd CH LDREN S SHOES, OXFORDS tsd SLIPPERS. Bia k and Tau. Latest Styles and Shapes at lowestt -...CASH PRICES.. .. Adjoining Mr-. A. E. Uhl, South-east corner of square. SOMERSET, PA. HUMPHREYS' WITCH HAZEL OIL C Piles or Hemorrhoids Fissures Jt Fistulas. Burns & Scalds. I I Wounds & Bruises. Cuts & Sores. Boils Jc Tumors. Eczema & Eruptions. Salt Rheum & Tetters. E Chapped Hands. Fever Blisters. Soro Lips & Nostrils. Corns & Bunions. Stin js & Bites of Insects. ' Three Sites, 35c, 30c. and $1.00.' j Sold by -rug. Ms. n post-paid osireedst of prfea Liraits iiura, lit li-aM,'u-l.r, j mmrnmrnmrnmrniVimmmiimmwrmmmmi I Snyders It requires a good selected room to do a brisk business. WE HAVE BOTH OF THEM. B E D1iro nnirrc I UlC JJIUO Fresh and Good condition. q Tvfirn Compounding, we are unexcelled. 3 1 rGSCnpilUll Anything not adrcitised, a?k for it. S3 w'e are sure to bare it. Yoa are always sure of getting tue best I Optical Goods m iv..i il! ftf tJio trUSSCS l UlCU. v nv. kept in stock. Satisfaction JOHN N. Druggist. Louthefs Drug Store, Main Street, Somerset, Pa. This Hcdsl Drag Stew is Rapidly Bscsnirg a fcat Favcrlts mti People in Search cf FBESI . AID . PURE . DRUGS, Medicines, JJye Stuffs, Sponges, Truses Supporters, Toilet Articles, jvrfumes, &c. THE IXHTOB. 05VE pr.KSOB At. ATTltSTIOS TO TH COM Pom D1UQ 0 LonMs PresmitMsif eRKAT CABS BEJSO TA TO TH OSLT BH AWD rT ABTICXM. SPECTACLES, EYE-GLASSES, And & Full Line of Optical Goods always on band. From gucb largo assortment all can be suited. THE FIHEST 3BASDS OF CIGAES Always on hand. It is always a pleasure to display out good to intending purchasers, whether they buy from us or elsewhere. J. 173. LOUTHER P.l. D. MAIN STREET - SOMERSET. PA Somerset Lumber - ELLAS CTJjSaSTLNGHAM, MAwrrAcrcaia aud Dum asd Who lxha l asd Rbtailui or Lumber and Building Materials. Hard and Soit Woods, Oak, Poplar, Sidings. Walnut, Yellow Pine, Flooring. Cherry, Shingle. Doors, Lath, White Pine Blinds, A tunl Uwof ill iradnot Lumber uid stock. Also, can furnish anything In tbe Una of our business to order Willi I ble proinptneaa, anch.aa Brackets, odd-l sed.work.'eU'. Elias Cunningham, Office and Yard Opposite S. A C B. E. ineiN.i.weeKiy inuuue) BOTH ONE YEAR FOR $2.00 Send all Orders Ti al T "L II talus th 'onititiilltm of tho I niutt rttau-s. tho I onauiuuon ui "''- - - -. DlnifW-y Tsrttrblil. wild a riuirtm of old and nrw raU-s ; Pn-i.id.-nl ili-kin.rys "''. and appoint-. Amlawwton, onsui. te ; th- personnel of i'oiiki., nam or prim l inr. TabU-s of Public HtalUttm. Kli-tiun returns Party Platforms and t onrnmn-. """ f--' artlelf hi thel-unvnry. ;,,d mnH Hlwr. and a vt amount of olhrr Thiaok "'""''.: 1 he Standard A merlin n Almanac, autboralivc and complete, correspond inj iu rau WhttUker's Almanar In Kurope. Price ii cruu. PtwUge paid. rWndallorderstoTHEMERALD.10MIH8tT.PS. IT WILL 3? AT Y0T7 TO B0T TOCB Memorial Work VYf.l. F. SHAFFER, BOM KRHET, PKNX'A. Mannfisetarer of mad IVeaUer la Eastern Work fumlsti-d oa Hbort Wotica iriYinrit wis .n i iwnn-n ZWll AJ1I blilJili ml Also, Aftnt fix the WHITE BRONZE ! Persons In need of Moaojir-it Work 11 find H u their interna to call at my shop where a proper snowing will be fiveu thu AsaUsaurtion (uaranteed In every case, an Prices very low. I invila special attention to tbe Whit Brze, Or Pur lino Manumtfts. Firodoced by ReT. W. A. Ring, as e deided mprovsniriit In the point of Material aud Construction, and which is destined to lw the popular Monument for our cnugeblt cli mate. Ciive ns a call. Wm, F. Shaffer. Pharmacy. 3 stcck jrd a natly jnoigtd tier 1 mak0 H a poiat to ieep B!y 1 large line of Dross in a Turo, La tho way of r : Glasses fitted to tuit tbe etc nil and have your eyes tested. hput and most arcrovea -irues Z it guaranteed. SNYDER, SOMERSET, TA- 2 -5 ceii Plel&ets, 9lonIdiD Sash, Star Halls, Balusters. Chestnnti Xewel Posts, Etc. Bnlldlnt atertal and Roof.iifc- kpl Station, S01EBSE1 THE GREAT NATIONAL FAMILY NEWSPAPER For FARMERS and VILLACERS, and your favcite heme pper. Tie Somerset Heralfl, POMKItSOT, PA. to the Herald. S40 Pair". A National Book of nfercner '-o-o-V at-. 157 is--- i sent ro- ''ijl'rrlPrleo Li"4 II ' -1 Circular seauTiTus Doslgns. -w ,wyrTvs,D ST ,j .:uviNT- eposzt cow"'': ailj Re YAKD 1
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