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Advics to
There are three great reme
dies that every person with
v.calc lunqs.orwith consump
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These remedies will cure
about every case in its first
stages ; and many of those
more advanced. It is only
the most advanced that are
hopeless. Even these are
wonderfully relieved and life
itself greatly prolonged.
What are these remedies ?
Fresh air, proper food and
scon's Bnsislsa f
of Co J-Liver Oil Ziiti Hypo
phospnitcs. Ie afraid of
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Eat nutritious food and drink
plenty of milk. Do not forget
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tested and the highest en
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weak throats, weak lungs and
consumption in all its stages.
Vc $ on ; 11 dmcrists.
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"Take boart, my Mend," a wfll-ffd niaa
ikl onto one with liageanl futre ;
"Strive on and do the best you 010
To e victor iu the rae :
G.Mkl Fortune aiu for you aoinrw h-re,
Jo her u'itb a hopeful rul"n ;
Siranrbrrr you'll find the wealher luir,
TlK-re al! the innluie will be green.'
The hagaM manl wked nptbrUih tsrs.
And, hnliling out a hum), rrplU'd :
"The d;iys liuve dru-ed on into yinrs
S'.uce hoj within my btom died.
Hut you liave fanned the ember there;
You who are favored among men
liay F'ortune waita for uie aomewhere
I'll struggle on aud svek again.
"The words that leave yoor Up are aweet
Rut pleaae a little aid you nee
That there are bruites on my teet.
And fallow Hunger mocki at me
The man ho cheek were full and red
Had nothing more he eared to cay :
He merely frowned and shook his bead,
And, turnine. Lurried on hi way.
S. E. Kluer Iu (levelaml Ixtider.
ROBIX HOOD'S END.
The new sheriff was a youuger and
more vigorous man, aud Robin Hood
preferred a foe of courage aud resource.
To outwit the old dotard who had re
cently died bad ever been sufficiently
easy. The newcomer was more worthy
of bin steel.
Many a time and oft Robin and his
men were ouly saved by their knowl
edge of the Sherwood caves ; none
other held that aecret. Iudeed, the
fear of these secret caves was wide
spread throughout the neighborhood,
and many an old wife's story told of
the sure and horrible death that await
ed any man who entered them without
having a clue.
Gradually, as time wore on, tboMe of
the old band who were still left rallied
about their leader. In spite of the
sheritr their numbers increased, aud
from their marauding expeditions they
seldom came back empty-handed.
Children in Nottingham said that
when they grew np they also would
live in the forest like Robin Hood, and
eat of the king's venison and be served
with cups and plates of gold and have
many to follow them.
But llobin had uot forgotten the ill
omen. Outwardly his mirth was as
boisterous as ever. Ha played rough
jests with his own men or with travel
ers who fell iuto his hauds. It was
not enough that he should take their
treasure ; he must also send them on
their way in some ridiculous and fan
tastic attire or position, even as, many
years before, be had sent the old sheriff
back Into Nottingham with bis hands
and feet tied and his face to his horse's
tail.
His presence of mind in the moment
of peril was as great as It had ever
been. Oue never found him at a Ions,
nor did he seem to be thiuking of any
thing beyond the present moment.
Yet if by chance any spoke to him of
what be should do in years to come,
bis answer was always:
"There are no years to come. This
year ends alL"
Almost unconsciously his two most
able and faithful followers Little John
and the Friar came to have the same
mind on this matter. They had no
doubt that the -end would come, but
only of the manner of Its coming.
They knew now that they went in
greater peril than ever btfore, aud
their terror was lest Robin hould be
taken by the sheriff. Had they spoken
to him of it he might have laughed at
their fears. Every night and day he
kept his dagger by his side, and his
mind was fixed that he would never be
taken alive. As it was, every morning
they aked themselves, "Will it be to
day?" and every night that they slept
in the open, "Shall we be taken while
we sleep?"
The autumn came, and already the
trees of the forest were changing color.
Now and again a party of young no
bles would come down to the river
with hawk on fist. Sometimes in the
eirly morning the horu would sound
the prize, but ere forester or keeper
could reach the spot the fat buck had
been borne away. Tlie berries were
ripening on the brambles and wood
was being gathered against the coming
winter.
A rich knight, bearing great treasure
in his train, passed through the forest
unsthed aye, even without sight of
R bin and bis men. 0:hers followed,
aud were also left unmolested. It
would, indeed, have been said that
Robin, as was bis wont at time, bad
left Saerwood and was hunting else
where but for the shrill call of the horn
iu the early morning and for the miss
ing r'eer.
It was as though so Ion? as they
could wrest a scant livelihood from the
vert and venison of the forest they
were content to give up their war on
men.
And this was because Robin lay sick
in the caves, every day saying, "To
morrow it ill be well with me and we
will take the road again, and some
traveling prelate shall psy for his
sius." And when the morrow came,
always bis weakness returned. It was
as if the life died slowly out of him, as
the flame diesslowly in the lamp when
the oil is nearly finished. The Friar
had ued such kill in herbs as be had,
but to co purpose. One day he said to
Robin:
"Have you heard augbt of the prior
ess of Kirkleea she that was daughter
of the old sheriff?"
"Many years ago," said Robin, half
dreamily, "she came to the forest by
night. She would have the feather of
the golden eagle that I wore la my cap
doubtless a wager, and one that I
was willing enough thai she should
win. She was a slip of a girl then,
and, to my thinking, recked little for
the religious life. But with women"
He broke off, gasping for breath, and
then resumed with fury:
"A curse upon me that I can neither
live nor die, and lie thus betwixt and
between! What of the prioress? How
should she harm me or help me V
"Her fame is great -in these parts,"
said the Friar, "and daily grows great
er. In surgery and physics ehe has
such knowledge as God seldom gives
to man. The lame go there and cast
way their crutches, and the blind see,
and the old bscjme young agio.
There Is not a houi In Nottingham or
Mansfield where they bh-all not tell
you some great story of the woaders
hL-h she ha worked."
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SOIERSET, PA.,
"What avails It?" asked Robin.
"Kirklees U far away, in Yorkshire. I
have neither the strength of limb to
walk thither nor to sit my horse. If
you loved me, you would take of the
nightshade in the forest and mix me a
draught which should end all this.
That Would I, and speedily," aid
the Friar, "if the hand of death were
indrcd upon you, but it 19 not so. Hap
pily, iu the letting of blood alone
would you find re'ief, and were I a
surgeon we would make a trial of it.
Say, Little John, are we already so
sunken and enfeebled that e cannot
bear our master to the priory of Kirk
lees in order that he may inarch back
again with his arrows in his belt and
ourselves behind him, as iu the old
times?"
"It shall lie done," said Little John.
And Robin, lying with his eyes closed,
said uo word for or against.
So that night a litter was made ready
aud Robin was laid upon it, with his
head on a pile of rushes and his body
covered with the skins of wolves, for
his natural heat had gone, and even in
the day, when the sun was warm, he
shivered. Aud every one of his men
went with him. For, by reason of the
activity of the new sheriff, the danger
of the journey was great, aud it was
needful to have scouts out far ahead to
be sure that all was clear.
Kven o, aud though they journeyed
only by night, not once or twice was
the alarm given, and only by a long
detour did tht baud get through in
safety. And when they drew near to
the priory of Kirklees It was agreed
that Little John and the Friar aloue
should liear the litter to the gate.
He would have strength enough him
self to enter the presence of the prior
ess. Rut lest he should be recoguized
and some barm should If fall him, he
carried his horn hidden under his
cloak. One blast upon it would bring
the whole of his men to bis succor.
.
The prioress' lodge at Kirklees was
not one of the huildi ugs that surround
ed the cloister court. It tood apart on
the right hand side, having a walled
garden.
Aud there In the heat of the day the
prioress walked, holding an lll uiii
nated book in her hands. She wei:t
slowly up anJ down the straight gravel
walk under the trees. The baud that
held the book were white and very
thin; the face still kept somewhat of
its old beauty, but changed. There
had been a loug struggle aud the ene
my was vanquished, but he was uot
dead and might yet arise again.
As she walked there ou of her
maideus brought her word that a
traveler, sore speut, had Ut?n brought
to the porter's lodge and from thence
had been carried into the guest hall,
aud he begged the prioress would go to
him and work a cure pon him. that
his strength might return and he
might go on his way.
Kven as she entered the gue-t Lts.ll
she knew who it was that lay there,
and yet not by oue sign did she lietray
that she knew it,
R'ibio lay with closed eyes and was
breathing heavily. He was conscious
vaguely of women's voices speaking
near bim. Then his position was
changed somewhat. Through eyes
that slowly ojened he saw the glint of
sunlight fall on polished brass arid on
a snowy napkin. He felt that some
one was rolling back the loose sleeve
of his tunic. Theu he caught the
sound of footsteps passiug away in the
distance. There was a deep sileuoe,
and when he opened his eyes all had
gone save the prioress, who looked at
him intently.
"Do you know me?" she said.
"Aye," said Robin feebly. "I pray
you to open tny vein and let blood that
I may recover rue from the sudden
weakness which has filleu upon me."
She bent down be ide him and said
no word. He felt the sharp prick in
the flesh of bis bared arm, and then it
syemed to him that he fell Into a de
lightful sleep.
His sleep was full of the happiest
dreams, melting vaguely ir.to oue
another. And they were all dreams of
things that were past and over, as
th ugh the sleeping brain knew un
coacious!y that afterward there would
be nothing.
Mid Mirian stood by him, young
and Ix-aitlf i!, in the days of h r will
fal you'll, aud whatsoever she bide
him do for her he did, though he
knew trial It was to his rjlnanl un
doing. He rode his great white horse through
the forest on a very bright and sunny
morning. All the birds were singing
together and a feeling of welibeing was
deep la bis heart.
His men were beside him, talking
and laughing loudly. Suddenly, out
from their ambush sprang the sheriff's
men, and Robin and bis band fell up
on them. That, too, passed.
And now It was a clear moonlight
night, aud Maid Marian stood by tLe
ruined dispel and looked at biuj wist
fully with that gentleness in her eyes
which came to her when at last she
loved.
And now again, by night, he swam
the cold wattrs of the moat at the
Baron de Trolley's castle, and the bar
on's archers shot afar or wide of him.
Now he was with the king's army.
Tiie thought had come to him that since
Maid Marian was dead naught else mat
tered, and be swore and raved and
drank and went forth on some errand
that was thought to mean certain death,
and returned from it unscathed.
And, lastly, he was back again in the
forest, and down the mronlit road came
the torches with the funeral processiou.
His lips moved even in the swoon iu
which he Lay.
"A bad omen' he whispered.
But in all these changing dreams
there was cue that never appeared to
hhu the woman of whom he bad
thought so little, who now, with white
face and set teeth, bent by bis side as
he lay there unconscious.
After the dream there seemed to fol
low a long wave of darkness, and when
this had parsed and he had opened his
eyes he knew that he was dying.
A vague wonder went through his
mind whether it was by accident that
ehe bad taken so much blood from his
arm, now tightly bandaged, cr whether
set
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WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 8. 1899.
it was of intention, knowing him to be
one deserving of death and thinking
that in so doing she acted as the ser
vant of God and the king.
It camo Into his mind as so much
idle guesswork. Il did not matter. It
might be dismissed. HU restless eves
gszed round the room. Close by him
on the flixir there seemed what looked
like a shaH Us blotch ofgrwn light.
As he gazed at it it slowly took
shape, and he remembered. It was his
green cloak, which bad been flung
down there and lay there in the sun
light, and under It he knew was hid
den his hunting horu. Hard by the
cloak was the narrow open window.
Iu the distance from the chapel he
could hear the sweet voices of the uuns
singing.
Suddenly the thought came to hira
that he could not die like this, like a
rat iu a trap a uiau that had fallen
into the baud of a woman. With great
paiu aud exertion lie managed to crawl
from his bed aud once more hang the
horu about his neck.
Then slowly he climbed Into the
window and leaned out The fresh air
fanned his face and seemed to revive
him somewhat. For a few moments
he knelt there, putting heavily, and
theu, bringing his horu tohWlip.he
blew a call. Faintly the sounds float
ed away into the distance. Then he
full back, and once more the swoon
came back over him.
The first thing of which he was con
scious was a confused sound. There
was the screaming of women aud the
heavy "tramp of feet. When he fully
came to himself and opened his eyes,
the great guest hall was silent, but
there were ninny iu it. The fiisr held
him up. Little John stood by his side.
At the farther end of the hall, in front
of the heavy oaken dior, stood the meu
of his band, ranged closely together
and waiting his order.
"Give me water," said Robin.
It was brought him, tu id he drank.
And then", after a pause, Little John
spoke.
"Master, since it is by the foulest
treachery that you are no brought to
this iasn, I pray you to grant the last
ropiest that ever I shall make of you."
"Speak on."
"Firstly, that we may bear you
hence to some safe place where haply
you may yet recover, and then that we
may burn out this next of singing
birds, so that not oue of Uiem is left
alive, aud not oue stone of all their
buildings shall stand upon auolher."
Robin smiled.
"Nay, Little John," he said. "When
did we make war on women? When
have we broken dowu tue house that
was dedicated to Our Lndy? It is my
couimand and since I 'lie- and shall
uot recover, it is verily the last com
mand that I shall give you that you
leave these women iu jsace and all
their hou.-e standing even as it is now,
taking nothing from them aud doing
litem no harm, aud that you carry me
forth and bury me iu the greenwood,
where my life has tx-cn spent."
Then, at his bidding, they gave him
his bow, and he would have strung it,
but strength failed him. They bore him
to the window and held bim there up
right. Then Little John strung bis bow
and gave it to him aud put au arrow
into his baud.
"See," said Robin Hood; "where this
my last arrow falls there shall my
lat resting place be. Tnere bury me."
Theu with all his strength he drew
back the arrow and looked it. Aud it
sped far away in the suulit air of the
evening, farther than eye could follow.
And so he fell back into their arms
aud died. Barry l'ain iu New York
Evening Post.
Volcanic Eruptions
Will often cause a horrible Burn, Scald,
Cutor Bruise. Bjcklen's Aruica Sa!ve,
the beH in the world, w ill kill the pain
and promptly hal it. Cures Old Sons,
Fever Sores, Ulcers, Roils, Felous,
Corns, all Skin Eruptions. Best Pile
cure ou earth. Only oO cents. Sold at
J. N. Snyder's Drug Store, Somerset,
Pa., and G. W. Braliier's Drug Store,
Berlin, Pa.
Don't Be So Wasteful.
Don't keep a big fire in the range
when thee is no ueed for it.
Don't let the ashes choke up jour
grate aud burn it out.
Don't let the tbecss mold use it up
in preparing c losed dishes if it cannot
be eaten plain while fresh.
D n't throw out a bag of stale, soft
cracker; put them in a big shallow
p-.in and let them get crisp again in a
moderate oveu.
Don't put your clothes on the line
on a freezing day and leave them at the
mercy of the w inds one minute longer
than is uecesry.
Don't dig with one side of your
broom until it looks freakish, nor use
your best broom for scrubbing.
Don't use tablecloths cr napkins to
wipe the dishes with. Don't!
Don't kill yourself rubbing oq the
washboard when a little washing pow
der or kerosene will help you so willing
ly. Don't let bread grow musty use it
up, before it is past using, in puddings,
bread cakes, etc.
Don't trust too much to servants to
t ike the proper care of eatables, aud of
the working utensils ; a constant super
vision o the housewife will not require
much care if it is systematic, and it
will pay well in the end.
Prepare for Spring.
D m'tlet this season overtake you be
fore you have atteudt d to the important
duty of purifying your blood with
Hood's SarsapariUa. By taking
this medicine now you may save sick
ness that will mean time and money
as well as suffering later on. Hood's
Harsaparilla will give you rich, red
blood, good appetite, good digestion
and a sound, healthy body. It is
the greatest and best spring medi
cine bfcaus it is the One True Blood
Purifler. IU unequalled record of
marvelous cures has won for it the
con2deace of the whole people.
EXCITI5G EACE FOS IIFE.
The Engineer's Story of an Incident
that Nearly Cost His Life and
. Thousands of Others.
From the Philadelphia Times.
"Boys," said the old engineer reflec
tively, as he refilled his pipe and re
turned the tolmeco ouch to the con
ductor, "it is just twenty-seven years
ago to-night since I had an experience
which mighty near drove me from the
road. Mebbe if it had I'd been better
off to-day, but that's neither here nor
there. If you fellows care to listen I'll
tell about it while we're waitin' here
for No. ( to pass."
"Let her go, Bill," chorused the
crew, for the engineer's stock of stories
was known and appreciated by every
man on the division.
"Well," began the Veteran, as he
settled back comfortably, "that was
long before we bad many of Ihe im
provements now used. It was before
the days of pipe lines, and every gallon
of oil burned east of the mountains
had to be shipjied by rail. At first it
was all in barrels, but it wasn't long
till some oue invented the tank-car for
curry In' it in bulk, and then the fun
begun for the train hands. Perhaps
you don't see anything particularly
uuusual In the idea of a tank car, ex
ceptin' its bad smell, but if you imag
ine oue of them things loaded to the
last gallon and in a bla.in' wreck
you'll begin to understand what I
mean.
"When an oil lank caught fire there
was only oue or two things to be done.
One was to git away from it right
quick, the other was to keep it from
doio' any more harm thau il had to.
No use tryin' to put out the fire. No,
sir. Might an well turn a hose oo bell
itself. Water made it worse. Of
course, when a tank began to burn it
was only a matter of a few minutes till
il busted or exploded ju.st like an en
gine, exceptin' much worse. Every
crew used to carry an old army musket
la the caboose, and when a tank
jumjM'd the track and took fire the men
would shoot holes into her to let the
oil out aud prevent an explosion. Fact,
'Killin' tanks' we used to call it.
"Oue night when our turn came it
was oue of them oil traios. We started
out an hour ahead of the night express,
and t-arrin' accidents were due at the
summit twenty-five minutes ahead of
her, giviu' me fifteen minutes to drop
hack to the half-way passin' sidin and
still clear ber by ten minutes.
''Everything worked smooth as
clockwork on that trip. We got to the
summit in good time, and when we
cut lixe from the rear end the car in
spectors were just beginnin' to tap the
wheels and examine the ruunin' gear
of Ihe tanks. We had plenty of time
to make the switch, an' so we were
joggiu' along slow and easy, back
wards, of course, and I was wonderin'
how much extra time I had made that
month, when suddenly my fireman,
Pete Jones, give a ye!L
"What's the matter, Pete?'' I asked,
startled like.
"Matter! For G d's sake, look up
the track!"
"I looked, and was never more
scared in my Iift. Away up the Hue,
meble two miles and a half, was a
blaze as big as a barn afire, and growin'
brighter every second. We didn't need
to ask each other what it niont- We
knew. It was the oil train, or part of
it, broke looce and ruunin' away, and
on fire to tsxit.
"A man has to do some mighty
quick thinkln at a time like that, and
the whole case sprung into my brain
like a flash. Them cars were comin'
down on us like a streak of greased
lightnin', and behind us the express
was coming up at a pretty good cl p
and mighty cle at hand, too. We
were sort of between the devil and the
dark blue sea, as the savin' is.
"One thing we might have done and
saved our own lives all right, and that
was to jump off and take to the woods,
but I'm glad to be able to say th.it
while the same thought came to me
and Pete, we both put it aside straight
off. We railrjaders don't set up to be
heroes or any of that kind of thing,
but there's mighty few of us who
w ouldn't take his dose like that rather
than be responsible for the killin' of a
whole traiuload of uosusptetiu' pns
sangers. No, sir. We stuck to the old
engine, but that didu't mean we were
goin' to be either roasted or Mowed up.
Not much. That is, if we could pre
vent it.
" 'We'll run for the throw-off switch,
Pete,' I yelled across the boiler. He
understood and nodded. I pulled her
out fail and the old engine gave a jump
and then humped herself down the
mountain. It was a good three miles
to the throw-off switch, which was a
blind sidin', put in to catch runaway
cars by turnln thean off Into the
woods. If we could get there quick
enough to get the switch unlocked and
turned, and if the oil tanks would take
the sidin' at that terrific speed instead
of keepin' light on, and if the express
didn't crash into us from behind, we
would stand a chance to pull through,
but if any of these ifs failed, we'd go
up in a mixture of cars, helpln' en
gine, express train, explodin oil tanks
and bust in' boilers, covered with glory
and blazin' coal oil."
"Pleasant prospect, wasn't it?"
"Well, our old engine didn't run,
she flew, and back of us came that
wild train, a real hell on wheels. I've
often thought since what a great pro
cession we made chasin' down the hill
that night After decidin' what to do,
I turned my back on the runaway cars
and faced down. I had to for the sake
of my nerves, as well as to see where
we were goin'. Only once I looked back,
and that was when we were about a
quarter of a mile above the switch. I
wanted to se where they were. They
were only about a mile away and gain
ing fresh speed every second.
" 'You jump and throw the switch,
Pete,' I yelled to the fireman, 'and
then run for your life; I'm goin' ta
stick to the engine.'
"He nodded, pete wasn't much for
talk. I begun to get nervous then, for
it seemed impossible to carry out our
plan with them cars bo close and com
in' so wickbd. Pete crawled out on
the tack and dropped fair and square
fT iyc) 0 I p
1
on hla feet, with key in hand, as we
passed the switch. He turned it and
run.
"I brought the engine to a standstill
two or three telegraph poles below.
'Might as well see it through right
here,' I thought. 'If they take the
switch I'm all right, aud if they don't
I've got no chance anyway against the
express,' and so I awaited develop
ments. "Zip! the first car struck the switch.
'Bill, you're a goner,' thinks I; 'she's
comin' straight on.' But I was wrong,
for just like a tw istin' snake the run
away train curved around onto that
sidin' and shot into the woods. The
blind track ended a few yards away
from a deep gully, but when the cars
got to the bumper they never stopped.
They went right on, slap-dash over the
bank, and piled up in the hollow. A
moment later came an explosion, aud
another and another. The tanks were
bustlu'.
"Long before the express was due we
had the old eugine snug away on the
sidin'. When 1 looked at my watch I
found that the whole thing, from the
time them burning cars appeared to
the time they disappeared as sudden as
they came, was exactly four minutes.
But, as I said before, them four min
utes nearly drove me off the road."
The engineer kuocked the dead ashes
out of his pipe and clambervd into his
cab as No. S came around the curve.
Window Plants.
Window plants are a great solace
when snow is on the ground or wind
and rain beat against the panes. They
require regular but Dot excessive care.
Iu ordinary soil, placed in a suuny
window and watered once a day nearly
all semi tropical plants wilt thrive.
Orange and 'emon trees raised from
the seed do finely, but they will not
bear flowers and fruit until after they
are grafted.
The rubber tree (Picas Indica) is a
household standby, living aud growing
for years in ordinary living rooms.
There is a tradition that the leaves
should be washed frequently, but that
this Is not essential may be seen in
store windows, where there are rubber
plaDts with leaves encrusted with the
dust of ages.
Geraniums and fuchsias give the best
results in flowering in liviug-rooni
windows. One variety of fuchsia, the
Martha Washington, does not bloom
in winter. Ardina grows readily,
though indoors the little red fruit is
apt to drop off.
One can raise a great number of
plants in windows to fi l the garden
next summer, both from cuttings and
seedlings. For the former snip off lit
tle vigorous ends of the stems aud stick
them in a pot or pan of sand. Seeds
should be planted in a shallow pan or
pot and covered with a pane of glass.
Being watered and set in the sunshine,
the seedlings will soon appear and be
ready for transplanting into small
flower pots in about six weeks.
Palms and ferns, if gradually accus
tomed to a cold room, will flourish
finely with the thermometer as low as
W or 53, provided they are well water
ed and have light. The young tern is
a perfect model of the Episcopal
crozier.
The fern or bracken was credited
with magical properties in ancient
days. The man who wore it about
bim was thought to escape witchcraft
and spells.
The cowslip (Primula officianalis)
can drive away melancholy and giveth
man good manners. "When a man
lacks good manners," writes St Hilde
garde, "all the devils of the air gather
about him."
"The iris or lily is a cure fo' leprosy,"
was a medieval belief, and to this day
country people of Pennsylvania use
the bruised root of the lily as an exter
nal application for the cure of cuts,
bruises and inflammation.
One hundred and thirty different
plants are mentioned in the Bible.
The palm is the emblem of righteous
ness and the pumpkin signifies pride.
The pumpkin was worshiped of old as
a oivlnity in SicyorL
The cyclamen is symbolic of sin,
having been used in the middle ages
for love philters.
Two odd things about some cherish
ed modern Cowers is that the lily of
the field referred to by Solomon and
the lilies of the valley were really
anemones.
In spite of the fact that the lily did
not grow in Palestine, it has been the
symbolic flower of the church since
the days of Origen, and the virtues and
meanings which cluster around the lily
are innumerable.
Grip's Ravages Doomed.
So much misery aud so many deaths
have been caused by the Grip, that
every one should know w hat a wonder
ful remedy for this malady is found in
Dr. King's New Discovery. That
distressing stubborn cough, that in
flames your throat, robs you of sleep,
weakens your system and paves the
way for Consumption is quickly stop
ped by this matchless cure. If you
have chills and fever, pain in the back
of the bead, soreness in bones and
muscles, sore throat and that cough
that grips your throat like a vice, you
need Dr. Kiug'a New Discovery to
cure your Grip, and prevent Pneumo
nia or Consumption, Price 50 cents and
$1.00. Money back if not cured. A trial
bottle free at J. N. Snyder's Drug
Btore, Somerset, Pa., and G. W. Bral
iier's Drug Store, Berlin, Pa.
fault-rinding.
Fault-finding is one of the ways in
which men seek to appear wiser than
they are. It seems to Invest them
with a degree of authority in the eyes
of those who do not realise that it is
oue of the easiest of all things to find
fault- To expose errors, to foretell
dirHculties, to criticise methods to make
objections, may all he done volubly by
persons who have no power to originate
better ways or to overcome the obsta
cles which they spread forth and who
are in every way-inferior to those whom
they criticise or contradict or interrogate.
WHOLE NO. 2480.
WHY DEWEY STOPPED EIGHT
ISG. Not for Breakfast, But Because Am
munition Was Short.
"What was the most interesting and
important of all the events lhat oc
curred during the battle of Manila
Bay?
This question baa been put to roe so
often since my return from the Philip
pines that I am glad to be at liberty
now that peace is assured to answer
it without risk of giving aid and com
fort to the enemy.
It has always been assumed in the
United States that, from start t finish,
there was nothing felt ou our side ex
cept a buoyant certainty of victory.
It will do no harm now to tell the real
facts.
It will be remembered that the bat
tle began at 0 minutes past 5 o'clock on
the luoruing of May 1; that Commo
dore (now Rear Admiral) Dewey led
the line of American warships into
action in bis flagship Olympia; that,
after a fierce fight, lasting two hours
and a half, the attacking fleet retired
from the battle into the centre of Ma
nila Bay, and did not renew the attack
until nearly four hours later.
When we hauled off from the fight
ing line, atTiW o'clock, the situation
bad become apparently serious for
Commodore Dewey. We had been
fighting a determined and courageous
enemy for more than two hours with
out having noticeably diminished the
volume of bis fire. It is true, at least
three of his ships bad broken into
flames, but so had one of ours the
Boston. These fires had all been
put out without apparent injury to the
ships. Generally speaking, nothing of
great importance had occurred to show
that we bad seriously injured auy
Spanish vessel. They were all steam
ing about in the bight back of Sangley
Point or iu Bakor bay as actively as
when we first sighted them in the ear
ly dawn. So far, therefore, we could
see nothing indicating that the enemy
was less able to defend his position
tbau he had been at the beginning.
On the other hand, our condition
was greatly altered for the worse. There
remained iu the magaziues of the
Olympiaonly eighty-live rounds of 5
iucli ammunition, and though the
stock of H inch charges was not propor
tionately depicted, it was reduced
enough to make the continuance of the
battle for another two hours impossible.
When it is remembered that Commo
dore Dewey was more than 7,0)0 miles
from a home - rt , and that under the
most favorable conditions a supply of
aruruueitiou could not be obtained in
less than a month, the outlook was far
from being satisfactory. The Commo
dore knew that the Spaniards bad just
received an ample supply of ammuni
tion in the transport Mindanao, so that
there was no hope of exhausting their
fighting power by an action lasting
twice as long. If we should run short
of powder and shell, we might become
the hunted instead of the hunters.
I do not exaggerate in the least when
I say that, as we hauled off into the
biy, the gloom on the bri Jge of the
Olympia was thicker than a London
fog ia November. Neither Commo
dore Dewey nor any of the staff be
lieved that the Spanish ships had beeu
sufficiently injured by our fire to pre
vent th" from renewing the battle
quite as furiously as tby had pre
viously fought. Inde:d, we had all
been distinctly disappointed in the re
sults of our fire. Oar projectiles seem
ed to go too high or too low just as had
been the case with those fired at us by
the Spaniards. Several times the Com
modore had expressed dissatisfaction
with the failure of our gunners to hit
the enemy. We had begun the firing
at too great a distance, but we had
gradually worked in further on each
of the turns, until we were within
about 2,500 yards at the close of the
ti.lh round. At that distance, in a
srn.Toth sea, we ought to have made a
large percentage of hits ; yet, so far as
we could judge, we had not sensibly
erippled their fire. Con.-equently Com
modore Dewey hauled out into theopen
bay at the end of the fifth round to
take slock cf ammunition and devise
a new plan of attack.
As I went aft the men asked me
what we were hauling off for. They
were in a distinctly different humor
from that which prevailed on the
bridge. They Iwlieved that they had
done well, and that the other ships
had done likewise. The Olympia
cheered the Baltimore and the Balti
more returned the cheers with interest.
The gun captains were not at all dis
satisfied with the results of their work.
Whether they had a better knowledge
of the accuracy cf their aim than we
had on the bridge, or whether they
took it for granted that the enemy
must have suffered severely after so
much fighting, I do not know ; al
any rate, they were eager to go on
with the battle, and were confident of
victory. I told one of them that we
were merely hauling off for breakfast,
which statement elicited the appeal to
Captain Lamberton, as be came past a
moment later:
"For (tod's sake, captain, don't leC
us stop now. To bell with breakfastP
When I told the Commodore that I
intended to attribute our withdrawal to
the need for breakfast, he intimated
that It was not a matter of so such im
portauce what reason I gave, so long as
I did not give the true one. And so
the breakfast episode went to the world
as a plausible excuse for what seemed
like an extraordinary strategic ma
noeuvre me which has been the aub
ject of more comment than almost
auy other event during the battle.
Many people have said to me that it
would be a pity to spoil so good a story
by telling the truth ; but, as the Com
modore will be sure to lHthe cat out of
the bag some day, I may as well let
her have her freedom now.
Of course we learned the truth about
the effect of our fire when we saw,
soon afterward, the flames arising from
the Reina Christina and the Castilla,
and heard the explosloa of their am
munition and the farmer's magazine,
Joseph L. Stickuey, in Harper's
Monthly for February.
Beauty Don'ts.
Don't, if you are stout, "wobble" nor
"trundle" when you waik.
Don't depend upon lotions, salves,
etc., as complexion beautifiers. Regu
late your diet, tike plenty cf outdoor
exercise and thorough bathing and
-nature w 111 do the rest.
Don't forget that, next to expreseior ,
grace aud exactness of carriage are the
mt potent r.-hann a woman can have.
Walk aud stand straight and erect,
With the head well poised.
Iiou't wear pinching slnieor nnooui
for lal le clot h i ti g.
Don't fail to reuieiubcr that nature's
penalties for neglect are varied and
interlinked. It is neglect that causes
many of our women to have such poor
hair at 35. A nightly brushing and a
weekly cleansing are the thing.
Don't, if you value your good looks,
be lazy. It is the moderate, easy-goiiii;
woman that grows stout. Be actlvw
and quick-footed. Work while you dj
work, then rest when you rest.
Don't roughen the stun of your &u-e
by washing with anything but warm
water. Then, after using the warm
water, don't use a cold towel, but rub
briskly with a heated one.
Don't expect miracles at once. No
cosmetic or treatment can restore
bloom and fresh nese in a few weeks so
that one need never care for them
agaiu. .
Don't use ungents indiscriminately,
as most of them are apt to produce
down on the face.
Dou't neglect soaking the hands iu
acidulated water a dash of vinegar or
lemon juice is good at this season. Few
people ever have perfectly clean hands
without something of this kind.
No one would ever be bothered with
constipation if everyone knew how
naturally and quickly Burdock Blood
Bitters regulates the stomach and
bowels.
To Prevent Premature Burial.
A bill is pending before the New
York Legislature which hus as its ob
ject the prevention of premature buriaL
According to the New York Herald,
the proposed legislation is baaed pri
marily upon laws that were enforced by
different German provinces before the
Empire, and which are still carried out
in Bavaria and Saxony. There is no
additional expense to people who are
obliged to dispose of their dead. Tue
coetof precautionary measures suggest
ed are paid by the municipality, aud
this has been reduced to a minimum
in Germany.
The laws there are very simple, and
the lichenfrauen women who take
care of the dead, corresponding lo'loy
ersout' in England are instructed as
distinctly what they may do as what
they may not d. Nothing is left to
their discretion. A staff of physicians
are at their call. In many towns thene
women assume the duties left to the
coroner in thin cHintry. They are
trained to the work, and are appointed
by the municipality on a civil service
hn.si.-4.
There is a di-adhou.se i; every ceme
tery. The law seci(ies how and where
they shall bs built. The rooms for the
reccptioti of the dead are ten feet long,
six feet wide aud ten ftet high. Even
the temperature of the room is fixed
by law. Each room has a door leading
into a common hall, or waitiug room.
The door is unlocked at all times, and
relatives or friuds of the deceased are
practically unrestricted, except in cases
of infectious diseases, iu their oppor
tuuity to visit and inspect the bodies
of their dead.
Apartments are provided in the
building for the lichenfrauen, and it is
their duty to inspect each body in their
charge at leitst three times everyday
for signs of returning life. Electrical
connections are made with each body,
so that at the slightest movement an
alarm is given to the watchers in charge.
Many persons have been saved from
burial alive by these establishments iu
Germany.
Ho Eight to Ugliness.
The woman who is lovely in foca,
form and temper will always have
friends, but one who would be attract
ive must keep her health. If she Is
weak, sickly and all run down, she
will be nervous and irritable. If she
has constipation or kidney trouble, her
impure blood will cause pimples,
blotches, skin eruptions and a wretch
ed complexion. Electric Bitters is the
best medicine in the world to regulate
stomach, liver and kidneys and to
purify the blood. It gives strong
nerves, bright eyes, smooth, velvety
skin, rich complexion. It will make a
good-looking, charming woman of a
run-down invalid. Ouly 50 cents at
J. N. Snyder's Drug Store, Somerset,
Pa., and G. W. Braliier's Drug Store,
Berlin, Pa.
- Elixir of Life,
If you would avoid the rapid down
hill process keep your heart and mind
young, says a youthful-looking matron,
who has evidently given it a trial.
Ga her about you all the young peo
ple that you can.
Gain their love by interesting your
self iu their plans and pleasures.
Invite little parties of them to spend
the evenings with you or to join you in
little excursions.
Surround yourself by youth and de
vote yourself to making young people
happy.
Don't make the mistake of imitating
youthful ways, however, or the whole
effect will be spoiled.
Your heart may be as young as a
girl's, but your manner must h.ve the
dignity of youryears or you will appear
older by trying lo appear girlish.
It is a noticeable fact that some peo
ple get old very quickly, and others
very slowly take their time about it,
so to speak.
It is very exasperating, too, when
you are ageing at the rate of a year to a
month, to see some one else going alonij
leisurely, seemingly as young in spirits
with a face correspondingly young
and fresh-looking as they were ten,
twenty or even thirty years ago.
Notice how these youthful-looking
middle-aged people manage and how
they spend the greater part of their
time, and in almost every case it will
be found that their every-day, their
home and their social life brings them
into constant contact with young peo
ple and their interests.
BUmarz's Iron Serve
Was the result of his splendid health.
Indomitable will and tremendous en
ergy are not" found where Stomach,
Liver, Kidneys and Bowel are out of
order. If you want these qualities and
the auceets they bring, use Dr. King's
New Life Pills. They develop every
power of brain and body. Only 25
cents. Money back if not cured. Sold
at J. N. Snyder's Drug Store, Somerset,
Pa., and G. W. Braliier'a Drug Store,
Berlin, Pa.
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