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MY LIiriE MAS'.
I like to watch luy li(tl iilsq
Come romp4a,r la from play,
Vli h curnost ej aud cheek of tan.
With winsome, witching way.
I like to have him cuddle down
I'pon ruy arm his bead.
And a beo he's off to sleep-town.
To iw-e hiqi safe in bed.
I liLe to hear my little man
Uo singing through the ball.
Or making all the noiss he caa
With whistle, bat and ball.
There's iuumIc In his flying feet.
He slams the kitchen door.
But every sound Is passlug sweet,'
My little man of four.
But best I love my litUa man
Oil Sunday In the pew.
With ruche and rufile spick and span,
And yes so clear and true.
No matter what the text may be.
Or what the form of grace,
Since more than church or creed for ne
Is iu his childish bice.
A HEADSTRONG MAX.
'Iu't it jiit?r bow small tbe world
is, afttr all ? said the shorter of the two
fiieu, as they steered each other down
tbe aifle of the smoker, while the cur
seemed to be doing its best to jolt them
both over the shoulders of other pas
sengers in the seats. "I'm always run
ning into somebody I have not seen for
a long time. Now, ho would have
thought of meeting you coming into
this smoker in this section of the
country ?"
"Yes," said the taller he with the
new tweed traveling cap "but then
the world is big enough to keep old ac
quaintances like us apart. Let's sit
down here apart for years. How
many years Is it?"
"Must be good ten," said the first
speaker, a dark, wiry man, with small
side wiskers.
"Quite that I hadn't heard of you
for quit; a long w hile w heu Soobel
told me about that desperate love affair
of yours and that was"
"Ha, ha! Yes, that was more than
four years ago. Did ticobel ever tell
you the end of that ?"
"No,"
"Have a cigar?" The small man
wriggled his neck with an air of com
plete self-sati-fttCtio. "Well, I don't
mind telling you, knowing that it
won't go any further."
"Of course, that's understood.'
"I don't mind teiliug you that I al
ways thought myself well out of that
affair."
Yes?"
Yes. You see, she went away from
Galena one summer to spend some
time at a small watering place where
an aunt of hers was staying. Of course
we kept up a correspondence very
sweet and all that, you know but all
of a &udden the letters stopped. Well,
I didn't know what to make of that.
Just as I was beginning to get fidgety
a letter came from ber, telling me that
she had met with a frightful accident,
had slipped from a limb of a tree into
a creek. It so happened that some fel
low was standing near, fishing, and
this man managed to crawl out on tbe
same limb of the tree, just as she was
losing her hold. Oh, perhaps Scobel
told you all that?"
"No," said the other man looking at
tbe ash of his cigar. "Scobel, didn't
tell me that I was only smiling at
tbe thought of bow much alike all of
these romantic rescues are."
"Oh, yes, all alike, you know. And
so fur as I cuu make out, this fellow
didn't do anything particularly brave,
either. Just held bis hand out to her
and pulled her in. Auybody could do
that, you know."
"How did he get her?" the man with I
the tweed cap asked.
"Climbed out on thu limb, I believe.
Well, then there was some sort of
mystery about tbe roan for some days.
He didn't tell his name and she didn't
find it out until after she got welL But
you see, Trappes, I did not care to have
my fiance writing to me every day
about some other fellow I didn't
know."
"Of course not," said Trappes.
"So I very soon took an opportunity
to request her to to jiwt drop that hero
of the Ibub. Told her I didn't want to
know Lis name, even if she did find it
out,"
And that put an end to your affair.
did it?"
"That? Oh, no. That was only
the beginning of the end, as it were."
Here the smaller man his name was
Bradley seemed to fall into a retro
spective reverie, and Trappes respect
ed his feelings by smoking anc study
ing his cigar asb in silence.
You know, Trappes,". Bradley at
last resumed, "there's no question
about it Elolse Miss Jennings was
a very nice girl at that time. But she
was very young.'-"
Trappes nodded gravely.
"She must have been," he said, "to
judge by what Soobel told roe. You
always were a man of some taste, Brad
ley."
Yes, that's all right," said Bradley.
"Pretty and all that. I wonder if she
is still as graceful as sbe was."
I should think so, quite," said
Trappes. "E'a? What did you say?
Oh. I didu't nuite catch it. This road
seems very badly ballasted."
"But there's one point that I've al
ways put my foot down on," Bradley
continued. "I hold that when a man
takes to himself a wife It is bis to com
mand aud hers to obey."
Trappes nodded bis assent
"That was the rock that Eloise and I
split upon. She wrote me rather
huffy letter, telling me she was going
to find out this fellow's name this
lloib man, you know for ber own
satisfaction, if not for mine, and have
him call upon ber. Welt, that was too
much for me."
"That was rather saucy," Trappes
remarked.
"Oh, yes," said the little man, "I
simply wouldn't stand it I said to my
self, 'if I'm not her master now, I
never will be when we are man and
wife.' So I wrote and lusisted abso
lutely on ber not seeing that man
again. You see, I felt that I must rise
to meet tbe crisis or be forever fallen."
"Quite so," aald Trappes. "And the
girl?"
"Well, you know bow women are,
Trapper I suppose I'm a little head
strong myself," said Bradley, settling
bis collar.
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SOMERSET, PA., WEDNESDAY.
"e-es," said Trappes. "I confess
that you did impress me as a little
over-inclined to have your own way
about things in general when I first
met you. And you were only a boy
then."
"I caa't help it, Trappes. It's my
nature, I suppose. Well, let me tell
you about Eloise"
"You still call her by the first name?"
asked Trappes.
"Oh, force of habit, you know. I
was going to say, I don't believe Eve
would ever have wanted to touch the
apple if she had'nt been told expressly
to let It alone."
Trappes was still smiling.
"Anyway she insisted that she must
see the man gratitude and all that
and the end of it was "
"You broke it off?"
"Ob, of course the lady must always
have that privilege," said Bradley,
with a courtly smile. "But it ended
right there."
"And you never married at all, did
you, Bradley?"
"I?" said Bradley, suddenly pulling
out his watcb. "Oh, yes by jiugo I
mutt be getting back. You must let
me introduce you to my wifeshe's a
splendid woman a most sensible wo
man. Come on."
Trappes had not quite finished his ci
gar; neither, for that matter, bad Brad
ley. Seeing bis friend's suddeu enthu
siasm, however, to present him to Mrs.
Bradley, he could not in honor appear
to value tbe introduction at less than
the worth of a half-smoked cigar.
They rose, and the smaller man drag
ged the larger into the parlor car.
The two had no sooner passed through
tbe vestibule and closed tbe door be
hind them than a very distinct voice of
low register said:
"Here, where are you goiugto? Is
this what you call five miuutes, Deme
trius Bradley ?"
"0! That you, dear?" said Bradley,
iu some confusion. "Yea, dear, let me
introduce I met a friend in the smoker
Mr. Trappes."
"Delighted to meet you, Mrs. Brad
ley," he said. "Your busbaud inter
ested me so in bis conversation, Mrs.
Bradley, that we hardly knew Low
time wts Hying."
"Men seldom do wheu they are in
dulging in tobacco," and Mrs. Bradley
drew herself up to her full height
which was considerable. "Sit down,
please. What was It that interested
you so?"
The question was addressed to both,
and in a manner that plainly showed
that these two naughty boys were to be
investigated under the searchlight of
discipline.
Trappes was silent, and only smiled
pleasingly.
"Oh, nothing, dear," said the iron
willed Bradley, with a look at Trappes
that might have meant either appeal or
reproach.
Trappes had not yet obeyed the order
to sit down. He wasstanding with his
hand on tbe back of Bradley's chair.
"Mrs. Bradley," he said, "I'm afraid
I must hurry off now to look after some
matters, back here have to change
cars at Indianapolis, you know we, are
nearly there see you later."
And Trappes really seeaied to antici
pate much pleasure from the future
meeting, for he was smiling iu unmis
takable enjoyment as be moved down
the aisle.
Bradley sat silent, while tbe sensible
Woman discoursed thus:
"When I say a thing, I mean it You
should follow the same maxim, Deme
trius." A few minutes later this discourse
was interrupted by the cry, "Indian
apolis change cars for the Vaudalia,"
at which Bradley rose.
"Sit still, Demetrius, we don't change
here," said his wife.
Just then a voice behind the culprit's
chair said:
'Isn't this Mr. Bradley?" and he
turned to face a remarkably pretty,
Sashed, smiling girL
"It's a long time since we met, isn't
it?" and sbe held out her hand.
"Eloise!" gasped Bradley "I I beg
pardon Miss Jennings!"
"Mrs. Trappes, now," sbe laughed.
Then as the tall man with tbe tweed
cap came up behind ber, she added:
Let me introduce Mr. Trappes the
uiaa on the limb."
"Oh," Bradley"stammered, ''so pleas
ed to meet you, Mr. Jennings Mrs.
Eloise."
"Glad to meet Mrs. Elweese,"' said
the sensible Mrs. Bradley, severely ac
knowledging a pleasant bow from the
younger woman.
"All out for the Vandalia!" the con
ductor shouted.
' You don't get out here, Demetrius,"
Mrs. Bradley repeated.
"How bow long have you been
married?" Bradley asked, slowly set
tling into his chair.
"Just three weeks," said tbe young
bride. "So glad to have met you, Mrs.
Bradley. Your husband is quite an old
friend of mine. You must keep a firm
hand on bint; he's dreadfully head
strong. I wish I had time to tell you.
Ueod bye!"
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"Of course you are well acquainted
with Shakespeare," said Mr. Dukane,
of Pittsburgh, after an introduction to
Mr. Blossom, president of the St. Louis
Literary Society.
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ESTABLISHED 1827.
The bailed Board.
Just at this time of year down South
men acting apparently la a trange and
erratic manner are seen about the coun
try lanes and in out-of-the-way planta
tion premises, says the Chicago Inter
Ocean. Sometimes it is only one man
thus encountered an alert-looking per
son, scouring the proepect with eyes
that let nothing escape. Sometimes
there are two or more men together
hovering on the outskirts of corn field
or cottou patch, scanning things with
wide-awake, compreheusive gaze.
Things that the gunsman and natural
ist aud nature lover would dote on for
people can love nature without regard
to science or dissection are discounted
n their. care for what, after all, seems a
very humdrum quarry when found, a
mere inanimate piece of board or sta
ging, which some carpenter overlooked
when he worked in that spot, aud
which the strangers pounce on and ap
propriate as though it were the one
thiDg above all others worth having.
'What are they going to do with
that piece of board ?" asks some one
not versed in harvest time anuals.
'Shut up some negro's cornhou-e
with it," comes the answer. "See,
there's the place, through those trees to
the right"
"What are they going to do that
for?"
"Ob, because the negro hasn't paid
out, and this is the only time of year
when be would be likely to have any
thing lo pay out with. Thote men are
tbe Sheriffs Deputies. He Las put
them out all over the couulry now.
They will take that board and nail it
across tbe door of tbe corn house, fod
der house, or cotton bin, or whatever la
levied on, and, slight as it seems, that
board represents the seal of the law.
list now, lying on the ground, it was
merely a discarded, weather-beaten
iece of scantling, but once put up
across the door aud hammered in place,
it has a vital meaning.
"How long will it stay there ? Until
the owner of the corn or cotton shows
a disposition to pay the debt, or make
some arrangement in regard to it. May
be it will be taken down iu two or tLree
days, may be not for as many months
or weeks. It depends on circumstan
ces. But however much need or desire
the owner may have to get into his
barn, or bow far out of the way he may
be from the Sheriff, he won't dare to I
lay a finger ou the board. It's a peni
tentiary offense to tamper with it, and
even the most ignorant negro tenant
understands that There is tragedy and
comedy, too, abroad in tbe country at
this time of year. May be It's only a
beggarly f-3 or so that soilody wants
to collect and takes this summary
means of collection the balance of
payment on a sewing machine, or for
some piece of furniture or frippery,
bought perhaps a year ago, and.wbich
these simple folks in their inability to
keep a reckoning may have thought
was paid for. Perhaps in reality it was
paid for, and they are being cheated
and made to pay it over again.
"Sometimes it is a grave matter that
shuts up the cornbouse, relating to the
payment of a mule or a man's farm
lands. It may be that the negro has
been caught carrying the crop off by
stealth somewhere else to sell, iu place
of paying his landlord or the man who
las furnished supplies and cropmaking
gear during the year. For whatever
omission or desert, trivial or serious, it
is done, the negroes regard the Sheriff's
isit with awe, and feel themselves dis
graced and outlawed when the talis-
inanic board Is tacked to their door.
: 'Sam Harley was shut up two years
hand-runnin' gedderin' time,' they say,
with an ominous headsbake and sug
gestive tone. And Sam Harley loses
ca.-ite in society until he does something
to make up for the experience.
" 'Zok Happy's a good, square farm
er. There am t never been no huer-
ifTs board tech his cornbouse,' is an op
posite argument And those who, ei
through misfortune or duplicity, ever
have to wear tbe brand, feel it keenly."
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Never can tell what moment an acci
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and then apply soap, glycerine, or any
greasy substance that may be handy,
and remove tbe ring with a circular
movement from the finger.
To prevent silver articles from turn
ing black through the effects of gas and
fog tbey should be wrapped in tissue
paper and kept in bags made of flannel
or soft baize; that is, if they are not
provided with velvet or lined cases.
Plated goods that are to be put aside
after use should be rubbed with spirits
of ammonia and water, and then rins
ed in clean water; this will keep them
bright and prevent any ill effects should
any salt have been left on the surface
A Narrow Escape.
Thankful words written by Mrs. Ada
E. Hart, Groton, S. D. "Was taken
with a bad cold which settled on my
lungs; cough set in and fiually term in
ated in Consumption. Four Doctors
gave me up, sayiug I could live but a
short time. I gave myself up to my
Savior, determined If I could not stay
with my friends on earth, I would meet
my absent ones above. My husband
was advised to get Dr. King's New Dis
covery for Consumption, Coughs aud
Colds. I gave It a trial, took iu all
eight bottles. It has cured me, and
thank God, I am 'saved and now a well
and healthy woman." Trial bottles
free at J. N. Snyder'a Drug Store
Somerset, Pa., and G. W. Bralller's
Drug Store, Berlin, Pa , large bottles
Wd. and $1.00.. ;
14
JUNE 7. 1899.
Tbe Ee treat of the Flinn Insurgents.
From the Phlladel phia Inquirer.
It is interesting to note the gradual
change that is taking place in some of
tbe Insurgent newspapers of the State.
As county after county has held prima.
ries, and as each one in turn has repu
diated Fliunism and Martinlsm the
wise newspapers among those who sup
ported tbe party wreckers are accept
ing tbe inevitable.
Tbe Scranton Republican, which
fought Quay during tbe legislative ses
sion, is tbe latest to realize tuat tne
struggle Is hopeless. There is a most
pronounced sentiment in Lackawanna
county for Judge Archibald for the su
preme beuch, and the Republican is
using this sentiment to cover its own
flight. It deprecates "any exhibition
of local factional feeling in State poli
tics uuder existing circumstances," and
urges that "the vital quest iou of Quay
and anti-Quay shall be relegated to
some future occasion." It acknowl
edges that Q'lay is lieyond rtacli this
year, and "that fuetiopal strife Ibis
summer is worse thau usel-ess."
All this is (rue enough, aud the Re-
publicau la to lie congratulated upon
discovering the fact tbat the people are
taking no stock la Fliun and Martin
and the party wreckers aud disorgan
izers. The lusurgeuN started off the
fight for delegates to the coming State
Convention full of hope and enthusi
asm, but not a single primary nave
they wou up to date. Ou Saturday
tbey lost Fayette county, and it is now
apparent to all that their following in
the convention will require a powerful
microscope to discover.
Rarely has there been such an exhi
bits n of Republican sentiment Tbe
Quay question was really fought out iu
the legislative districts last November,
aud the desire of the party as express
ed at tbe jk1U was uullitied, so far as
the scuatorship was concerned, by tbe
bolt of Flinu aud Martin, who permit
ted personal spite to get the Letter of
their loyalty to party. Men who fight
the rule of the majority can not hope
successfully to appeal to tbe Republican
people. Tbe bolters are finding this
out now that the couDties are piling up
their protests against treachery.
Persecution is not popular in Penn
sylvania, and that is why Flinn and
Martin will have no tynipathizers ia
the State Convention.
Individual Gravity.
In the early part of this century
there lived in Nantucket a young Qua
keress whose wit caused many a ripple
n the demure circle of the Friends.
When this pretty Martha attended
eatly meeting at Newort at tbe age
of IS, her youthful spirits brought her
occasional grave looks from the elders,
although her real goodness of heart was
never questioned.
One evening during the session of
early meeting Martha was the centre
of a group of young ieople, gathered
near the windows of the parlor in the
boarding-bouse where some of the
Friends lodged for the time. The
young people were playing the simple
and amusing game of "humorous defi
nitions." Martha's wit caused such
frequent laughter that a solemn-faced
person rose from his seat at the other
end of the room and asked in a loud,
stern voice:
"Martha, can thee give me the defi
nition of gravity?'
Tiie pretty Quakeress colored at this
public aud unnecessary rebuke, but af
ter scarcely irceptible hesitation, she
answered demurely:
"I am not able to give thee an answer
of my own, Friend Brown, but perhaps
f iat of De la Rochefoucauld will suit
thee. He says tbat 'gravity is a myste
rious carriage of the body, iuveuted to
cover the defects of the mind.'"
Youth's Companiou.
The Eambla Tramp.
Having discovered that be is a hu
morist. County Collector Spratt tells a
new joke every day, says the St Joseph
News. He thought of another one to
day, and gave it as follows, to an ad
miring throng in his office:
A tramp called at tbe kitchen door of
a St Joseph residence a few days ago.
He was ragged, cold and hungry, and
his feet were wrapped in rags. When
the hired girl opened the door in an
swer to his knock she scowled. She
did not like tramps.
"If you please, miss," said the tramp,
taking off his old, battered cap, and
making a bow that had tbe semblauce
of politeness about it, "can you give me
a few old, soggy biscuits?"
Tbe request was so unusual that the
hired girl called her mistress, who hap
pened to be in tbe kitchen at the tl.me
The tramp repeated the request to her.
"Why, what do you want with old
biscuits?" sbe asked. "Wouldn't you
rather have somethlug good to eat?"
"No, ma'am," the tramp replied, "I
want soggy biscuits all I can get of
'em. It is a well-known fact tbat they
produce dyspepsia, and that dyspepsia
brings on nervousness; anybody knows
that nervous people are ambitious, and
tbat an ambitious man generally gets
rich. It's wealth I'm after, and I'm
starting at the foot of the ladder to
get It"
Working Sight and Say.
The busiest and mightiest little thing
that ever was made is Dr. King's New
Life Pills. Every pill is a sugar-coated
globule of health, tbat changes weak
ness into strength, listlessness into en
ergy, brain-fag iuto mental power,
They're wonderful in building up the
health. Only 2 cents. Sold at J. N.
Snyder's Drug Store, Somerset, Pa,,
and 0. W. Bralller's Drug Store, Ber
lin, Pa.
All in the Family.
A member of a hard-shell Quaker
family was beiug trounced, verbally,
for his excessive mean uess. The whole
family shared the reputation, and tbe
member under fire made no defense.
He listened patiently to the tirade, and
when the man wound up by declaring
him tbe meanest man be had ever met
in bis life, the Quaker remarked gen
tly: "Ah, but thee has never met my
brother Robert!" New York Commer
'. cud-Advertiser. , '
er
n
Seven Sanctified Sister,
They say that the best hotel In Texas
Is to be fouud at Belton, a town on the
Santa Fe Road, and it Is kept by "seven
sanctified sK-icrs," as the proprietors
are popularly called. Several years ago,
says tbe Chicago Reoord, a woman in
that place and her husband quarreled
over tbe Ust way of expounding the
Scriptures toaSuuJayseboolclass, and
were so stubborn that tbey separated
and were fiually divorced. The family
controversy was taken up by the town,
which was soon distinctly divided be
tween the adherents of the husbaud
and wife. The reult was a large crop
of divorces, and seven busbaudless
women, including the original cause of
the commotion, joined together and
rented the town hoteL One of them
did the cookiug, another was parlor
maid, a third made up the bed, and so
they divided the work among them
and ran the establishment upon the co
operative plan. T'.icy would utt em
ploy a man a'xMit the pine, although
the most of the patrons were men, of
course. People wty tbat women trav
elers preferred to stop elsewhere, and
that would be a woman's way. One of
the seven "sanctified sisters" used to
drive a big carry-all down to the rail
way station three or four times a day
to meet trains, but she let the regular
transfer company handle the luggage.
Tbe hotel prospered from the begin
ning, and there was no reason why it
should not, for everything was ueat
and homelike aud the cookiug was the
best in Texa-i, which is not saying
much, perhaps, but is a gmd reason
why it was appreciated. Every Sun
day it was crowded. The drummers
used to swarm there from all the
northern-central part of the State, and
every passenger on Santa Fe trains
was an advertising agent The ".sanc
tified sb-ters" made money, as tbey de
served to do; tbey eularged their estab
lishment and started a big lauudry iu
connection with it, where the drum
mers left their soiled clothes to be done
up while they were out during the
week. Theu the "sisters" bought a
hotel at Waco and started a laundry
there, with equal success, and now they
are talking of starting one iu New
York.
A Few Records.
Over tbe wire B. R. Pollock sent 2t0
words in rive minutes at a telegraph
tournament The claim of faster work
has been made for several.
In typewriting Mr. McGurrin, of
Canada, repeating a single sentence,
reached a speed of 200 words a miuute.
Tbe mechanism will respond to no
faster touch.- -In ordinary correspond
ence, Miss Jiae urr wrote srj worus
minute for five minutes.
Isaac 8. Dement, who holds among
shorthand writers the place held by
Mr. McGurrin among typewriters, took
down -fcX) words a miuute last year.
In the matter of quail eating, there
bae been any number of claimants of
records. A. M. Trautman, of Washing
ton, put away a bird a day for thirty
days. Colonel Thoruton, 01 Atlanta,
ate a quail a day for twenty-nine days
and on the thirtieth day ate two. W.
S. Walcott ate two quails a day for
thirty days.
Some years sgo Charles Pearsall swal
lowed live dozen soft boiled eggs per
day for six consecutive days in a New
York restaurant He took thirty eggs
in the morning and thirty in the after
noon. About that time, April, 14,
the G. A. R. people of Tonawanda, N.
Y., held a bean eating tournameut A
Mr. Baker got away with six quarts of
beans in forty minutes.
A War Stamp to Cost $42,500.
Tbe Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Railroad Company may have to put a
stamp of $42,500, under the War Rev
enue law, upon its new refunding mort
gage. The Baltimore A Ohio reorgan
ization is liable to a similar assessment.
The question involved has been re
ferred by the Commissioner of Internal
Revenue to the Attorney General, and
his opinion is expected in a few days.
It seems that the new Revenue law,
as originally passed, required that not
only the mortgage, but tbe bonds issued
under a mortgage should be stamped;
but at tbe last session of Congress this
was amended by a joint resolution pro
viding that where a mortgage secures
bonds but one stamp should be required
on tbe two instruments, but that that
one should be placed upon the instru
ment which requires the higher rate.
For the railroads this is a very sei ious
matter, as their mortgages, most or
which are made to secure Issues of bonds
to be made at some future time, are
usually very large, and far in excess of
the actual bond issue.
Red Hot From The O'm
Was thevball that hit G. B. Steadman
of Newark, Mich., Iu the Civil War,
It caused horrible Ulcers that no tr?at
ment helped for 20 years. Tbn Buck
len's Arnica Salve cured him. Cures
Cute, Bruises, Burns, B ils, Felous,
Corns, Skin Eruptions. Best Pile cure
on earth. 2 cents a box. Sold at J.
N. Snyder's Drug Store, Somerset,
Pa., and at G. W. Brallier's Drug
Store, Berlin, Pa
in Puerto Bico.
English dictionaries are in greater
demand than any other commodity.
More than half of the Puerto Ricans
live on less than five cents a day.
Skilled laborers, such as bricklayers.
car nters and plumbers, earn 60 cents
a day.
Rents have gone up In San Juan, and
prices of real estate have mounted sky
ward.
"Polygamy exists to a great extent,'
says Charles F. Saylor. "It is not un
common for one man to have two or
three families."
Uutil a few weeks ago prisoners wore
shackels tbat Lad been welded on tbei
limbs. But General Henry gave the
order tbat the shackels should be filed
off and no more cruelty practiced.
Spring tiredness is due to an Impov
erished condition of the blood and i
cured by Hood's Sarsaparilla, which
enriches tbe blood.
V Tl
SLIOio
I
HOLE NO. 4J 197.
In the Philippines.
At leat forty Am ti an lawyers are
endeavoring to earn a Jiving in Maui.a.
Since tbe Airn'riean occupation over
400 saloons have Iswu epened iu M
nil.
Montana soldiers have found indica
tions of srold while at work, in the
treuches.
Maluloa is less than thirty miles from
Manila, yet day after day the American
columns advaoced through towns and
cities with a population of from 1,0)
to 10.000..
A. Furman Heddeu has established
a monthly magazine known as tbe
Philippine Monthly. Wood cut of
scenes of interest in the Island of Lu
zon are produced, aud stories by naval
officers and others are published.
Spanish officers are returning home,
and all have large quantities ot native
gold, which tbey say is plentiful in the
mountain streams. --Manila American.
The; officers' w!-t who arrived on
the Morptn city were nt allowed to
land, n tJetierur Otis thought ho had
woiik n aud children enough to protect
A soblier of tbe Twentieth Kansas
tells this story at the expense of a fellow-soldier:
"When we were sent out
on the firing line Pete Bogan was lying
behind a tree, out of the way of bullets.
All at once be yelled out like a wild
man: 'Captain, I can not stand these
darned ants biting me all the timer
Zip! A bullet passed cltise lo his body.
'Ou second thoughts, Captain,' be yell
ed, 'I can stand theru!" "
A Lucky Exchange.
Lieutenant Elward Lloyd, Jr., of
the cruiser New Orleans, says he never
considered himself lucky uutil he heard
of the capture of Lieutenant J. C. Gill
uiore, of the Yorktowu, aud his party
by the Filipinos. When the Solace
sailed from this port for Manila, says
the New York Times, with a cargo of
ammunition and other supplies cn
bjard, Lieutenant Lloyd was ordered
aboard of her to act as navigator. The
lieutenant has his own ideas about tbe
beauties of tbe Philippine Islands and
of life there. Accordingly he lost no
time iu looking around for a substitute
to take bis place.
Lletitenaut Gillmore, on the other
hand, was glad of a chance to go, aud
after the necessary preliminaries were
gone through with the two officers ex
changed positions.
"And If it were not for that ex
change," said Lit.-utenant Lloyd. "I
suppose I might now be iu the bands
of those yelping Filipinos. There is
only one elemeut cf doubt in the ease,"
added the lieutenant. "Gillmore was
transferred to the Yorktowu after he
reached Manila. Nevertheless, it gave
me rather a peculiar feeling to read in
the paper that he had been caught by
those savages."
Lieutenant Lloyd Is ou the New
Orleans, now in the city of New Or-
lea us, where the ship will be a centre
of interest After her stay there, the
officers expect to receive orders to go to
Manila.
The Persian Carpenter.
In accordance with the invariable
custom of all Eastern artisans, the car
penter sits upon the ground when at
work. Instead of a beuch, a strong
take is driven down before him, leav-
ng about ten inches out of the ground.
and upon this he rests his work, and
keeps it steady with his feet The fa
cility with which the work is executed
In this position has always been a mat
ter of surprise to European workmen.
In the royal arsen tls English tools are
used, and a better system of working
has been introduced under the superin
tendence of British officers, but in the
native workshops tbe workmen are still
to be seen squatting on the ground;
and, bdng used to this position from
infancy, and their tools being formed to
work with more efficiency when used
in this way, any alteraliou is scarcely
to 1 expected. Their principal tools
are the frame saw, adz, planes, ham
mers, nails, and a few smaller tools.
Southern Lumberman.
Pneumatic Leg.
An Lnsrlish inventor has uevisea a
very ingenious artificial leg and foot in
tended for use in cases of amputation
below the knee joint It is mainly com
posed of a hollow rubber chamber,
which is inflated in exactly the same
way as is a bicycle tire. The skeleton
of the foot is of wood and contains
within it a rubber-faced joint, which
permits of movements like those which
take place at the ankle.
A pair of rubber pneumatic pads sur
round the end of the amputated limb,
so that no uqdue pressure Is exerted on
the tissue.
The Old Virginia "Anntie" and the
Spring Chicken.
At nearly every station on tbe Cnesa-
pcake A Ohio Railroad in Virginia, says
The Argonaut, picturesque colored men
and women attend the trains with trays
of fried chicken, corn bread, boiled
egga, sandwiches, pies and' other re
freshments, crying: "Hyer's spring
chicken, tender and uiee!" Where do
you get spring chicken this time of
year? asked a passenger of the vener
able "auntie," one bitter March day,
"You'ns a Na'vth'n lady, aiu't you
honey ?" responded the lunch-vender.
with a twinkle in her eye; "an
Nawth'n ladies i good to poh kul'd
folks, so you hadu't ought to ask nobody
wbar dy gits de spring chickens."
Before Wheeler's Nerve Vitalizer
was discovered epilepsy caused serious
alarm, but not now. It -cured Mrs.
Joseph Keller, Couverso, Ind., after
sbe had spent a thousand dollars ia
trying to find a cure. For sale at Gar
maa's Drusr Store. Berlin. Pa. and
Mountain 4 Sou's Drug Store, Con
fli;euce, Pa,
"You are too little," aid the pro
prietor of the tough beanery. "It takes
bigger guys dan you to mauaga do
mugs dat feed here."
"Ah!" said the applicant for a job,
"I see. Noae but the brave do serve
the fare here." XadUaapjUj Jjurail
FARX SEWS ASD VIEWS.
Weads and SoilMsistire-Ssasaaable
Hints.
A single w-ed my apparently do but
little hiroi, h-it every weed tht oc
cupies spae duriug ferisds cf dry
ath.ir Ukos tie moisture uom a Urge
surrounding surface. One who has
arlveo the matter attention and exper
iment etbmtes that one pund of
weeds will remove pounds of water
froui.tue soil dariaj au ordinary
d.-ou,;tit, and tbat VW pound of weeds
praon? ate not an uausua! sihtoa
sj:ne fiekb, tbe loa on e.-ol acre be
iag 2oO,WO pouudj of moioture per
acre, aud tlii loss may be greater if
tUe weed are well advanced lu growth.
Ia addition to this deprivation of ti.e
soil of Its moisture, weeds draw oa the
fertility and take from the crop the
fol which is so uecessary for its ad
vancement and success. It is work lo
k vp down weeds, but the labor cau be
materially reduced if the weeds are de
stroyed when they are small, which
al-to loose as the top soil aud prevent
lod of moisture by evaporation. Tbe
cultivator Is aa implement that should
naver be Idle at this season.
Better butter can be made oa the
farm than at the creamery if the same
care is given. The managers of cream
erica secure the best assistants to be
had, and they aim to put g-xxl butter
on the market The advantages pos
sessed by the farmer who makes dairy
butter is that he can feed his cows ou
t ie best foods, use more cire and work
with cleaner surrouudings. A large
proportion o? creamery butter is not
uniform, as the milk comes from many
sources, but dairy butter is injured la
the churning and manipulation of tbe
product by inexperienced persons.
Farm yard manure varies greatly, its
valil depending upon thf kinds of
fiKlj eaten by animals, and also upon
the absorbent materials u-ud in the
hap. One cord of mtuure should
weigh about three tons, and should
contain about 27 pounds of nitrogen,
lii pounds ph.nphorio acid and 21
pounds potash. Oue ton is about a
two-horse load. A load of one ton is
valued at about $2.
Dogs are not always at fault when
they kill sheep. Not oue dog la ten Is
fed, and is consequently compelled to
pick up its food wherever it cu be pro
cured. It is at night that such dogs
prowl over a neighborhood seeking
food and attack sheep from uecwity.
When the dog discovers a source of
supply it will avail itself of tbe priv
ilege. If dogs were giveU regular meals
at home tbey would lie less ludiued to
forage for food.
At this season of tbe year it is ex pen
sive to be behind with the work, as
double the labor -jvill be required to
catch up. A weed that is left for a day
or two may be large when its destruc
tion is sought Plan out the work iu
advance, be systematic and aim to
carry out the plans. It is better to be
ahead with all farm operations, so as
to be ready to perform service iu auy
direction where work is most desirabU
Oiice the soil is made cleau It is easier
to keep it so than to give weeds a
chance to grow.
As a precaution against a possible
short hay crop sow a plot of corn for
fodder, and also do not overlook millet,
the great summer hay crop, which,
grows rapidly, gives a large yield, and
is grown with as HttkMulior as any
other hay crop. Hc.nsariaa .grass is
also another excelieut crojs which may
be seeded down now. It may be cut
several limes during tbe season and
grows so rapidly as to completely kill
all the weeds on tbe land on which it
is grown.
Now that strawberries are falling ia
price it is a loss of time ai well as ex
pensive to pick and ship the small and
inferior berries. Compel the pickers to
pick only the best and leave thiwe that
are undirable, aud the expeuse of
shipments will be reduced and better
prices obtained. The market is never
overstocked with the choicest, and
there U always a ready sale for the best
at good price.
As soon as the early cabbages are weil
established hoe around each plant and
cultivate between the rows. The first
homing will be found to bemorebene-
oial than any afur cultivation. It
ts ia the warmth, holds the moisture
in the soil, destroys young weeds, and
ives the plants a good start
Two cultivated crops on a piece of
land is the cheapest mode of cleauiug
the soil of weeds and grass. Corn aud
potatoes must be cultivated, aud where
wo year's cultivation is given suctt
crops the ground will lie left In excel
lent condition for a sowed crop, like
wheat The cultivation, however,
must be thorough, for if ouly partially
doue the labor will be in vaiu.
String beans may be now planted,
and as they are very prolific ouly a few
rows are necessary to supply a family.
Tbey can be bad ia succession uutil
fall by planting at differeut periods.
After the early varieties are up p!ant
stringless kinds and pick the pods dai
ly, so as to prevent auy from maturing.
The custom of feeding grain only to
poultry is one which is didijult to
alter. Grass in summer ia desirable for
young birds. If a small plot is wired
off for a flock o! chicks that are able
to care for themselves it will be found
that they will pick off tbe grass so close
as to leave the grouud bare ia a few
days. Grass is the cheapest food that
can be allowed in summer, and where
adult fowls and chicks have an unlimit
ed range they will need u other food,
except a l'gbt meal of grain at night.
to indues them to come to the farm
yard regularly.
Not an "Impatient" at AIL
The nurse on duty in a certain Lon
don hospital ws giving tbe little ones
their last meal for tbe day. All save
one were patiently waiting their turn
to be served, the one ia questi m being
a little rosycheeked convalescent, who
was calling lustily for her portion.
"Aren't you just a little impatieut.
Dorothy ?" inquired the kindly nurse,
with just a little tinge of correction iu
ber tone. "No I'm not!" retort.!
Dorothy, promptly; "I'm a little she
patient."'
disappointed.
Sylvia What's the matter? You
look as if you had lost your last friend.
Maude I weut to see a fortune-teller
yesterday and she told me I was going
to marry a tall, dark man. The only
real rich fellow I know is dumpy, and
has red hair. Chicago Times-Herald.
Good Advice.
"What's the matter, old mau?"
"Oh, I've just had a quarrel w
my wife."
"Well, forget and forgive."
"I never caa forgive her. You see, X
was ia the wrong."
"Then In tbat case demand an apol
ogy !" Harlem Life.
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