WOMAN'S WOULD. SHE PLANTS THE CROPS WHILE HER ERCTHER IS CCNE TO THE WAR. . ta. Terfert Fit la C blrjiMO The Trm : Drlaklas Mllt-Wfc Baby Ow j Crrw His Carls Ws. Who Baa i Elevators How Knl. ! The Thilippino war lias made not (only Kansas heroes, but Kansas horo ijiies to. Wliile Funston and his jrriomls are ti'Inins la tbe Philippines it heir wives aud sisters and svt liearts arc proving, their loj-s.!ty to love iaod country la a uorel and most re Ui:: ; :it'!e way. Tuey have taki-u tbe plax. of tbe men at tbe plow, on tbe barrow and ion tbe wowing machine. Common as fkl woik Is among tbe peasantry of (Europe. It has been almost unknown In (America till now. t Tbe singular part of It Is that these rwomeu so nJt poor ami they are not .used to work. Tbey are women whose unssl-nnds ami brother own IW farms, al-andum-d f.r the war. Mrs. llary Seruido, who Is working a VTiO acre farm IS rnib-s south of Wich ita, is tlie Uiotiier of Corpora! I'rauk Femplo. who sw.iin the Marilao river i-nith Fntiston when that daring 1. inel of the Twentieth Kansas regiment (won U t.iry and fame ly his l.rilliaut act. feiiiple was wounded In the ln-ad nt that time. I.tit he wasn't killed. It's 'hard to kill a Kansau they ay at Ma nila. His mother is a widow, hut she urged jh.T eldest son to Join the army and ifccrve his country. His sister Jennie sltSS JF.KSIK SEMl'LE. to take care of the farm was away at tlie war. And ipromlsed iwbile he isbe has kept her promise to the letter. Jt-uuie Seuiple is tiie prettiest girl in Kansas, and she is so proud of her big brother that she willingly left school ito take his place at the plow this ispriug. I A year ago she was thinking only of dancing parties and a trip to New (York. ' "1 don't mind it a bit. she says now. "so long as it lets brother Frank tight for his country." Another of these brave, high hearted Iheroiucs at home is Miss Lulu Ftiu ston, cousin of Brigadier General Puu iston. the hero. She is now overseeing ibis farm in Allen county and actually plowing and planting. All the while the country has been Applauding General Kuuston's dash and bravery la the faroll Philippines jfche has been quietly at work helping 'to carry on the work on his farm. She ihas shrunk from even being tnention ed. All she wants Is to have people overlook her and praise her hero her cousin. And these are only a few instances of women's patriotism and devotion which may now be found all over the Etate of Kansas. It Is heroines' work, and nothing daunts them from a 5w acre nnplowcd field, which must le tilled, to the hiiul lug of a load of hay. New York Jour lial. A "Perfect Fit" la Ckic-as. i The buds and matrous have discov ered a wonderful man here in Chicago, illis coats and gow us all. how they do (lit: Taking up the raw cloth, this man lof original ideas holds it against the 'ligure which Is to be titted, precisely after the manner usual with artist de signers cf his kind. Then the gown is made, fi'.ted aad almost finished when the new and original scheme is brought Into play. The customer is wrapped In long. ;wet towels technically they are known as "sheets" and tlie new tailor made gown is iut oa. Then over and over the hips and shoulders and around and around the waist and up ami down iu carefully accentuated lines goes the hot iron. Instead of In-ing pressed on a lwiard. the suit is pressed on the l idy herself. Oh, yes, to be sure, the hot vapor arises, and the jioor lady often cries out in alarm lost she be parboiled theu and there, but what matters those trivial things if one's gown is to lit Kublimely and beautifully and to have a style that is a emu lis heart wringing? The costume is literally molded to the i'g'jre fusije it. The woman Is In structed that she must continue to keep the dress on until the seams are j:ii!e dry. The man who is responsible for this new and startling depart un . iu tlie way of gown fitting is a Swedish Kuglishman. He claims that tlie 1 "nut-ess of Wales was his inspiration for the Initial attempt along this line. AYhcu fitting a jiown for her oue day, the idea occurred to hiui to try press ing it njMin the figure. ' "Why not try it?' exclaimed the gracious ji yd kindly princess, of whom the artist designer is never tired of speaking. The experiment was a great success. After that the gowus and outer gar ments pressed In this way for English ladies were many. About a year ago the young man who had origit ated the Mea came to Chicago to put It Into pruttlct.- here. In Chicngo it was Mrs. liicuard Harding la is. then Miss Cecil Clark, who was the Crst woman to fciJe upon the opportunity of out shining her sister women in this mau n.T. Adjusting a garment to her tall, svelte figure, the tailor requested the privilege of trying his cherished ln-t-j ira t ion. Ooce more it proved a de lightful success, and so gnat has the fad become already in Chicago that there are sometimes as many as 'M women waiUug for their turn to be "pressed." Ch ica go Ti mes-1 lent Id. The Tea Drlakiag Habit. The recent death of a man from too much tea drinking flas called forth re newed dlscussiou of the tea habit, but thus far th ground gone over is not new. and theaeouclusious reached have been attained beore iu these discus sions. Tea property brewed and drunk not with meals, but .it a time v lien the system feels the nsnl of a slight stimulant, is, to the ni;-t:i:i indi vidual, beneficial rather than fcarmfuL TlMfr custom of 5 o'clock tea Is a ra tional one. lecause at that hour in the afternoon the system feels the strain .f the day's occupations, and the slight stimulact of yie tea Is gratefuL Iu tlie case'ef a' person who Is not in the habit of taking t a regularly," a p;;yi. cian said recently, "1 know of tio bet ter reviver or temiKirary tonic than a cup of freshly an l well brewed tea. In cold weather It will often tone up the system at a critical moment and ward off a cold. In hot weather a cup of hot, tea U particularly beneficial, not only for Its reviving effects, but because it Induces relievluj iierspiration. Iced tea the same physician con demns iu strong terms because It is rarely properly made. Most Iced tea consists of a stroug decoction In which the tannic acid Is thoroughly releaaed. This Is diluted with melted Ice, over aweeteued with sugar and then made usually too acid by a strong flavoring V? leujoa. It might even then be taken S :a to''i.r. .-.a. v.mx it in usually gu:y dovm.l'r the g-ohletful at luncheons hurriedly eaten in the course of a busi ness day. When it Is carefully made la the first place and chilled to the drinkable stae. but not made Icy, sweetened reasonably, and with Just a suspicion of lemon to bring out Its fiflvor, its most harmful properties are withdrawn. The question whether hot tea should be used with cream or with out has acain been raised. The weight of opinion seems to be la favor of tlie latter plan, but expert opinion to tlie contrary is not wanting. The milk. It Is asserted by those who believe la Its use. neutralizes the tannic acid, of which, la any infusion of tea. there ruust be more or less. -New York IVst. Waea Baar Oitirrn Hia Carta. There are many mothers whose beans will echo the feelings of the Chicago msther who felt fco bad when the time came to cut off Lor baby boy's curls. She says: -His curls were beautiful, so golden and shlmmery. and I loved every one that fell aliout his pretty paik shoul ders. Hut he was growing up and he hated the eurbs, as do all boys when the other bigger ones tease them and call tiicui girls and tmbies and little sisters. One morning he came to me, his eyes bright and fiery with indigna tion aad his cheeks aglow. Some playmate bad chided him for Lis girl ish hair, and he could endure It no longer. He stood as firm as a rock, with feet wide apart, and commanded me to cut them off. This has hap pened ofscn of late siu-c he has leen strutting about in his cunning little trousers. His grief was real and I I felt sorry for him. as I did for my self. I got out the big shears, and as the lirst long, beautiful ringlet of spun gold as tine as spider web fell Into my hands he gave a little shriek of happi ness, while I felt the hot tears rolling down my checks. "W hen the deed was done, he rushed out of the door and down the street as fast as his precious, fat littie legs could carry him. and 1 saw him plump his fists la his absurd little pockets as he stood with the dignity of a hero-hefore his tormentors. The sel'islmess in my heart at losing my baby made me almost forget his liajv pim-ss. aud as I went back to the curls tlie tears streamed faster than In-fore. My baby had gone from me when those curls had dropied into my hands. My little loy was there aud a sweet, lovable, manly little fellow he is, with strong small arms that cling close aliout my neck but he isn't my l.aby any more. All my life have I laughed at the foolish mothers who tried to keep their children from growing out of their babyhood aud baby ways but I know now why this Is."' Womea Who It a a Elevator. The elevator, a province over which man seemed to hold uudisputed sway, has recently becu invaded by woman. In one of the olii-e buildiugs of the city, says the Chicago Chronicle, a lit tle woman yesterday aroused consider able curiosity among those who had not before seen her at her posL Those who lielouged to the building and were icciistoined to the sight seemed rather surprised that any oue should question her ability. "1 sometimes run it for a week to re lieve my husband and give him a holi day," said the woman. "You see, it is monotonous, and. of course, he gets tired of it, so he taught me. and I don't mind. It's easy as fun no knack at all when you know how. Dangerous? No. uot a bit." At one of the North Side hotels the proprietor hired a girl who had been working in the kitchen to run the ele vator. She did the work easily and was nior? satisfactory than the boys, who frequently went to sleep lietweon calls, but she soon tired of it and left, saying it v. as too easy. Of ourse, tlie levator v,s not very large or heavy. At the Yojug Women's Christian as sociation, on Michigan avenue, a young hiily runs the elevator up aud down the seven Glories with perfect case. While waiting for passengers she tinds Cme to study aud read, aud tlie hours do not luing ou her bands, although she begins her work unusually early. She is under I lie direction of the engi neer, who taught her to manipulate the machine. She succeeded a young girl who while acting as "elevator man" fitted herself for a clerical posi tion, passisl the civil service examina tion aud Is now doing responsible work in tlie Public library. Ilutr (a Kest. Medieal men assert that no period of the year is more full of real danger than the vacation season. Iuring that eriod the tendency of Americans to rush frcui oue extreme to the other Is proverbial, and for two or three months the struggle for pleasure is made as intense as is tlie struggle for life dur ing tlie rest of the year. The nervous wear and tear of trav eling, care of baggage, etc., are uot suf-I'u-iently taken Into account. Ir. Kordyce ISarker said that the de tails of travel make or mar a vacation, for good or evil. The choice of a place is also of great practical importance. A complete change of environment Is most Iwuell clal. such as changing sea air for dry and tlie reverse. Gaslight, drinking, dancing and late hours must be avoid ed. Tlie chief point in a vacation Is to take a vacatiou from yourself to Lave a change of natural surroundings and of Intellectual life. A wet'k of this complete newness will le the lx-giimiug of a vacatiou iudc-ed. A month of ft will do mind aud body more good than all the medicines in the world, AIove all oue must adhere strictly to personal habits aud tlie general lows of health. No Imprudences are so dan gerous as those committed iu the csre l.ssness of vacation. The detail of drinking water, for Instance, should be looked to carefully; morning and even ing exposures should be carefully guarded against; in fact, there must le no such thing as car-lessnets or indif ference. Housewife. The Hat. OS Hahlt. Besides tlie houseful of untidy beads that tlie huts off habit at the theater has engendered there is another result of the practice almost as unfortunate. From removing her hat at the theater, a woman wants to remove It at all times. This lias nothing to do with the summer practice of going bare headed; it is a winter tendency, anil It manifests itself In various ways and upon various occasions. A woman finds her hat a burden while shop ping; In traveling, no matter how short the trip, she has the longing to lay it aside aud often does so. At concettsand lectures, where there Is no spectacular necessity for removing bonnets, she Cuds lu-rscif Instinctively taking out her hairpins. Church and women's club m.-cl:ngs are. Iu fact, the only places where the tcudency bus nyt. yet shown itself to a marked degree, aad at the former It Is already recommend cd, while at the latter the fact that such a proceeding would strike at the very roots of the club institution must le accounted as tbe true aud m!y reason for the omission. Women find themselves on the lookout fr two at tributes in a new hat-lightness aud an nunamalile attribute requiring no mirror la the putting on and taking off of the article. All of which may be a blessing and may lie not; it Is. Low ever, logical. Philadelphia Times. The liussiau scepter Is of solid gold, three feet long and contains among lu ornaments 2CS diamonds. 300 rubles and 15 emeralds. As many as 4. 001 muscles bare been counted the body of a moth. THE TE-.CHtLi.3-' FHitiiiO. lira. IfmnntM Dlntne X) 111 Eadow a School of redncocr- Mrs. Emmons Blaine, who cave $25.- txSi a year ago to the TeacheiV College or the University of Chicago, Is going to show her Interest la the cause of education by endowing a school of pedagogy la the same city. She has promised to give several hundred thousand dollars to this school Tor teachers. Mrs. Blaine has had this Idea in mind since lSi'i The daughter ot tne late Cyrus II. McCormick. the great mower and reaper man. she Inherited a for tune of mlllioiis. Mie has long been eminent among Chicago women for good works. She told her Idea to some of her millionaire friends and has received assurances. It Is said, of contributions which will aggregate a foundation fund of f l.nuj.twO. Colonel Francis W. Parker, the pres ent head of the Cook County Normal school, has been selected to organize MIA EilUOSS BLAINE. the college and will be given wide pow ers in establishing an institution un der tlie broad ideas that lmve been de vdoiied during his long career as a teacher of teachers. Mrs. Maine's great aim is to benefit tlie ixr aud not to pauperize them. Emmons P.laine and Anna McCor mick were married at Kichfield Springs Sept. ':, lSsa He was 33 and she 13 and the possessor of $3,000.0X10. Em mons was the favorite sou of the late James G. P.laine aud was the pick of the flock. He was cducuted as a law yer, but afterward went into the rail road business aud became general freight agent of tlie auta Fe road at Chicago. He dii-d June IS, 1S:C His willow lias been faithful to his memory.-" He left one Son. McCormick Blaine, the tpple of his mother's eye. The PentaKRB ( lab. The Pentagon, club of Boston Is so uatued l'-ause It Is made up of wom en of five professions doctors, law yers, ministers, teadiers aud journal ists. It prides itself upon having no constitution ami no otfi'X'rs. Its 20 or 30 meniliers meet :inddine together once a month at the I'nitcd States hotel, for the sole ptirjiose of having a good time. The evening Is devoted chicPy to telling funny stories. The Pentagon has hitherto been unique among women's clubs, but the Junior editor of The Woman's Journal, who Is a member, happened to mention the plan of the Pentagon in conversa tion with friends attending the recent uatlonal woman suffrage convention in Grand P.apids, aud the idea so de lighted a woman lawyer of Detroit und a woman doctor of Cincinnati that they went home each with the puriKise of starting a Pentagon la her own city. A Cood Substitute For Feather. Feathers aud down are expensive, but if you know a batik where the cat tail grows you cau have down pillows galore for the mere making. Y'ou must know that the fluff of the ripe cattail, which may be gathered iu July or An gust. makes a pillow equaled only by down itself. So lie provident this year, and if you live near a hike or pond get you a harvest of cattails for future use. You will find them the most iucxpen sive and satisfactory material you can employ for this i uriose. If It should le your fate to live iu a section of the couutry where cattails do not grow, tkeu substitute the silk from milkweed lods. (lather the ods in the fall of the year, hang them away iu iaper bags to dry, aud they M ill burst open bciore the winter is over aud caa be made up into pillows in the early spring. Woman's Home Companion. Her Geaeroaa CI ft. Helen C. Juiliiard gave $32,000 to ward building the new floating hos pital for children Just launched at New York. The loat is more than 2."0 reet long. The first crib on lioard has Im-cu endowed by a society of little Brooklyn girls. At the latinchiug. as the vessel sped down the ways, a wire cage decorated with flowers opened, and out of it flew six of the Vermont's carrier pigeons, used In the naval tervh-e. They carried the news of the Lunching to the Brooklyn navy yard. Miss Catherine C. Hodge severed the cord attached to the basket and christened the vessel Helen C. Juil iiard. Cirla With Thla Aral. Thin arms should be carefully con cealed. They have an impoverished look that robs their owuer of some of her dignity. If the arms are unduly long, as they occasionally are, the ef fect may Ik? neutralized by wearing wide bauds of black velvet fastened with pretty buttons or clasps or buckles. This reduces the apparent length of the arms. "Thin amis," says M. Charles Blanc, the great French authority ou dress, "denote bad health and an enfeebled race." The best remedy. is to wash the arms with a fine lather of soap at least twice a day and to dry them thoroughly and rub them vigorously. This treatment brings the port's into action and lu duces a healthy condition of the skin. Kubbing with a soft chamois leather is excellent for the skin, giving it both smoothness and gloss. Mrs. Humphry in Ladies' Home JoumaL A To a at Cakea. Queen Victoria did not limit her birthday party refreshments to one cake with Wi candles. She commanded the royal confectioner to make no less than 20 cakes, each to weigh 100 pounds, aud all of them were duly consumed at Windsor by the crowd of grandchildren and great-grandchildren assembled there on her birthday. A controversy of ten ye?rs' standing was settled by the Catholic Knights of America a few days since at Kansas City, when the annual convention vot ed to admit women to the order. The women, however, will be permitted to carry but $1.0u0 Insurance, or one-half the amount allowed to men. An English woman has started a new line of remunerative business, the cleaning of bicycles. She has her reg ular customers, to whose houses she goes at stated intervals for about 12 cents a visit Tha oldest queen of Europe now Is the queen of Hanover, who was 61 years olj In ApriL Queen Victoria comes next, being 80. while the ex-Empress Eugt ule Is 73. A ruliag of the Broad Street Metho- J dist church of Columbus. O., requires . women to take off their hats during' Dev. Aur.a II. Shaw, before sailing for Europe, insured her life for tl.e benefit of the woman suffrage cause. M &sf OMNIPRESENT SEEMS TO BE THE FATEFUL SEVEN. Croat the Dlhlleal Story at the Crea floa Dm It Plara a Miahtr Part la Folklore. Tradition. Saperatl tioa mm4 illatorr. Clean birds by sevens. Unclean by twos. The dove In the heavens Is the one that I choose. But not only do the bird auguries go by sevens; the number plays a mighty part In folklore, tradition and his tory. Six days made the world, and God rested on the seventh day and hal lowed It. In the seventh mouth Noah's ark touched the ground; In seven days a dove was sent out on the face of the waters. Abraham pleaded with God seven times for Sodom's sake before God smote the city of wickedness to her undoing. Seven days Jacob mourned for Jo seph and would not be comforted; sev en years and seven Jacob served for Kachel aud in Joseph's governorship of Egypt 'he chief butler and baker dreamed dreams wherein seven fat oxen and seven lean oxen, seven ears of full corn aud seven ears of mildew ed corn played a prominent part aud foreboded the 14 years of plenty and of famine that were in store Tor the I.and of the Two Crowns, even the land of the bouse of bondage, the land of Egypt- Every seveuth day the law was read to the wandering children of Israel, aud Jericho, the strong city, fell, wall and tower, when seven men had paced around It for seven days. Solomon was seveu years building the splendid temple, with all lu glories of gold and cedar wood, tur quoise and tenbiuth. There were sev en lumps iu the tabernacle, and the goldeu candlestick had seven braucbes. Naaniun washed himself seven times in the river Jordan before the healing water cleansed him of his lep rosy. The Apocalypse Is full of the mystic number, aud on the cross our Saviour hung for seven hours, and from the cross our Saviour spoke bev en limes. Tlie seventh son of a seventh sou is a born doctor. according to Irish belief, but he must never take money for the cures he achieves, and to Insure re covery be should be sought lefore sun rise or after sunset on Friday. "It is manifest by experience that the sev enth male childe. by just order (never a wench being born between), doth heal only witli touching, through a natural gift, the king's evil; which is a speciull gifte of God. given to kinges aud quecues. as daily experience doth witnesse." There were seven wise men aud seven wonders of the world; while the ancients uot only noted the Importance of seven as an astronom ical eriod. but also coU'iected the sev en meiaU theu known with the seven planets and the seven colors. Thus copiier belonged to Venus, and the color green; lead to Saturn, and the color blue: gold aud yellow to the sun, and so on. Tlie seven days of the week are con nected with the seven pleiades. of whom the seventh is a lost star, and the seventh wave of a series is full of dauger to ships, as every seventh ycar is to man. For seven years the mis chievous sprit. Friar Rush, lived with tue See land monks, beguiling the time by cutting oa'; cudgels, which, when struck on the ground, turned into sol diers armed cap-a-pie. and for seven years Prince Charming looks for his lost bride, or Cap-o'-Itushes works dis guised in tlie kitchens of the palace, or the forsakeu princess tries to climb the glass mountain which lies between her and her lover, who has drunk of the water of forgetfulness. The seven sleepers are famous, and the number seven even comes into the employ of folk mediciue. Water taken from sev en streams where cresses grow will cure the Jaundice, and Rcven twigs of aspen put under the patient's pillow will recover him from paralysis, aud seven leaves of Ivy will bring a care less lover back to your side and keep him there, and seven corns of wheat, eaten fastiug. will heal you of the fall ing sickness, which Is epilepsy, and seven mistletoe lierries put iu a bag of red silk and hung round your neck will protect you from suustrokeand eif bolt and preserve your feet from blisters, however far you walk. It Is not spriug nntil you can put your foot ou seven daisies at oue aud the same time, and seven hairs will keep the evil eye off children, accord Ing to au old Indian suiicrstition. ouly the hairs, to be of any avail, must In plucked from the tail of au elephant a dillieiilt. a delicate and even a dan gerous proceediug. At 7 years old a'l cats become possessed of witch's pow ers. and woe betide those who ill use or frighten puss when once she has ac quired ower of mischief! But let this not discourage the lovers of the niue II veil one. for Wherever the cat of the house don't lack For seven years blow m hlte. blow black. Tbe lasxes of lovers shall have no lack. Seven years of ill fortune, according to a Sicilian superstition, follow her or him who kills a cat; therefore It were well to tnat your feline followers gen tly, even though you love them uoL But I might go on till the "seveuth day from Ijuier Ijuunias" and still have something to tell. So here 1 make aa cud. Nora Hcpjicr in Illustrated Lon dou News. Dark and Bar. The Pittsburg Chronicle tells of a woman who de:iily loves to use big aonls. and she does uot always use them -orrcct!y. Tlie wilier day a neighlor complained of Incessant pain lu her back, where upon the user of liig words said: "I would consult lr. Pellets for pains in the baek. He's the finest bacteriologist that I know of.". A ROPE OF WORMS. TlaO Cartons Procession That Mar Da Jrfi la Sioruar Forests. In the deep pine forests of Norway the woodcutters sometimes Bud a ser penliue object uearly 50 feet loug crawling slowly over the ground. If they d!-l uot know that it was made up of millions of little worms, they niiht be frighteucd by its peculiar apiHar:!iicf. These worms, called the sciara. gsiilior during July and August in huge uiimltcrs preparatory to mi grating iu search of food or for change cf condition. When setting out . on this jouniey. they stick themselves together and forui a huge serpeutlike mass, ofteu reaching a length of be bctweon 40 and 50 feet and several inches iu thickuess. As the sciara is ouly on an average about three thirty-sccouds of an inch in length and barely wider than a fine needle, the number required to coin Kse a line of the size above men tioned is enormous. Their pace Is very slow, aud upon meeting an ob stacle, such as a stick or stoue. they will either writhe oer or around it. sometimes breaking Into two bodies for this purpose. M. Gueriu-Meneville, a celebrated French naturalist, says that If the rear portion of this wonderful snakeiike proccssiou be brought into coutact with the front part and a sort of circle formed the insects will keep moving round and round in that circle for hours and hours without apjiarently uoticing that they are not getting on in their journey. If tlie procession lie broken iti two. the portions will re unite iu a short time. The Norwegian peasants, when they meet one of these trains, will lay some article of their clothing, such as a belt or handkerchief, on the ground in front of It, If the procession passes over it. It Is regarded as a good sign; but If it makes a way round, the re verse Is believed. Chicago Record. LuliON'S INITIATION. Irasnatic CHmas to His Introduction to CnewlBR Tobacco. "A loug time ago. wiieu 1 was a mite of n boy." said Edison. "I. with two other little fellows, had saved up a lot of scrap iron and t!u and sine which we meant to sell when the holidays tame around. There was a large boy In the neighborhood (1 think he must have lieeome a bunko steercr after wardi who knew of our board. One day when we had been in swimming he came to us and said: " 'Say. you fellows. If you will give me that tin and Iron aud stuff you have. I'll teach yon how to chew." "The proitositiou struck us as lielng very fair, particularly as he agreed to furulsh tie tolmcco. Well, we were quite willing, so be brought some Ca nadian cut down to a saad bnnk by the river, lie divided the stuff Into three parts aud gave us each one. Then he said: " 'Now you must do exactly as I say, and you must do It right away, or you'll never iesrn to chew. "Now. then,' he shouted, 'bold upT "We held it up. " 'Put it in your mouthT be yelled. "We put It In. "'Che.vf he hissed dramatically. "We worked away at a great rale. " 'Swallow ItT he screeched. "We gulped it down, aud then that young rascal fairly rolled down tlie bnuk with laughter, while we soon rolled down the other side, sicker. I supiMtse. than any of us had been lu our lives licfore or since. One of the boys nearly died, and they had a very serious lime with him. That was my first exiH-rience with tobacco." Phila delphia, iuquhvr. FRESH GOLD CROPS. Localities Where the Preclons Sletal Urposils Itself Aaaaally. There are several localities where gold may be said to grow every year or. iu other words, where fresh depos its of tlie precious metal are to be found annually. Oue such district is in the Edmonton country, iu the Canadian northwest, where. af;er the spriug floods, from the same banks aud "lieuches" of the Sas katchewan river there are taken every year considerable quantities of gold by a few diggers, who make their living out of the business. But tlie most conspicuous and inter esting esse of this sort is to le seen near Ichang. In the province of Hupea, iu China. For mauy centuries past each year gold has been washed from the lauks of coarse gravel on both sides of the river Han. aud lu the midst of the auriferous district there is au ancient town called El-klu-tien. which means "gold diggers' iuu." Its inhabitants snUlivhle the gold bearing ground among themselves annually, staking out their claims with parti tions. They pay no royalty and ap Ioar to earu no more than a bare sub sistence. But this may be doubted, as John Chinaman is an adept at "layin tow aud sayiti nnllin." The annual river floods bring down millions of tons of mud and sand from the mountains, and this mud and sand, which is charged with gold, both "line" ami i:i Hakes, is deposited to a depth of six iui-lies or more on the banks of gravel. It is in the winter that the gold is washed, aud it is said that sev en mi u work aliout 20 tons of "pay dirt" in a day. Cincinnati Enquirer. When to Stop tsTRs aad Milk. "People over 50 would do well to give up milk and eggs as a diet." said lr. Henry M. Dearborne. "Tlfese are the structure forming foods of animals which mature la a short time, and when taktn iu quantities by human beings whose structures have already formed they tend only to the harden ing and aging of the tissues." Ir. Ilearborne said that he had seen people who were beginning to find stair climbing difficult and who were losing their elasticity much lieuefited by eliminating these articles from their dieL "Theie has been a great increase in the duration of life below the age of 50. statistics prove." he said, "but be youd that ieriod there has licen no Improvement." In his opinion, tlie per son over 50 should have as good a chance to preserve life as the young child just beginning its struggle with existence. New York Times. PLAYING POWER. Jast Hon Great a Force Is Empeaded oa the Plaao. Tlie amount of power expended on nlayiug ou a piano has recently lieen .'gured out iu a way which. If uot alto get her accurate, is at least Interesting. Commenting ou the statement that it rcr.IIy requires more force to sound a note gently ou this instrument than it does to lift the lid of a kettle, says Wo man's Life, it is easy to verify it. if one takes a small handful of cuius and piles tliem ou a key of a piano. When a sutliclent quantity Is piled on to make a uote sound, they may lie weighed, aud the figures will be found to be true. If the pianist Is ilayii:g fortissimo, a much greater force is needed. At times the force of six pounds is thrown tipou a single key to produce a solitary effect. With chords the force Is generally spread over the various notes souuded simultaneously, tliough a greater out put of force Is undoubtedly expended. This is what gives pianists tlie won derful strength in their lingers that Is often commented on. One of Chopin's compositions has a passage which takes two minutes and five seconds to play. The total pres sure brought to bear on this. It Is es timated, is equal to three full tons. The average "tonnage" of an hour's playing cf Chopin's music varies from 12 to S4 tons. The Landlord Outwitted. In the main ball of oue tenement, on the ground floor, we counted 17 chil dren. says Jacob A. Kiis In The Atlan tic. The facts of life here suspend or dinary landlord prejudices to a certain extent Occasionally it is the tenant who suspends tbem. The policeman laughed as be told tne of the case of a mother who covet ed a fiat Into which she well knew her family would not lie admitted. The landlord was particular. She knocked, with a troubled face alone. Yes. the flat was to let. Had she any children? Tbe woman heaved a sigh. "Six. but they are all in Greenwood." The landlord's heart was touched by sneh woo. He let her have the fiat By night be was amazed to find a flock of half a dozen robust youngsters dom iciled under his roof. Tbey had indeed been iu Greenwood, but they had come back from the cemetery to stay. And stay they did. the rent being paid. SelsiaK the Opportunity "5Iiss Am-tnda." said the somewhat elderly but well preserved bachelor to the sparkliug young woman with whom he wcasion.illy spent au even ing. "1 think it Is a shame the way you treat that young Hankinson. If I were he I wouldn't let you play fast and loose the way you tlo. I would simply come and carry you off." "If you were he. Mr. Upagain," she replied, with downcast eyes, "perhaps it wo'.tldu't be necessary to carry me off." Upon which hint Mr. Cpagaln Im mediately spake, and the invitations are out. Chicago Tribuae. A Fair Jar?. Ip a suit between rather and son lie fore a Hoosier Justice of the peace the sextet comprising the Jury came In after three hours' delilieration with tlie following Impartial verdict: "We the Jury agree to find judgment for neither plaiutiff uor defendant and Dad tlat each pay half the costs." It Is said t ie verdict struck every one as being so unusua.'ly fair that even the parties to the action were satisfied. Case and Comment. t AiSTOWA WAV SLEUTH ODD VOCATION OF AN OLD SAN FF.AN CISCO BOATMAN. tie Unas Ills Prer to Water lasteaa nt to Earth How the ftowaTas Uet Aboard Ship aad How They - Generally C oma to Uriel. 1 own by the city's sea wall a queer man pursues a queer vocation. He Is a water front "character." aud his busi ness Is the sleuthing of siowaways. He doesn't ruu his prey to earth, however, after the manner of other hunters of humau game. He runs it to water. This weather hardened, wrinkled man IS at once the terror aud the friend of would be stowaways. He Is known as Captain Jack, but bis name has half a dozen variations, all of which smack of the salt, salt sea. These are some of his aliases: Wharf Hat. Water Fowl, Sea Iog. Whaler. Old Man Jack aud The Boatman. His slock In trade consists of his shrewdness in "spotting a stow" and a battered but seaworthy old loat which rides the water by night and day through successive reasons. The town's attractions do not lure him from his loug accustomed haunts among the masts, figureheads, piers and piles, Mils. nets, stringers and multitudinous varieties of merchandise that crowd the bay's edge. Captain Jack came out of his sca shell of reserve long cuough the other day to tell a bit of what he kuows aliout that venturesome creature of chance, the stowaway, who would fain voyage out of port without the previous formality of paying for pas senger privileges. "I've lecn in this business a 1 ng time." he said, "au I can geu'rally spot a 'stow.' "Different ones ha different meth ods. Some hangs round the dock afore a ship sails, offerin to lend a hand, or pnosin to work a passage somen lu res. When they fin. I thi don't go the way they want it to. they commence to talk big inquire 'bout sea weather, the cost of a cruise, the time It takes to git to the islands or Alaska or Panama. They're always Just a-goin to make the trip. But there's somethin so hungry an home sick an tired lookin aloiit 'em that it gives 'em dead , away leastways It docs to a erson who's sjient a good many years studyin their klmL "Others, though, wait till the last minute, then come hustlin along as if they was too rushed fo buy a ticket or as If tbey had one lu their pocket. Why. I've even been asked by 'em to row Vm out to a ship after she'd got clear out into the stream. If a skipper hapens to be good natured. he'll slack up an take passengers alioard. An after all that bother I've had to briug "em back again, for nary a red did they have. "This class of deadheads Is gen'rally supplied with clothes, gripsacks, hat boxes, steamer truuks, canes, umbrel las, cameras, foldiu chairs an some times a servant." "Not a valet V" "Sure. That's what we sailors cell n,uttiu on a terrible lot of dog. Them's the fellers that always has friends 'uiong guvuors. rajahs, lords, dukes an consuls, an likewise money to burn but always across the water some wheres. 1 dou't mind the men, but I hate to tackle a woman."' "Women stowaways?" "Sure. When the Klondike boom was on, 1 used to bring iu as many wotneu as men. Some was ouly girls little slim things, goin to the icy gold uiiuis with no more outfit than the tuiu clothes they stood iu. "The easiest part of the stow's plan In makiu an escape is tlie gittin aboard. Nobody knows who's who the day a ship's leavin part. If she's crowded so much the better. The stow can hide in the hold without bciu spied. But It's mighty hard to git past the Heads, for by that time the ship's becu searched an tiie stows yanked out on deck." Captain Jack spoke truly. The stowaway who passes the Heads has ruu the gantlet 6afely unless an in coming vessel be at baud to convey the Intruder tuick agaiu. When the liual gong has been sound til, the warning "All visitors ashore!" given, the gangplank withdrawn, the last rope loosened and tlie screw turned, the vessel's luterior Is care fully explortnl. Meanwhile Captaiu Jack's weather beateu boat Is speed ing in its wake. If a stowaway lie discovered a sigual is sent from the pilot's bridge aud Captain Jack is quickly alongside. A rope ladder Is lowered, aud toward it the purser or other officer aud his aids escort the discomfited "stow." "Every day." continued Jack. "I fetch iu men an women that want to git away. They're broke, au thought they'd try their luck iu some other place. I lump most of 'em off at Melggs' wharf. It's a heap easier for me an for the stows. There's more lumber there an fewer folks to stare. Some of 'em turns out all right, an some is afterward fished out of the bay. Then they go to the corouer. A dead man. it seems, is worth more to tiie city thau a live one." Aud thus it is that the stowaways soomr or later ull Journey with Cap taiu Jack some to begiu life all over agaiu, others to lie for a brief time ou a marble slab at the morgue marked "L'uideutitied." Sun Fran clsco Examiner. On her wedding day the Danish peas ant girl wears a simple crown of myr tle with her national -oxtunie varying with the district, but always charming and pots of myrtle are carefully cherished by girlish ha mis through the long winters iu anticipation of the great eveiiL t ll !.'Hil;i!,it1 Bi;ka;ne ir.J kiJ:.fy scht art tain fcrothirs Yj can't separate them A.-U yon can't gtrt fi of the fcackachs tn':i you cjre the kiJiley sch i:ie k'.jnev are tne ma.nsprmj ol tn hoi? system ' If tliev are not strong anJ t.ea'thy you my expect a:!-.es ar.J pa.n ar.i "sick- J o:i5 oi a.i st,n t If t):e IcJr.rvs are well and strac? the1 rest of the s stem li pretty sure ts te in v.gorcus neiltli Doatrs Kidney Pills' make strong, healthy kiJney not now ar.J then, but every time no matter hat tr.e trouble is. it it's trum the k.Jr.eys, Loan s Kidney Pilfc w:l! cure ;t. Mri. M A Byrse. JIil!ir.rT, :e . of otjtb M.n t.. ( srioimle. I .. sv. "Wiihnut txeit.vrlr a-M-rtiug tluil I km rtdivi.lT cured, nhicli 1 s ir.a.lrr th ruii sli.cr ru dwirtr I t,n rvtvi cj i inre help Lt the uei.f Imin't k!.l:.t y Pin man p.m any or sil of Ute Dtli-e.HS tlCherUk ruipl.iYrl. I li an!!"-d ;ih an eihau-tlvs Jrmins of the kirHy wen ritn I it ?veral v?ar aud iu- llir u- ol crritliill( irt to V a uin-uirl K x-ni-vrr at.!? to i-lir k i t,r. kli Iney lil! Uav tvi, mr Kol oui:.hi nMf, ail-l it niUou ..I 0 1:i,u-j:i- v;M a-.'Siii rvi-itP 1 a:n uow 10 s os:iigu ig u0 a tutt tn eoipluy." f an's Kulaey Piils are for aie ty all Iralers. price to ct-r.ts. Mailed tv f-j-'-r-M::turr. Co., fcuf-'alo. N. Y.. su- a -,-. C; Cn-.tes Suifs. Seairntr ir.e iajie. ' ria. i," ana uke mi v.r.rf C'sausities Wore Thsa War. Ths Chicago Tribune has kpt account cf ths Fourth of July accidents and pub lishes a casualty list, iiM-liidlnjr returns from Z citiss and towns. Some of ths figures sre as follows: Iui ;H Injured - Iurtd by cuuuon crackers l Injured by powder explrmlonn Inlun-d by toy cannon - 2r Hit by tny bullet w " This is only a partial 1L k If full returns were at band, tho probability is that ths number of dead and Injured wool 1 l found lo at leust M per cent, in execs of iho Chicago estimate. All toid. Ihecasiialtitw aro etpial to average sustained lu a piU-bed Imltlo. Iu all tha eegsgeuieutu of Suater's ariuy .in Cuba the losses were as follows : K lied (officers) - 22 K.lleil (ran) 3 Wounded (officers) l Wounded (men) 118 Mining ... 79 The numlier of lives lost in the celebra tion of the Fourth appears to have been below the Santiago record, but ths num ber of the wounded is considerably greater, and it is essggration to say that tte disasters sustained on tbe American side in tbe war with Spain are exceeded by the casualty record of a single Inde pendence day celebration. When it onmes t Fourth of July patriotism, the actualities of war must stand aside. Women love a clear, licallhy hii plexion. Fure Ulood mukes it, llur dock Blood 15 i Iters makes pure Llood. His Destination. Wife You were late la-st nighL JIusbaud No, I wasn't. As I came in the front door the clock struck 11. Wife But what time did you arrive at the head of the stairs? Gentleman (who has engaged aged colored hack mail (o drive him from the station to the hotel) Say uncle, what's your name? Driver Mi- name, sah, Is George Washington. Gentleman George Washington ? Why, that name seems familiar. Driver Well, for de Lawd's sake! I should thiDk it ought to. Here I has ln drivin' to dis station fo' 'bout twenty years, Hah. Amateur Sportsman. What did I bringdown, Pat? Fat Ver dog. sui; blew his head all oir. Amateur Sisirlsinan. Where's the bird ? Pat Picking at the dog, sur. Siitclies iu His Heart. Bi.nuhajito.n-, J. Y July 5. Louis (iinsberg, a rabbi, was stabbed yesterday by a negro, who plunged a knife through his heart. Tbe rabbi's wife rushed to his side, Imploring him not to die. He made a supreme effort to rally and a phy sician who was called injected saline so lution to replace the blood until an ante mortem statement could be taken. When this was concluded and the man still lived, the ribs were parted and tbe hef.rt wss exposed. Between pulsations, with lightning rapidity, a needle and thread were passed through the left ven tricle, several stitches being taken. The wound was then dressed, and the man rallied. This morning he was slightly worse, but hope was entertained of his recovery. IENN8YLVAXIA RAILROAD. IN EFFECT JUNE 27, 1893 ootroBssiD scaaocLa. Trains arrive and depart from the tattoo at Jotinslown as follows: WI8TWABD. Western Express. . South western Express Inbnstown AecuiamodHtion... Johnstown Aceoinuiodatlon... Pncific Express . 4:53 - 6.-UJ .. 6:10 : J0 2zr 4 a . 5:41 5 . 41 w ay ra?n-iiioT.... Pitt.sburv Kxpress.. Mail Fast Lane Johnstown Accommodation.. KASTWAKD. p. m. Atlantic KTprys HrM-sliorw Kxprexx ,,,, Attoona AccomniodaUou I ay Express. .... .... Vin Inue Kxpres. Alumna ATommodtion.. Mail Kx press ... JohnaUiwn Accommodation... Philadelphia Kiprw- , Fast !' 4 :18 a. ni 5:) " " !:40 10-15 " 1S:12 p. m 4:l:t " S:,t0 " 7:11 " lifcso JOMERSET MARKET UK PORT 7 COKKECTED WltiELI BT Cook & Beerits. Wednesday, Ju.'i I9t tSS9 fpei ba s- dried. S ..50-TOc AddU (vsponild lb. 1: Apple butler.Dt-r 40to.rj- ( roll. p-r K , , , Butter, i frwh per It Icrmni-ry," per . Beeswax per lb . .country ham, per t . IV 'Ie 10 to llfc ZT Colv. 10 to ( see rr..".i.ie Bacon . u?"rcun-d hum, per t Khiiiilder r.r Beans. white navy, per bus L.inia, per a... Kiven, per BV, .10 to l Cement i '.'""loerland, per tbl... 1 .o to l.M I r-oniaua, per li6i.. t. jo 10 4.11c t'ornmeal, pw t . 1 .,0 K6K. pel dos 7......'l.i FUh. lake herriue. b.b'; Pr 70 - . 1 bbl per 30 Ibl a Honey, whit clover.per ty. Lard, per 7 xm (1c I.I me, per bid f) MoliiRsrt, N. O.. per gal, line Onions, per bus 7"i "to il.iw Potatoes, per bus 40-tio Peaches, evaporated, per fe lo lite Prunes, per fc g w Ijc f N . Y ner hl,l i 1 1 PHUburg, per b b 1 . JZ."., Z.i'iM Salt, ""7. 7 uus aacss . lc N " 00c 4 bus Btrkt irrouna sinni. isu sacs. w uutpie, per s 7 lo He I Tn 1. irl ... 1 . v s. 1 - 1 - , Suar. whit. A. per B 5 rranulated, per &i-tr.e Cube, or pulverised, per t lie per iral 3, 11 '. m r, 1 - iwr nl 1 . ... . Syrup. Stoneware, ration -ZZZZZZ 8c Tkllow, per fc S to 5c tuegar. wrw .. a) tr!r umoioy.per out , y) clover, per bus .4'jU 44 crimson, per bus 4.U0 alfalfa, per bus ..) Seeds. Millet, German, per bus i.uj ' 1 ' - c wnuiira, per DOIL J Vl buckwheat, per bus tte corn shelled, per bus I , t 4sc Outs, per bus 35 to Se rye, per bos cite wheat, per bus., fye bran, per 100 lis .ti.TC corn and oats chop, per 1 aj ksVic Hoar, roller process, per bbl T.3 ;) " iDrill caienL and fon-- drain A Feed Floor. hlifh rrade 11 M TT floor ir. low rsrsrads rvr ljnM si 1 f Middlings. "h.11' T.J'i. I red. per 1UU !s CONDENSEDTIME TABLES. Baltimore nd Ohio Railroad Somersst and Cambria Branch. Johnstown Mall Express. Rockwood !1!0 a. m., Somerset 11:34, Stoyesiown 1..-0' Koov ersvllle 1x6, Juhnxtown l.-uu p. tu. Mohnxtowa Accommodation. Roes wood 511 p. lu., Holnenu-t : ; fuy-ilowo:u7, itixjv- SOOTH WAKD. Mall. Johnstown 8:S0 a.m.,HooerTU!e s-l Htovestown :a, Bomcrei iu Hoc x wood lu:0. fctpress. -Johnstown 2:3) p. m HoovemYllla -OX, Mioyeatown so, Muiaersel Kock wood tia. "Dally. .F. D. CJJDERW(or. D. B. MARTIN. tvenejal Manager Passenger Traffic Manager. jSnyders It requires a good selected stock aad a neat! arranged store room to do a brisk business. WE HAVE BOTH OF THEM. Pure nriirrc 1 make h a poiat 10 ktM !P ttJ I lilt? IJiUjO large line of Drug, in pBre fre-h and good condition. In the way of DrAPrlnltn Compounding, we are unexcelled 15 E: I iCoUl 1 jJ LIUII Anything not advertised, ask for it, we are sure to have it. You are always sure of getting the lest 1 B fW ii T Pnnrl c GIa3lie3 tted t0 8u5t e?es U UllbCll VjUUUO Call and have your eyes tested Trusses Fitted. All of the best and most approved Truces kept in stock. Patisfactionguaranteed. JOHN N. Druist. Louthefs Drug Store!' Main Street, Somerset, Pa. v- This ZIodel Drug Store is Rapidly Becaning afcjj . s Favorite with FEESH . AHD . Medicines, Dye Stufis, Sponges, Truset Supporters. Toilet Articles, Perfumes, &c. TBS DOCTOB eiVsa r SitaoSAt Lontlier's Prescriptionsi Family Beceif RKATCA!ttBI!Sa TAIIS TO US1 SPECTACLES, And a Full Line of Optical Goods large assortment all can be suited. THE FlDESr BSASDS OF CIGABS Uways on hand. It is always to intending purchasers, whether they bay J from us or elsewhere. a a J. M. LOUTHER M. D. MAIN STREET Somerset Lumber Yam! i ELIAS CUNNINGHAM, MASUrACTCKSS 1.1D DCALXS A.JTD WHOU8AU AKD RrTAILXa C Lumber and Building Materials. Hard and Oak, Poplar. Sidings. Walnut, Yellow Pine. Flooring. Cherry, Shingle. Doors, Lath, IVhlte Pine Blind, A (eneral line of all grades of Lumber and Building aterlal and Roor.nf 9'.s.'. kepi lock. Also, can furnish anything In the line of oar business to order with isw" bis promptness, ach.as Brackets, odd-slied.work JeV. Elias Cunningham, c Office and Tsrd Opposite S.1C.B.R. NEABLY Fiftv-eiqht Years Old!!! acknowledged the country over as the leading National Family Newspaper. Recognizing ils valuf to thrwe who desire all the news of the State and Nation, t publishers of Thk Somerset Herald, (your own favorite home paper) has enter into an alliance ith "The New-York Tribune" which enables them to furuib bt papers at the trilling cost of 00 per year. Every farmer and every villager owes to himself, to his family, and to tbe c11 munity in w hich he lives a oordial support of his local newspaper, as it works fl stantly and untiringly for his interests in every way, brings to bis home ail news and happeuingi of his neighborhood, the doings of hi friends, tbe ctndx and prospects for different crops, tbe prices in heme n atkfts, acd. in fsct. ' weekly visitor which should It found in every wide-awake, progresaive family. Just think of it! Both of thee papers for only 12 00 a year. Send all orders to THE HERALD, somcrsct. a. IT VIIL PAY TOU TO BUT TOCR Jlemorial Work or WW. F.SHAFFER, SOMERSET, FENS' A. Manufacturer of and Dealer la Eastern Work Furnished oa Sfcort Not le ilHSIE 111 ES15ITI Nil Also, Agent for the WHITE BaONZK ! Persons in need of Monnment Work will find It lo their Interna to call at my show wheft? a nrowr stitiwinir wi! L riv.n tttn J 'rilllldl.DI 1 l-l IQ . T CH-. l r ncea very low. i luvlie special aUentiou lo ths Whits Bris, Or Purs ZIn Monumtrts. pro! ji-ej bv Rt. W. A. Rlnj, s a deal - raoroiframl in the point of M-tria.l ant lVnstroctlinaiiJ which la destined to be .i ppi- Mnuiit fjr oir ciinr aabltc l niata. Ulv, na a rail. Wm. F. Shaffer. Pharmacy, 1 SNYDER, t SOMERSET, 5V i Peopls in Search ef PURE . DRUGS' J. ATTSJeTIOB TO TBI COsIPOCSDISO 0 OULY SRKSH AUD FUSS S.STICU8. EYE-GLASSES, always on fcacd. From sti a pleasure to display onr gcci SOMERSET. PA i.' Soft "Woods. t it Pickets, Moaldlii fa&h. Star Ralls. ltalaatertu Chestnnl. Xewel Posts, Etc. T t. Station, It's a lr.rjr life, I nt devotion to tbe lr interexta and prosperity of be Auiern Teople baa won for it new frieutU ss It years rolled by snd tbe original members ita family parted to their reward, and . .w admirer are loyal aud steadfast tivd w itb faith in its teai-hiiig, and eoutidemr ' the information wbk-h it bricgw to th' homes and fireKidw, As a natural i-on.f quence it enjoys in? old age all the vitality sod vigor of its ycoii strengthened and tipened ty the esperiec of over half s century. It has lived no its merits, and on tbe dial support of progressive Americans. It is -The "ew-York Weekly Tribunt f i4sT- f"T7tfrf Z2 IX SETTIH Sism' , i-sSfc aaUaC Ovr 500 3cautifu Sll HI ,J i i )H' k Circi'i-1" : CO"-"-" ' Ik m. 1 J 5 ! i ? 5 I h ! u. S..S i II. -- l V kJ. s .. 53" 1- f k -t--; ... 1) li I ft" i; J'' X "jT.S llplli'lli "Mr. . ?'V.-'