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How To -Gain
Flesh
Persons have been known to
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an ounce of SCO'fTS EMUL
SION. It is strange, bat it often
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Somehow the ounce produces
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is made.
A certain amount of flesh is
necessary for health ; if you have
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taking
icon's Fmuisloa
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as in winter, and if you are thriving upon
it don t stop because the weather is warm.
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STORY BY THE JUDGE.
While several of the old court bench
ers were In the couuly court houe'iu
New York city the other day, discuss
ing a fatuous poisoning case, the one
called judge inquired: "Should a law
yer defend a man charged with mur
der when he knows the man to be
guilty?" This question led to an ani
mated d isolation, which, after some
two hours was brought to an cud by
the judge suddenly exclaiming: "Do
you see that mau?"
The benchers turned their faces in
the direotiou indicated by the speaker
just in time to see a tall, lank man in
shabby attire leave the building.
Bf fore a word was spoken by any of
the curious benchers the judge said, as
though musing to himself, though in a
tone loud enough for the others to hear:
"Strange that I should see that man
juift at this moment, and when we
were discussing a -question that he
could have answered. His life, like
mine, has been a failure, but thank
God! my regrets, though many, can
never be as bitter as his are. He ruin
ed his career as a lawyer b.y d.-fonding
a man who had coufe.sscd that be was
guilty of murder."
"Tell us the story," exclaimed the
one kuown as the proctor.
"He was ruined," began the judge,
"by his ambition."
"Ambition," suggested the solicitor,
with a genial smile cs his kindly,
clean-shaven face, "is responsible for
much good and much evil. It la ambi
tion that has made wrecks, legal drift
wood of many of us. We have dream
ed of great deeds in our profession, we
have builded fairy castles in the air,
while others have by hard woik suc
ceeded. I for one "
"The story! the story!" exclaimed
several of the benchers.
The judg, thus urged, told his story:
"Some fifty years ago it was that I
entered the small courthouse in a small
town in the western section of New
York. Court was in session, and tLe
hu&h that had fallen upon the crowd in
the room was oppressive. Nothing was
heard at that time but the ticking of
the clock and the breathing of the
spectators. The presiding judge was
looking up some legal question in the
law books before him. The rapt atten
tion of the jurors and the eageruea.- of
the counsel caused me to realize that a
trial of more than ordinary interest
and importance was in progress. I
asked a bystander what the cause on
trial was. He gazed at me in-surprise
for a moment, and then exclaimed,
"You must be a stranger in these
parts ?"'
"I am," I replied. "I have just come
litre from New York city to file a com
plaint in an action of eject JieuL"
"This," replied my informant, "is a
murder trial, and there, he pointed iu
tbe direction I was to look, "is the man
who will certainly hang."
"I looked at the prisoner at the bar.
He was a good-lookiug young fellow of
about tweuty-five years of age. There
was something in the expression of bis
pale face that convinced me of his
guilt.
"While the trial judge turned over
page after page of the law books, I
learned the details of the crime.
"I learned tbut in bis house on the
outskirts of the town, one morning,
two mouths before the day of the trial,
John I'eterkin, a wealthy old man who
had been, it was said, in the habit of
keeping large sums of mouey in his
house, was found murdered, shot in the
back. Tbe murdered man bad been
seated when be was shot, for his chair
was overturned just as he had fallen
from it IVterkin, who was about sixty-seven
years old, lived aloue with his
niece, a pretty girl about eighteen years
old. She it was who discovered the
murder. When she had sufficiently re
covered from her alarm, the niece,
Mary Peterkin, aroused tbe neighbors.
"At first it was thought that the mo
tive of the crime had been robbery, but
when the police discovered that tbe
safe, the door of which was unlocked
and half-way open, contained fl,7-jO,
aud that the old man's watch had not
D3en taken, that theory had to be aban
do ted. For several days the case was
a mystery. Then it came to the knowl
e Ige of the chief of p-dice that Hasdall
Ilmid lr, the only son of a widow,
whose father had been postmaster of
the little town, had beeu seen around
the house and had spoken unkindly of
old Peterkin. Itenidder was arrested.
"When I had learned this much,"
said the judge, "the trial judge, whom
we will call Blank, looked up from the
legal bks and said: "I will admit the
testimony objected to."
"While Judge Blank was reviewing
the law questions I lootesl at Mary Pe
terkin. 8he was seated in the rear of
the courtroom, ami was an exceedingly
pretty young woman, the pallor of her
refined face illumined by large blue j
eyes. She was in deep mourning,
which but enhanced her beauty.
"Proceed," exclaimed Judge Blank, j
"The witness oa the stand a police
officer then testified that be had found
a small revolver with an Ivory handle
in some bushes j-ist outside of the win
dow of the room where the crime had
been committed.
"Were there any marks on that re
volver?" aakexl Horace Dash, counsel
for the prisoner the man I just point
ed out to you.
"Yes," replied the witness.
"What were the marks?"
Somerset
SOMERSET, PA., WEDNESDAY,
"The initials M. P.," replied the wit
ness.
"Did you ascertain who owned that
pistol ?" asked Lawyer dash.
"Yes Mary reterkin."
"An exclamation of surprise went
arouud that little courtroom. Mary
Peterkin started up in bewilderment
and then fell back into her chair.
"Silence in the courtroom !" exclaim
ed Jude Blank.
"With a face paler than that of either
the prisoner or the niece of the mur
dered man, Lawyer Horace Dash, coun
sel for the prisoner, said to the witness,
'Step down.'
The next witness called was a woman
who had formerly been employed by
old Ptterkiu as a housekeeper. She
was exceedingly nervous, and her voice
trembled when she swore to tell the
truth There was a maliguant expres
sion on tbe face of the counsel for the
prisoner when he asked the witness:
"Do you know Mary Peterkin?"
"I do," was the reply.
"She is the niece f the murdered
man?"
"She is," replied the woman in a
whisper.
"You once lived with the dead man
aud his niece?"
"I did."
"Did uncle and niece ever quarrel?"
"Must I answer that?" atked the old
woman, turning to Judge Blank.
"You must," sternly replied the
judge.
"Yes, they quarreled," faltered the
witness.
"What about?" asked the counsel
for the prisoner.
"She Mary wanted to marry a
man her uncle did not approve of."
"All eyes were turned toward Mary
Peterkin, who, with an expression of
horror on her face, sat crouched up in
her chair. Every one in that court
room seemed to realie that the testi
mony already adduced against the pris
oner at the bar was as nothing com
pared with that Just brought out against
the girl. The prisoner at the bar was
pale and trembling, and, I thought,
an object of abject misery. Then
the thought Hashed across my mind
that he might be innocent. It was ev.
ident that Lawyer Dash was struggling
with himself when he asked the next
question.
"Did you ever hear Miss Peterkin
threaten her uncle?"
"I beard her say once that she wish
ed he was dead," replied the witness.
"With a moan of anguish Mary Pet
erkin fainted. The prisoner started for
ward, and, despite tbe eilbrta of the
bailifrs to restrain him, exclaimed:
"This is a shame, I am guilty, aud
that man" pointing his finger at Law
yer Horace Dash "knows that I ant."
"What docs this mean ?" asked Judge
Blank, addressing the prisoner's coun
sel, who was leaning on the table, and
seemed about to fainL
"I don't know, your honor," replied
the lawyer, who was seen to press his
hand to his heart.
"Let the trial proceed," said Judge
Blank, "and don't let that woman,"
indicating Mary Peterkin, "leave this
room."
"Stop!" exclaimed the prisoner. "I
withdraw my plea of not guilty. I am
guilty."
"For a moment silence, oppressive
silence reigned supreme. Finally the
judge said: "Do you appreciate your
position ? That I can pass sentence of
death on you?"
"I do," replied the prisoner, with a
defiant look at his counsel, "but I would
like to say a few words."
"Proceed sir,"kaid Judge Blank.
"I committed the crime, your honor,
but not from desire for gain. It was
done in a moment of auger, just anger,
and for the sake of my dear old mother.
Years ago my mother, so that she
might pay some debts I contracted
while in college, mortgaged her farm
the home where she was born, the
home that he went to as a happy wife,
the home where I was born to old
Peterkin, Each year fcince then she
paid him usurious interest. Finally
there came a day when he would not
renew the mortgage. That was tbe
day I killed him. I pleaded with him,
but in vain. He insisted be would
foreclose the mortgage. He called my
mother a vile name, I saw the revolv
er on his desk, picked it up and aimed
at him. He wheeled around in his
chair toward his desk, and the bullet
entered his back."
"While he was telling this story the
prisoner several times pressed his hand
to his left side and moaned as if in pain.
"Have you anything else to say?"
asked Judge Blank.
"Yes. I want to say," explained the
prisoner in gasping tones, "that after I
had retained that lawyer" pointing to
Horace Dash "I told him I was guilty;
that I wanted to plead guilty. He for
bade my doing so said it was a splen
did case. He would acquit me aud
cover himself with glory. He said he
would ask no fee. I urged that I wat
guilty, but ho said he could clear me. I
consented to the plea of not guilty.
"Again the prisoner p'aocd bis hand
to bis heart and with an effort said: "I
could not save my life at the expense of
an innocent person, and that person a
woman. I am guilty."
"He sank back into a chair, and
Judge Blank turned to Horace Dash,
the prisoner's counsel and asked:
"What have you to say for yourself ?"
"I did my duty my plain duty,"
said the lawyer. "As I understand it,
it is a lawyer's duty to defend his client
and to acquit him as best he can "
"Not at the expense of an inuoceut
person," remarked Judge Blank.
"I maintain it is," replied the law
yer. "Although a prisoner may con
fess guilt he may be Innocent He
might be iusane when be confessed.
He might be actuated by a desire to
save, at the expense of his life, a guilty
person. He might "
"I am guilty!" shouted tbe prisoner.
"I did it. I did it. I "
"He fell backward on the counsel's
table, gasped, and, after a few convuls
ive movements, attempted to rise, fell
back, twisted hlf around, and his soul
passed to a higher tribunal. Judge
Blank, after ascertaining that the pris
oner at the bar was dead, said: I accept
his plea of guilty."
Tbe teller of this story then ad Jed:
"The min who so strangely passed be
KSTBllSllKL; 1827.
fore me to-day was the prisoner's law
yer. He never prospered at the bar.
His career was ruined with the ca?e
which he hoped would earn him
fame." L. C. P. In New York Even
ing Sun.
A Senator's Cheap Suit
Some months ago Senator Hawiey
sent a messenger for one of the com
mittee clerks of the Senate. When the
clerk reached Senator Hawiey he was
somewhat astonished to have the old
man ask:
"How much did you pay for that suit
of clothes?"
Tbe clerk was so surprised that he
did not answer until the Senator re
peated tbe question, when he said:
"Fifteen dollars."
"That's what I heard," said the Sen
ator. "Where did you get it?"
The clerk told him, and stood ex
pectantly wondering if he was to learn
why the Connecticut statesman was
taking such a great interest in his
clothes. The inquisitor relieved hint
by saying:
"Every time I go to England I hear
a lot of bragging about their three
ound clothes. I am tired of it I am
going to wear a suit just like the one
you have on and show them that we
can make as good clothes for $1-5 a suit
as they can."
Senator Lodge is also now touring
Europe in a $15 suit of clo'.hes. To
look at tbe clever Massachusetts Sen
ator one would suspect him of being
the most exquisitely dressed man in
the Senate, says the Detroit Journal.
As a matter of fact, the members of
what is sometimes knowu as the "Mil
lionaires' club" are rather fond of buy
ing cheap business suits. One of them
told the writer that he bought bis suits
of a concern in New York that manu
factured to order GO.OJO of these suits a
year, the manufacturer said that ho
made less than $1 apiece on them.
Worn bi Blue and Cray.
"Thirty years ago," says the Rev.
David Macrea, of Dundee, Si-otland,
now iu this country, "I paid a visit to
Mrs. Stonewall Jackson at her home,
and was preseuted by her with the over
coat which her husband wore when ho
received his death wound. It was a
heavy rubber-faced garment, and the
fatal bullet hole and stains of blood
were plainly visible. I took the pre
cious relic of the great Confederate hero
back to my home in Dundee, Scotland,
but en route to New York I met Gen
eral HowarJ, of the Federal army, and
told him the story. He was immensely
interested, spoke warmly of General
Jackson's military :enius and superb
courage, and tin any wound up by say-
ng: 'Well, Mr. Macrae, since you
have this overcoat, I think I will Lava
to give you the one that I wore in the
same battle, I am not ranking myself
with Jackson, but I want you to have
a souvenir of both sides.' So he gave
me his uniform coat embellished with
the Federal brass buttons and shoulder
straps. I thanked him heartily, and
after I reached home I had them both
placed in the line public museum at
Dundee. There they have hung all
through these years, the blue and thei
gray, side by side, one bullet-torn and
bloody, the other bright and whole. I
propose on my return to have the two
coals transferred to the museum at Ed
inburgh." New York Tribune
How to Live to a Hundred.
Are you anxious to live to be one
hundred years of age? If your ambi
tion lay in that direction, here, accord
ing to a physician, is the outfit you re
quire: The right parentage. You must have
parents aud grandparents who lived
long.
A body of medium size, fairly plump.
Good chest capacity is more important
than height
A quick, springy, elastic step.
A bright eye and clear color.
A symmetrical bead of medium size,
set erect upon a firm neck.
A regular, even circulation of the
blood. You shouldn't be troubled by
cold hands or feet
Slow, inaudible breathing, without
nasal obstruction.
Sound sleep, without frequent dreams.
A clear voice, neither rough nor
hoarse,
A keen appetite, which is neverthe
less satisfied with a moderate quantity
of food.
Perfect digestion, shown by freedom
from headache, giddiness, heartburn or
such troubles.
A Narrow Escape.
Thankful words written by Mrs. Ada
E. Hart, of Groton, S. D. "Was takeu
with a bad cold which settled on my
lungs; cough set in and finally termin
ated in Consumption. Four Doctors
gave me up, saying I could live but a
short time, I gave myself up to my
Savior, determined if I could not stay
with my friends ou earth, I would
meet my absent ones above, - My hus
band was advised to get Dr. King's
New Discovery for Consumption,
Coughs and Colds. I gave it a trial,
took in al' eight bottles. It has cured
me, and thank God, lam saved and
now a well and healthy woman." Trial
bottles free at J. N. Snyder's Drug
Store, Somerset, Ta., aud G. W. Bral
lier's Drugstore, BerliD, Pa.
Regular size 50c and $1.00. Guar
anteed or price refunded.
VanderbUt's $2,003 Cog.
A large St Bernard dog, for which
W. K. Vanderbilt, Jr., paid $-000 on
Thursday, aud which was to have been
shipped to Newport broke its chain in
the baggage room of the Waldorf-Astoria,
where it was fastened tempora
rily, and bit Patrick Tray nor, a porter,
in the arm. Several other porters
chained the dog up again after a scuf
fle, Trainor was hustled into a cab by
Mr. Vanderbilt and taken to Bellevue
Hospital, where the wound was dress
ed. He afterward went home. Mr.
Vanderbilt gave Traynor a $ jO bill and
promised to defray any expense to
which tbe injury might put him. Oa
returning to the hotel Mr. Vanderbilt
seat the dog to the S V. P. A. to be
chloroformed. New York Sua.
APRIL 2G. 1899.
HOW HE SAVED SEWARD
FROM THE ASSASSIN.
Major Eobinson'i Story of The Trag
ic Event
Major George Foster Robinson, who
was nearly cut to death in his heroic
effort to protect Secretary of State Wil
liam II. Seward from the assassin's
knife, on the night of the murder of
Abraham Lincoln, April 11, 1S05, is an
orange grower in Pomona Valley, Cali
fornia, This is his own account of his share
iu that night cf horrors, as he told it to a
New York World correspondent:
"I had been confined in the hospital
for several months by a gunshot wound
iu my leg. I was nearly well, and had
asked to lie detailed to some employ
ment About April 11 I wa sent as a
nurse to the sick room of Secretary
Seward.
"You will recall that ou the day of
Lee's surrender Seward was seriously
hurt in a runaway accident His arm
was broken, his jaw fractured, and his
body bruised. Surgeou General Barries
had charge of the case.
"The evening of April 14 was beau
tiful and clear. Secretary Seward was
much better. Early in tbe evening au
informal meeting of Cabinet uilicers
took place at his bedside.
"A little before 10 o'clock, when the
Secretary was sleeping easily, the house)
was closed for the night Mrs. Seward
had gone to her room. Frederick W.
Seward, second son of tiie Secretary,
had retired. Miss Fannie Seward, a
daughter, aud I eat in the sick cham
ber on tbe third floor. , .Miss Seward
was near the bed, where her father lay
propjied up. AlKKit 10 o'clock the
voice of a man wtws heard iu the hail.
Tiie colored porter had seen a tall young
man on horseback dash up and hasten
across the sidewalk to the doors of the
residence.
"'I am an assistant of Dr. Verdi,'
said he rapidly,' and have U'en seut
with medicine fr Mr. Seward. Tbe
doctor compounded it and I've orders
to see him myself anil tell hira bow
to take it. I must see him atouce.'
"The porter answered that he had
orders to admit no one. The stranger
repeated the demand and gained the
vestibule.
" ' You stay here while I see Frederick
Seward about this business,' said the
colored man, starting up the stairs.
The stranger followed impetuously at
his heels.
"Miss Seward heard someone coming
heavily up the stairs and remarked iu
a whisper upon tiie carelessness of any
one who would so noisily approach a
sick chamber. At the top of the stair
way Frederick W. Seward met the sup
posed messenger, who rejieated what
he had told the iorter.
"Frederick Seward answered that he
would see if his father was awake.
"There came the sound of blows and
a ecutlle. Not a word was spoken. I
sprang from the chair and threw open
t) e hall door and saw a tall, powerful,
beardless young man about to open it
himself. Back of him was Frederick
Seward, covered with blood from
wounds in his head. The stranger
jumped through the door at me. I saw
a knife flash in the feeble light. He
dealt me an awful blow on the forehead
with the knife. I fell backward, while
blood started down my face and
beard.
"In a second the strauger, wearing a
long, light overcoat, a slouch hat aud
cavalry boots, thrust aWe Miss Sew
ard, who hail been calling for help.
He pounced upon the liedside nearer
us, but further from the patient. The
assassin now had his broken navy pis
tol iu his left hand and a lorn;, heavy
knife in his right He half knelt on
the bedside, leaned over, and placiug
his pistd on Secretary Seward's chest,
struck madly aud frantically. It was
done so quickly that the telling makes
it seem slow.
"I saw (a thousand times quicker
than it takes to tell it) the assassin
strike at the Secretary's head aud
lay open a gash in his cheek and
neck.
"Then began a terrific hand-to-hand
grapple. The assassin gave me a deep
cut in the right shoulder as I pu'.hd
him from the bed. A second later he
gave me another. He turned on me
with the ferocity of a tiger, while Sec
retary Seward rolled off the further
side of the bed.
"Miss Seward had pushed up the
window in the sick room and bad hys
terically screamed 'Murder ! Murder !"
and then had shrieked in the hall for
help.
"One who has never experienced a
hand-to-hand conflict for life knows
nothing of what a thrilling moment
that is. We waved back and forth in
tight embrace. All I saw was my des
perate big antagonist and that knife
blade. I grasped the assassiu's right
wrist. He ceaseJ for a second his stab
bing tactics and tried to throw me.
"My wounded leg gave way and I
partially staggered. The assassin
snatched at my throat. The despair of
tbe moment brought buck my full
strength and I tipped the villain some
what off his feet, and urged him a few
feet toward the door.
"While we were in a fierce grapple,
lie trying to cut or stab me, I felt some
one taking hold of me from behind. It
Hashed through my mind that here
was an accomplice. I made another
awful effort to gain the mastery.
Another swerve of our bodies and I
saw in tbe dim light that it was Major
Augustus Henry Seward in his night
gown. 1 le had heard h is sister's shrieks,
had come into his father's room to find,
as he first thought, two drunken
soldiers scuttling in the darkness.
"I called to him : 'Hold that man's
hand ; get that knife P But the Major
it-ached arouud me from behind and
g-U his bands on the assassin's should
ers to push him through the door.
Against the woodwork of the door the
man gained a firm footing. Like light
ning he freed himself from my grasp
and gave M-ijor Seward several stabs
about the head and shoulders.
' He bounded down the stairs. Mr.
Hansel, a messenger in the State De
partuieDt, was runuiug downstairs to
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get help, having been roused by Misa
Seward's screams. The fellow overtook
Mr. Hansel half way down and gave
him a slash down the back, then went
out of the front door like a rocket, leap
ed into his saddle and was off in the
darkness.
"The w hole affair occupied probably
not over three minutes. When the as
sassin was gone I turned to find Secre
tary Seward on the carpet and his
daughter bending over him. We turn
ed up the gas and gave attention first
to the Secretary. He was bleeding
profusely. We lifted the patieut to his
bed and found that his heart still beat
Frederick Seward was staggering about
the room in a dazed condition.
"While we were washing the face of
the Secretary he slowly opened his eyes
aud whispered: 'Call the police; get a
physician ; close the house.'
"When Surgeon General Barnes
came he was followed by men high in
authority. The surgeon showed deep
anxiety wiicu he came into the sick
room.
" 'How badly is the Secretary hurt?
he asked.
"I can't tell. You can best tell
yourself,' was my reply. 'Badly, I
think.'
"The surgeon general caoie to take
my place. He moved close to my side.
" 'Dou't say auythiug, but President
Lincoln has just been shot at Ford's
Theatre,' he whispered.
"'Where's Stanton and Johnson?"
whisi?red I.
"'What do you mean?' he said.
"'Why, this looks like a scheme to
kill off the leaders of thegvernmcnt'
"Surgeon General Barnes left the bed
and went into the halt He spoke to
some one there. Then he came back
and said in an undertone : 'Thank God,
they're safe P
"I was takeu back to Douglas Hos
pital the next day. It was months be
fore my wounds healed."
His Telephone Frozen.
"East 547, plea-e," said Frank B.
Bowman, as he spoke iu the telephone
In the otlice on Main street, East St
Iuis, yesterday morning. He receiv
ed no snswer, and after moving the
hook up and down sevetal times he in
quired what was the matter. Still no
answer, and as he moved the hook up
and down again his bell rang violently.
Again he asked what ailed "Central.
After waiting in vain for a reply, dur
ng which time his bell continued to
ring, he replaced the receiver on the
hook aud sent his clerk to the telephone
exchange with a note to Manager
Vaughan. Mr. Vaughan responded in
person. He examined tbe telephone
closely aud then took the receiver
from the hook.
"Hello, Central P' he said. Central
did not hear, and after working the
hook up and down he, too, was treated
to a ringing of the bell.
"There is something wrong with the
receiver," said be, and pulling out
some tools began taking it apart A
moment later a loud and hearty laugh
rang through the olfice. Mr. Bowman
walked over to the telephone and in
quired if he had located the trouble.
"No trouble at all," said Mr. Vaugh
an. "There is only a thin sheet of ice
over tbe transmitting film."
Some one had used the telephone for
a loug time the evening before, and the
moisture from his breath condensed on
the transmitter film, resulting iu freez
ing it fast This stopped the vibration,
and, accordingly, the Central operator
could not hear the person f peaking.
St. Louis Republic,
Speed on Railroads.
In poin of speed the steam railroad
locomotive has made tremendous strides
in recent years, and its highest records
to-day are not likely to stand any great
length of time, in view of the constant
development of new and improved
methods of construction.
The present limit of speed of a loco
motive, built especially for the purptse
of making extremely fast time, on the
best lines and of the best materials now
available, is not, says the New York
Press, over 120 miles an hour, accord
ing to Arthur J. Wood, associate editor
of the Railroad Gazette. Mr. Wood
says:
"Under ideal conditions such as a
level, straight track, a perfect roadbed,
no wiud, curves or obstructions of any
kind I believe a locomotive can be pro
duced that will run at the rate of l-D
miles an hour, but not more than that
A speed that great would have com
paratively little commercial or prac
tical value, except for unusual demon
strations and tests.
"The fastest time authentically re
corded for a railroad locomotive is a
rate of h)- miles an hour, although
claims have been made for other loco
motives of 110 and 112 miles an hour.
A slight rising grade would be suffi
cient to reduce au engine's speed ca
pacity to a marked extent, and it would
therefore be necessary to have the ideal
conditions that I mentioned to enable
the locomotive to accomplish the limit
rate of 120 miles. But this speed could
not be sustained for auy considerable
distance."
A Will in a Trawling' Net
While fishing off Carlingford Lough,
on the Irish coast, recently the trawler
Bournemouth, of Mil ford Haven dredg
ed up in the net a bundle of papers
sealed and tied with red tape and per
fectly intact
The skipper brought them to port,
and handed them to a gentleman, wbo
found that they purported to be a will
in favor of a Miss Mary Mac Donald
and had reference to estates in Ireland.
About ten years ago a claim was
made to tbe estates ia question, which
are said to be worth $55,000. The claim
failed because tbe necessary documents
were missing.
It is believed that the papers fished
up from the lough are the ones wanted,
and investigations are being made with
a view to handing them over to the
proper authorities.
Diphtheria, sore throat, croup. In
stant relief, permanent cure. Dr.
Tbsmas' Echc'.ric Oil.
tore.
At any dm;
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WHOLE NO. 2191.
The Retired Burglar.
"They tell me," said the retired
burglar, "that nowadays people put
babies ia cribs to sleep; that they don't
rock 'em in cradles any more, and
that may be s . I suppose it is; but
they used cradles years ago, when I
was younger. I shall never forget see
ing a mother rocking one once, when I
was on one of my professional visits,
"You know, I thought I heard some
body sort of crooning as I went up the
stairs, and I halted and listened and
thought I could make it out; and when
I got up oa the floor above, at the bead
of the stairs, I could make it out plain
ly enough a mother singing to her
child, aud I could locate, too, the room
that the sound came from," relates the
New York Sun.
"The hall was dark; there was only
the faintest sort of a turn-down light
coming from the room where the sing
ing was, and I thought I could pass
the door without being seen because I
could see her easy enough right
thriHigh the hall, bending over the
cradle, and it never occurred to me
that she might look up, because I
didn't think she'd hear me or that she
could see in that light If she did.
"But as I was going past tbe door
absolutely noiseless, but looking ia as I
passed, I saw her bending over the
cradle, as I had expected, and rocking
it with one hand but her head now
slightly raised, and, as I could dimly
see by tbe outline of her figure in that
light, looking across the cradle toward
the door, where I was passing. And
as she looked, still rocking the cradle
with the other, she held up her right
baud with tbe palm toward the door.
and the singing was stopped and she
was saying very softly, to whoever
was passing:
"'Sh ,' meaning, 'don't wake
the baby P
"Then I could see, when I had tip
toed past, right through the hall, just
as ea?y as I could before that right
hand dropping to the cradle again, or
drawing up the coverlid of the child.
erbatM, and I could readily hear her
crooning again, just as I had before.
Now that I had passed,, she paid no
more attention to me than if I had
never existed. Her heart was ia the
cradle; and all she asked of anybody
was that they wouldn't wake the baby.
"Now, what could a man do under
such circumstances? Nothing I reckon,
except what I did do. After I bad
stayed there in the hall; on the other
side of the dor, a minute I started
back; this time she didn't look up. I
have no doubt, if she saw me or heard
me at all, instinct told her I was go
ing." A Fagitivs With, a Fortune.
"There died in Ktnsaa City, Kan.,
the other day," says George Martin, "a
quiet, unobtrusive, modest, and never
boastful citixen. He came from a Penn
sylvania regiment la 1S4, and he be
came a messenger for the Holliday Ex
press Company, running from Leaven
worth to Sauta Fe, W. II. Bridgets,
the messenger referred to, on one of bis
trips had $100,000 in greenbacks strap
ped about his person and secreted in
his clothes. There was no one but bim
and the driver iu charge of the coach,
and for days they proceeded along their
lonesome journey without seeing a hu
nu.n face.
When yet many miles from Santa
Fe they were overtaken by a howling
band of Indians and a fierce battle was
fought Bridgens and bis companion
exhausted their ammunition and con
tinued the fight with their knives.
Finally they succeeded in unloosing
their horses from the stage, and, quick
ly mounting them, tied through the tim
ber. The savages gave chase and suc
ceeded in separating the two men, but
did not capture either of them. Mr.
Bridgens still retained his treasure, but
he lost his way among tbe crags and
canyons, and It was more than two
weeks before he found his way to the
house of a white man. During all this
time he subsisted entirely upon berries
and herbs. His long absence caused
bis employers to believe that he had
been robbed and killed by the Indians,
and before his return they bad made
good the mouey they bad given up as
lost When Mr. Bridgens returned
with his precious burden still Intact
they were amazed, aud bo grateful
were they that they presented their
young agent with a handsome token of
their appreciation."
Spain' Greatest Seed.
Mr. R P. Olivia, of Barcelona, Spain,
speuds his winters at Aiken, S. C.
Weak nerves had caused severe pains
in tbe back of his bead. . On using
Electric Bitters, America's greatest
Blood and Nerve Remedy, all pain
soon left him. He says this grand
medicine ia what his country needs.
All America knows that it cures liver
and kidney trouble, purifies the blood,
tones up the stomach, strengthens, the
nerves, puts vim, vigor and new life
into e7ery muscle, nerve and organ of
the body. If weak, tired or ailing you
need it Every bottle guaranteed, only
50 cents. Sold at J. N. Snyder'a Drug
Store, Somerset Pa., and G. W. Bral
lier's Drug Store, Berlin, Pa.
Safe Either Way.
"I suppose you regard yourself aa
sure to win," said the friend.
"Absolutely," was the answer. "I
can't lose. If I'm elected, I'll make
no end of money, and I've bet enough
on the other candidate to more than
even up my expenses ia case of my
defeat" Washington Star.
A Frightful Blander
Will often cause a horrible Burn, Scald
Cut or Bruise, Bucklea's Arnica Salve,
tls best ia the world, will kill the
pain and promptly heal it Cures Old
Sores, Fever Sores, Ulcers, Boils Fel
ous, Corns, all Skin Eruptions. Best
Pile cure oa earth. Only 25 cents a
box. Cure guaranteed. Sold at J. N.
Snyder's Drug Store, Somerset, Pa.,
and G. W. Brallier'a Drug Store,
Berlin, Pa.
Fra utin tiJ V.e . .
Crimson clover and rye sh.uild now
lie well advanced. It do- not pay to
cut the crimson clover for hayatthU
season of the year, a grass will soon
be plentiful, and later hay crops can N
grown to better advantage. Plow th
crimson clover uudcr and plant the)
land to corn. By so doing the cost of
fertilizer will be reduced, a th erici
3 clo.tt !:L';'.:rr'y a'! th citr:su.
reedod for tt't- ern. Afnr iVerora i
"hid by" it mil p ty to thm lnd-c.t
cow p's tt'tweeti the rmv, working
the seed iu with a cultivator. By har
vesting the corn and removing I he.
crop to the baru to be shredded, aud
then turning the pigs on the cow peas,
they will not oniy grow rapidly, but
will be fat enough to kill without tbe
aid of corn. All kinds of stock, in
cluding poultry, will find a larger share
of their food in the corn field by this
plan, and there will be no cost for har
vesting tbe cow peas, as the stock will
attend to that duty. It is simply
making tbe land perform extra service
without loss of fertility, as the crimson
clover and cow peas will assist tho
land, aud the animals will drop ma
nure on the field.
Heifers frequently come in as milk
ers when 2 yesrs old; iu fact some are
much earlier, but 2 years may be place i
as a fair limit of time in raising a heifer
and she may cost as much as $28, but
the cost will be less than the price of
an ordinary cow bought as a fresh one.
No one, however, should raise a heifer
unless with the view of improving the
herd. To raLso a cslf w i'.h no breeding
is to take the risk of haviug a worth
less cow. When the calf is well bred it
will nearly always prove to be, when
matured, all that may le expect
ed, and her disponition can Is; under
stood before she is grown. There is
uo farmer wbo will fail to secure good
cows if he will breed for them, and re
fuse to bring strange animals ou his
farm.
Next month, or even as early as now,
rape seed may be broadcasted, and it
may be seeded in the corn 2eld when
the corn is "laid by." Rape is revolu
tionizing the sheep industry in this
country, and it is also excellent for
hogs and all kinds of poultry. It will
be an advantage to test it on a small
plot this year.
The usefulness of laying hens is
judged by the nunilcr t-f r ggs laid,
yet some hens really perform more ser
vice than others, although they lay
fewer eggs, for the reason that they
produce extra large eggs, which is au
advantage iu the weight of product
A small bantam hen weighing less
than a pound, will lay an egg nearly
half as large as the egg from a heu
weighing six pounds. The bantam con
sequently performs the greater service,
because she gives more egs in weight,
in proportion to size, cost of food and
and room occupied, than a heu of one
of the large breeds.
AH new strawberry lied. should be
plan to I this month. If the variety is
both stamiuate and pistillate there will
le no difficulty next year iu having the
blossoms fertilized, but should stami
uate and pistallate varieties be used
(two varieties) they should lie of kinds
that blossom at the same time or dis
appointment will result. When the
new plants are rooted and begin to
grow cultivate them with a wheel hoe
and apply fertilizer, as the growth
gained the first year will be a great ad
vantage. I 'Lints set out this month
will throw out runners, form matted
rows and pnduee fruit next spring.
The canker (or measuring) worms
will soon put in an appearance. They
can be destroyed by spraying with a
mixture of Paris green and water. The
sprayiug should be done early, and re
peated several times through the sea
son. A potato grower states that he pick
ed the blossoms from some of the vines
by way of expf riment, and found that
the tubers in tbe hills of the vints
which were so treated grew to larger
size than tbe tubers in the hills ou
which the blossoms of the vines were
untouched.
Should clover make slow growth it
is usually an indication that the soil
lacks ictasli or lime. An application
of a ton of un leached wood ashes er
acre will be found serviceable, as ashes
coutain both lime and potash. In pro
curing ashes, however, care must lie
exercised, as they vary in potash ac
cording to the wood from which tbey
are produced, and there are many in
ferior grades ou the runrket, the leach
ed ashes being ued to adulterate the
unleached.
Arbor days should be made interest
ing to the school children, and art only
the school grounds, but the highways
should be given attention. The public
roads can be made beautiful If interest
is takeu in the matter, lit some Slates
"picnics" of the citizens, including all
classes and ages, are made the occa
sions for ornamenting the roads cf a
neighborhood with trees, vines and
shrubbery. Ou one road in Ohio
honeysuckles are grown along the
feuces and serve to hide thi moiDtony
of barbed wire.
A glance at the market reports will
show that early chicks for broilers are
now selling dressed at from 25 to 35
cents per pound for chicks weighing a
pjund aud a half each. A it costs
only five cents to prodm-e oue pouud of
poultry, (that is, for f.sl) the prices
now being received should prove remu
nerative. Beets are easily grown, and for the
table they should be planted early. The
seed is sometimes slow in germinating,
but after the plants are up they grow
fast, and if hoed once or twice will get
ahead of the weeds. No garden is
c mplete that does not contain beetf.
Do not attempt to grow too many
crops. At the same tiiue do not rely
on one kind of crop only. Diversi
fied agriculture lessens the r'sk of total
loss, because, where one crop fails, an
other may succeed. If too many dif
ferent crops are plauted they may tax
the farmer severely to attend to them,
aud as a few days' delay in cultivation
may give the we-ids a good start, the
work of destruction of the pests Lsthus
greatly increased. No crop should be
planted unless the intention is to give
it careful attention, aud to derive the
largest possible yield from it, which re
quires not only judgment in selecting
the seed aud the u-ie of manure liber
ally, but also the application of labor
from the start to fiuUh, with tbe view
of securing a profit by compelling the
soil to produce to Its maximum ta
pacity. Youug lambs are now costly luxuries
to consumers, but those who have given
their early larubs care and attention.
provided the mutton breeds were used,
should now have some for sale, Ox
ford Iambs have been tm.de to weigh
100 pounds when three months old, A
two-months-old lamb, weighing 40
pounds, ia not uncommon, and it
should dress about 2S pounds.